Both crowds were full on a chilly night in St. Amant as both teams where looking for a district win for the upcoming playoffs. With this being said the cannon would shortly fire as St. Amant would begin the game with the ball, taking their return all the way to their own 35 yard line. They would start the game off on the wrong foot though as Prairieville’s Brycen Glover would intercept the first pass of the game putting the ball in their hands in field goal range. Prairieville would start their first drive shaky as they have a short few first plays resulting in their quarterback Skylar Kelly running to convert on fourth down. With this run Prairieville is able to get to the goal line where they convert another fourth down for a touchdown. This time on a second run by Skylar Kelly giving Prairieville an early 6-0 lead off a bobbled extra point snap. With the ball back in St. Amant’s hands they elected to keep the ball on the ground with runs from Cooper Babin and Jourden Hickerson picking up first downs with Cooper even converting on a fourth down. This drive would result in a touchdown run from Hickerson which put St. Amant up 7-6. With the ball back in Prairieville’s hands they are unable to get a true drive going as a sack by Kyler Rock would hinder them. Alongside this a tackle for loss by Mylez Hebert on third down would force Prairieville to punt to close the first quarter.
With St. Amant starting with the ball in the second quarter it felt like Deja vu of their first drive of the game as Brycen Glover was able to get his second interception of the game for Prairieville. With the ball, Prairieville is quick to capitalize as Eric Williams ran the ball in for a touchdown putting them back up 14-7. With the ball St. Amant would continue to hand the ball off to Jourden Hickerson who would pick them up some first downs. Prairieville would offer some resistance with a tackle for loss by Colton Flemming and some strong coverage would force St. Amant to a 4th & 1 situation at the goal line. St. Amant’s Cooper Babin is able to convert and score a touchdown on a run tying the score at 14-14. Prairieville in response begins to march down the field on their next drive with Tahj Wallace, Skylar Kelly, and Jayce Harlsen are each all able to run for a first down. But then, St. Amant’s Jeremy Whatley was able to pick up back to back sacks that brought the drive to a screeching halt. These sacks would force Prairieville to kick for a field goal in scoring position due to the time on the second quarter running to an end. This would put Prairieville up 17-14 going into halftime.
Coming out of halftime Prairieville would start with the football at their own 30 yard line. Unfortunately for them though St. Amant’s defense line picked up right where they left off as C’jay Francois is able to pick up a sack. Jeremy Whatley would also continue to show up big for St. Amant as he is able to pick up an interception giving St. Amant the ball in scoring position. They would quickly take advantage of this with Jourden Hickerson picking up his second rushing touchdown of the day giving St. Amant a 21-17 lead.
Prairieville started their next drive at their own 10 yard line off a bobbled return. They where unable to get any drive going and would be quickly forced to punt the ball. St. Amant would change their strategy on their next drive with Cooper Babin connecting with both Landon Blanchard and Jermichael Millien for 15+ yard passes each. After this, Babin would keep the ball himself to run in his second rushing touchdown putting St. Amant up 28-17. With the ball Prairieville would begin their drive shakily as they needed a pass to Parker Faist who would convert a fourth down. After this, Prairieville is able to score off consecutive plays by Tahj Wallace who ran for a touchdown making the score 28-24 St. Amant leading. St. Amant with the ball would continue to pass the ball as Jermichael Millien made a catch for a big gain of 30 yards. They would then switch back to running the ball to Jourden Hickerson who scored a touchdown to put St Amant up 35-24.
With the ball Prairieville would return only to their own 15 yard line. This drive would never properly start as Jeremy Whatley is able to pick up his third sack of the day that would force Prairieville to punt the ball back to St. Amant. With the ball St. Amant quickly stacked unto their lead as Cooper Babin threw to Jermichael Millien for a passing touchdown that would put them up at 42-24. After this, Prairieville is able to bring a return all the way to midfield. With this field position they would pick up a first down that was quickly offset by a sack from Anden Millet and Mylez Hebert. Prairieville would recover but, a second St. Amant sack on fourth down caused them to turn the ball over. With the ball St. Amant is able to pick up two big gains off a 20 yard run by Cooper Babin and a 40 yard catch by Jourden Hickerson. Then, St. Amant scores off a pass to Riley Rizzuto thus making the score 49-24. This would be the final score as both teams would run the clock out to end the game with St. Amant going up to a 7-2 record on the season with this win.
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