East St. John Overpower Hahnville in Key District 7-5A Win

Written by Jonrell Jones

The East St. John Wildcats dominated the Hahnville Tigers from start to finish. The Wildcat’s size 
was too much to handle for the Tigers. East St. John was showed a steady mix of pass and run 
plays to drive down the field each possession. Marcus Johnson led the Wildcat’s offense completing 12 of 14 for 216 yards and 3 touchdowns. Junior receiver Kylon Harris accounted for 
all three touchdowns. Harris had jaw breaking spectacular catch that extended the Wildcats 
lead to 30-8. 

Hahnville received the opening kickoff but was stalled out by the monster Wildcats 
defense. The Wildcat’s offense flashed it's dominance with a 16-play drive that finished with a 
Marcus Jackson run. The drive took more than 7 minutes off the clock. The Wildcats led 6-0 
after that point. The Wildcats got the ball back with a short field after Hahnville fail to convert 
on a 4th down attempt. 

The Wildcats got the ball back with a short field after Hahnville fail to convert 
on a 4th down attempt. The Wildcats then follow up with a touchdown pass from Jackson to 
Harris to make it 12-0. Cortez Fisher cap the scoring for the first half for the wildcats with a 2-
yard touchdown run to make it 18-0. The Hahnville Tigers finally put a perfect drive together in 
a 2-minute drill only to run out of time at the 1-yard line. 

On 4th down Fisher took a fake punt 70 yards to make the score 24-0. Harris accounted for the other scores for the Wildcats in the 2nd half with two touchdown grabs.

Hahnville had a bright spot from running back Trey LaBranch who finished with 149 yards rushing & 1 touchdown. The Wildcats would go on to win convincingly 38-16 to improve to 3-0 on the year & Hahnville falls to 2-1. 

Hahnville will host Thibodaux & East St. John will travel to Higgins.