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4C SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2003 High School Football Playoffs THE TIMES shreveporttimes.com BENTON 28, BUNKIE 26 Haynesville JS ATvy "CuVtW l''H 3' 1 Paul Ruttwrturd Louiiuiva (jomiutt Ntws Bunkie's Lorenzo Bazile is taken down by Benton defenders during the first half Friday night. Benton held off Bunkie to advance to the Class 3A quarterfinals. I pulls off 1A upset From Staff Reports HAYNESV1LE BoothviUe-Ven-ice had to drive 500 miles to meet Haynesville in its second-round Class 1A playoff matchup here Friday. The ride home for the Oilers was probably a lot longer. Despite committing four first-half turnovers and penetrating Boot-hville-Venice's 30-yard line six times without scoring, the No.

27 Golden Tornado erupted for two-fourth quarter touchdowns and rallied for a 15-12 upset over the llth-ranked Oilers here Friday. Claudel Bell capped a 141-yard rushing performance with a yard scoring run on fourth and with 1:05 left for the game-wuiner. The kids never quit." Haynesville head coach David Franklin said. "Wc had some tough times in the first half, and 1 told them at halftinie that we would get through this. Our defense did a great job in letting us get back in the game." The Oilers (7-3) only managed two first downs in the final 24 minutes.

Bell's game-winning score was set up after HaynesvUle's defense pinned Boothville-Venice on its own 7-yard line with just over two minutes remaining. The Oilers quick-kicked on third down, but the Tors (7-5) took possession on the Oilers' 25-yard line. Casey Cooler's 22-yard pass to Roderick James pushed Haynesville to the Boothville-Venice 3. where Bt raced around the left end on fourth down. "It was just a matter of hanging in there so we could have a chance at the end." Franklin said.

"We were moving the ball, but just didn't have anything on the scoreboard to show it." Tie Tors got its first break when Boothville punter Nick Herring-ton couldn't handle the snap from center ui his end zone. Haynesville recovered on the 10-yard line, and on the first play of the fourth quarter Cooxt found Roderick James for a 10-yard scoring pass to pull the Tors to within 12-7. LOGANSPORT 23. EAST BEAUREGARD 20: At Dry Creek, East Beauregard tailback Curt Bena'd and Loganbpoit quarterback Kendrick Hill turned Middy's Cldss 1A regional pldyott game into a one onone duel. Hill got the last laugh and the win for the Tigers with a late touchdown stnke to give Logansport a 23 20 victory over the liojans (102) in Dry Creek.

The Tigers advanced to the quarterfinals to face the winner of the Vermillion Catholic White Castle. Hill finished the game with 2'oQ toltil yards and three touchdown passes, while Bcrtrand gained 131 yards rushing and scored twice. Logansport took the lead for good with three minutes remaining on a 61 yard bomb from Hill to Gabe Wiley. Compiled by Mark Barnard and Warren Arceneau Evangel: Offense is in short supply Continued from 1C Tlus was two good defensive teams, one had to come out on top," said Winston, who had two second-half interceptions. "But we did it.

On the interceptions I was just ui a good position." The seven points for Evangel were the fewest the Eagles have scored since los'uig 62-7 to Haynesville in 1993. The Raiders didn't have much success ui the first half, as the Evangel defense swarmed to the football and kept Kummel from breakuig any long gains. hi the first half, the Raiders gained just three first downs and totaled 55 yards on 19 plays. The Raiders took a 3-0 lead in the first quarter on a 22-yard Geld goal by Brad Oestricher. But the Eagles answered on the ensuing drive, using a series of sweeps and counter plays to drive 83 yards in 15 plays.

The drive ended when Jacob Hester scored on a 3-yard run, putting Evangel ahead 7-3. The momentum was short-lived as the Tigers drove Gti yards to score what appeared to be the knockout punch with 4:29 left on a 3-yard run by Kddie Conway. Cody McDowell booted his fourth extra point to give the Tigers a 28-20 advantage. Reserve quarterback Chad Anderson returm-d the ensuing kickoff 81 yards to put the ball at the Benton 3. Juneau scored two plays later, but was stopped at the one-yard tine on the two-K)'uit attempt that would have tied the game.

Bunkie had two timeouts remaining but failed to stop the Tigers running attack in the filial 3:33. Benton's Lemond Wheatley rushed for 125 yards on 16 carries. He scored on a 20-yard dash Li Benton's 21 -point second quarter. Brother Demond netted 32 yards rushing, but he returned a punt 75 yards for the Tigers' third score in the second quarter. Conway had 93-yards on 17 carries, and Benton, which plays host to Amite next week, finished with 252 rushing yards on 48 attempts.

tempts for extra pouits and stopped quarterback Jamelle Juneau's running attempt at a game-tying two-point conversiou with 3:26 left. "Benton attacked our weakness," said Biuikie coach Gregg Hudson. "We have had trouble with extra po'uiLs all season and it hurt us tonight." The Panthers (11-1) are 31-4 over the past three seasons. After Benton sewed 21 po'inls in the second quarter to take a 2M5 halfUme lead, Buiikie fought back belund the running of wuigback Giris Kobuison. Robinson also had a second quarter pass interception, but the el fort went for naught when the Panthers' drive stalled at the Benton 5.

Robinson. Bunkie's leading rusher with i)8 yards on 16 carries, scored on runs of 23 and 21 yards in the third period. Benton's Chase l.yles blocked the extra point after Robinson's first score, but Juneau, who scored the Panthers' first touchdown on a 5iJ-yard run on the third play from scrimmage, ran for two points after the second score to cut the margin to 21-20 at the end of the quarter. By Tim Harrison Louisiana Sports Bureau BUNKIE Tie playoff curse continues for Bunkie. The sixth-seeded Panthers' bid to reach the quarterfinal round of the Class 3A playoffs came up short for the third straight year with a bitter 28-L'G loss to llth-seeded Benton Friday night.

The diffi-rence came down to Bunkie's Liability to convert extra points. Benton (11-1-0) blocked both of the Panthers' first two kicking at Raiders too much for Bearcats Airline falls short against Catholic By Chuck Cannon Louisiana Sports Bureau RUSTON Huntington used a swamung defense and a big-strike offense to pound Ruslon 26-7 ui Class 5A playoff action Friday night "We thoroughly got our butts kicked tonight," Bearcats coach Tommy Reeder said. "They beat us in every phase of the game." The first 20 minutes of play saw a hard-fought defensive struggle with neither team able to move the ball. I luntington's big play trio of quarterback Dustin Bogan. niniung back Jamarkus Fobbs and wide receiver Jolui Williams were quiet, as was Huston's touted running game.

kickoff. quarterback Claris Ludwig coiuiected wiQi tailback DeAngclo Hunter streakuig up the left hash marks. After bobbluig the ball the wide-open Hunter outran the Raider secondary for a touchdown. Fenders' PAT put the Bearcats on top 7-C. Not to be outdone, Huntington struck right back.

On the first play from scrimmage after Ruston's score, Bogan again spotted Bowman. Like Hunter, Bowman bobbled the ball before sprinting to the end zone. They had been doubling John (WiUiams) all night." Bogan said. "I knew ladarrius would be open. When I saw him bobble the ball, my heart was skipping.

I'm just glad he held on." Willi five minutes left until halftinie. the Bearcats got a huge break, blocking a Raiders punt and recovering at the Huntington 7-yard line. But Rustou was unable to punch the ball ui and attempted a field goal. The low kick by Landon Pender was blocked and returned to the Bearcats 29-yard line. A 15-yard clipping penalty during the scramble for the loose ball after the block gave Huntington a first down at the Ruston 14-yard line.

Bogan needed just one play to find wide receiver Iiidarrius Bowman for the score. The try for two failed, leaving the score 6-0. The Bearcats answered quickly. On the second play after the ensuhig Rayville ends North Caddo's season Dale Weuier said. They've got some great athletes and arc a dangerous team." On the first play from scrimmage Li the second half, down 14-10, Cordaro Green gained 3 yards runiung toward the Catholic sideline.

He was hit and driven backwards but when Ray, who split time at quarterback and started at defensive back, picked him up off the ground and Uirew him backward, Green dropped the ball. Hastings picked it up and ran 40 yards to the Airline 4 and set up a touchdown. If that wasn't enough damage, an incomplete pass on a fake punt from their own 27 gave the Bears an easy 23-yard field goal on the next possession that gave Catholic a 24-10 lead, but the Vikings drew within a score on a 9-yard Travis Warren touchdown run at 2:41 of the third. They never took the lead as Catholic controlled the clock and took advantage of big pass plays. "We had a lot of 80-yard drives and that's big when you can hold the ball for seven or eight minutes," Ray said.

"We didn't want them on the field." Austin Worley, who shared the quarterback duties with Ray, connected on the longest offensive play for Catholic, hitting Scott Gib-lin for a 64-yard pass to the Airline 4 after the Vikings had drawn within 24-17. By Brian McCallum bmccallumgannett.com BATON ROUGE When Airline's Vikings look back at their 2003 season and how it ended, they will have two things to consider above everything else. Missed opportunities and defensive mistakes. The Vikings (0-2) allowed home-standing Catholic to take a lead and then played pursuer as long as they could but came up short in the second round of the Class 5A playoffs on Friday at Olynipia Field. After trailing by two touchdowns going into the fourth quarter, Airline twice got within a score but could never stop the Bears letting them convert first down after first down on missed tackles at the line of scrimmage in a 37-31 Vikings' loss.

"You've got to stop somebody to have a chance," Airline coach Mike Greene said. "We didn't play very good defense. We didn't tackle and we had some mistakes ui coverage that allowed them to complete some long bombs when we didn't cover." For Catholic's Phillip Ray, fortune went the other way. He started the second half by causing a fumble, picked up by Jeff Hastings and run 40 yards to set up a score, and he ended the Vikings' chances with an interception in the final seconds. "That was huge," Catholic coach North Caddo Rebels stuiuied Rayville with a pair of first quarter TDs and a 134 lead.

First, quarterback Dexter Long found 6-foot-4 wideout Jamarcus Abraham on an 8-yard scoring strike to cap an impressive 50-yard drive with just over four minutes gone ui the game. Baron Barr liit the PAT for a 7-0 lead that die visitors turned uito a two-TD margin just diree minutes later. Black, who ran for 288 yards agauist Jouesboro-Hodge last week but was held to 33 yards on just four carries this time around, scored on a 24-yard jaunt for the 13-0 Rebel lead. By Keith Prince Louisiana Sports Bureau RAYVILLE Billed as a game of burners, Rayville sophomore Richard Murphy proved to be the baddest burner of all as he led the Hornets past North Caddo 26-19 ui regional playoff action. Ripping and slaslung for 247 yards and Uiree touchdowns Li 38 grueling carries including the final 57-yard dagger with just over three minutes left Murphy grabbed die sX)tliglil over an entire stable of Rebel speedsters.

Rayville limited the visitors to 162 yards rushing and not one Rebel managed 50 yards. The victory, lifting Rayville to a glittering 11-1 record and uito next week's quarterfinal marquee rematch against Ster-luigton, keeps coach Bo Barton's magic act alive in just his second season with the Hornets. "I am very proud of this effort. We got behind 13-0 early but the kids never thought about losing. We knew they had as tremendous amount of sieed but we contained (Travis) Black and had a solid defensive performance especially in the second half," said Barton.

It started like a nightmare for the Hornets as coach Jerry Byrd's "If; H-Bowman 64 pass Irom Bogan (pass failed). H-Jamarkus Fobbs 38 run (Aaron Lewis kick). Bogan 34 run (run toiled) Grant Barone 1 run (Martin kick! A Calvin Dawson 18 run (Curry kick) Adams 7 run Irun laiiedl A Cordaro Green 76 luckotl return Rushing yds. Passing yds CompAhlnt Puntsavg Fumbles lost 273 10 26-2 2 40 0 31 3-11 Passing yards Total Offense Comp-An-lnl Purilsavg Fumbtes-losf Penalties-Yaids 0 252 01-1 4-37 10 3-25 162 8 181 3-220 4-2 625 2 275 1-7-0 333 2-1 333 Huntington Ruston EC 12 32-118 139 13 22-0 6 26.2 2-1 9-76 Rum 5 30-71 21 3-122 7-366 00 7-32 Fret DO'WS Rushes-yards Passing vards Comp Atllnt Punts-Avg. FumUes-lost Jewel-Sumner 0 0 7 7 14 Loyolt 0 7 0 0 7 Tavtoi McGmsey 36 interception return.

(Joel Hall kick) JS Craig Fox 5 nin (Craig Travis kictt). JS tnstan Dunomes 2 run. (Travis kick). JS 10 15 Penalties-vds INDIVIDUAL LEADERS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS First downs Hushing yds Passing yds. Comp All Inl Punts avg FumWes-lost Penalties-yards 150 196 11-19-2 3-260 30 8-54 85 1H8 14 283 3-370 20 10-102 Individual Statistics A 11 25-244 80 59-1 2-1 First Downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Comp Atlnt Punts-Avg.

FumbleS'losI 12 6 48-1S6 20-46 52-298 185 9-17-0 1- 28 1-0 2- 13 Penalties-yds INDIVIDUAL LEADERS First Downs Rusnes-yds. Passing yds. Passes (A-C-l) Punls (Avg FumbteS'lost 7-65 Penalties-yards 50 7- 32 4-363 0-0 8- 61 78 15-7-1 6-293 3-0 3-26 Individual Statistics Penalties-yds Individual Statistics Curtis 52. Broadmoor 6 East Ascension 28. Plaguemine 6 Islrouma 55.

Salmen 20 Neville 41. Alexandria 17 Redemptohsl 42. Belaire 14 Sam Houston 26. South Teirebonne 2 1 SI MarttnviUe 14. St Thomas More, 13.

0T CLASS 3A Arrele 14 WMe 6 Benton 26. Bunkie 26 Carroll 34. Iowa 28 Lulchsr 28, Chalmette23 Notre Dame 29. North Vermilion 15 Parkview Baptist 21, Catholic-New Ibena 14 Teurlings 24, Winntiek) 14 West St. Mary 28.

Erath 27 CLASS 2A Mamou 26, lota 7 Northuast 22 Opetousas Catholic 17 Rayville 26 North Caddo 19 St Helena 38, Many 0 Slerlingtun 50 Universrty 10 Sumner 14. Loyola 7 West SI John41.PorlBarre22 Vidalia 23, Hedeemer-Seton 22 CLASS 1A Block 49. Ascension Catholic 0 Haynesville 15. BoothviHe-Venice 12 Logansport 23. East Beauregard 20 Kontwood 20.

SI. John-Plaguemine 0 Oak Grove 35. Country Day 6 Phoenix 30. Dunham 16 St, Edmund 34. Loreauville 27 Vermilion Catholic 72.

While Caslie 10 Quarterfinal Pairings Here are the guartrtrfinal pairings tor the Louisiana High School AmlelK Associalion football playoffs. Class 5A Jesuit at Caiencro Hannville at Higgins Catholic-Baton Rouge winner of West Monroe-McDonogh (35) Evangel at Huntington Class 4A St. Martinville at Curtis Neville at Islrouma East Ascension at Redemptonst Bastrop al Sam Houston Class 3A Paikview Baptist al Carroll Teurlings at Notre Dame Amite at Benton West St Mary at Lulcher Class 2A St Helena at Northeast Sterlmgion at Rayville Mamou at Vidalia West St John al Sumner Class 1A St Edmund al Block Vermilion Catholic al Logansport Haynesville al Phoenix Oak Grove al Kenrwood Rushing North Caddo. Jeremy Moore 5-47, Cedenc Thomas 1 1 -44. Dexter Long 9-40, Travis Black 4-33.

Rayville. Murphy 38-247, Woods 10-23, George Hunler 2-5. Passing North Caddo. Long 1-8-1 8. Hayville.

Woods 2-4-1 10. Receiving -Rayville. Dubose 1-10. Benton 28, Bunkie 26 Benton 0 21 0 7 -26 Bunkie 6 0 14 6 -26 Bunkie Jamelle Juneau 58 run (kick blocked). Benton-Donovan McMillen 1 run (Cody McDowell kickl.

Benton Lemond Whealley 20 run (McDowell kick i Benton Demond Wheatley 75 punt return (McDowell kick) Bunkie-Ciws Robinson 2B run (kick blocked) Bunkie Robinson 24 run (Juneau run) Benton Edd Conway 3 run (McDowell kick). Bunkie-Ouneau 1 run (run lailed). Ben. Bunkie First downs 14 19 Rush-attyards 48-252 41-273 RUSHING Benton. Lemond Wheatley 16-1 25.

Demond Wheatley 1 1 -32. Conway 1 7-93. Matt Jackson 3-1. McMillen 1-1. Bunkie.

Robmson 6-98. Lorenzo Bazile 7-20, Juneau 7-70. Douglas Pete 13-75. Chad Anderson WSSING-Benton. Jackson 0-1 -1--0 Bunkie, Juneau 1-6-0-2.

Anderson 0-1-O--0. RECEIVING Sanlon, None. Bunkie, Logan Riche 1-2. Friday's Results Here are the second round results from the Louisiana High School Athletic Association's loolbail playoffs. CLASS 5A Evangel 7.

Rummel 5 Caiencro 34. Destrehan 13 Cathohc-Bdlon Rouge 37, Airline 31 Hannville28. Barbe 12 Hmgins 36, OF- Walker 34 Huntington 26. Ruston 7 Jesuit 48. East SI.

John 40 West Monroe at McDonogh 35, 2 p.m loday CLASS 4A Bastrop 41, Pineville 14 RUSHING Evangel. Jacob Hester 16-50, Delnck James 8-36, Denny Duron 8-32. Rummel. Ciaig Swltz 21 -53. Josh Tolbert 6-19.

21) PASSING-Evangel Duron 13-22-0, 139 yards Rummel.3 12-2, 21 yards. RECEIVING Evangel, Hester 4-21, John Parker 3-50, James 3-(-8), Connor Campbell 2-60. Derek Dunn 1-16 Rummel, Chatagnier 1-9. Kmpper 1-6. Fabre 1-6.

Catholic 37, Airline 31 Airline 7 3 714 31 Catholic BR 14 0 17 -37 Dremell Adams lumbte recovery in end ione (Luke Martin kick) A Iravis Warren 66 run (Alex Cunv kick) Scott Giblin 36 pass Irorn Austin Worley (Martin kKl A Curry 25 field goal Jonathan Alvarado 4 pass Irom Worley (Martin ktch) Martin 23 lieki goal A Warren 9 run (Curry kick) Rushing Huntington. Fobbs 14-78 Bnoan 15-63. Ruston. Hunter 14-84, Tony Cox 7-16. Passing Huntington.

Bogan 1 1-19-2 196. Ruston. Ludwig 14-28-3 198. Receivinq Huntington, John Williams 6-102, Bowman 4-97 Ruston. Hunler 2-71, Russell Woodard 6-53, Damien Roane 3-42.

Rayville 26, North Caddo 19 No-lh Caddo 13 0 6 0 -19 Rayville 7 7 6 6 -26 North Caddo-Jamarcus Abraham 8 pass trom Dexter Lonn iBaion Ban kick) NC Iravis Black run Iko lailnJI. Hayville-Hichard Murphy 1 run IMurphv kick). Jeiemy Uubose 10 pass Irom Albert Woods (Murphy kick) R-Muiphy 16 run (pass tailed) NC Jeiemey Moore 33 run (kick tailed). R-Murphy 57 run (kick tailed) N.Caddo Rayville First downs 7 10 RUSHING A. Warren 8-137; Dawson 9-78, Green 4 26; Taylor Blame 3-2; Tracy Russell 1-1; Phillip flay 11-99; Adams 1 6 N.

Jell Hastings 9-74; Tracy McLean 7 24; Worley 5-18. Sloven Vulera 2-13. Ryan Talbot 2-1-19 PASSING-A. Warren 5-9-1 80. C.

Worley 6-80 148 Ray 3-9-0 37 RECEIVING A Mart Cotton 3-55 Greon 1-22. Chad Hart 1 -3 Gibing 4-129 Jeremy tason 1 -30. Adams 1 1 Alvarado 1 -4. Jason Arbour 1-7. Huntington 26, Ruston 7 Huntington 0 12 014-26 Ruston 0 7 0 0 7 Hunlington-Udarnus Bowman 14 pass Irom Dustin Bogan 14 (pass laiiedl Huston-DeAngelo Hunter 60 pass Irom Chris Ludwig (Pender kick).

RUSHING-JS Charlie Fox 15-66. Craig Fox 14-68. Dunomes 15-71, Callihan 4-(-91 Casey Cockerell 10-22. Jonathan Wiggins 2-5. Matthew Hdmngton 3 Id, Harry 1 0.

PASSING- Callihan 7-3-2 50 -15-7 1 78 FtECEIVING-JS Craig Fox 2-21. Michael McCaDe 1 29) 2-13. Patrick Mix 1 8. Johnathon Cavallo 2-37. Joel Hall 1-(-1).

Evangel 7, Rummel 5 Evangel 0 7 0 0 -7 Rummel 3 0 2 0 -5 Ft -Brad Oestricher 22 FG Jacot) Hester 3 run (Jared Jennings kick) Ft Saloty Ituam).