Bishop Lynch High School is proud to announce the Recognized Scholars for the Class of 2017. Twenty-two students have been awarded this distinguished honor including Eric Bray, Allison Clay, Cole Cooper, Lani Dufresne, Marissa Dunagan, Jesseca Hageman, Anna Huntress, Anastasia Jacques, Ryan Maso, Zacharias Mazur, Matthew Newman, Bonnie Nolan, Margaret O’Connor, Audrey Paetzel, Shannon Scott, Will Seidel, Abirami Sivatharman, Rhiannon Townsend, Jacob Villarreal, Benjamin Walter, Shelby Watts and Zachary Zipper.

Students obtaining the distinction of National Merit Semi-Finalists, scoring in the top 1% of all United States high school students who took the Preliminary SAT test are Lani Dufresne and Zachary Zipper.

Scoring in the top 3% of test takers in Texas are National Merit Commended students Anna Huntress, Ryan Maso, Matthew Newman, Audrey Paetzel, Shannon Scott, Abirami Sivatharman and Jacob Villarreal. Named as National Hispanic Scholars for outstanding PSAT test scores are Rhiannon Townsend, Shelby Watts and Jacob Villarreal.

Advanced Placement Scholars with Distinction who scored a 3.5 average on all AP exams and scores of 3 or higher on five or more AP tests exams are Lani Dufresne, Matthew Newman, Shannon Scott, Benjamin Walter and Zachary Zipper. Advanced Placement Scholars with Honor scoring a 3.25 average on all AP exams and scores of 3 or higher on four or more AP Allison Clay, Audrey Paetzel, Will Seidel and Abirami Sivatharman.  And finally, Advanced Placement Scholars with scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams are Eric Bray, Cole Cooper, Marissa Dunagan, Jesseca Hageman, Anastasia Jacques, Zacharias Mazur, Bonnie Nolan and Margaret O’Connor.

For the second straight week, the Friar defense forced five turnovers and this time, they needed each one to put away Kaufman for a 28-14 win at Roffino Stadium in the final non-district game of the season.

Bishop Lynch (2-1) had a hard time getting its offense going with just 235 yards, but offset that number with a pair of defensive scores to get past the visiting Lions (1-2).

Jeremy Irving picked off two passes, the first of which came near the end of the first half and gave the Friars a two-score lead at the break.

Kaufman had a chance to go down and tie the game with just a couple of minutes left, but again the defense stepped up in the biggest way as Daniel Packard took an interception 25 yards to the house, helping the Friars go into the bye week on a two-game win streak.

Jermaine Mask led the team with 79 rushing yards and got the Friars on the board first with a three-yard run. The Lions hit one of their two big plays to tie the game with a 72-yard pass in the second quarter.

Jaire Moore scored from nine yards to regain the lead and Irving's return gave the Friars a buffer heading into the break.

In the third, Kaufman hit its second big play, scoring on a 79-yard pass. But the Lions weren't able to strike gold a third time. Instead, Packard iced the game with his touchdown return.

Packard had 12 tackles and forced a fumble in addition to his interception. Irving was in on 10 tackles and also recovered a fumble to go with his two interceptions. Landry Kershaw forced a fumble and was in on 20 tackles.

The Friars will have two weeks to prepare for their district opener on Sept. 23 at Earl Hayes Stadium, on the Bishop Dunne campus.

Kaufman             0       7       7       0       —      14

Bishop Lynch      7       14     0       7       —      28

BL – Jermaine Mask 3-yard run (Carson Garrett kick)

K – Dre Prox 72-yard pass from Trey Collier (kick good)

BL – Jaire Moore 9-yard run (Garrett kick)

BL – Jeremy Irving 70-yard interception return (Garrett kick)

K – Casey Smith 79-yard pass from Jacob Nalls (kick good)

BL – Daniel Packard 25-yard interception return

Team Stats                        K                BL

1st Downs                    11              9

Total Yards                  323            235

Rushing                       32-117       36-127

Pass Yards                   206            108

C-A-I                            7-15-3        5-10-0

Fumbles lost                2                0

Turnovers                    5                0

Penalties                     6-34           10-68

Individual Stats

PASSING

BL – Jagger LaRoe 5-10-0-108

K – Jacob Nalls 3-8-2-108; Trey Collier 4-7-1-98

BL – Jermaine Mask 12-79; Jaire Moore 17-52; Jarek Broussard 5-10; Jagger LaRoe 1-(-8); Team 1-(-6).

K – Jacob Nalls 4-31; Trey Collier 4-27; De'Kembe McCullar 9-24; Marquithias Johnson 5-20; Dre Prox 7-15; Devyn Morris 2-1; Team 1-(-2).

RECEIVING

BL – Jarek Broussard 3-94; Jack Bradley 1-12; Duncan West 1-2.

K – Casey Smith 5-107; Dre Prox 2-99.

An explosive rushing attack paired with a suffocating defense led Bishop Lynch to a 52-13 rout of the Irving Tigers on Friday at Irving Schools Stadium.

Landry Kershaw rang up 17 tackles and forced a fumble, Daniel Packard had 17 tackles and a sack, Davis Peck was in on 14 stops and Jacob Lewis had a hand in 13 tackles. Carson Garrett made all seven PATs and a 30-yard field goal, his first at the varsity level. 

Jermaine Mask rushed for 94 yards, including the game's opening score, an 8-yard run to put the Friars in front after their opening possession. Moore added a 5-yard run on the next series to double the lead at 14-0.

Irving appeared to be making a game of it, slicing the BL lead in half on James Miles' 23-yard run, but the Friars ended the half with 21 straight points — a 15-yard run by Moore, a 39-yard TD pass from Jagger LaRoe to Jarek Broussard and Murphy's scoop and score.

Miles scored again for Irving early in the third period, but Moore sprinted past the Tiger defense for a 90-yard score on his final carry to put it out of reach. In the fourth, Garrett booted the field goal and sophomore Jack Taylor scored his first varsity touchdown on a 10-yard run.

Bishop Lynch outgained Irving 450-170 and didn't commit a turnover one week after losing four against Texas High.

Bishop Lynch      14     21     10       7   –   52

Irving High          0       7       6       0   –   13

BL – Jaire Moore 5-yard run (Garrett kick)

IRV – James Miles 23-yard run (Luis Mendez kick)

BL – Moore 15-yard run (Garrett kick)

BL – Jarek Broussard 39-yard pass from Jagger LaRoe (Garrett kick)

BL – Grayson Murphy 20-yard fumble return (Garrett kick)

IRV – Miles 2-yard run (run failed)

BL – Moore 90-yard run (Garrett kick)

BL – Garrett 30-yard field goal

BL – Jack Taylor 10-yard run (Garrett kick)

Team Stats                BL              IRV

First Downs                 16              12

Total Yards                  450            170

Rushing                      40-315       35-113

Pass Yards                  135            57    

C-A-I                          4-7-0          6-14-3

Fumbles Lost               0                1               

Turnovers                    0                4

Penalties-Yards             7-78           4-30

Individual Stats

PASSING

BL – Jagger LaRoe 4-7-0-135.

IRV – DJ Stephenson 6-14-3-57.

RUSHING

BL – Jaire Moore 11-175, Jermaine Mask 19-94, Ryan Corcoran 5-23, Jack Taylor 3-18, Jarek Broussard 2-5.

IRV – James Miles 15-67, Raekwon Young 12-41, DJ Stephenson 5-10, Richard Poteet 1-2, Angel Ontiveros 2-(-7).

RECEIVING

BL – Duncan West 2-64, Jarek Broussard 1-39, Jack Bradley 1-32.

IRV – Raekwon Young 3-52, Le'Vante Briggs 2-6, Angel Ontiveros 1-(-1).

The Friars will look to bounce back in Irving on Friday after opening the season with a 44-21 home loss to Texas High at Roffino Stadium.

The Tigers (1-0) amassed 588 yards of offense, with most of their damage being done in the middle two periods, during which Texas High scored 37 points.

The Friars (0-1) displayed an impressive ground game (243 yards) which helped the team put together 377 offensive yards, but were unable to put the lid on the Texas High passing game. Tiger quarterback Cade Pearson passed for 439 yards and five touchdowns.

Jaire Moore paced the Bishop Lynch attack with 180 yards on the ground, Jarek Broussard scored a pair of touchdowns and Jermaine Mask found the end zone as well.

After a scoreless first period, Texas High scored 17 straight in the first half of the second quarter to take a 17-0 lead. Broussard dazzled the crowd for BL's first points of the season, cutting through and around the Tiger defense on a 10-yard scoring run. Carson Garrett made the first of three PATs and cut the deficit to 17-7.

Texas High would pad its lead before the break and took a 23-7 lead into halftime.

The Friars, however, came out swinging in the second half, capping off a drive with Mask's 22-yard TD run to make it 23-14. The Tigers would answer with two scores of their own and led 37-14 after three frames.

Jagger LaRoe connected with Broussard in the fourth on a 32-yard touchdown pass, bringing the Friars within 37-21, then had a chance to make it a one-possession game, driving the ball down inside the Texas High 10-yard line. But, on 4^th and goal, LaRoe was sacked, ending the Friars final threat.

Bishop Lynch will take its show on the road Friday, looking to pull its record even against the Irving Tigers (0-1). The teams will meet at Irving Schools Stadium with kickoff scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

Listen to the game live at www.blfriars.org. The pregame show will begin at 7 p.m.

Texas High                0          23       14        7    —    44

Bishop Lynch            0          7          7          7    —    21

THS – Tevailance Hunt 30 pass from Cade Pearson (Isidro Hernandez kick)

THS ­– Quan Hampton 17 pass from Pearson (Hernandez kick)

THS – Hernandez 25 field goal

BL – Jarek Broussard 10 run (Carson Garrett kick)

THS– Hampton 32 pass from Pearson (kick fails)

BL – Jermaine Mask 22 run (Garrett kick)

THS – Hunt 27 pass from Pearson (Hernandez kick)

THS – Markese Martin 45 pass from Pearson (Hernandez kick)

BL – Broussard 32 pass from Jagger LaRoe (Garrett kick)

THS – Devuntay Walker 88 run (Hernandez kick)

THS                 BL

First Down                21                   13

Yards Rushing           14-149            38-243

Yards Passing             439                 134

Passes A-C-I              40-25-1          18-10-1

Fumbles-Lost            2-0                  4-2

Penalties-Yards       8-69                6-60

Punts-Avg.                3-24.7            4-30.0

RUSHING

THS – Pearson 5-21, Walker 6-114, Martin 3-14.

BL – LaRoe 2-(-12), Mask 11-65, Jaire Moore 22-180, Broussard 3-10.

PASSING

THS – Pearson 25-40-1-439.

BL – Sam Vrana 3-7-1-11, LaRoe 6-9-0-111, Raymond Baccera 1-2-0-2.

RECEIVING

THS – Hampton 9-174, Hunt-9-148, Walker 2-31, Martin 4-87, Eric Sutton 1-3.

BL – Will Gates 1-3, Broussard 4-52, Duncan West 4-84.

The second of two scrimmages for the Bishop Lynch football team was most impressive Friday evening, despite some changes in the schedule due to weather.

All three BL teams were scheduled to scrimmage Kimball at Sprague Stadium, but heavy rain flooded the area and led to the cancellation of the subvarsity portion.

Once the weather cleared up, the varsity team took the field just after 7 p.m. to take on the Knights.

Kimball's offense was unable to get anything going to start the scrimmage, as junior defensive back Benn Cole stopped a series with an interception near midfield.

The Friars, however, hit paydirt on their opening series, using a number of dazzling plays from junior Jarek Broussard to set up senior Jaire Moore for a short touchdown run.

BL's second defensive unit shut down Kimball once again and the second offense moved the ball well behind some big runs by Jack Taylor, but could not add any points.

Kimball's only big play of the evening produced the Knights' only points as the hosts converted a short pass into a long run that ended in the end zone.

The Friars would respond very quickly, with Broussard running for 40 yards on the first play of the series. Moore gashed the Kimball defense for a 24-yard TD just moments later.

All in all, it was an impressive showing for the Friars, who will shift their focus now to Texarkana Texas High, which will come to Roffino Stadium on Friday to open the 2016 season. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

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