Griffin scored four touchdowns in Gents' scrimmage

LAKE CHARLES – When Crowley High hit the field for their scrimmage Friday at St. Louis, CHS coach Josh Fontenot was hoping to see good things.
He also knew that he was going to see some bad things, or areas where his squad must improve.
He saw both.
Fortunately, the positives outweighed the negatives in a practice session that saw the Gents first team offense score four touchdowns.
“Overall, I was very pleased with what I saw today,” said Fontenot. “I am very unsatisfied, but very pleased.
“We did some great things out there and, then, we had some moments that weren’t so great.
“But heck, that’s what we are here for; it’s a scrimmage.
The positives begin with the Gents’ offense, which struggled on  its first possession during its opening series with the first team offense.
The Gents went three-and-out on that first possession and on their second series, they were facing a third down and 20 from their own 20-yard line.
That’s when Ty’Von Griffin got his first touch of the day. The junior tailback took a pitch on a speed option, broke three tackles and raced up the field for an 80-yard touchdown.
“He is good and he runs hard,” said Fontenot of Griffin. “We were backed up so we are going to give him the ball and let him make something happen. We blocked it well enough and he took over.”
That was the first of four touchdowns for Griffin, who finished with well over 100 yards, on minimal carries, on the day. He also had one reception for 15 yards.
Griffin scored on a 32-yard run on the next series following a 38-yard pass from Pate Broussard to  Jacq’co Price.
Griffin also had a one-yard scoring burst early in the 12-minute live period and a 25-yard touchdown run with 37 seconds remaining.
Price had three receptions in the live quarter for 34 yards. The junior also excelled with the second offensive unit at quarterback, where he rushed for 90 yards, including a 70-yard touchdown run.
He also hit Christopher Osten on a 35-yard touchdown pass.
“Jacq’co is fast and he makes things happen,” said Fontenot of Price. “I have a note here on my clipboard that says ‘Get Jacq’Co the ball’. He caught a bunch of passes and you can see his is gaining confidence.”
Terrell Thomas also had a nice reception during the live quarter, dragging a host of St. Louis defenders to the 1-yard line before being brought down. It was a catch that salvaged a rough day for the junior wideout who had a few drops prior to that reception.
“That’s unlike him,” said Fontenot of Thomas. “But then look how he makes up for it; he tries to fight off the whole team to get into the end zone.
“His reaction to dropping three passes was: “I’m catching this one and I’m going to score.”
Defensively, the Gents were in a bend but don’t break mode.
St. Louis stuck for a 48-yard pass play on its first offensive series and got down to the Gents’ 6-yard line before John Marceaux recovered a fumble to thwart the drive.
The Saints then drove down the field again, but they failed to convert on a long field goal on their final play of the series.
On their second offensive series, the Saints got to midfield, but they again stalled out before going three and out on their next two possessions.
In the live quarter, the Saints were only able to muster up 25 yards during their two possessions.
“We have a bunch of new guys on defense and they’re learning angles and all the big plays that they broke were bad angles; we can fix that,” said Fontenot. “But like I told the kids: they (St. Louis) never crossed the goal line and I like that.”
The two teams had their third units take the field after the live quarter and P.J. Miles took the opening handoff for the Gents and raced 70 yards for the final touchdown of the evening.
With all that scoring, and the Gents’ defense pitching a shutout, there wasn’t much for Fontenot not to smile about.
“Overall, it was good, but I’m ready to look at film and see what we can fix,” said Fontenot. “The thing about this team is that we can call plays right now, offensively, that we couldn’t call at the end of last year.
“Defensively, we can do things and move around right now, that we couldn’t do last year, too. Now just because we can call it doesn’t mean we’re very good at it.