Photo by Teresa Allred/West Lincoln’s senior tight end Gabe Nations (5) runs the ball toward the goal posts in the Bears’ home game against Amite County Friday night.

The West Lincoln Bears came close to catching up to Amite County’s Trojans Friday night, losing 34-26 in their homecoming game.

“They beat us by a touchdown,” head coach BJ Smithhart said.

That’s much better than the last time the two teams met, when Amite County took it to West Lincoln, winning 54-6.

Smithhart said the team looked to be rallying back from their 42-6 loss to Stringer in their last game.

“We’ve got to get back on the right side,” he said. “We did a lot of good things. I wish we could have done a little more. I thought the kids did a good job.”

The Bears (2-5) travel within the county Friday to Enterprise (1-5) to battle the Yellow Jackets. Kickoff is 7 p.m.