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A big fourth quarter from Max Favre, nephew of NFL legend Brett Favre, and his receivers was enough to propel St. Stanislaus to a 28-21 comeback victory against Central Catholic Friday at Tiger Stadium in Morgan City.
Trailing 21-14 as the fourth quarter began, Favre and his receivers stepped up big. First, the senior quarterback hooked up with Bradley Darby (two catches, 53 yards) for a 33-yard touchdown pass down with 8:32 remaining to tie the game at 21 following the extra point.
On the Rock-a-Chaws’ next possession, it was Dallas Payne (seven catches, 130 yards), who came up big. The senior receiver caught a pass and broke several tackles en route to a 52-yard touchdown with 4:10 remaining to put St. Stanislaus (3-2) ahead for good.
Central Catholic (1-2) drove to the Rock-a-Chaws’ 26-yard-line before Eagles quarterback Ryan Miller (4-of-9, 105 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions) was picked off in the end zone by Trustin Northington with under two minutes remaining.
With the Eagles out of timeouts, Favre took a knee twice to run out the remaining minute-plus of regulation. Northington had two interceptions in the fourth quarter for St. Stanislaus.
Favre finished the night 16-of-28 for 238 yards and four touchdowns through the air. He threw three touchdowns in the second half, including a 17-yard pass to Payne that gave the Rock-a-Chaws their first lead of the night at 14-7 with 2:48 remaining in the third quarter.
“We’re really proud of the way those guys played in the fourth quarter,” St. Stanislaus Coach Nate Encrapera said. “I knew Central Catholic was going to be a really well-coached football team. I also knew that Tommy (Minton) would do a good job of getting their guys ready, play really sound in their schemes and play hard for four quarters, and they did.”
Central Catholic was in the game all night long and led for much of the way. The Eagles broke a scoreless tie in the second quarter when Miller completed a 17-yard touchdown pass on fourth-and-goal to Freddie Calloway for a 7-0 lead at the 8:02 mark after Adlai Urbina’s extra point.
Davidyione Bias had two touchdown runs in the second half, including one on a 53-yard run late in the third quarter. Bias finished the night with 31 carries and 140 yards and two touchdowns along with one catch for 24 yards.
“You look at it and we didn’t tackle,” Minton said of the fourth quarter. “(Payne) ran hard with the ball in his hands, and then offensively, we had a few miscues. You take it and look at it and we’re both two really good football teams. I don’t think it’s a situation where you throw in the towel. We’re going to look at the tape and get better from it.”
Central Catholic finished with 13 first downs and 295 yards of total offense to St. Stanislaus’s seven first downs and 292 yards.
Central Catholic will return to action Thursday when it travels to face two-time defending Division IV state runner-up Ascension Catholic.

Morgan City High alum and former LSU track and field standout Vernon Norwood is among five former LSU Tigers who are representing that school at the 2019 IAAF World Championships in Doha, Qatar.
Norwood, who represents the United States, is joined by Mondo Duplantis (Sweden), Michael Cherry (USA), Kelly-Ann Baptiste (Trinidad & Tobago) and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (Great Britain).
The event began Friday and will continue through Oct. 6.
Norwood will compete in the 400-meter competition and may also compete for the United State in the 4x400-meter relays. The individual 400-meter heats are set for Tuesday at 8:35 a.m. local time, while the semifinals will be Wednesday at 12:35 p.m. The finals will be held Friday at 2:20 p.m.
The 4x400-meter relay heats will be run Saturday at 11:55 a.m. and 12:25 p.m., while the event finals will be held Sunday at 1:15 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Norwood ran a personal best of 44.40 in the 400 meter dash at the U.S. trials in late July to secure his spot in the open 400 meters. The time of 44.40 ranks him as the eighth-fastest man in the world this year. Norwood won a world title as a member of USA’s indoor 4x400 meter squad in 2016.

Hanson Memorial High School defeated Morgan City High School 12-3 in a low-scoring nondistrict contest in Franklin Friday.
Hanson took a 6-0 lead into halftime as the Tigers’ Donald Foulcard jarred the ball loose from Morgan City’s Lorenzo Johnson two plays into the second quarter and returned the loose football 62 yards for a touchdown with 11:35 remaining in the first half. Hanson’s two-point conversion pass by quarterback Collin Faucheaux was no good, and the home team led 6-0.
Morgan City got on the board on its first possession of the third quarter as the squad recovered an onside kick and then moved the ball to the Hanson 16. On fourth down, the Tigers’ Helder Hernandez connected on a 32-yard field goal with 7:51 remaining to cut the Morgan City deficit to 6-3.
However, Hanson responded on its opening drive of the third quarter as the Tigers moved the ball 80 yards on a lengthy drive that was capped by Faucheaux’s 5-yard run with 1:57 remaining in the third quarter. Hanson’s two-point conversion attempt was no good, and Hanson led 12-3.
While Morgan City was limited to three points, the Tigers had the ball in Hanson territory often. The visitors simply just couldn’t finish drives.
Morgan City finished the game with 197 yards of offense (112 rushing and 85 passing).
Johnson led Morgan City’s ground game with 12 carries for 63 yards.
Morgan City’s Kane Sanchez completed 4 of 7 passes for 49 yards, while Khai Hartley was 4 of 11 passing for 36 yards with an interception.
Morgan City’s top receivers were Shemar Naverre with two receptions for 35 yards, while Taaj Delaune had two catches for 34 yards.
Hanson had 280 yard of offense (232 rushing and 48 passing).
Additional reporting by www.kqki.live.

From the National Weather Service

A broad area of low pressure located over the northwestern Caribbean Sea continues to produce disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Any development of this system is expected to be slow
to occur while it moves to the west-northwest near the Yucatan peninsula in a couple of days, and over the southern Gulf of Mexico by Friday.

* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.

* Formation chance through 5 days...low...10 percent.