Pope John Paul II’s Jaguars head to St. John of Plaquemine to take on the Eagles tomorrow night with kickoff scheduled for 7.

Both teams won their openers last week. Pope John Paul II defeated St. Patrick of Mississippi 28-20.

St. John blanked, who dropped from 2A to 1A this year, blanked Belaire 38-0. Last season, the Eagles made it to the regional of the playoffs before losing to Farmerville 22-2.

Pope John Paul II’s Guy Sergi (34) comes up with a nice defensive play, knocking the ball away from St. Patrick’s Matt Blank (1) in last week’s opener at PJP. (File Photo by Gwen Ladner)

Eagles’ coach Tut Musemeche said it should be a good game.

“Both teams play a lot alike with effort and passion. It’s good high-school kids playing the game the way it should be played,” Musemeche said.

Offensively, PJP runs the double-wing. The Jaguars running game was up to the task last week, led by senior back Tyler Lusignan. He finished with 15 carries for 148 yards and three touchdowns.

Quarterback Clyde Perkins had 58 yards on 11 rushing attempts and a score. Running back Carlo Comfort rushed 11 times for 45 yards, while fullback Kyle Canulette had eight attempts for 40 yards.

In the passing game, Perkins was 2-4 for 21 yards. He had a 13-yard completion to Christian Bruhn and another for eight yards to Conforto.

Defensively, St. John runs multiple sets. Coach Musemeche said they have been basing out of a three-man front by default.

The Eagles have lost three offensive linemen for the year in sophomore back up Chris Bordelon (car accident), junior right tackle Michael Collins (knee) and sophomore left guard Dakota Richard (cracked bone in his foot).

That forced St. John to use some defensive players on the offensive line.

Last week, sophomore end Nathan Voisin helped lead the charge with six tackles and two sacks. Senior cornerback Casey Toussant made four tackles and defended three passes.

Offensively, St. John is multiple.

In last week’s victory, the Eagles ran 53 times for 288 yards, but had no 100-yard rushers. In all, 11 different players carried the ball.

Senior running back Josh Johnson topped the Eagles rushers with 18 carries for 89 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

Sophomore back Da’vante Williams tallied 40 yards on three carries, while grabbing three passes for 73 yards.

Junior quarterback Michael Martinez, a second-year starter, clicked on 5-9 for 107 yards, while running seven times for 59 yards.

Jaguars’ coach Mark Jeanmard said St. John’s is one of the best small schools, 3A-1A, in the state and the Eagles’ offense presents many challenges for the PJP.

“Their quarterback does a great job of running their offense and is a effective runner and passer,” Jeanmard said.

The Jaguars’ unit bases out of the 4-4. Jeanmard said his squad needs to do a better job of tackling. He said they were in the right spot last week, but didn’t make the stop.

Jeanmard said junior linebacker Guy Sergi had a touchdown saving tackle against St. Patrick.