Panthers Open District Play With A Win

Despite poor execution on offensive for the majority of the game the Lake Providence Panthers were able to come away from Jonesboro-Hodge with its first win in district play. Both teams came into the game with 2-3 records.

Jonesboro struck first at 9:21 in the first quarter of the game from 21 yards out by capitalizing on an early turnover in Lake Providence territory.

The Panthers got it together on the next offensive possession running 4 plays before scoring on a 63 yard pass from Lamar Carraway to JoNathan Sanders with 7:41 left to play in the first quarter.

The second quarter was all defensive football for both teams. No points were scored in the second period as the Panther defense came alive and caused a couple of fumbles.

After the half an early J-Hodge fumble led to a Lake Providence touchdown as the Panthers put together a 21 yard drive that ended in a two yard Lamar Carraway rushing touchdown. The two-point conversion try was unsuccessful. The score in the game at 10:13 in the third stood at 12-7 (Lake Providence).

Jonesboro-Hodge picked off another Carraway pass at 5:41 in the third quarter and after 4 consecutive running plays, punched it in from 7 yards away to take the lead at 13-12.

Lake Providence turned the ball over on downs on their next possession and went 3 and out on 2 consecutive drives to start the fourth quarter.

Senior safety Jarqual Robertson got a little banged up in the game and had to come out just before the halftime, but returned in the second half with an inspiring KO return. The Panther defense really stepped up its play. We were just more physical and really hit J-Hodge in the mouth late in the game. Robertson came back to finish out the fourth quarter. This kid really showed a huge heart and outstanding senior leadership.

Late the fourth quarter found the Panthers still down in the game and not able to put together any kind of offense. It looked like J-Hodge would try to play a ball control game and run out the clock. Lake Providence came up with big stops forcing a punt with just a little over a minute left to play. With the ball and the last best chance to make something happen, the Lamar Carraway went deep to sophomore WR Shamaad Stewart to score a 1:01 left in the game. That touchdown play went for 66 yards. The two point pass attempt to another sophomore, Jaylon Willis was good. The final score, Lake Providence 20, Jonesboro-Hodge 13.

Lake Providence held J-Hodge to 186 yards of total offense while only gaining 188. The Panthers gained 6 yards on the ground and 182 in the air. Carraway went 10 for 24, 2 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. He also rushed for 5 yards and one touchdown.

Junior WR JoNathan Sanders had 6 catches for 78 yards. Jaylon Willis had 1 catch and a conversion. Sophomore Shamaad Stewart who scored the go-ahead touchdown finished the night with 2 catches for 92 yards and one touchdown.

Justin Willis lead all tacklers with 8 tackles, one for loss, 2 assists and 2 fumble recoveries. Senior DT Greg Campbell and junior LB Tyiris Adams both had 5 tackles and 2 assists. Adams had 1 tackle for loss. Will Williams recovered a fumble and registered a drive-killing sack late in the game. The “Blue Steel” Defense as a unit played a great game.

The Panthers have gotten to 500 with a 3-3 record on the season and 1-0 in District play. We travel to Sterlington next week.

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Panthers' Season Well Underway

The Lake Providence Panthers started the season with two really tough competitiors. LP played Carroll in its home opener before a packed house at Hamely Field. The atmophere was great for the start of the season. Unfortunately the Panthers dropped this game 46-28.

In week two the Panthers traveled to Oak Grove to avenge a tough loss at home from last year. The Panthers jumped out to a 34-10 first half lead on the legs of junior quarterback Lamar Carraway and a much improved (from week one) "Blue Steel" defense.

The Panthers were unable to hold on in the second half and fell to the Tiger by a score of 50-52.

The Panthers will be at home Friday night against the Franklin Parish Patriots at 7pm.

For more information about the stats from weeks one and two and a preview of Friday's game visit our Maxpreps site: http://www.maxpreps.com

Meet Greg Bell of Lake Providence

Thomasina Bell, Greg Bell, Greg Bell Sr.

Greg is the recipient of the Louisiana Fellowship's Scholarship to Arkansas Baptist College.
Greg has participated in both of the Lake Providence spring football clinics the Louisiana Fellowship has sponsored in partnership with Dr. Fitz Hill, President of Arkansas Baptist College.

Greg hopes to play football at ABC, major in business and one day return to Lake Providence as a young entrepreneur to help his community grow. He received outstanding recommendations from his coach, school staff and community leaders.

Lake Providence Panthers vs Mangham

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La. boasts many football prospects

La. boasts many football prospects By Jason Pugh • jpugh@gannett.com • May 23, 2010 Comments(0) Recommend Print this page E-mail this article Share Type Size A A A Next Page 1 | 2 | 3 From Shreveport to Franklinton and numerous points in between, college football recruiters are looking at a loaded Louisiana Class of 2011. Just how loaded? Nineteen rising seniors in the state have been nominated to take part in January's U.S. Army All-American Bowl, the nation's premier high school football all-star game. Among the potential invitees is Evangel defensive lineman Jermauria Rasco. The 6-foot-4, 251-pound defensive end is the No. 2-ranked prospect nationally at his position by Scout.com and is one of nine noncommitted Louisiana players on the All-American Bowl's list. "I'm still wide open," said Rasco, who has offers from more than 20 schools, but admitted to not having a favorite at this point. "I don't want to close any doors on anybody. I thought about committing early until I talked to (Evangel assistant head) coach (Byron) Dawson. He told me that's not a good idea, so I'm going to wait it out." Rasco and the other uncommitted Louisiana stars' statuses speaks to a depth of talent that is among the nation's best in the Class of 2011. Rasco is Scout.com's No. 22 player in the nation. Redemptorist offensive lineman La'el Collins is a top-10 national player, according to Rivals.com, and is Scout's No. 12 overall player. "You always have to take out the big three of Texas, California and Florida," Rivals.com Southeast and Texas analyst Barton Simmons said. "Outside of those three states, Georgia is still really strong this year and really deep. But, as far as one of those second-tier states go, Louisiana is really as good as any state, maybe better. It's really an elite group — just one of those that doesn't come along very often. It definitely has to be considered top five in the country as far as talent in this class." Rasco isn't the only area player who has carved out his niche in the deep pool of 2011 Louisiana talent. Three other northwest Louisiana players — Benton safety T.K. Fleming (14), Many wide receiver Rod Davis (20) and Haughton quarterback Dak Prescott (26) — ranked in the first 26 players in Scout.com's top 100 juniors in the state. (2 of 3) Despite the depth of the class and the camaraderie normally associated with recruits who travel in the same showcase/combine circles, Rasco said there has been little discussion between players about the amount of blue-chip prospects in the state. "I talked to the boys from Redemptorist — the running back Jeremy Hill and the offensive lineman La'el Collins — when we were at the UnderArmour combine in Florida," Rasco said. "When we first met, they had already committed to LSU and we never got a chance to talk about everything. They just tried to encourage me to go to LSU." One local prospect who is on LSU's and several other Bowl Championship Series schools' radars is Fleming, the three-sport Benton standout who won four state track titles — two indoor and two outdoor — this season. Despite his physical tools, the 6-3, 200-pounder is not academically qualified, but that hasn't stopped college coaches from heading north on Highway 3. Benton coach Caleb Guidry said UCLA paid the Tigers standout a visit this week and numerous other schools have done the same as Fleming has a plan in place to improve his academic standing. "T.K. is in a unique situation where he's got several offers despite that," Simmons said. "Usually it's one of those situations where you have to continue to prove to coaches you're on the right track. Then you can allay some of those concerns and still have those offers and still have the opportunity to commit. He's a guy who's such a phenomenal athlete on the track and is one of those guys people certainly like to have on their squad just because there's so much upside with him." Defensive backs like Fleming and wide receivers like Davis were once the calling cards for coaches who recruited Louisiana. However, the Class of 2011 has a different strength. "It's hard to say there's a strength in this class if you're speaking of position, because the real strength of this class is its depth across several positions," Scout.com director of scouting Scott Kennedy wrote in an e-mail to The Times. "There are top skill players like running back Kenny Hilliard and Jarvis Landry, and there are top big men on both sides of the ball like La'el Collins and Anthony Johnson. But each of those positions goes at least two deep with elite national-level players. The strength of this class is its depth across the board." (3 of 3) The draw of players like Hilliard and Hill have made national news as well as the ever-expanding world of televised high school football games could include a matchup of Hilliard's Patterson Lumberjacks and Hill's Redemptorist Wolves on a Thursday night at Nicholls State University. LSU has picked up 11 commitments for its Class of 2011, 10 of which are Louisiana players. The Tigers and any other school had better not hold their collective breath waiting to see if they land Rasco. "If I would never have had the help of (Evangel assistant head) coach (Byron) Dawson and (interim head) coach (Phillip) Deas, I probably would have been committed already," Rasco said. "I would have probably changed my mind last-minute like (Jarrett) Fobbs did. Me and Fobbs, we talked a couple of times and he wasn't really sure about the commitment (to Texas A&M). I'm not the type of person who would want to commit to a school and decommit and then try to commit to someone else. When I commit to a school, it's going to be official." Next Page 1 | 2 | 3 In your voice| Read reactions to this story You must be logged in to leave a comment. Login | Register 1000characters left

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