LEONARD GRAY / L’Observateur / October 21, 2000

BOUTTE – A 44-6 win over Brother Martin’s Crusaders gave Hahnville High a boost toward their target next week, as they host parish rival, Destrehan.

Dawan Landry rushed for two touchdowns and passed for two more, to Mark Young and Aaron Alexander, to pump up the points against the Crusaders.

Hahnville received the opening kickoff and, in an eight-play drive, burned up the field to the Crusader 39, from where Landry passed to Young for the walk-in score. Matt Cummins’ PAT made it 7-0 with 9:39 on the first quarterclock.

Brother Martin’s opening possession netted them a minus-eight yards, as they were shoved from their own 20 to their own 12 before punting to the HHS 44-yard line. This time, the touchdown took a six-play drive, capped by a21-yard scramble by Dawan Landry. However, this score was called back on aholding penalty and the Tigers settled for a 27-yard field goal with 3:08 left in the first quarter, to lead 10-0.

The Crusaders cranked up a serious offensive threat after their next possession gave them little, ending in a punt which was touched by a Hahnville defender and scooped up by Crusader defensive end B.J. Kenney, who postedit at the Tiger 18-yard line with 1:52 left to the quarter.

Even this, though, was not enough to allow Brother Martin to score, as three plays later, Mark Barnes intercepted in the end zone and gave possession back to Hahnville.

Going into the second quarter, with the Tigers still in possession, Mark Young snared a 46-yard pass to bring the ball down to the Crusader 40-yard line.

Two plays later, a pass to Lionel Evans brought the ball to the Brother Martin 17, and on the next play, Skylar Boyle scored. Cummins’ PAT bumped thetally to 17-0.

Brother Martin’s next possession took them from their own 25 to their own 27 after a nine-yard sack by David Pierre wiped out their effort. Twofruitless possessions passed, after which the Tigers launched from their own 19 to score seven plays later.

The breakout play was Dawan Landry’s 19-yard keeper after breaking two backfield tackles to the Crusader 15-yard line. On the next play, it wasLandry to Aaron Alexander for the touchdown with 2:47 remaining in the half. The PAT fell wide left, and the Tigers led 23-0.Brother Martin again tried to launch an offense, from their own 26 to the Hahnville 34, from where they set up to attempt a field goal with 50 seconds remaining. Instead, the fake run by kicker Jonathan Marcel only resulted inreaching the line of scrimmage.

The Crusaders accepted the second half kickoff and launched their sole scoring drive, with quarterback Evan Trapani and running back Chris McElrath carrying the load.

A costly personal foul call on Hahnville pushed the ball down to the Tigers 19, from where Brother Martin’s Aubrey Marchand pulled in the Trapani pass for the score with 9:20 left in the third quarter. The PAT try was short, andHahnville led 23-6.

The Tigers rebounded from the sting when, on the fourth play after the kickoff, Dawan Landry stepped up the middle for a 61-yard touchdown run.

The Cummins PAT was good and Hahnville was up 30-6 with 7:46 remaining in the third.

Brother Martin managed to gain only five yards on their next possession and the Tigers took over on downs with 5:45 left in the quarter. One pass toLionel Evans got the ball to the 13 and from there, Dawan Landry rolled right for the touchdown with 4:49 remaining to the period. Cummins’ PAT wasgood for the 37-6 tally.

The Crusaders muscled out on their next possession from their own 28 to midfield, and they punted from there to place the Tigers against the wall at their own 7-yard line.

Three plays later, Dawan Landry was nearly caught in the backfield when he shovel-passed to Lionel Evans, who rolled 81 yards to the Crusader 8-yard line with 46 seconds left to the third quarter.

Three plays after that, Charles Taylor scored from two yards out with 31 seconds left on the clock. Tim Sirmon booted the PAT to make the total 44-6.

From that point of the game, the entire fourth quarter was scoreless, as Nick Cannon took the quarterback chores over and shepherded the game to its conclusion. A highlight was Brooke Dufrene’s rushing from the Tiger 21 tothe Crusader 47 in five consecutive carries.

On the stat sheet, Hahnville dominated on first downs, 20-12. Totaloffensive yards was 542 for the Tigers and 178 for the Crusaders.

Dawan Landry was 12 of 19 passing for 288 yards, and also accounted for 132 rushing yards. Lionel Evans rolled up 109 yards receiving and Mark Youngadded 97 yards receiving.

Hahnville had 254 rushing yards, while Brother Martin had only 89 yards rushing and 89 yards passing.

The Crusaders were only penalized four times for a loss of 15 yards, while the Tigers were penalized 10 times for 100 yards.

Next week, Hahnville hosts Destrehan in a showdown in District 7-5A.

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