Eddie McZeal scores on a screen pass to power New Iberia past Sam Houston on Friday.

New Iberia Senior High hit a big play on a screen pass and got a game-saving interception, both in the final minute, to beat Sam Houston 34-27 in a District 3-5A game, Loreauville jumped out to a big halftime lead in beating Delcambre 54-13 and Catholic High romped to a 70-0 win over Franklin in a pair of District 7-2A games, and Westgate doubled up Northside 38-19 in District 4-4A action as Teche Area high school football teams wrapped up the Louisiana High School Athletic Association regular season Friday night.

In other games involving Teche Area teams, Gueydan beat Highland Baptist 26-17 in a District 7-A game, Lafayette Christian edged Jeanerette 34-26 in a non-district battle, Ascension Episcopal rallied to edge West St. Mary 20-14 in 7-2A play, St. Martinville downed parish rival Breaux Bridge 27-13 in District 5-4A action, Erath claimed its first win with a 15-14 victory at Abbeville in District 8-3A play and Hanson slammed Centerville 48-14 in a District 7-A game.

New Iberia 34, Sam Houston 27

NISH senior Eddie McZeal took a screen pass 45 yards for a touchdown with just over a minute left and Khaj-Erik Olivier intercepted a pass with 48 seconds left to seal the win as the Jackets finished the regular season with a 7-point District 3-5A win over Sam Houston Friday.

Austin Norris completed 25 of 35 passes for 244 yards and three touchdowns as NISH took a 24-3 lead into halftime. Sam Houston tied the game at 27-27 in the fourth quarter before the Yellow Jackets rallied with the touchdown pass and the interception to finish the regular season with a 4-6 overall record, 3-4 in district. Sam Houston finished 4-6 and 2-5.

Catholic High 70, Franklin 0

FRANKLIN — JaDan Stokes scored four touchdowns and Zoe Cormier added three TDs as Catholic High jumped out to a 28-0 first quarter lead and cruised past Franklin in District 7-2A action Friday.

Stokes scored on runs from eight yards, 29 yards, six yards and one yard away in the first half and Cormier scored on runs of 21 yards in the first half and 50 and two yards in the third quarter as the Panthers finished the regular season with a 9-1 overall record and finished a perfect 6-0 record in district.

Ben Landry added a touchdown run of eight yards, Tra’Kalyn Reno scored on a 16-yard run and Peter LeBlanc scored on a 67-yard touchdown catch for CHS, which held Franklin to 98 total yards of offense.

Franklin finished the regular season 1-8 overall and 1-5 in district.

Loreauville 54, Delcambre 13

DELCAMBRE — Loreauville got a defensive touchdown in the opening minutes of the game, then added touchdowns on all six of their first-half offensive possessions to take a 47-0 halftime lead in the District 7-2A finale for both teams.

The Tigers also limited Delcambre to negative yardage in the first half before the Panthers got a pair of second-half touchdowns against Loreauville’s second team.

Loreauville finished the regular season 3-7 overall and 3-3 in district in locking up a spot in the Class 2A playoffs. LHS was 28th in the most recent unofficial LHSAA power rankings with the top 32 teams getting playoff bids. Delcambre finished 0-10 and 0-6.

LHS quarterback Zy Alexander got the scoring going when he picked off a deflected pass and returned it 35 yards for a touchdown just three plays into the game.

Alexander rushed for two touchdowns and threw for three, having a hand in six of Loreauville’s seven first-half scores. He finished the night with 86 yards on the ground and went 7-for-7 for 122 yards in the air, all in the first half.

Joseph ran for 90 yards on only three carries and Chris Anthony had 89 yards and a touchdown, all in the second half, for the Tigers.

Noah Broussard rushed for 91 yards and two second-half touchdowns for the Panthers and Colt Dooley completed four of five passes on the night.

St. Martinville 23, Breaux Bridge 13

ST. MARTINVILLE — With their quarterback hobbled by an ankle injury, St. Martinville’s Tigers put the rushing load on a junior running back who responded with 30 carries for 199 yards and two touchdowns for a hard-fought victory against intra-parish rival Breaux Bridge Senior High.

St. Martinville’s Travien Benjamin became a marked man after junior quarterback Markavon Williams had to be helped off the field with about four minutes left to play in the first quarter and St. Martinville nursing a lead of 7-0. Williams returned on the next series after getting medical treatment and played the rest of the game.

He guided the host Tigers to the BBSH 25, where the drive stalled and senior Dylan Wilmore drilled a 42-yard field goal two minutes into the second quarter to put SMSH ahead 10-0.

Breaux Bridge’s Tigers roared back six minutes later to cut the deficit to 10-7 as they turned to their own workhorse, senior Logan Bossier. Bossier carried eight times for 46 yards and capped the drive with an 8-yard touchdown run.

St. Martinville answered before halftime on Williams’ 17-yard touchdown pass to junior wide receiver Kyron Comeaux at the 1:51 mark of the second quarter. Breaux Bridge blocked the PAT attempt and trailed at intermission, 16-7.

That drive was set up by senior cornerback Jayvion Mitchell’s interception of BBSH junior quarterback Cole Morgan’s pass on second-and-11 from his own 21.

After a scoreless third quarter, Benjamin carried six straight times for 32 yards, the last being a 1-yard scoring plunge up the middle to give the hosts and their happy fans a 23-7 lead over Breaux Bridge.

Breaux Bridge managed one more score on a 10-yard pass from Mouton to senior Julian Leon with 21:24 to play to narrow the gap to 23-13.

However, St. Martinville ran out the clock down the stretch, a drive that included a 46-yard burst by Benjamin.

St. Martinville climbed to 6-4, 4-1 in district to solidify a postseason berth while BBSH slipped to 5-5, 3-2 in district.