St. John rolls past East Iberville

• By DAMIAN FOLEY
• Special to The Advocate
• Published: Oct 30, 2009

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PLAQUEMINE — Top-ranked St. John went into its game against East Iberville at Canova Stadium Thursday night heavy favorites, boasting a 7-1 record with an average margin of victory of 20 points per game.

For 10 minutes, the Tigers made a game of it and kept the Eagles off the scoreboard.

Then St. John scored 62 unanswered points the rest of the game for a 62-6 win, a scoring onslaught that included two defensive touchdowns and three scores on three consecutive carries by Josh Johnson.

Johnson led the Eagles (8-1, 4-0 in 8-1A) in the rout with 149 yards and three touchdowns on seven carries, and added a fourth touchdown on the opening kickoff of the second half. Casey Toussaint added 61 yards and a score on three first-half carries, while Michael Martinez completed just one pass for St. John, a 43-yard touchdown strike to Stephen Williams late in the first half.

Brandon James went 9 of 21 for 65 yards for East Iberville (3-5, 1-3 in 8-1A) while running back Mitchell Johnson accounted for the Tigers’ only score with a 23-yard touchdown pass to Greg Pickett.

“I thought we came out really focused,” said St. John coach Tut Musemeche. “We got two defensive scores and that took a lot of the wind out of (East Iberville).”

St. John’s first score came on a 3-yard run by Johnson, and when Case Randazzo ran a James interception back 40 yards for a score on East Iberville’s ensuing possession the the Eagles led 14-0.

Warren Clark intercepted Martinez on the final play of the quarter but fumbled the return, giving the ball back to the Eagles. Two plays into the second quarter it was Johnson again, running it in from 39 yards out.

Davante Williams was the next Eagle to find the end zone, recovering a Nick Brooks fumble and returning it 35 yards for a touchdown. Keeping the Johnson touchdown-fumble recovery touchdown-Johnson touchdown theme going, Johnson took his next carry 65 yards for a score.

Martinez’s lone completion of the night was a 43-yard touchdown pass to Williams, who in turn replaced Martinez under center for St. John’s final drive of the half. Sandwiched between Williams’ score and his assumption of the quarterback duties, however, was a 13-yard scoring run by Toussaint that gave the hosts a 48-0 lead at halftime.

The news did not get any better for the Tigers after halftime, as Johnson ran the second-half kickoff back 81 yards for his fourth touchdown.

With the clock running continuously, the Eagles were limited in their second-half possessions, but Dylan Borruano added a ninth St. John touchdown on a 5-yard run late in the third quarter to stretch the lead to 62-0.

Williams gave way to Colby Landry at quarterback for the fourth quarter, but the only team to crack the scoreboard was East Iberville, as Mitchell Johnson threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to Pickett with 40 seconds remaining.