Belle Chasse trailed by one at halftime, but turnovers proved to be its undoing in a game dominated by defense on Friday in the Division II nonselect semifinals, as No. 3 Belle Chasse turned the ball over four times in a 28-21 loss at No. 2 Iowa.

“We played hard,” Belle Chasse head coach Stephen Meyers said. “I thought it went down to the end. We just didn’t make enough plays.

“We hurt ourselves. We turned it over a few times. They (Iowa) capitalized, and that was the ball game.”

Iowa’s Kaston Lewis accounted for three of Belle Chasse’s turnovers with an interception and two fumble recoveries and scored three times to lead the Yellow Jackets (13-0) to the state championship game for the first time in program history.

Belle Chasse (11-2) was trying to reach the state championship game f

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