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DISTRICT 8-1A PREP FOOTBALL GAME CAPSULES FRIDAY ASCENSION CHRISTIAN (1-1) vs. RIDGEWOOD (1-1) Kickoff: 7 p.m. Friday at Jefferson Playground. Last week: Ascension Christian beat Crescent City, 33-0. Ridgewood beat Ecole Classique, 40-6. Last year: Ascension Christian won, 47-14. Worth noting: Non-district. Ascension Christian is from District 6-1A. Ridgewood is a member of District 8-1A. The… → Read More
DISTRICT 8-2A PREP FOOTBALL GAME CAPSULES FRIDAY HAYNES (1-1) at BEN FRANKLIN (1-1) Kickoff: 4 p.m. Friday. Last week: Lusher beat Haynes, 33-0. Country Day beat Ben Franklin, 55-7. Last year: Haynes won, 27-9. Worth noting: Non-district game. Haynes is from District 8-2A. Ben Franklin is from District 9-4A, but playing as a football independent. Haynes was shut out for the first time in 27… → Read More
DISTRICT 9-5A CATHOLIC LEAGUE WEEK 3 PREP FOOTBALL GAME CAPSULES FRIDAY HOLY CROSS (1-1) at CHALMETTE (1-1) Kickoff: 7 p.m. Friday at Bobby Nuss Stadium. Last week: Holy Cross beat Hammond, 27-6. Chalmette beat Grace King, 58-10. Last year: Holy Cross won, 21-14. Worth noting: Non-district game. This marks the 46th meeting between Holy Cross from the District 9-5A Catholic League and Chalmette… → Read More
THURSDAY PREP FOOTBALL GAME CAPSULES HIGGINS (0-2) vs. McDONOGH 35 (2-0) Kickoff: 7 p.m. Thursday at Pan-American Stadium. Last week: St. Amant beat Higgins, 36-13; McDonogh 35 beat Slidell, 20-12. Last year: Did not play. Worth noting: Non-district game. McDonogh 35 moved up one place to No. 4 in the Class 4A state rankings compiled by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. Coach Wayne… → Read More
NEW ORLEANS METRO AREA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RANKINGS LARGE SCHOOLS (Classes 5A, 4A) Rank | School | W-L | Prev. 1. | Rummel | 2-0 | 1 Raiders roar past Covington, national TV outing at Wayne Co., Miss., next. 2. | Brother Martin | 2-0 | 2 Karr beware: Bruce Jordan-Swilling rewriting Crusaders record book. 3. | John Curtis | 2-0 | 3 Patriots even better than advertised. Can Parkview Baptist slow… → Read More
NEW ORLEANS METRO AREA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RANKINGS SMALL SCHOOLS (Classes 3A, 2A, 1A) Rank | School | W-L | Prev. 1. | St. Charles Catholic | 2-0 | 1 Pssst, Vandebilt Catholic: Comets yet to surrender a point in eight quarters. 2. | Riverside | 1-1 | 2 After 1-point loss to Ehret, Rebels leaving nothing to chance vs. Parkview Baptist. 3. | De La Salle | 2-0 | 3 Finally, a test worthy of Union… → Read More
NEW ORLEANS METRO AREA PREP FOOTBALL SCHEDULE WEEK 3 Thursday, Sept. 17 Non-district Carver Collegiate vs. Helen Cox at Hoss Memtsas, 7 p.m. Higgins vs. McDonogh 35 at Pan American, 7 p.m. Assumption at Terrebonne, 7 p.m. John Curtis at Parkview Baptist, 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18 Non-district Holy Cross at Chalmette, 7 p.m. Shaw vs. West Jefferson at Hoss Memtsas, 7 p.m. Rummel at Wayne County,… → Read More
NEW ORLEANS METRO AREA LARGE SCHOOLS MALE PLAYER OF THE WEEK (Classes 5A, 4A) BRUCE JORDAN-SWILLING Brother Martin football Brother Martin’s running back scored five touchdowns and accounted for 297 yards with his rushing and receiving in a 58-34 season-opening victory at Plaquemine. A 6-foot-3, 210-pound junior, Jordan-Swilling rushed 24 times for 215 yards with touchdown runs of 36, 3, 20 and… → Read More
NEW ORLEANS METRO AREA LARGE SCHOOLS FEMALE PLAYER OF THE WEEK (Classes 5A, 4A) KRISTEN NUSS Mount Carmel volleyball Mount Carmel’s outside hitter recorded 76 digs, 48 kills, 4 aces and blocked 5 shots in seven season-opening matches that produced a 6-1 week for the reigning Division I state champions. A LSU sand volleyball commit, Nuss had 12 kills, 18 digs, 2 aces and one block in a 25-23,… → Read More
NEW ORLEANS METRO AREA PREP FOOTBALL SCHEDULE WEEK 2 Thursday, Sept. 10 Non-District East St. John vs. Ehret at Hoss Memtsas, 6:30 p.m. Lusher vs. Haynes at Joseph Yenni, 6:30 p.m. Clark vs. Lake Area New Tech at Pan American, 7 p.m. Parkview Baptist at Riverside, 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11 Non-District Ben Franklin at Country Day, 4 p.m. Brother Martin at St. Stanislaus, 7 p.m. in Bay St. Louis,… → Read More
Happy Birthday, Devon Benn. John Curtis’ outstanding running back celebrated his 18th birthday a day early and in grand fashion by rushing for 181 yards and scoring three touchdowns to lead the state’s No. 3 ranked Class 5A football team to a resounding 41-20 season-opening victory against Landry-Walker Friday night at Behrman Stadium. Benn’s rushed for touchdowns covering 93 and 2 yards and… → Read More
LSU football commitment Andre Anthony and another Miller-McCoy teammate have been ruled eligible to play at Karr by the Louisiana High School Athletic Association. Anthony, a 6-foot-4, 225-pound defensive end, and running back/wide receiver Tyrin Ralph initially were ruled ineligible to play for the Cougars by the LHSAA in April following an investigation into their early transfer to the Algiers… → Read More
Helen Cox scored the decisive touchdown on a 29-yard scoring pass from Tavis Hart to wide receiver Ea’Mon Davis with three minutes, 47 seconds remaining in the second half to beat Thomas Jefferson 14-7 in the opening game of the Westbank Optimist Classic Jamboree played Friday evening at Hoss Memtsas Stadium. The touchdown was Helen Cox’s second in a span of 3:44. Helen Cox tied the score at 7… → Read More
A decade later, Hurricane Katrina and the controversy it blew through seemingly one of the most unlikely of places now are faint memories. Not forgotten. Just put aside in favor of more pressing concerns tied to the vagaries of every day life. A bleak economic picture tied to 2008’s closing of the area’s largest employer, the local International Paper Company mill, remains public enemy No. 1 in… → Read More
As part of an ongoing series of stories centered around the 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune reflects on the massive storm's impact, its devastating aftermath, and its enduring legacy for individuals and the sports community today. In October 2007 Tommy Henry retired as Louisiana High School Athletic Association commissioner following nearly a quarter… → Read More
One of the New Orleans Metro area’s top football teams is expected to kick off the season minus its returning All-Metro quarterback. Sophomore Jordan Loving of Riverside is expected to miss at least the first half of the season due to a back injury, Riverside Coach Bill Stubbs said Wednesday. Although medical officials are unsure of when the injury occurred, the 6-foot-3, 205-pound Loving began… → Read More
As part of an ongoing series of stories centered around the 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune reflects on the massive storm's impact, its devastating aftermath, and its enduring legacy for individuals and the sports community today. At age 70 and possessing nearly five decades of coaching experience, McDonogh 35’s Wayne Reese serves as a venerable beacon for… → Read More
Orleans Parish Public Schools apparently may be operating without an athletic director for the upcoming school year. Veteran administrator Ronald Gearing has been informed that his position as OPPS athletic director has been eliminated for the 2015-16 school year under a series of budget cuts that have yet to be announced by new Superintendent Dr. Henderson Lewis Jr. Gearing, 67, was set to… → Read More
As part of an ongoing series of stories centered around the 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune reflects on the massive storm's impact, its devastating aftermath, and its enduring legacy for individuals and the sports community today. Cyril Crutchfield was named head football coach at West Jefferson High School on March 10. West Jefferson represents… → Read More
High school football in the New Orleans Metro area and the Catholic League in particular lost more than just a coaching icon Tuesday with the passing of Henry Murphy Rando III. Gone, too, is one of local prep sports’ greatest ambassadors. Rando, best known as the former head football coach at Holy Cross and East Jefferson, died Tuesday morning at East Jefferson General Hospital. Rando was 71. A… → Read More