Mamou falls to Lake Arthur 40-8

MAMOU – Friday night was the midway point of the season for the Mamou football team. The squad came into the season as a young team having only three seniors. It faced tough out-­of­-district play against Ville Platte, Pine Prairie, and Oberlin.
Friday night was also Homecoming at Green Demon Field.
The homecoming festivities; however, did not translate over onto the field against the Tigers of Lake Arthur.
The home team came up short on the night by a score of 40­-8.
Following a Mamou punt to begin the game, the Tigers started with a short field as the punt came down on the Demon 33 yard line.
Lake Arthur ran a touchdown in from 5- yards out to go up 7­-0 with 7:19 remaining in the first quarter.
The visitors would go on to score on their next three possessions of the first half as the Mamou defense seemed to have no answer. Mamou trailed at halftime 26-­0.
Mamou appeared to get something going offensively in the second half.
Levi Fontenot eluded a couple of Tiger defenders for a gain of 21 yards to the Demon 49 yard line.
The drive soon stalled at midfield following a sack on second down forcing the Demons to punt. At the end of the 3rd quarter Lake Arthur led 33­-0.
Levi Fontenot got injured in the fourth quarter, and Adam Chapman came in the game behind center.
Chapman led his troops down field and into the end zone for Mamou’s only touchdown of the night on a 44-yard pass to Lil Paul Williams with just over four minutes remaining in the contest.
“I thought our kids played hard tonight,” commented Green Demon head coach Brian Brumfield. “At times we had some bursts. We stopped them a few times on defense, and other times we didn’t do as well. Lake Arthur has a good running back, and he’s hard to tackle. For the most part, I thought our kids played well. We just have to get a lot stronger.”