Carencro used three long scoring plays, two of them covering more than 95 yards, to make it an unlucky Friday the 13th for Westgate, rallying to beat the Tigers 29-19, and across the parish, Catholic High scored 35 third-quarter points on the way to a 63-14 win over Loreauville as Teche Area teams got into the meat of their district football schedules.

In other games featuring Teche Area teams, Ascension Christian held of Delcambre 35-25 in a non-district game, New Iberia lost at Barbe 63-14 in District 3-5A action, West St. Mary beat Jeanerette 36-24 and Ascension Episcopal beat Franlkin 49-8 in a pair of District 7-2A games, Cecilia doubled up St. Martinville 28-14 in District 5-4A play, North Vermilion shut out Erath 34-0 in a District 8-3A game and Lafayette Christian shut out Centerville 48-0 in District 7-A action.

On Thursday night, Highland Baptist rallied with 27 points in a five-minute span of the fourth quarter to beat Hanson 47-39 in District 7-A play.

Carencro 29, Westgate 19

Two huge game-changing plays  in the fourth quarter swung what had been a dominant WHS defensive performance in favor of the visiting Bears, who rallied for the second time in a month in the final period to get a win in New Iberia.

WHS had held Carencro to minus-4 yards rushing in the first half while building a 19-9 lead, and had the Bears pinned inside their 1-yard line, nearly getting a safety when CHS quarterback Chance Prejean barely got out of the end zone.

On the next play, Prejean handed to Trejun Jones, who broke through the right side of the line and didn’t see a defender between him and the goal line the length of the field away, sprinting 99 yards for a TD that pulled Carencro to within 19-16.

Westgate (4-3 overall, 0-2 district) couldn’t move the ball on its ensuing possession and after the punt the Bears marched 85 yards eight plays, capped by a 22-yard run from Jones to give Carencro a 22-19 lead. Jansen Mayea batted down the extra point try to keep WHS within a field goal.

The Tigers seemed all but assured of at least a tying kick when they brought in starting quarterback Darien Charles, who had sat out up to that point with an injury, three plays into the ensuing series. Charles hit Kayshon Boutte for a 37-yard gain on a post pattern over double coverage on his first snap, and got WHS into the red zone with a 17-yard throw to Tyran Davis.

On third down from the 13, however, a miscommunication with his receiver led to an interception by Brendan Willis, who raced 97 yards with the pickoff for the game-sealing touchdown.

The Bears also had a 62-yard punt return for a TD by Deion Senegal.

WHS led 6-0 in the first quarter on Mar’keyvrick Eddie’s one-yard quarterback keeper and after the punt return by Senegal to tie it up in the second quarter, Tyreese Jackson scored on a 14-yard run to make it 13-6, Westgate.

WHS extended that lead to 10 points after blocking a punt that the Tigers recovered in the end zone.

A 19-yard field goal by Carencro’s Jaron Royer made it 19-9 with 1:23 to go in the half.

Jackson had 114 yards on 24 carries to lead the Tigers. Jones finished with 143 yards on only seven carries for CHS (3-3, 2-0).

Westgate travels to face Teurlings Catholic in another District 4-4A game Friday.

Catholic High 63, Loreauville 14

LOREAUVILLE — Noah Broussard’s interception return for a touchdown early in the third quarter started a an avalanche of points in the period that helped Catholic High blow open a close game.

The Panthers went from a 21-14 lead at the break to a 56-14 lead at the end of 3 on the way to a 63-14 District 7-2A win over the Tigers Friday.

Using the big play to full advantage, Catholic High (6-1, 3-0) scored in five plays or fewer on eight possessions.Three times the Panthers scored on the first play after taking possession.

JaDan Stokes rushed for 159 yards and three touchdowns, Ben Landry added 129 yards and two scores and Peter LeBlanc caught a 33-yard touchdown pass from Diallo Landry in the rout.

Loreauville, which gave Catholic High as much as it could handle in the first half, ran out of gas in the second half under the CHS onslaught of points.

Zy Alexander led the Tigers (2-5, 2-1) with 61 yards rushing and 63 yards and two touchdowns passing.

CHS plays host to Delcambre Friday. Loreauville plays host to Ascension Episcopal.

Ascension Christian 35, Delcambre 25

DELCAMBRE — Ascension Christian outscored Delcambre 14-6 in the second half to keep the Panthers winless on the season.

ACS led only 21-19 at halftime.

The Lions took a 7-0 lead on a 60-yard touchdown pass from Derrick Varnado to K’von Delone in the first quarter, but Delcambre answered with a two-yard TD pass from Colt Dooley to Katom Miguez later in the first quarter to make it 7-all after one period.

Delcambre went up on Dooley’s one-yard run but the PAT failed and the Panthers led 13-7.

ACS tied it on Varnado’s eight-yard scoring run and went up on a one-yard TD carry by Varnado and the 2-point conversion for a 21-13 lead. Dooley scored his second touchdown of the game on a one-yard run with 45 seconds left in the half to make it 21-19.

ACS extending the lead to 10 points on a two-yard scoring run by Landon Ortego in the third quarter followed by the 2-point conversion.

Delcambre cut that to 29-25 with a 21-yard touchdown pass from Dooley to Dillan Foucheaux later in the quarter but the PAT failed.

ACS put the game away with Ortego’s 16-yard touchdown run in the fourth period. Ortego rushed for 143 yards and two TDs on 20 carries and Varnado ran for 129 yards and two touchdowns on 21 runs while completing two of six passes for 96 yards.

Dooley ran for a game-high 182 yards and a touchdown on 27 carries and Noah Broussard added 50 yards on 11 totes. Dooley also completed six of 14 passes for 81 yards and two touchdowns.

Delcambre travels to Catholic High to resume District 7-2A play Friday.