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That there was no game-changing play in the fourth quarter of the LHSAA’s Division I title game might have disappointed some. What happened instead was a lot of smaller ones.
Some people come up with creative ways to celebrate a milestone birthday. Walker girls basketball coach Korey Arnold did it by achieving another milestone on Friday.
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All the pieces are in place after Zachary’s Class 5A semifinal win over Destrehan. Week 15 ends the LHSAA’s 2021 football season.
Maybe it was seeing the Christmas lights on homes during the drive home from Zachary’s semifinal victory. Or the soft, instrumental Christmas music playing in the background as I work.
The Edna Karr football season came to a sudden and unfamiliar end Friday — with a Class 4A state semifinal loss to Westgate, 27-20, at Behrman Stadium.
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As top-seeded Zachary prepared to leave the locker room at halftime Friday night, defensive coordinator Steven Thomas offered one final thought about his team’s one-point lead.
It has been a wild ride for top-seeded Catholic High , has simulated a speedway run with hairpin turns at times.
The Louisiana Div. I and Div. III state championship games are being played at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans on Saturday. You can follow here for live scores from Jesuit-Catholic and St. Charles-Lafayette Christian.
Division I: No. 2 Jesuit vs. No. 1 Catholic
The 3-pointer is an integral part of high school basketball. Three local coaching milestones in one week is hard to beat too.
Whenever two undefeated teams meet, something has to give.
The possibility of the LHSAA’s select/nonselect schools uniting for championship events through a vote by individual classes has been discussed for several years. Now, there are three Class 5A proposals designed to do just that.
“Amazing and incredible” were two of the words Glen Oaks boys basketball coach Harvey Adger used to describe a 70-28 victory over Northeast High Wednesday night. The win was 900th over Adger’s career at GOHS.
After hearing a final round of requests and reactions to a second districting plan, the LHSAA executive committee finalized most of the plan schools will follow from 2022-24.
There was bad news and good news for Zachary High’s defense in its Class 5A quarterfinal matchup with West Monroe.
EDITORS NOTE: Staff writers Christopher Dabe and Robin Fambrough discuss the Division I state championship between Jesuit and Catholic-Baton Rouge, set for 7 p.m. Saturday at Tulane’s Yulman Stadium.
The LHSAA executive committee approved requests by Southern Lab and Ouachita Christian to play their Division IV football title game as part of the LHSAA Prep Classic at noon, Dec. 10, at the Caesars Superdome.
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With his team trailing by one point and the clock winding down, Kedric Brown opted to do it himself.
It's never too late to find your game.
Southern Lab director Herman Brister Jr. said the school submitted its formal request to play Ouachita Christian in the Ochsner/LHSAA Prep Classic and was told a decision would be made during Wednesday’s LHSAA executive committee meeting.
Harvey Adger seeks his 900th career win at Glen Oaks, the only high school he has ever coached at. Gary Duhe has been a boys basketball coach at several schools who is looking to get his 800th career win in his first season as girls coach.
Everything is set for the LHSAA’s first select football title games Saturday at Tulane’s Yulman Stadium. But there continues to be some intrigue about what will happen the following weekend in Lafayette.
To say it has been quite a week would be an understatement.
Say the words “Final Four” and people automatically assume you are talking about basketball.
Former LHSAA commissioner Tommy Henry is being remembered as a visionary and for a list of accomplishments. Henry, who served 24 years in the LHSAA’s top job, died at his home Friday. He was 84.
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It was fitting that Homer defensive back Lamichael Greer capped off No. 2 Homer’s 40-6 win over White Castle with a 25-yard interception return for a touchdown Friday night.
Southern Lab senior quarterback Angelo Izzard tossed three touchdown passes to senior Darren Morris to help lead the Kittens to a dominating 33-0 victory over St. Frederick on Friday night at A.W. Mumford Stadium in a Division IV semifinal footbal…
The University High Cubs punched their ticket to the Division II finals in style Friday, never trailing in a 45-14 win over Vandebilt Catholic.
Zachary quarterback Eli Holstein had a tough time getting the ball to his top receiver at times Friday night, but with a Class 5A quarterfinal game on the line, the duo connected in the biggest of ways.
The outcome may have been decided by a blocked extra point, but Catholic High’s 29-28 victory Friday over St. Paul’s at Memorial Stadium was a show of perseverance.
The LHSAA high school football playoffs are in the quarterfinals in South Louisiana and you can follow here for scores for Friday night's big games in Baton Rouge LA, Lafayette and New Orleans.
Few people remember how a season starts. Which is why White Castle lineman Fred Villavaso’s only concern is about how his team finishes.
The LHSAA high school football playoffs are in the quarterfinals in South Louisiana and you can follow here for scores for Friday night's big games in Baton Rouge LA, Lafayette and New Orleans.
Few people remember how a season starts. Which is why White Castle lineman Fred Villavaso’s only concern is about how his team finishes.
The song is not new. But the late Tom Petty’s 1989 hit “Won’t Back Down” might be the perfect battle cry for three local teams who travel to play quarterfinal games Friday night.
No two playoff challenges are the same. Coaches Andy Martin of University High and Southern Lab’s Darrell Asberry have something in common.
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LeBron James’ son, Bronny, will come to New Orleans to play a high school basketball game against Newman on Jan. 7, at a location yet to be determined. ESPN2 will televise the game, set for an 8 p.m. start.
The connection between a quarterback and a wide receiver can be hard to explain. Some happen naturally. Most are cultivated by hours of hard work.
McKinley’s Tyreona Sibley was overcome with emotion when she talked about her team.
Jermaine Vessell is a gamer. In more ways than one.
Second-year West Feliciana football coach Hudson Fuller said his team had been working on a fake punt for several weeks, waiting for the prime opportunity to unveil it.
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