BATON ROUGE - You blinked, and you missed it.

Two minutes and 10 seconds into East Ascension's game against Dutchtown, the Spartans led the Griffins 21-0. Just about everything went right for EA in that span, and that set the tone for the rest of a very Spartan-friendly evening as East Ascension clinched the District 5-5A Title outright.

Spartan wide receiver Jeremyah Merriweather himself had a very good night. The senior racked up three total touchdowns and more than 170 receiving yards. 

He's on a different level right now," said East Ascension head coach Brock Matherne. "I think he's just as locked in as ever; it's not something that clicked; he's always just, at least for the last two years, been Jeremyah Merriweather"

But the Spartans came into last week limping. East Ascension lost a heartbreaker to Denham Springs. What followed was something Spartan head coach Brock Matherne called one of the best practices he's seen his team have.

"That last Monday, it was a competitive, violent practice," Matherne said. "On Monday, we knew we were going to be ready to go on Thursday.'

That effort was led by Merriweather.

"It was like that because we came out that Friday [against Denham Springs] soft," Merriweather said. "And we got beat, so we were really just wanting to get back to our style of play."

East Ascension earned the No. 5 seed in the Division 1 non-select playoff bracket and will face No. 28 Chalmette on Thursday, Nov. 11.