The Franklin Hornets stunned seventh-seeded Kinder 34-28 in the second round of the Class 2A playoffs Friday night at J.C. Dry Stadium to cap an exciting night of playoff football for Teche Area high schools.

In other games involving area teams, Catholic High dominated Dunham 35-7 in a Division IV quarterfinal game on the road for the Panthers’ eighth straight win, St. Martinville remained unbeaten with a 28-7 victory over Belle Chasse in a Class 4A second-round game and Bastrop ended Westgate’s playoff chase with a 40-14 win at WHS.

In games Thanksgiving week, No. 6 seed Catholic High takes on No. 2 seed Metairie Park Country Day, No. 3 seed St. Martinville plays host to No. 6 seed Leesville in a battle of unbeatens and No. 23 seed Franklin plays host to No. 2 Amite.

Franklin 34, Kinder 28

FRANKLIN — Things were looking bad for the Hornets with 9-1/2 minutes left in the fourth quarter when Kinder surged ahead 28-14 on a three-yard touchdown run by running back Ty Fuselier.

But the Hornets (6-5) responded with a 16-play scoring drive, overcoming a pair of unsportsmanlike conduct penalties and a personal foul, to close to within 28-20 on a 36-yard scoring run by Travis Zeno on a quarterback keeper.

The Yellow Jackets (7-5) recovered an attempted onside kick at midfield and quickly drove into the red zone, but QB Hayes Fawcett coughed the ball up o n a first-down run and Franklin’s Malik King scooped up the loose pigskin and races up the home sideline 80 yards for a touchdown. Franklin QB Zariq Perry kept for the 2-point conversion to tie the game at 28-all with 2:05 remaining.

Then came a crucial series of events. Franklin kicked the ball out of bounds, giving Kinder the option to take the ball at its 35 with 2:05 to go, or force another kickoff.

The Yellow Jackets opted for the kick, and couldn’t handle Zylan Perry’s pooch kick. King opportunistictly covered the muff at the Kinder 31, setting up Franklin’s go-ahead drive. A 17-yard carry by Perry to the 2-yard line set up a one-yard run up the middle by Jarius Boyd, who finished the night with a game-high 135 rushing yards, followed by a quarterback sneak that Perry got into the end zone on for a 34-28 lead with 27.9 seconds to go.

Kinder mustered one first down on its ensuing possession but time ran out when Royal Jackson sacked Fawcett on the game’s final play.

Franklin had not hosted a playoff game since the mid-1990s and prior to upsetting 10th-seeded Red River the week before hadn’t won a playoff game since 1995.

Amite is 13-1 after a 41-6 win over No. 15 seed East Feliciana.

Catholic High 35, Dunham 7

BATON ROUGE — Trey Amos rushed for 193 yards and three touchdowns, Trey Henry added 113 yards and a touchdown and Catholic High dominated third-seeded Dunham in a Division III quarterfinal game Friday.

Zoe Cormier also ran for a TD for the Panthers, who outgained the Tigers 355-266 on the night with all but 12 of Catholic High’s yards coming on the ground.

Dunham quarterback Reed Godberry threw for 222 yards and a touchdown to five-star LSU-committed recruit Derek Stingley Jr.

Catholic High improved to 11-1 while handing the Tigers (10-1) their first loss.

Metairie Park Country Day is 11-0 after beating No. 7 seed Ascension Episcopal 58-35 Friday. The Cajuns had a first-round bye.

St. Martinville 28, Belle Chasse 7

ST. MARTINVILLE — St. Martinville advanced to the Class 4A quarterfinals for the first time since 2005 with a three-touchdown victory over Belle Chasse Friday night.

SMSH scored its first two touchdowns with a pair of sensational plays — Markavon Williams rushed for a 60-yard touchdown run and Latrevon Wiltz returned a kickoff 65 yards for another touchdown. Williams led the Tigers with 140 yards while Travien Benjamin added 109 yards and another rushing score.

Williams also threw an 18-yard touchdown pass.

The Tigers defense, meanwhile, stood tall as the visiting Cardinals went 1-for-5 on fourth down, and Latrevon Wiltz intercepted a pass in the red zone.

St. Martinville (12-0) will now host Leesville (12-0) on Friday.

Bastrop 40, Westgate 14

Quaterius Hawkins tossed five touchdown passes as Bastrop broke open a tight game with 22 unanswered points in the second half to defeat Westgate.

Westgate scored twice on special teams miscues by the ninth-seeded Rams (9-2).

Keith Lopez staked the No. 25-seeded Tigers (7-5) to a 7-0 lead when he caught a shanked punt in the end zone in the first quarter.

After Bastrop went ahead 18-7 at the half, WHS closed within 18-14 when Ronald Bernard scooped up another short punt and took it to the house.

Hawkins took control from there, however, firing scoring strikes to three different receivers.

Westgate drove inside the Bastrop 10-yard-line three times and came away with no points.