Quarterback Xailen Hebert makes a cut against Jeanerette in Friday's game.
It was the great thumpin', Charlie Brown.
Halloween, and Thursday too, were more trick than treat for St. Mary Parish football teams.
Only Hanson emerged with a win, a 45-0 victory over Highland Baptist. In the parish's other seven games, the local teams fell by an average margin of about 42 points as a long football season nears its end.
On Friday, Jeanerette defeated Central Catholic 44-7. St. James blanked Patterson 57-0, Covenant Christian shut out Centerville 46-0 and Loreauville as a 36-20 winner over Franklin.
On Thursday, Lutcher downed Morgan City 53-8, Donaldsonville was a 49-6 winner over Berwick (see related story) and Catholic-New Iberia beat West St. Mary 55-6.
On Friday, the last night of the regular season, Morgan City will be at A.J. Ellender; Central Catholic travels to Covenant Christian; Berwick hosts St. James; Donaldsonville will be at Patterson; Franklin travels to Delcambre; West St. John will play at Centerville; Jeanerette will be at Hanson; and Loreauville goes to West St. Mary.
Jeanerette 44,
Central Catholic 7
Jeanerette has feasted on St. Mary Parish teams this year, winning all four previous match-ups. This time, Jeanerette was without its top two running backs.
But Kobe Gage filled in with style, rushing for 131 yards and four touchdowns.
The Jeanerette defense, led by Braylon Lewis, was equally adept at shutting down the Eagles, who managed only 81 total yards, 64 of them on the ground.
Jeanerette quarterback Aaron Tillman rushed for 24 yards on a second-and-20 to set up Gage's first score, a 3-yard TD, 8 seconds into the second quarter.
Four minutes later, Morris Walters broke loose for a 62-yard touchdown run.
Then it was back to Gage, who scored on runs of 77, 1 and 7 yards to put the game out of reach.
Central Catholic's Xalien Hebert rushed for a 1-yard touchdown late in the fourth quarter.
Hebert's 29 yards led all Eagle rushers. Bryan Wiggins gained 16 yards on eight trips, and James Sanders gained 12 yards on five carries.
Hebert was 4-for-8 passing for 17 yards. Landyn Ramagos, Dominic Lipari, Khyler Willis and Je'Arius Bias each had a catch.
Central Catholic slipped to 3-6 heading into Friday's game at Covenant Christian.