Homecoming night in Mamou

Friday night was the midway point of the season for the Mamou football team. The squad came into the season as a young team having only three seniors. It faced tough out-of-district play against Ville Platte, Pine Prairie, and Oberlin. Distirct play which started on the night would get even tougher against teams like Welsh, Kinder, and Lake Arthur.
Friday night was also Homecoming at Green Demon Field. The capacity crowd was treated to festivities such as a Mamou fire truck hoisting up an American Flag and an Air EVAC Lifeteam helicopter flyover delivering the game ball at midfield that was presented to Coach Bobby Pommier. Other festivities included a pyrotechnic display as maid Caitlin Fontenot was crowned 2015 Homecoming Queen. The festivities; however, did not translate over onto the field against the aforementined Tigers of Lake Arthur. The home team came up short on the night by a score of 40-0.
Following a Mamou punt to begin the game, the Tigers started with a short field as the punt came down on the Demon 33 yard line. Lake Arthur ran a touchdown in from 5 yards out to go up 7-0 with 7:19 remaining in the first quarter. The visitors would go on to score on their next three possessions of the first half as the Mamou defense seemed to have no answer. Mamou trailed at halftime 26-0.
Mamou appeared to get something going offensively in the second half. Levi Fontenot eluded a couple of Tiger defenders for a gain of 21 yards to the Demon 49 yard line. The drive soon stalled at midfield following a sack on second down bringing up a punt. Mamou's offense took over at midfield after the defense held the Tigers to a three-and-out. Fontenot's pass was complete to Paul Williams for a first down at the Tiger 40 yard line. A pass again was complete to Paul Williams, but the Demons were penalized for illegal shift resulting in 1st and 15 from the 45 yard line. Fontenot's pass was intercerpted at the Tiger 28 yard where Lake Arthur took over.

The Tigers then drove down the field but lost a fumble that was forced and picked up by Trey Wilson at the 10 yard line. Wilson returned the ball across midfield. A late hit out of bounds and a face mask penalty on the return gave the Demons a 1st down inside Tiger territory at the 26 yard line. On the next play from scrimmage, Lake Arthur forced a fumble as Mamou taketh and giveth away to close out the 3rd quarter. At the end of the 3rd quarter Lake Arthur led 33-0
Levi Fontenot got injured in the fourth quarter, and Adam Chapman came in the game behind center. He led his troops down field and into the end zone for Mamou's only touchdown of the night with just over four minutes remaining in the contest.
"I thought our kids played hard tonight," commented Green Demon head coach Brian Brumfield. "At times we had some bursts. We stopped them a few times on defense, and other times we didn't do as well. Lake Arthur has a good running back, and he's hard to tackle. For the most part, I thought our kids played well. We just got to get a lot stronger."