2 weeks Ago
Calvary head coach Rodney Guin watches his team during the Cavaliers’ game against Oak Grove at Calvary Baptist Academy in Shreveport, La., Friday, Sept. 6, 2024.
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Franklin Parish clearly didn’t care about records, rankings or predictions. And the Patriots weren't impressed with the reputation and prior successes of Calvary’s biggest stars. At Winnsboro, Franklin Parish harassed Calvary quarterback Abram Wardell into a pick-6 to start the game and forced an early fumble from running back James Simon, a Texas commit.
The Cavaliers’ mistakes helped dig a 25-point hole. One too big to conquer. Calvary, ranked No.
1 in Class 2A, made it close, but Franklin Parish (3-0) stunned the defending Select Division III state champions, 32-28, on Friday. “We have to coach them better,” said head coach Rodney Guin, whose team dropped to 1-2. “We just didn’t play well.
We didn’t have any energy, from the get-go.” After extending its win streak to 15 games in Week 1, Calvary has now lost two straight. Despite the big early deficit, the Cavaliers had hope late.
Down 11 points, they had a first-and-goal at the Franklin Parish 8. On fourth down, Wardell found Kolby Thomas, but the receiver was tackled inside the 1. Calvary got within a score with less than 2 minutes remaining, but it was too late.
“We couldn’t get anything going. We had four turnovers,” Guin said. “We didn’t tackle very well.
We had them in some spots when we could have gotten off the field – that’s been killing us all year long.”.
