Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
There were two constants for Zachary High when it visited Tara for a nondistrict basketball contest Tuesday night — hot shooting and lots of turnovers.
Broadmoor’s Jabril Powell hit a free throw with 38.6 seconds left and grabbed a defensive rebound in the closing seconds as the host Bucs edged Glen Oaks 56-55 in boys basketball action Tuesday.
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
The NCAA toyed with the idea of a football early-signing period for several years before instituting it last December. Are colleges now toying with the futures of players and high school teams because of it?
The first time Ramona Harris saw college coaches at her younger son Tylor's middle-school football games, she knew the family game plan would change.
Monday, December 17, 2018
Broadmoor High School's boys basketball team hopes add to its nine-game winning streak but the Bucs know it won't be easy as they host traditional power Glen Oaks at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Saturday, December 15, 2018
They could be two of the top teams in Class 3A by the time the season ends in March. Madison Prep won a battle of endurance Saturday night.
DENHAM SPRINGS — The Broadmoor Buccaneers defeated the host Denham Springs Yellow Jackets 50-42 Saturday in the physical final game of the Grady Hornsby tournament.
Rondell Mealey of Lutcher scored on a 4-yard run early in the fourth quarter, and his defensive teammates did the rest as Patriots edged the Eagles 15-14 in the Red Stick Bowl all-star game at Olympia Stadium.
Saturday, December 15, 2018
With Red Stick Bowl XVII now over, we can pretty much close the book on the 2018 high school football season.
Friday, December 14, 2018
DENHAM SPRINGS — The Natchitoches Central Chiefs powered past the St. Amant Gators 68-51 Friday on the second day of the Grady Hornsby tournament.
Friday, December 14, 2018
First-rate competition created an offensive bonanza Friday night when Walker High and Sophie B. Wright squared off at Madison Prep’s Rumble on the River tournament.
“It’s go time” is a phrase coaches use to motivate players right before a game. Red Stick Bowl XVII coaches Darnell Lee and Daniel Luquet may opt for a slightly different rallying cry — it’s show time.
Kaleb Jenkins’ 16-point second-half effort shifted the momentum in Country Day’s favor en route to their 58-51 win over Catholic of Baton Rouge on Friday night in the Country Day Classic.
Friday, December 14, 2018
A planned appeal for two Walker High School girls basketball players ruled ineligible last month fell through when the attorney representing the LHSAA in the case was not available for a teleconference Friday morning, Executive Director Eddie Boni…
Thursday, December 13, 2018
WALKER — The Walker Lady Cats handed the Rapides Lady Mustangs their first defeat of the season on a buzzer-beater Thursday night.
DONALDSONVILLE — Drey Trosclair, who restored Ascension Catholic’s gridiron glory in just four years as the high school’s head football coach, is out of a job less than a week after leading the Bulldogs to their second consecutive state championsh…
Every time Riverside Academy put together a run, it was answered with defensive intensity by Jehovah-Jireh on Thursday night at Madison Prep’s Rumble on the River tournament.
Compared to his teammates, Silliman Institute’s Ben LeJeune is an all-star veteran. He played on the winning team in the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools all-star game two weeks ago in Jackson, Mississippi.
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Scotlandville High Principal Tiffany Quiett confirmed that her school is again in the market for a head football coach.
The notion that a player from an 0-10 team can make an impact in an all-star game may seem more like a pipe dream than a real possibility.
Here’s some sobering food for thought for the state’s Class 4A girls basketball programs.
Dunham’s Derek Stingley Jr. is rated as the nation’s top defensive back. So it was perhaps appropriate that Stingley's school was the last stop on the tour of jersey ceremonies for the All-American Bowl.
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
University High handed Live Oak its second loss of the season Tuesday night, winning a closely contested matchup 69-63.
Tawasky Johnson showed up when Port Allen needed him most against Plaquemine on Tuesday night.
The venue was different, but that did not alter the enthusiasm as the Patriots and Eagles converged on Woodlawn High School for their second day of practice for Red Stick Bowl XVII.
“I did not want to be a bigot.’’
After the celebration was over, University High’s Christian Harris stood facing the backdrop used for the ceremony to honor his selection to play the All-American Bowl.
Monday, December 10, 2018
Boys soccer
There will be quantity and quality this week as high school basketball teams make their way to local tournaments later in the week.
University High’s Christian Harris will receive his honorary jersey for the All-American Bowl at 12:45 p.m. Tuesday in the school’s gym.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.