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PORT BARRE – Eunice led 20-6 against Church Point as the game moved to the fourth quarter, but the Bears exploded for 16 points in the final period to rally for a 22-20 win over the Bobcats.
“I don’t ever remember us giving up a two-touchdown lead in the fourth quarter,” Eunice head coach Paul Trosclair said. “But give Church Point credit, they did it.
“We needed one more score – either a field goal or a touchdown,” he said. “I thought we had it but we had a touchdown called back that really hurt.

For the third week in a row, the Blue Jay defense recorded a shut out as St. Edmund rolled to a 31-0 homecoming win over South Cameron.
“It was a great job to earn the win,” St. Edmund head coach Andy Hargroder said. “The defense played lights out and the offense got a bunch a yards in the first half.
“We need to keep it going the rest of the district run.”
St. Edmund outgained South Cameron 453-53 and limited the Tarpons to just two first downs in the game.

The District 5-3A battle between the Eunice Bobcats and the Church Point Bears saw both teams providing their fans with highlights on both offense and defense, with the Bears finally claiming the victory by a by a 22-20 margin in back-and-forth action in Friday night at Bobcat Field.
The Bears received the opening kickoff and moved the ball down the field from their own 20 to the Bobcat 48-yard line thanks to the running of Rodney Dupuis Tyrin McDade.