Coming off of a loss to the Northwest Raiders, the Pine Prairie Panthers looked to even their record in 5 3-A. Standing in their way was a Church Point Bear team ranked number 4 in the state. The Panthers fell victim to big plays and costly penalties as the Bears proved smarter than the average bear and left town with all the picnic baskets. Church Point after the win improved to 2-0 in distrcit as Pine Prairie fell to 0-2.
"They got a good ball club," said Panther had coach Yves Prince of his opponents across the field. "I wish them all the luck. I hope they can win the district."
Prince then went on to talk about a few positives on the night. "Well we got out of it with nobody getting seriously hurt. We scored a few points. We played good defese at times. The thing I think is the most positive thing we moved the ball on a good defense."
The visiting Bears began the opening drive at their own 35 yard line. Dylan Doucet was credited for a tackle on third down, but a facemask penalty against Pine Prairie kept the drive alive. Frederick Willimas was then tackled for a loss after being wrapped up by Clint Graser and Doucet. Troy Matte's pass was wide open to Williams who was brought down at the 5 yard line and who ran around the tackle for a five yard touchdown run two plays later.
The first quarter ended with Church Point leading 14-0 and getting favorable field position as the next 12-minutes of play began. Following a personal foul penalty against the Bears that backed them up 15 yards to the 25 yard line, Deshawn Wheeler picked up 6 yards. Kylance Castille then ran down the near side all the way to the Panther 35, but a holding penalty negated the pick up. Williams later on the reverse went down the far side for a 75-yard score to go up 20-0.
The Panthers fumbled on their next possession, and the Bears capitalized on Matte's pass completion in the end zone to Williams. The Bears recovered the fumble again on the next possession. This time they capitalized on a Wheeler reception for a 46 yard touchdown. Church Point scored again in the first half and led by a score of 41-0.
Dylan Doucet picked up the squib kick on the second half kick off and returned it the 37-yard line. Doucet kept the football himself and crossed the 50 for a 1st down. Douglas Fontenot then exploited a gap fora 49-yard touchdown run cutting into the Church Point lead.
Church Point convened its next drive with junior quarterback Logan Marks under center. Marks handed off to Jonathon Duplechain for an eight yard pick up. Marks handed off to Donavvon Gallow on back-to-back snaps setting up 4th and 2. A delay of game penalty backed up the Bears five yards. Marks handed off to Duplechain who got stopped for a turn over on downs.
Pine Prairie took over on the 46 yard line after the turn over on downs. Douglas Fontenot carried along the near side for a 1st down and more all the way to the Bear 34 yard line. Doucet crossed the 25 yard line for a 9 yard gain and then picked up the first down on a play fake. The third quarter ended with the Panthers turning the ball over on downs and giving it back to the Bears.
Marks again was under center and was sacked on first down by Clint Graser. Douglas Fontenot picked up the ball on the fumble for a 35-yard touchdown return again chipping away at the lead. Church Point led by the eventual final score 41-13 with 10:27 remaining on the clock.
"We looking forward down the road, and we're glad nobody got hurt," Prince said. "We looking forward to play Port Barre, and we need one win to secure us a spot for the playoffs. That's what we're working hard for."
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