Saturday, December 08, 2018
It wasn’t the prettiest pass Keilon Brown has thrown. He bobbled the snap on third-and-10 at his own 20 with the game on the line.
The West Monroe offense made its share of big plays Saturday night in the Class 5A state championship game — but with everything on the line, the Zachary High defense was up to the challenge.
For the second consecutive season, the best Class 5A football team in the land resides in Zachary.
Saturday, December 08, 2018
Titles are won and the idea behind the Allstate Sugar Bowl/LHSAA Prep Classic is for all teams involved to have fun playing at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
Think the high school sports scene is slowing down after the Allstate Sugar Bowl/LHSAA Prep Classic is over? Not at all.
Saturday, December 08, 2018
A year after pulling out all the stops to upset second-seeded John Curtis, Catholic High could not find a way to stop the Patriots.
John Curtis defeated Catholic High, 49-7, in the Division I title game. Edna Karr defeated Warren Easton, 28-20, in the Class 4A title game. And Zachary topped West Monroe, 27-24, in a thrilling Class 5A title game on the final day of the 2018 All…
Friday, December 07, 2018
It’s time to party likes its 1982 in Eunice.
Friday, December 07, 2018
Prep Football Classic
The script for a perfect storybook ending was blown away by 67 second-half points and eight single-game records. Through it all, top-seeded University High persevered.
For the second consecutive season, the Division II state championship will stay on the University High campus as the Cubs outlasted St. Thomas More in a shootout 55-46 in the 2018 Allstate Sugar Bowl LHSAA Division II title contest.
Friday, December 07, 2018
Amite defeated Welsh 47-20, University High tops St. Thomas More 55-46 and Eunice faces Sterlington.
There are so many reasons to like about Zachary and West Monroe playing each other in the Class 5A title game that it is hard single out one.
Same time, same place and the same two schools. How well Catholic High can emulate parts of last year’s win over John Curtis will be a big factor.
Friday, December 07, 2018
Amite opponents often have had to pick their poison this season in attempting to defend the star-studded Warriors roster.
DIVISION I (1) JOHN CURTIS vs. (2) CATHOLIC
Two of Louisiana’s top 2019 prospects — defensive lineman Ishmael Sopsher and wide receiver Devonta Lee — are playing for Amite in the Class 2A state title game Friday vs. Welsh, and there's a healthy contingent of LSU coaches there to take it all in.
Thursday, December 06, 2018
Notre Dame knew full well regular season results mean very little when you step onto the turf at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. A year ago, after cruising to a 37-0 victory over Catholic-New Iberia four games into the season, the Pioneers entered th…
Football finals
Lafayette Christian Academy had plenty of big wins during the season. Scoring 42 second-half points in the Division IV title game was the boldest statement yet.
The most talented team and the best offensive team are not always one in the same. Put the two together for one big high school football game in Louisiana and what do you get?
Oak Grove falls to Kentwood 40-21, Ascension Catholic was upset by Lafayette Christian 56-7 and Notre Dame defeats Catholic-NI 42-21 on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018.
Kentwood’s football program spent 364 days waiting for redemption.
CLASS 2A: (2) AMITE vs. (5) WELSH
Add another honor to the list of accomplishments for LSU commitment Derek Stingley Jr. of The Dunham School. Stingley was named the Gatorade Louisiana Player of the Year on Thursday.
Wednesday, December 05, 2018
Volleyball all-district
Second chances and football title-game rematches do not happen every year. The Ascension Catholic Bulldogs are eager to see if this is their year.
CLASS 1A: (1) OAK GROVE vs. (3) KENTWOOD
Being an opening act for the Allstate Sugar Bowl/LHSAA Prep Classic is nice. Tangipahoa Parish rivals Kentwood and Amite want to make it twice as nice.
Tuesday, December 04, 2018
Boys basketball
Scotlandville broke open a close game with a fourth-quarter surge, and the Hornets went on to post a 61-50 win over The Dunham School in a battle of teams that won LHSAA titles last season.
Some numbers are mind-boggling. Top-seeded University High has won 25 straight games over the past two seasons with only Friday’s Division II select title game against No. 3 St. Thomas More remaining.
Monday, December 03, 2018
Jai Williams and Jamar Barber were in a situation neither was comfortable with when the clock ran out on the 2017 season.
Saturday, December 01, 2018
Boys basketball
Yes, that was quite a game Friday night. Thanks to Zachary and Destrehan, I can check one more “sportswriter thing” off my bucket list.
Division I, District 3
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Allstate Sugar Bowl/LHSAA Prep Classic
Nonselect football playoffs
Friday, November 30, 2018
DESTREHAN — Before the game, Zachary High School offensive coordinator Kenny Langlois told wide receiver Chandler Whitfield the Broncos needed his best game yet.
Destrehan and Zachary battle in the Class 5A semifinal football game.
Thursday, November 29, 2018
In an emotional night at University High's gym, the Cubs remained undefeated with a 77-58 victory over Tara.
Practically every high school football team has a music playlist for warm-ups. What defending Class 5A champion Zachary listens to on the way to its third straight road playoff game could be intriguing.
The LHSAA’s executive committee scratched two major items off its end of the year to-do list Thursday.
Chandler Whitfield caught a 10-pound catfish that broke his bamboo fishing pole when he was 8 years old. At 5-foot-9, 160 pounds, Whitfield is small for a wide receiver, especially on the Class 5A level.
University High's Christian Harris provided a major recruiting shift Wednesday night by decommitting from Texas A&M and then committing to Alabama.