Published 11:39 am Friday, October 25, 2024 By Patrick Jones OAK GROVE, La. — For the second time in three weeks, the Ferriday High School Trojans fell to one of the top teams in LHSAA District 2-2A in blowout fashion. On hursday night, it was the Oak Grove High School Tigers who took care of Ferriday 48-6.
Ferriday received the opening kickoff and CJ Reed Jr. returned it 75 yards for a touchdown to take a 6-0 lead. But Oak Grove responded with a touchdown of its own later in the first quarter and the Tigers made the extra point to give them a 7-6 lead.
“We came out and scored first; we had a little momentum. Defense was playing good. Against Oak Grove, we had to do the job all the time, not just one person,” Trojans assistant coach DeVante Scott said.
But it was the second quarter in which Oak Grove (7-1, 5-0) did most of its damage by scoring 20 points to take a 27-6 lead into halftime. What Scott was not too pleased with was the body language of the Trojans’ players once the Tigers took control of the game heading into halftime. He added that Ferriday’s offense was able to move the football, but it couldn’t get the ball into the end zone, which added to his, head coach Walter Johnson’s, and the rest of the coaching staff’s frustrations.
Caleb Ellis completed 12 of 23 passes for 199 yards with no interceptions. Jerry Griffin led the Trojans’ ground game with 54 yards on eight carries while Desmen Jefferson was their leading receiver with three catches for .
