Westgate coach Ryan Antoine waited to address his team following the Tigers' 44-32 District 4-4A home win over Teurlings Catholic on Friday.

He was waiting on statistician Aaron Comeaux to arrive with the penalty yardage, which totaled 133 yards assessed against the 7-0 Tigers.

"To be honest with you, it doesn't feel like a win," said Antoine, who instructed his players to be at the school at 7:45 a.m. Saturday "to clean some things up."

"I think we overlooked that team," he said of the 1-7 Rebels, who were tied 14-14 with WHS at the half. "That team had nothing to lose. They were battle tested."

The win set up a meeting for the district title next week at home against Lafayette Renaissance, which polished off Acadiana Renaissance 54-6 in a game that went final as the Tigers and Rebels were just getting started in the second half.

"It's going to be a battle," Antoine said. "I'm frustrated, I'm aggravated and I'm tired. We're a veteran ball club. We have to play better."

Teurlings Catholic evened the margin at halftime on a short run by Spencer Meche that followed Carter Macha's blocked punt, and a scoop and score from sophomore linebacker Kiptyn Mouton.

The Tigers' first-half touchdowns came on a 1-yard run by Laiken Hypolite and a 68-yard pass from Noah Antoine to Cayden Lancelin.

"We moved the hell out of the ball," said Antoine, who got 300 yards passing from his quarterback. "We did what we wanted to do offensively, but we shot ourselves in the foot with penalties. That's the frustrating part. We didn't do our job."

WHS went up 30-14 in the third quarter on a 54-yard punt return by Joshua John and linebacker JSean January's 40-yard scoop and score, but the Rebels kept fighting back, led by quarterback DJ Kelly and running back La'Cobe Willis (4-94, 1 TD).

"You can't do that this time of the year," Antoine said of his team's mistakes. "This is not the first or second week of the season, and we're not a young football team."

John, whose status for next week is uncertain after he left the game with an injury, was brilliant for the Tigers, scoring on a 2-yard run and a two-point conversion while hauling in eight catches for 115 yards.

"He's just a resilient kid who has been playing his butt off," Antoine said. "To take a punt back, get all kinds of yards doing different stuff ... he's just a senior who has been doing a great job."

Caemon Crocken rushed for 75 yards on 12 carries. Lancelin and Brock Mitchell were each just under the 100-yard receiving mark with 175 combined yards on 11 receptions.

"We did a good job of that, but the biggest thing is penalties," Antoine said. "For us not to execute — we're a better football team than that."

Kelly, who finished with 52 yards on the ground after being held to negative yardage into the second half, collected nearly half of his passing yardage on a 73-yard bomb to Nathan Box. A 67-yard burst from Willis brought the Rebels to within 36-26 with just over two minutes left in the third quarter.