High school football players from all over the United States, and even Canada flocked to Westlake, Louisiana on Saturday morning for the ninth annual Speed, Power, and Exposure National Camp. The camp, which began in 2014, got started because the director of the camp; Taiwan Mixon, didn’t have this sort of opportunity when he was younger.
Hunter Brown graduated from Barbe High School in Lake Charles in 2020, and from there he headed out to Colorado to join the Air Force Academy’s football team as an offensive lineman, and to also pursue his ultimate goal of being an Air Force pilot.
Last week it was announced that Sulphur had hired Cody Gueringer to be the school’s next head coach. Gueringer spent the past nine years at Welsh serving as the offensive line coach for the 2014 and 2015 seasons, the offensive coordinator from 2016-18, and from 2019-22 Gueringer served as the head coach for the Greyhounds while still calling offensive plays. That being said, his move from Welsh to Sulphur certainly wasn’t an easy one, but it’s one he’s ready, and excited for.
It was announced Thursday that Troy Gardner would be replacing Brad Ducote as the head coach of the Rosepine High School football teams, and Gardner has his work cut out for him replacing the man who brought the Eagles to heights they had never reached.
It was a huge night for both the Iowa Yellowjackets and the North DeSoto Griffins as this was the first time both schools made it to the Semi-Finals of the LHSAA State Tournament.
Chris Towery has been the head football coach at Sulphur High School since the 2020 season, but after three years, and an 11-15 record with the Golden Tors, it has been announced that Towery will not be returning to lead Sulphur into the 2023 season.
Thursday night the Jennings Bulldogs hosted the Saint Louis Catholic Saints in what would be Head Coach Rusty Phelps final career game. Early on the Bulldogs took a 14-7 lead off of touchdowns by their tailbacks Rejohn Zeno and Jamanc McZeal. The Saints would respond though as their run game would dominate the second half as Saint Louis Catholic would go on to edge out Jennings 31-21. Coach Phelps finishes his career with 213 total wins, and lead the Bulldogs to the 3A State Championship in 2019.
Two week 10 high school football games have been moved from Friday to Thursday due to the threat for inclement weather on Friday night, adding to what was already a packed Thursday night slate. Both the Grand Lake at Dequincy game, and the Lake Arthur at Vinton game, have been moved from Friday to Thursday due to weather.
The St. Louis Catholic Saints are off to their best start to a season in over a decade as they are 7-1 for the first time since 2010, and they’ve done it against tough competition as well, as they’ve beaten teams like Lake Charles College Prep, and Iota, but now they have maybe their toughest test of the season so far, against the Iowa Yellow Jackets on Thursday.
This week the Vinton Lions were supposed to be on the road to play the (8-0) Welsh Greyhounds, but that all changed after the team sustained multiple injuries this past week against Grand Lake. Due to losing 3 more players to concussions this past Friday, the Lions have now decided to forfeit their game against Welsh.
The Lake Charles College Prep Trailblazers haven’t exactly gotten out to the start they would’ve hoped for this season after going 8-2 last season, and are now 3-3 through six weeks, but they’re not your average 3-3 high school football team.
The St. Louis Catholic Saints are off to one of their best starts in recent memory as they are 5-1 overall, and hold a record of 3-0 against conference opponents after wins over Kinder, South Beauregard, and Westlake, but now things get turned up a notch. This week the Saints are set to face off against a team they’ve struggled against in recent years, the Lake Charles College Prep Trailblazers.
This week the Welsh Greyhounds go on the road to play Grand Lake in a battle of unbeaten teams. The Greyhounds, now 4-0 for the first time since 2017, have been on a tear as of late.
The Elton Indians had a horrible 2021 season as they finished with a record of 0-10, but in 2022 they’ve completely left that behind them. This season, the Indians are off to a red-hot start as they’re 3-0 with an average margin of victory of 31.7 as they’ve outscored their opponents 143-48.
Coming off of a close week three loss 13-7 against Sacred Heart, Basile Head Coach Kevin Bertrand thinks that defeat will help his team learn. This week his team hosts a Elton team that hadn’t won a game in two and a half years. This year is different though as the Indians are (3-0) on the season so far this year.
The Iowa Yellow Jackets had an impressive 2021 season as they finished with a record of 10-2, and in 2022, they’ve picked up right where they left off as they are 2-0 heading into their week three matchup against Leesville.
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