Local catches touchdown in all-star game
Published 2:11 pm Tuesday, January 11, 2022
- DAILY NEWS PHOTO/Chris Kinkaid Bogalusa’s Tajdryn Forbes runs upfield in a game held this year. Forbes caught a touchdown pass in the 2021 Gridiron Football All-Star Bowl that was held on Dec. 30 at Strawberry Stadium on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana University. Forbes was one of four participants from Washington Parish. Besides Forbes, the group included Bogalusa’s Alijah McClemore, Varnado’s Malik Patterson and Varnado assistant coach Chris Davenport.
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Bogalusa’s Tajdryn Forbes caught a touchdown pass in the 2021 Gridiron Football All-Star Bowl that was held on Dec. 30 at Strawberry Stadium on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana University in an East-West match up.
Forbes, who played for the East, caught his touchdown early in the fourth quarter.
The East trailed 23-7 after three quarters.
With 12:30 left in the fourth period, Forbes caught a 15-yard touchdown pass from Escambia High School’s Dalton Biggs that made it a 23-13 contest after the two-point conversion was no good. Escambia is in Pensacola, Fla.
That was Forbes’ only catch.
The East added another touchdown, as they outscored the West, 13-0, in the fourth quarter, but came up short, 23-20.
The game featured two more players and a coach from Washington Parish.
Bogalusa’s Alijah McClemore, Varnado’s Malik Patterson and Varnado assistant coach Chris Davenport were the rest of the local participants.