Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Lake Titan Aiden Borne, 9, dodges the Westside Eagles defense during a C team youth football game at Ascension Christian High School Saturday.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Amari Long, 6, center, is escorted by her twin cousins Devontae Alexander, 6, left, and David Alexander, 6, right, during the Lake Titans' youth football homecoming at Ascension Christian High School in Gonzales on Saturday.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Ethan Mayeux, 8, runs with the ball during the Lake Titans' C team youth football game against the Westside Eagles at Ascension Christian High School in Gonzales on Saturday.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Juli Jagneaux of Gonzales browses art pieces during the Awesome Art on the Bayou Festival Saturday in city hall. The two-day festival was hosted by River Region Art Association.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Children watch a puppet show during Saturday's Awesome Art on the Bayou Festival at Jambalaya Park. The two-day festival was hosted by River Region Art Association.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Sculptures are displayed for viewing in Gonzales City Hall during the Awesome Art on the Bayou Festival on Saturday. The festival, hosted by River Region Art Association, featured arts and crafts booths, food and entertainment.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- A winning waterbird sculpture is displayed in Gonzales City Hall Saturday during the Awesome Art on the Bayou Festival.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Galvez Middle School's Travis Cole, right, makes an interception against St. Amant Middle School's Patrick Wolfe during an Oct. 11 game at The Pit in St. Amant.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- St. Amant Middle School's Briggs Bourgeois, left, runs the ball in for a touchdown against Galvez Middle School's James Regina on Oct. 11.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- St. Amant Middle Schooll's Briggs Bourgeois, right, makes a catch but goes out-of-bounds for an incomplete pass while double-teamed by Galvez Middle School's Jerrick Beckwith and Brandon Ocmand, from left, on Oct. 11.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Galvez Middle School's Cade Roddy runs the ball in for a two-point conversion after the Pirates' first touchdown against the St. Amant Wildcats in a middle school football game at The Pit in St. Amant on Oct. 11.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Galvez Middle School's James Regina, left, runs past St. Amant Middle School's Briggs Bourgeois for a touchdown during a middle school football game at The Pit on Oct. 11.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Galvez Middle School's Brandon Ocmand, right, gets around a tackle by St. Amant Middle School's Briggs Bourgeois during a middle school football game at The Pit in St. Amant on Oct. 11.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Galvez Middle School's Cade Roddy runs the ball in for a two-point conversion after the Pirates' first touchdown against the St. Amant Wildcats in a middle school football game at The Pit on Oct. 11.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Galvez Middle School's Brandon Ocmand carries the ball during the Pirates' middle school football game against the St. Amant Wildcats at The Pit in St. Amant on Oct. 11.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Eighth-graders Shelby Hargrave, 13, Marlina Alexandra McLeod, 13, and Marcus David, 13, from left, release balloons with classmates Oct. 10 during a Unity Day anti-bullying rally at Gonzales Middle School. The students wrote pledges describing what they would do to stop bullying at school. Principal Lori Charlet said teachers held activities throughout the day and led discussions about bullying.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Gonzales Middle takes stand against bullying -- Gonzales Middle School students ask questions of Akosua Twum, author of the book 'Rich Girl Club,' during a Unity Day assembly Oct. 10 at Gonzales Middle School.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Akosua Twum, 13, author of the book 'Rich Girl Club,' speaks Oct. 10 to sixth-grade students at Gonzales Middle School. Akosua, an eighth-grader at Westdale Middle School in Baton Rouge, starting writing to help her deal with bullies at school, but ended up publishing her writings earlier this year.