SHREVEPORT — It’s been a few years since the Westgate High School football team reached the playoffs, and it showed Friday in the Tigers’ Class 4A bi-district game against Woodlawn of Shreveport at Independence Stadium.

Woodlawn jumped out to a 32-0 lead in the first quarter on the way to a 61-20 win that knocked the Tigers out of the playoffs in their first postseason appearance since 2013. WHS coach Ryan Antoine said he hopes the experience is a learning one for the Tigers as they look to get back to the playoffs next season.

“We went in there and got stage fright,” Antoine said of his team playing on the big stage in a college bowl stadium. “We were happy to be there in that type of environment, and before we knew it we were down thirty to nothing. We didn’t respond until the second quarter.”

Trivenskey Mosley got the scoring started about five minutes into the game with a 43-yard touchdown run and the 2-point conversion made it 8-0. After Westgate turned the ball over on downs, the Knights added another TD, then a pick-6 and another Mosley rushing touchdown for the 32-0 lead. Three of the four scores were accompanied by a 2-point conversion.

“We forgot how to tackle,” Antoine said. “We’d have four or five guys hitting the running back as soon as he got the handoff, but we weren’t wrapping up and the next thing you know they’re in the end zone.”

The Tigers got two touchdowns in the second quarter from Mar’Keyvrick Eddie, including a beautiful catch from Tyran Davis in the back of the end zone, Antoine said. But the Knights had a couple of additional TD runs in the period to help Woodlawn maintain its big lead at the half, 46-14.

“Our running game got going a little bit,” Antoine said. “Tyreese (Jackson) ran pretty well.”

Two more touchdowns in the third quarter helped overcome a final Westgate touchdown for the 61-20 final.

“Woodlawn is a good team, but I don’t think they’re 60 points better than us,” Antoine said. “It looked like we hadn’t been in the playoffs for a few years and were just glad to be there.”

Antoine said he needs to do a better job getting the team prepared for those situations. The Tigers were without several players, including starting quarterback Darien Charles. Senior defensive standout Shannon Deal also missed much of the season after injuring his neck and WHS was without do-everything defender and punter Jansen Mayea, Antoine said, after Mayea was in a car wreck Tuesday.

Still, Antoine was proud of his senior class for helping end a playoff drought.

“This senior class is an awesome class,” the coach said. “We have 19 seniors graduating this year.”

The 21st-seeded Tigers finished the season 5-6. Woodlawn (8-3), seeded No. 12 in Class 4A, advances to play at No. 28 Belle Chasse in the second round after Belle Chasse stunned No. 5 seed Plaquemine 21-19 on Friday.

St. Helena 54, Loreauville 6

GREENSBURG — St. Helena College & Career Academy jumped out to a 35-0 lead after one quarter and rolled to a 54-6 win over Loreauville High School in a Class 2A bi-district playoff game here Friday.

Devin Taylor opened the scoring with a 75-yard touchdown catch from Ricky Travis to open the first quarter scoring. Demetrius Brown returned a fumble 42 yards for a score later in the period and Travis scored on a one-yard run. Touchdown runs from Aaron Hurst and Jeremy Griffin made it a 35-0 lead. Two missed point-afters and two 2-point conversions followed the final four touchdowns.

Hurst added a 35-yard TD run and Travis another 1-yard scoring run in the second quarter for a 48-0 lead at the half.

Zy Alexander gave Loreauville its only points with a 4-yard touchdown run in the third quarter. Griffin answered with a 55-yard TD.

Griffin ran for 110 yards and two touchdowns, Hurst had 71 yards and a touchdown and Travis ran for 55 yards and two TDs to help the Hawks rush for 250 yards.

Brennon Williams led Loreauville with 91 yards on the ground and Leslie Joseph added 42 yards.

The 27th-seeded Tigers finished the season 3-8. St. Helena (9-2), the No. 6 seed in 2A, plays host to No. 11 seed South Plaquemines, which beat No. 22 Vinton 38-20 Friday.

Merryville 32, Centerville 13

MERRYVILLE — The No. 14 seed Merryville Panthers used a pair of second-half touchdowns to break open a close game and knock No. 19 seed Centerville out of the Class A playoffs Friday.

Merryville (6-5) will play No. 3 seed Kentwood in the second round.

Centerville ends its season with a 5-6 record.

Matthew LeBourgeois, playing in his final game for the Bulldogs, led Centerville with 143 yards and two touchdown on the ground. LeBourgeois finished his senior season with 1,346 yards and 19 touchdowns on the ground.

Noah Verret added 75 yards rushing for the Bulldogs.

Individual statistics for Merryville were not available.

Pine 42, West St. Mary 0

FRANKLINTON — Joey Seal rushed for three touchdowns and threw three touchdown passes as No. 13 seed Pine (7-4) blew past No. 20 seed West St. Mary 42-0 in the first round of the Class 2A playoffs Friday.

Jakyran Hardy rushed for 100 yards for the Raiders while Delvric Dillon added 91 yards and Seal finished with 27 yards on the ground.

WSM (4-7) managed to get inside the Pine 10 yard line twice but came away empty each time.

Individual statistics for the Wolfpack were not available.

Pine advances to play No. 4 seed Many in the second round.