MCHS beats Franklin 14-6

Morgan City and Franklin high schools scored all of their points within the last four minutes of the second quarter of Friday night’s football game in Franklin.
For the Tigers, the result ended up being a good one.
Morgan City (2-3) outscored Franklin 14-6 in the second quarter en route to its second win of the season.
The Tigers got on the board first when Jacolbi Francois reached the end zone with a 38-yard run with 3:54 remaining in the second quarter. Irving Delgado’s kick gave the Tigers a 7-0 lead.
Franklin (0-5) responded with less than a minute in the first half when De’John Parker scored from 4 yards out with 46 seconds remaining. Franklin’s attempt at a two-point conversion via the run game failed and Morgan City led 7-6.
However, the Tigers responded quickly as quarterback Hector Tolento connected with wide receiver Jaylen Jones for a 38-yard touchdown run with 18 seconds remaining. Delgado’s extra point provided the final margin of victory.
Jones caught four passes for 72 yards for Morgan City, while Tolento led the Tigers’ pass game, completing 1 of 6 passes for 38 yards and a score.
Abram Hartley also saw time at quarterback for the Tigers and completed 3-of-3 passes for 34 yards.
On the ground, Kevon Marsh led Morgan City with 18 carries for 108 yards, while Francois had six totes for 49 yards and a score.
While the Tigers had just 255 yards of total offense (183 rushing and 72 passing), its defense limited Franklin to 191 yards of total offense (173 rushing and 18 passing).
Morgan City will return to action Friday when it hosts Rayne in its final nondistrict contest of the season.

MCHS Box Score
MCHS FHS First downs: 11 16
Rushing yards: 183 173
Passing yards: 72 18
Total yards: 255 191
Penalty-yards: 12-84 6-40

Score by Quarters
MCHS 0 14 0 0 14
FHS 0 6 0 0 6

Scoring Summary
2nd Quarter
MCHS: Jacolbi Francois 38-yard run (Irving Delgado kick) 3:54

FHS: De’John Parker 4 yard run (Run failed) 0:46

MCHS: Jaylen Jones 38-yard pass from Hector Tolento (Kick good) 0:18

MCHS Individual Stats Passing
Hector Tolento, 1-of-6 38 yds, 1 TD; Abram Hartley, 3-of-3 34 yds

Receiving
Jaylen Jones 4-72 yds. 1 TD

Rushing
Kevon Marsh 18-108 yds, Francois 6-49 yds, 1 TD; Scioneaux 1-12 yds; Jaylen Jones 5-43 yds; Abram Hartley 3-1 yd; Tolento 2- (-10 yds); Team (high snap on punt) - 1 carry, -20 yds.