Derouen wins 5th weekly Grid Quiz

Published 12:45 am Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Aubrey Derouen won week 5 of the Grid Quiz college football pick’em contest sponsored by the New Iberia Recreation Department and The Daily Iberian with 17 correct picks in 20 college football games.

Tim Hoffpauir, E.J. Sonnier, Daryl Alfred, Harry Lopez, Andrea Gaddison, Fredy Thomas, Wilton Andrews and Mark Pharr each had 16 correct. Fifteen players had 15 correct for the week.

Scott Decuir is the overall leader with 69 correct picks in 96 games (four games affected by Hurricane Florence). April Gachassin is second with 68, followed by Willie Guilbeau, Wilton Andrews, Pierre Schwing and Bren Duplantis with 67 each.

Pat Thibodeaux, Malise McKenzie, Mark Pharr and Ken Boudreaux have 66 each and five players have 65.

A hundred played this week with 114 having played at least once.

Contestants make their picks for 20 college games each week for 13 weeks this year by registering at www.iberianet.com and then making their picks prior to the first game of the week. A button on the front page of the newspaper’s website will take contestants to a page where they can register for the contest and make their picks of games selected by the NIRD staff.

For those with no access to the Internet, printed copies of the weekly contest are available at the New Iberia Recreation Department office at City Park and at The Daily Iberian’s front desk. Printed copies must be delivered to the recreation department office. If mailed it must be postmarked by midnight of the Thursday before the games. Hand-delivered entries may be turned in no later than noon on Friday of that week’s games at the Cyr-Gates Community Center.

One entry is allowed per person per week. Games must be selected by the person submitting the entry. Anyone may enter to win the weekly prize, but only those age 18 and above are eligible for the grand prize plaque sponsored by the recreation department and the gift card.

The recreation department and The Daily Iberian are the sole arbiters of any disputes related to the contest and all decisions are final. In the event of a tie, the grand prize will be split among the winners.