Junior achievement: 11th-graders make big plays in Friday football

Staff Report
Big-time, big-play performances were the rule Friday night for east St. Mary football teams.
Junior running back Jayden Milton put on a tackle-busting show, scoring four touchdowns in Berwick’s 35-0 homecoming victory over Centerville.
Another 11th-grader, Central Catholic’s Damondrick Blackburn, ran for two scores and caught two TD passes to lift Central Catholic over McKinley of Baton Rouge, 38-6.
And still another junior, Patterson quarterback Caylon Davis, rushed for a touchdown and threw for three more to lead the Lumberjacks over Morgan City, 40-0.
Another clash of east St. Mary teams is coming up this week, when 4-1 Patterson goes to 2-2 Berwick on Thursday.
Thurday night’s action includes a trip by Central Catholic, 2-2, to Centerville, 2-2. Morgan City, also 2-2, travels to South Lafourche, 0-2, on Friday.
Central Catholic 38,
McKinley 6
At 6-foot and 210 pounds, Blackburn was more than McKinley could handle.
Before the first quarter was over, Blackburn had scored on a 28-yard run and on passes of 63 and 16 yards from quarterback Caleb O’Con, still one more junior who stood up and stood out Friday.
After McKinley’s homecoming halftime show, Blackburn resumed his show with a 46-yard touchdown run.
A McKinley punt hit one of the team’s offensive linemen to set Central Catholic up at the Panther 28, also setting up O’Con’s third touchdown pass of the night. He hit Freddie Calloway with a 24-yard strike. Fullback Kye Morgel capped the scoring with a 2-yard plunge.
Central Catholic is now 2-2 after an 0-2 start.
Berwick 35,
Centerville 0
Milton’s position on the Berwick roster is listed as “ATH.” Centerville might be inclined to agree.
Milton rushed for touchdowns of 21, 25, 11 and 16 yards to put Berwick’s homecoming game out of reach for the Bulldogs.
Brett Bearb added a 37-yard TD run. Jude Vasquez was 3-for-4 on extra-point kicks, and sophomore Luke Tarver added a 2-point conversion.
Like Central Catholic, Berwick has now evened its record after going winless in its first two tries.
Patterson 40,
Morgan City High 0
Patterson needed some time to get moving. But when the Lumberjacks started rolling, they rolled.
Davis put Patterson on the board with a 3-yard run 7:16 into the game. Just before the first quarter ended, Davis struck again, hitting Kyler Paul with a 35-yard TD pass.
Karson Paddie hauled in a 5-yard Davis touchdown pass in the second quarter. Fullback Mark Hilliard rushed for a 20-yard score to make it 24-0 at the half.
A holding penalty called back a Davis touchdown pass, but he came back with a 41-yard TD strike to Howard Kinchen. And Paul, in his role as kick returner, ran the second-half kickoff back 79 yards for a score.
A Hilliard run and a pass from Caylon Davis to Camron Davis added 2-point conversions.