Red Alert
LUFKIN -- The Carthage Bulldogs began the playoffs the same way they have in all nine seasons with Scott Surratt as head coach: with a win.
Senior quarterback Jarod Blissett threw four touchdown passes, and Carthage's defense forced three turnovers in the Bulldogs' 44-20 rout of Bridge City in a Class 4A Division I bi-district playoff Saturday night at Abe Martin Stadium.