Leesville and Pickering each picked up their third wins of the season with double-digit victories in Week 8.

The Red Devils (3-5) punched Pine Prairie in the mouth early and didn’t let up in a 29-6 win.

The Wampus Cats (3-5, 2-1 District 3-4A) jumped on Washington-Marion early and fended off multiple Charging Indian comeback attempts in a 46-28 victory.

Rosepine (0-8) couldn’t hang with Vinton in its Thursday matchup, falling 27-0.

LEESVILLE

Leesville seemed like they would coast to an easy win after quickly constructing a 28-6 lead in the first half at Washington Marion.

But the Charging Indians lived up to their name as they cut Leesville’s lead to one score on two occasions (28-20 and 34-28).

But the Wampus Cats accounted for the final two touchdowns to finally put away Washington-Marion and secure their second straight district win.

Running back Grant Braxton had another banner day as he rushed for 260 yards on 31 touches and three touchdowns.

It’s the second consecutive game of 250 yards for Braxton, who crossed the 1,000-yard mark for the season (1,172) and has five 100-yard rushing games.

Quarterback Trel Broom was efficient, throwing for 182 yards on 10-of-16 with three touchdowns to one interception.

Michael Davis Jr. was the favorite target, totaling 105 yards on four catches and a pair of scores.

The Wampus Cats defense held up relativey well as they made quarterback Monte Farmer work for what he had.

Farmer threw for 238 yards on 21-of-38 passing with an interception while he rushed for 89 yards and two scores.

PICKERING

Pickering appeared to be headed for its second shutout win of the season as they travelled deeper into the second half with opponent Pine Prairie having a zero by its name.

But the home team found a way to dent the scoreboard late in Pickering’s 29-6 win – the first points of the season for Pine Prairie.

That won’t bother Pickering much as the Red Devils recorded their second win in three games. The Red Devils did complete the shutout of Crescent City Christian in a 48-0 decision two weeks earlier.

Pickering led 16-0 at halftime and scored another before each team scored a touchdown in the fourth quarter.

If Pickering wins its final two games against teams it beat this past year, the Red Devils will secure a non-losing record at 5-5.

ROSEPINE

The good news for Rosepine is its defense played arguably its best game in frustrating a Vinton offense that had scored at least 40 points in each of its past three games.

The bad news is that the Eagles offense couldn’t replicate its recent success as Rosepine was shut out for the third time this season.

The Eagles had combined for 42 points in its previous two games.

Rosepine hung around in the first half as Vinton led just 6-0 well into the second quarter before adding a score before the half to go up 14-0.

Vinton added a touchdown in each of the third and fourth quarters to sail to the win.