By DAVE WOODALL
Slidell sports writer
PINE – The old saying, “It’s never over till it’s over” rang true last Friday night as the Jaguars of Pope John Paul II came back from an 18-0 deficit to pull out a memorable 19-18 District 8-2A contest win.
Pine opened the scoring when Joey Seal threw to Chris Gordon for a 32-yard touchdown.
The PAT was no good giving the host Raiders a 6-0 lead with 1:25 left in the first quarter.
Pine (5-3, 2-3) scored again late in the second quarter on a 20-yard touchdown run by Jakyran Handy.
The PAT failed again keeping it 12-0 as time in the first half ran out.
With 3:54 left in the third quarter, Raydarrius Robertson scored on a 12-yard run. The PAT failed for the third time giving the Raiders an 18-0 lead.
Reese Satterlee took over the quarterback role for the second half, replacing David Doane, who went to running back.
With 2:50 left in the third quarter, the Jaguars finally hit pay dirt when Satterlee found Anthony Chappetta on third-and-5 at the PJP 35-yard line.
Chappetta made the catch, broke a tackle and went 65 yards to the end zone narrowing the Raider lead to 18-6 after the two-point conversion came up short.
Pine turned the ball over on downs on the next drive and the Jags took advantage as Doane rambled 25-yards for the score.
Kade Dixon hit the extra point to make it 18-13 with 9:09 left in the game.
Pope John Paul II’s Tony Hattier recovered a fumble on the next Raider drive with 7:55 on the clock.
After a 12-play drive by the Jags, Satterlee scored from five yards out with 3:00. The two-point conversion failed to give the Jags (3-6, 3-2) their first lead of the night 19-18.
Pine had one more chance, but was unable to score.
David Doane hit on 7-of-14 passes for 48 yards while Reese Satterlee hit 9-of-12 for 135 yards and one touchdown.
Doane also rushed for 35 yards on 11 carries scoring one touchdown.
Chris Brown had 54 yards on 18 carries and Satterlee had five carries for eight yards and a touchdown.
Pine had 316 total yards while Pope John Paul II had 286.