{"id":717,"date":"2026-10-26T13:04:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T17:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/football\/?p=717"},"modified":"2026-10-26T13:04:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T17:04:05","slug":"westgate-rolls-past-lighthouse-54-14-in-nsac-south-division-tilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/football\/2026\/10\/26\/westgate-rolls-past-lighthouse-54-14-in-nsac-south-division-tilt\/","title":{"rendered":"Westgate Rolls Past Lighthouse 54-14 in NSAC South Division Tilt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PEARL RIVER, La<\/strong>. \u2014 Westgate Christian dominated on both sides of the football Saturday, rolling to a 54-14 victory over Lighthouse Christian in New South Athletic Conference South Division action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quarterback Jared Guter completed 10 of 13 passes for 129 yards and three touchdowns while adding a rushing score as the Ravens improved to 2-6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Westgate jumped ahead 14-0 in the opening quarter on a 1-yard touchdown run by Zion Cornish and a 41-yard interception return for a score. The Ravens added 22 unanswered points in the second quarter to build a commanding 36-0 halftime advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Malakhi Darby led Westgate&#8217;s ground attack with 115 yards on 12 carries, while Ja&#8217;yir Nelson caught five passes for 107 yards and a touchdown. Cornish contributed two rushing touchdowns and a receiving score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ravens&#8217; defense was equally impressive, holding Lighthouse to 141 total yards and forcing three interceptions. Damion Phoenix recorded two interceptions, while Westgate limited the Makos to just 63 rushing yards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Westgate finished with 366 yards of total offense, including 206 rushing yards, and converted seven of 11 third-down opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lighthouse (3-4) scored both of its touchdowns in the fourth quarter after trailing 42-0 through three periods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The victory avenged Westgate&#8217;s 35-28 double-overtime loss to Lighthouse last season and gave the Ravens an important conference victory, moving them to 1-1 in conference play with a home game against Gordon State coming up this Saturday in Houston. The Makos fall to 1-1 in the NSAC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The contest was relocated to Pearl River after Hurricane Isaias damaged Lighthouse&#8217;s home athletic facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Photo courtesy of Jaylen McDonald\/Westgate Athletics<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PEARL RIVER, La. \u2014 Westgate Christian dominated on both sides of the football Saturday, rolling to a 54-14 victory over Lighthouse Christian in New South Athletic Conference South Division action. Quarterback Jared Guter completed 10 of 13 passes for 129 yards and three touchdowns while adding a rushing score as the Ravens improved to 2-6. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":719,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lighthouse","category-westgate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=717"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":720,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717\/revisions\/720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}