No one can ever accuse the Sumner Cowboys of playing a week schedule. The Cowboys scrimmaged 5A Hammond, played 3A Amite in their Jamboree, beat 5A Ponchatoula in week one and then Sumner followed up those games with dates against Independence, Kentwood and Lutcher.

Now if that is not as tough of a schedule in the state of Louisiana then I sure hope that someone tells me otherwise. The Cowboys took on 5th ranked Lutcher of Class 3A and lost to the Bulldogs 35-0.

Sumner is now 1-4 on the season but there is light at the end of the tunnel. Sumner opens district play this weekend against the St. Thomas Aquinas Falcons.

After losing their first game of the season to the top ranked team in Class 1A St John the Loranger Wolves were riding a three game win streak as district 9-3A foe Franklinton rolled into town.

The Demons would put a big halt to the Wolves win streak and dominated Loranger in a 43-0 win over the Wolves. Franklinton jumped out to a 7-0 first quarter lead and never looked back as they took a 28-0 halftime lead over the Wolves. Franklinton's Defense limited the Wolves to just 92 total yards.

After starting the season 2-0 the St. Helena Central Hawks of Class two fell to 2-2 last week after losing 20-6 to Southern Lab. Coach Alden Foster and his Hawks made sure that they would not lose three straight and they came up with a big 34-14 win over the Varnado Wildcats.

St. Helena racked up 405 yards of total offense in the win and allowed Varnado to gain just 219 total yards. St. Helena's O-Line paved the way for 300 rushing yards in the Hawks win over Varnado.

The Hawks would also get another solid performance from sophomore quarterback Addarius Sopsher. Sopsher completed five-of-twelve pass attempts for 105-yards and two touchdowns.

But the story of the night was Hawks ability to run the football. Darrin Self had his best game of the season as he rushed for 202-yards on 18 carries and scored three touchdowns in the Hawks 34-14 win over Varnado.

With the win the Hawks improve to 3-2 on the season and they will open district 8-2A play this week as they play host to Episcopal of Baton Rouge.

Two of the best teams in lower classification football met each other last Friday night "Under the Tank" in Kentwood. 5th ranked Clinton of Class 2A came to town to take on the 7th ranked Roos of Class 1A.

Clinton came to town with one of the top rushing offenses in class 2A and running back Silas Gibbs. The Eagles and Gibbs left town with only 138-yards of total offense including just 12 yards rushing.

On the flip side the Roos piled up 295-yards of total offense in their 16-12 win over the Eagles. The Roos Defense would be responsible for the first points put on the scoreboard.

Kentwood's pressure forced the Eagles to fumble the ball out of the end zone and the Roos led 2-0 with 3:38 left in the first quarter. Kentwood then called on their young QB to get them their first touchdown of the game.

Sophomore QB Bobby Earl threw a 70-yard TD pass to Alfred Franklin and with the Shakyle Robertson PAT the Roos increased their lead to 9-0 with 6:35 left in the first half.

A little over three minutes later the Eagles got on the board and cut the Roos lead to 9-6 but Kentwood would come right back and answer the Eagles score. Bobby Earl threw his second touchdown of the game later in the first half.

Johnny Thomas caught a 12-yard TD pass from Earl and with the Robertson PAT the Roos led 16-6 at halftime. The Eagles would pull closer to the Roos in the third quarter after picking off a Bobby Earl pass.

Clinton cut the Roos lead to 16-12 with under a minute left to play in the third quarter. Bot teams defenses took control of the game the rest of the way and the Roos Defense came up with a big interception late in the game to preserve a 16-12 win over Clinton.

With the win the Roos improve to 4-1 on the season and they will travel to Hammond this week to take on Northlake-Christian.

The young Amite Warriors look like they are starting to gel as a team. After a close 6-0 loss to Independence last week the Warriors needed to beat Bogalusa to stay in the thick of the district 9-3A race.

Amite hit the road and overcame a solid performance from Jacks QB Antoine Temple and won a close 21-18 game over Bogalusa to notch their first district win of the season. Temple played lights out for the Jacks as he completed 28-of-42 pass attempts for 334-yards and two touchdowns.

Amite also got a stellar performance from junior running back Steven Sibley. Sibley racked up over 200-yards of total offense for Amite in their win over the Jacks. The Warriors Defense limited the Jacks to 53 rushing yards on twenty-seven carries. With the victory Amite is now 2-3 overall and 1-1 in district play.

The #1 ranked Independence Tigers of Class 1A traveled to Baton Rouge to take on the 1A Dunham Tigers last Friday night. After a scoreless first quarter and a see-saw battle in the second the Tigers pulled away by out scoring Dunham 21-0 in the second half to come away with a 35-14 win.

Independence totaled 404-yards of total offense in their win and running back Derek Dupard led the way with 159 rushing yards and two TD's for the Tigers. The Tigers Defense would only surrender 145-yards of total offense.

QB Chris Banks would look sharp again as he completed 12-of-16 pass attempts for 188-yards and three TD's against Dunham. WR Jasmine Dalton also turned in a nice effort as he caught seven passes for 128-yards and two TD's as well.

With the win the Tigers remain undefeated and are now a perfect 5-0 on the season. Independence will step back into district 9-3A play this week as they take on the Bogalusa Lumberjacks.

The struggling seasons continue for the Hammond Tornadoes and the Ponchatoula Green Wave in 2006. Last week Hammond was pounded by St. Paul's 44-14 and the Ponchatoula Green Wave did not fair much better as Covington beat the Wave to drop them to 0-5 on the season.

The 1-4 Tornadoes will take on Northshore this week and the Ponchatoula Green Wave will battle Mandeville in district 4-5A action.

Improved to 5-0 on the season with a 28-20 win over the Fisher Gators. RB Jermaine Smith paced the Bulldogs with 124-yards rushing and Zeke Jones chipped in 75 rushing yards for the Bulldogs in their win. Springfield takes on Pine this week in district 9-2A action.

The Falcons edged Northlake Christian 21-13 as Josh Reed and Quinton Ruffin led the way for STA. Reed rushed for 100-yards on 11 carries and Ruffin added 102-yards and a two TD's for the Falcons. The Falcons take on district favorite Sumner this weekend in Strawberry Stadium in Hammond.