By Pat Culverhouse |
BTW’s D. Stewart riddled the Minden defense for 339 passing yards and three touchdowns to lead the Lions past the Crimson Tide 34-21 in the District 1-4A and regular season finale for both teams.
With Friday’s loss, Minden drops to 3-3 for the conference and 6-3 on the season. Despite the loss, Minden enters the LHSAA Division II (Non-select) state playoffs, facing West Feliciana Friday in St. Francisville.
BTW winds up at 4-2 in district play, 7-3 for the year.
Minden jumped to an early 7-0 lead when Jaden Johnson sped 29 yards to paydirt, capping a 10-play, 79 yard drive with the opening kickoff.
Stewart answered with the first of his three TD passes, finding Tramell Howard-Choyce with a 13-yard score. A failed two-point try left it 7-6, but just 10 seconds later Minden’s Abreon Curry would take the ensuing kickoff 71 yards for a touchdown and a 14-6 lead.
After BTW’s Kevin Coleman scored on a three yard run, Howard-Choyce and Stewart combined for scoring passes of 13 and 42 yards to build a 28-14 Lions lead. Howard-Choyce would finish the game with 10 catches worth 182 yards and three touchdowns.
Minden’s Johnson and Kaiden King hooked up for a three-yard scoring pass to bring the Tide within 28-21, but a 23-yard scoring run by Lademorques Brown put the game out of reach.
Johnson led Crimson Tide rushers with 70 yards on 10 rushes followed by Lucas Owens with 11 carries and 44 yards. Curry had 14 yards on three attempts and Ian Clark carried once for 15 yards.
Through the air, King went 7-for-12 for 109 yards and one touchdown. Clark was the leading receiver with four catches worth 93 yards. Johnson caught three for six yards and one touchdown and Curry had one catch for eight yards.
