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FOOTBALL 2011
TABLE OF CONTENTS
District 3-5A
Barbe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Sam Houston . . . . . . . . . .15
Sulphur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Lafayette-area teams . . . . . .7
District 4-4A
DeRidder . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
LaGrange . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Wash.-Marion . . . . . . . . . . .22
District 3-4A
Leesville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
District 4-3A
Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Jennings . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
South Beauregard . . . . . . .34
Westlake . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Rest of 4-3A . . . . . . . . . . .33
District 5-2A
Iota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Oakdale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Rest of 5-2A . . . . . . . . . . .47
District 4-2A
DeQuincy . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
East Beauregard . . . . . . . . .38
Kinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Lake Arthur . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Pickering . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Rosepine . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Vinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Welsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
District 5-1A
Basile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Elton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Merryville . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Oberlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
South Cameron . . . . . . . . .55
Extras
Area districts . . . . . . . . . . .27
2010 stats . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Coaches’ polls . . . . . . . . . .47
Coaching changes . . . . . . .35
Games to watch . . . . . . . .17
Team schedules . . . . . . . . .19
Top players . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
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Season of unknowns
Known entities are in short supply
as we head into another high school
football season.
A whopping 11 new head coaches
will man the sidelines this year, with
longtime stalwarts Jimmy Shaver,
Mike Maggio and Johnny Cryer
enjoying retirement. Among the new
coaches are seven first-time head
coaches, and a sprinkling of veterans
such as Carl Flanagan, Danny Smith
and Neal Lege, who is back for a second
stint leading the program at Iota.
Those new coaches will be hoping
the follow the lead of Elton’s Kevin
Bertrand, who in his debut season led
Elton to an 8-win season, a return to
the playoffs and earned family bragging
rights by knocking off Basile,
coached by his older brother Tony.
Reclassification brought changes
to most of the local districts, which
now include Class 3A powerhouse
Notre Dame, a couple of old friends in
Carencro and Comeaux and
Opelousas-area duo Beau Chene and
Opelousas. Jennings and LaGrange
each moved down a class while South
Beauregard and Sam Houston each
moved up, creating new districts and
rivalries.
The reclassification has created a
set of balanced districts in the area.
In the preseason polls for Districts 3-
5A, 4-4A, 4-2A and 5-1A, three different
schools received a first place vote. The
4-2A poll has the top three teams —
Lake Arthur, Kinder and Welsh —
seperated by a single point. District 4-
4A has St. Louis and Washington-
Marion tied at the top, with LaGrange
two points back and DeRidder in
fourth place another two points back,
despite receiving a vote for first place.
No district received as big a
makeover as District 4-3A, with
Jennings moving down, South
Beauregard moving up and Notre
Dame moving over, against its wishes,
to be paired with crosstown rival
Crowley. The district’s defending
champion, Westlake, was picked to
finish fourth in the preseason poll
despite the return of star running
back Devin Eaglin, starting quarterback
Ryan Feagin and iconic coach
Max Caldarera.
The movement and apparent parity
is a good thing for fans, as there
will be high-stakes and exciting
matchups throughout the district season.
Many of the area’s traditional
rivalry matchups will continue
despite all the shuffling. Games like
Barbe-LaGrange, DeQuincy-South
Beauregard and Leesville-DeRidder
Warren
Arceneaux
High Schools
will not have district title implications,
but will remain big ones in the
eyes of fans.
The good thing about all the movement
is it has created plenty of drama
along to the confusion over who is
going to be playing whom. None of
the area districts has a clear-cut
favorite, meaning there will be plenty
of high-stakes games during the second
half of the season.
On the field, a host of stars must be
replaced, including Oberlin star
Cedric Skinner, who set the all-time
state rushing record with an astronomical
3,437 yards and scored 47
touchdowns while leading Oberlin to
an undefeated regular season and a
trip to the semifinals.
Hamilton quarterback Cameron
Meyer became the first area player to
both run and throw for 1,000 yards in
a season. Other departures include
Barbe’s prolific passer Jared Foster,
St. Louis running back Dillon Berlin,
LaGrange’s backfield trio of
Courtney Brown, Aaron Sam and
Darius Edwards, Rosepine’s own big
three of Klint White, Gary Suydam
and Kameron Suire as well as
Jennings’ trio of speedsters Bryson
Abraham, Davondrick Phillips and
Michael Wilridge.
Also gone are Westlake safety
Tyler Stoddard and a trio of do-everything
stars in Iowa’s Gene Pete,
Leesville’s Levander Liggins and
Washington-Marion’s Geroski
Harmon.
Despite those departures, plenty of
star power will be on display.
Barbe receiver Trey Quinn wasted
no time in making a name for himself
last season. Eaglin, a first-time
starter, powered the Rams to a
District 4-3A title, and DeQuincy
quarterback Jaleel Bridges lit up
scoreboards all season as a sophomore.
More unexpected performances
such as the ones that trio produced
last season are on the way. Although
we aren’t sure just yet who will
emerge as stars this year, at least we
now know their performances aren’t
far away. The fun and drama begins
next week.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011
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PLAYERS TO WATCH
No shortage of star power in Southwest Louisiana
BY WARREN ARCENEAUX
AMERICAN PRESS
KAREN WINK / AMERICAN PRESS
Westlake’s Devin Eaglin is back for more after rushing for
1,403 yards and 17 touchdowns last season while leading
the Rams to the District 4-3A championship.
Barbe WR Trey Quinn
and TE Desean Smith —
The Bucs bring back a pair of
big, agile targets who can
make plays all over the field.
Quinn caught 65 passes for
1,288 yards and nine touchdowns
as a freshman, while
Smith added 44 catches for
579 yards and 10 touchdowns
as a junior.
Sulphur LB Holden
Rogers — The Tors linebacker
struggled with
injuries last season, but he
possesses a lethal mix of
speed and size when he’s
healthy. He will attempt to
bounce back to the level of
his sophomore season, when
he earned first-team all-district
honors.
LaGrange SS Tirell
Wellmaker — After earning
a starting spot as a sophomore
and earning all-district
honors, Wellmaker will be
LaGrange’s most experienced
defender and assume a leadership
role.
Leesville QB Zach
Squyres — The Wampus Cat
hurler is the top returning
passer in the area after throwing
for 2,733 yards and 30
touchdowns last season.
St. Louis PK/P Harrison
Flynt — The legacy of outstanding
Saints kickers continues
with Flynt, who set the
school record for field goals
made last season. Flynt will
also assume punting duties
this season, replacing all-state
performer Kris Albarado,
who signed with USC.
Washington-Marion OL
Sanchez Pitre — The
Charging Indian lineman has
both the size to overpower
opponents at the line of
scrimmage and the agility to
pull and be an effective downfield
blocker.
Westlake RB Devin
Eaglin — The Rams running
back powered the team to a
district championship, finishing
the season with 1,403
yards and 17 touchdowns.
Eaglin will need another big
season if the Rams are to
repeat as champions with
Notre Dame, Jennings and
South Beauregard entering
the district this season.
South Beauregard
SS/RB Silas Whalley —
Since joining the team as a
sophomore after being a
home-schooled student,
Whalley has helped the
Golden Knights set school
records for wins in each of
the past two years, including
an undefeated regular season
last year. This year the dual
threat will take a bigger offensive
role as the primary ball
carrier. Defensively, Whalley
will move from linebacker to
strong safety to boost an inexperienced
Golden Knight secondary.
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BARBE
Cutrera starts new era at Barbe
BY SCOOTER HOBBS
AMERICAN PRESS
Strolling onto the Barbe
practice field this August, it
was tough to put a finger on,
but ...
Something was definitely
different.
Something was missing
and ...
Well, of course.
District
3-5A
Although short
in stature, former
head coach Jimmy
Shaver was hard to
miss for the last 29 years as
Barbe head coach, his small
frame casting a huge shadow
over 28 playoff appearances
during his tenure.
But this season the perennially
successful Bucs will go
where no Barbe team has
been in almost three decades
— to battle without Shaver
pacing the sidelines.
New head coach Mike
Cutrera learned from the
master, so to speak, and will
guide the 2011 Barbe team
instead of Shaver.
“He’s not a big man,”
Cutrera laughed. “But he
must have had pretty big feet.
I didn’t realize how big Coach
Shaver’s shoes were to fill.”
Cutrera is certainly no
novice, having paid his dues
with 24 years on the Barbe
staff, all of them of course
working under Shaver.
A Barbe lifer, he also
played for Shaver at the
school.
“The football hasn’t
changed,” Cutrera said of his
first head coaching job. “But
there’s a lot of other stuff, the
adminstrative stuff, all the
paperwork.”
But at some point, it will
be mostly about football,
negotiating the always-tough
District 3-5A minefield.
“Early on, we’ll rely heavily
on defense,” said Cutrera,
who has an experienced
group on that side of the ball.
“And our offense will come
around.
“We’ve got to develop an
offensive line, which is coming
around. We’ve got good
Mike Cutrera is the first new head coach at Barbe in 29 years. He and the Bucs will attempt to repeat as district
champions and advance further into the playoffs this season. Pictured with Cutrera are, clockwise from top left,
Steven Benjamin, Spencer Hancock, Connor Fry and Zack Cart.
skill people and we’ve got a
good kicking game.”
The head coaching shoes
aren’t the only large ones to
fill.
One of the hottest battles
is at the all-important quarterback
spot — especially for
the Bucs’ high-octane attack
— where junior Ryan Nolan
and sophomore Kennon
Fontenot are dueling it out to
replace Jared Foster, now a
preferred walk-on at LSU
after throwing 30 touchdown
passes last season.
“They both bring good
things to the table,” Cutrera
said. “We feel comfortable
with either one of them.
“We’ll be alternating until
one or the other really steps
up to take over.”
Neither will be left out of
the offense. Cutrera feels that
both quarterbacks are athletic
enough that if there’s a runner-up
in the quarterback
derby, he’ll find his way back
onto the field contributing at
another position, probably
running back or wide receiver.
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That would add to an
already talented and experienced
group, led by wide
receiver Trey Quinn, who
made all-state as a freshman
last year, and massive tight
end Desean Smith (6-6, 227),
also an all-district returnee.
They were the two leading
receivers in the district last
year — Quinn with 47 catches
for 985 yards, Smith with 36
for 472 yards.
Senior running back Tre’
Goodly, used mostly at receiver
last year, was fifth in the
district with 28 catches for 340
yards.
Dylan Todd, Courtney
Galentine and Kade Demarie
are also ready to step up, with
the Bucs figuring to fill the
airways again this season.
“We’ll tweak a few things,”
Cutrera said of the spread
attack Barbe has used in
recent years. “But we’ll be
doing mostly the same
things.”
The biggest concern is up
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AREA TEAMS
BARBE: Veteran defense
from PAGE 5
The biggest concern is up
front, where the offensive line
will have to be totally retooled
with only one starter
returning, senior right tackle
Conner Fry (5-10, 243).
“The offensive line is
young,” Cutrera said. “But
they’re big and they move
fairly well. We’re looking for
good things there eventually.”
The biggest is left guard
Tanner Hooper (6-4, 298), with
the rest of the line expected to
be filled out by left tackle
Jacob Shepherd (6-0, 260), center
Trey Celestine (6-0, 210)
and right guard William
George (5-10, 227).
“The skill people are
proven,” Cutrera said. “ Line
and quarterback, that’s the
questions we had coming in.”
There are fewer questions
on the other side of the ball.
“Defensively, we’ve got a
lot of people back, a lot of
people with experience,”
Cutrera said. “Early on we’ll
rely heavily on them. We’ve
got some people that run pretty
well and can get to the football.”
There are technically only
five returning starters, but
several more saw extensive
playing time last season in
the Bucs’ unique 3-2-6 alignment.
“Again, because of experience,
the defense is what I feel
AT A GLANCE
■ HEAD COACH: Mike Cutrera (first year)
■ DISTRICT: 3-5A
■ LAST YEAR: 9-3, 3-1 (first in District 3-5A, lost 34-29 to West
Monroe in regional round of playoffs)
■ OFFENSE: Multiple (Four starters returning) TE DESEAN SMITH
(6-6, 227, Jr.); WR Kade Demarie (5-8, 130, Jr.); LT Jacob Shepherd (6-
0, 260, Sr.); LG Tanner Hooper (6-4, 298, Jr.); C Trey Celestine (6-0,
210, Sr.); RG William George (5-10, 227, Sr.); RT CONNOR FRY (5-10,
243, Sr.); QB Ryan Nolan (6-1, 155, Jr.) or QB Kennon Fontenot (5-10,
177, So.); RB TRE GOODLY (5-8, 210, Sr.); WR TREY QUINN (6-1, 180,
So.); WR Dylan Todd (5-9, 155, Sr.) or Courtney Galentine (5-8, 160,
Jr.).
■ DEFENSE: 3-3-5 (Five starters returning) NT Bradley Lamos (6-
2, 215, Sr.); DT Brandon Williams (5-10, 277, Sr.) or Mike Duhon (5-
10, 240, Sr.); DT JUSTIN WOODS (5-11, 272, Sr.); LB SPENCER HAN-
COCK (6-0, 205, Sr.); LB Dewayne Prudhomme (5-11, 215, Sr.); SS
AUSTIN GUILLORY (5-10, 190, Jr.); SS Keeslon Fontenot (5-10, 172,
Sr.); CB Zack Cart (5-9, 168, Sr.); CB Jalen Lewis (5-8, 162, Sr.); S
STEVEN BENJAMIN (6-1, 172, Sr.); S CALLEN SMITH (6-0, 177, Jr.).
■ SPECIALISTS: P Taylor Powers (5-10, 145, Jr.); K Jamie McGee
(5-10, 175, Jr.).
Returning starters in ALL CAPS.
best about right now,”
Cutrera said. “They know
how to play that defense that
we’re running. It allows them
to just play, to run to the football
and not be thinking
about anything.”
Safety Callen Smith was
the Bucs’ leading tackler as a
sophomore and is back, along
with fellow safety Steven
Benjamin.
There’s plenty of beef up
front, with Justin Woods (5-11,
272) returning at one tackle
with Brandon Williams (5-10,
277) and Mike Duhon (5-10,
240) also in the mix. Bradley
Lamos (6-2, 215) will be the
noseguard.
Spencer Hancock is back
at one linebacker spot with
Dewayne Prudhomme set to
take over at the other.
Austin Guillory and
Keeslon Fontenot will be the
strong safeties, while new
starters Zack Cart and Jalen
Lewis will be the cornerbacks.
Cutrera isn’t sure what
personality his team will take
on.
“It’s too early to tell,” he
said, “But I think we have a
good group. These kids work
hard and I think they care
about each other, which will
help us tremendously.
“We’re just excited and
ready to get started playing
some games.”
Rams in rebuilding mode
BY WARREN ARCENEAUX
AMERICAN PRESS
Five forfeit wins mattered
little for Acadiana in the long
run last season, as the Rams
rampaged through the playoffs,
claiming the Class 5A
state championship with a 21-
14 win over West Monroe.
Graduation did take a toll
on the Rams, who will have
two starters back on offense
and will have an entirely new
lineup in the secondary. The
entire offensive line also graduated,
as did starting quarterback
Ryan Bergeron and
2,000-yard rusher Micah
Eugene.
District
3-5A
The new offensive
line will have
plenty of size with
four projected
starters weighing
at least 255 pounds, including
6-3, 300-pound Travis Venable
at left tackle and 6-7, 320-
pound Miles Davis at right
tackle.
They will be clearing room
for backs Terry Abraham, a
returning starter, and Jeff
Brown, who was in the rotation
last season. The only
other returning starter,
Barrett Guidry, is moving
from guard to tight end.
Rams head coach Ted
Davidson is looking for a
quarterback to lead the veer
attack.
Defensively, the Rams have
five returning starters in the
front seven, led by Claude
George, who led the team in
sacks as an end last season.
Davidson said George may
move to outside linebacker,
where Zach Burch is a returning
starter. Darius Ridgeway
returns as middle linebacker
and Dondre Chanet and Isiah
Abraham return at tackle.
Lafayette will have a new
look with Jay Domengeaux
taking over as head coach and
installing a split-back veer
offense to replace the spread
scheme the Lions used last
year. A pair of returning
starters at running back, Roy
Thompson and Devin
Benjamin,
offense.
will lead the
ACADIANA
■ HEAD COACH: Ted
Davidson (76-19)
■ DISTRICT: 3-5A
■ LAST YEAR: 10-5, 2-2 (tied
second in District 3-5A, Class 5A
state champion)
■ OFFENSE: Veer (Two
starters returning) TE BARRETT
GUIDRY (6-1, 230, Sr.); SE Kohl
Guilbeau (5-9, 160, Sr.); WR D.D.
Biagase (5-10, 170, Sr.); LT Travis
Venable (6-3, 300, Sr.); LG Chad
Harris (6-0, 260, Jr.); C Andre
Davis (5-9, 230, Sr.); RG Seth
Leger (6-1, 255, Sr.); RT Miles
Davis (6-7, 320, Jr.); QB
DeEdward Cormier (6-0, 170,
So.); RB Jeff Brown (5-9, 170, Sr.);
RB TERRY ABRAHAM (6-0, 175,
Sr.).
■ DEFENSE: 4-3 (Five starters
returning) DE CLAUDE GEORGE
(6-3, 200, Jr.); Demilus Broussard
(6-0, 230, Sr.); DT DONDRE
CHANET (6-2, 305, Sr.); DT ISIAH
ABRAHAM (6-1, 255, Jr.); MLB
DARIUS RIDGEWAY (6-0, 210 Sr.);
OLB ZACH BURCH (5-11, 205,
Sr.); OLB Keaven Franklin (5-9,
180, Jr.); CB Austin Waguespack
(6-1, 170, Sr.); CB Dylan Scott (5-
9, 175, Sr.); SS Ceasar Trahan (5-
10, 180, Sr.); FS Scott Hebert (5-
9, 165, Jr.).
■ SPECIALISTS: P/K JEAN
BREAUX.
CARENCRO
■ HEAD COACH: Brent
Indest (second year, 6-5)
■ DISTRICT: 3-5A
■ LAST YEAR: 6-5, 4-1
■ OFFENSE: TE JESSE GRIGGS
(6-5, 225, Jr.); SE Shawn Thomas
(6-0, 170, Sr.); OT JORDAN WALK-
ER (6-4, 290, Jr.); OG Nick Bonne
(6-4, 240, Sr.); C TYLER SMITH (5-
8, 190, Jr.); OG TEVIN GUILLOT
(5-11, 225, Sr.); OT MIKE
RICHARD (5-10, 280, Jr.); QB
JALEN NIXON (6-2, 235, Sr.); RB
ALEX JOHNSON (5-11, 195, Sr.);
RB Jaylen Rose (5-9, 170, Jr.); RB
Marlon Mouton (5-8, 160, Sr.)
■ DEFENSE: DE JACOBY
BRISCOE (6-4, 290, Sr.); DE ADAM
CLARK (6-2, 230, Sr.); DT Greg
Peltier (6-1, 290, Jr.); DT DeQuan
Phillips (5-10, 325, Sr.); LB Tim
Albert (5-9, 205, Jr.); LB KYLE
POOLE (5-9, 225, Jr.); LB DEVON-
TRE MALVEAUX (5-8, 185, Sr.); FS
LaMarcus Brooks (6-0, 170, Jr.);
CB DILLON CALAIS (5-10, 170,
Jr.); CB Devonte Benoit (5-10,
The Lions defense is more
experienced, with five of six
starters returning up front,
led by end Stephen Morella
and tackle Jarvis Mason.
AT A GLANCE
160, Sr.); SS Devin Benoit (5-10,
170, Sr.)
■ SPECIALISTS: P CODY
SMITH; K D.J. THOMAS
COMEAUX
■ HEAD COACH: Kevin
Magee (9-16 at school, , third
year at school)
■ DISTRICT: 3-5A
■ LAST YEAR: 1-9, 0-4 (fifth
in district 4-5A, no playoffs)
■ OFFENSE: Pro-I (Seven
starters returning) TE HUNTER
GUIDRY (6-0, 195, Sr.); SE TAYLOR
EMFINGER (5-8, 165, Sr.); T
CHRISTIAN BROWER (6-0, 225,
Sr.); G SALI CHANTHALANGSY (6-
0, 250, Sr.); C Chris Williams (6-2,
200, Jr.); G TYLER BROUSSARD (5-
10, 265, Sr.); T AUSTIN LEBLANC
(5-10, 185, Sr.); QB Travis
Southard (6-3, 185, Jr.); RB James
Guillory (5-8, 190, Jr.); RB TYREK
MALVEAUX (5-10, 165, Sr.); RB
Jhari Mason (5-10, 200, Sr.).
■ DEFENSE: 4-3 (Four
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(5-10, 185, Sr.); DT Mitch Trahan
(5-10, 205, Jr.); DT Rubin Skinner
(5-10, 215, Sr.); LB DYLAN DER-
OUEN (5-10, 185, Sr.); LB JORDAN
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Sr.); LB GARRETT LEBLANC (5-11,
175, Jr.); DB KEVIN FOUQUIR (6-4,
205, Sr.); DB Donald Thibodeaux
(5-8, 160, Jr.); DB Eric Chapman
(5-10, 160, Sr.).
■ SPECIALISTS: P/K TREVOR
VINCENT
LAFAYETTE
.■ HEAD COACH: Jay
Domengeaux (first year)
■ DISTRICT: 3-5A
■ LAST YEAR: 3-7, 1-3
(fourth in district)
■ OFFENSE: SE CHAZ BOYER
(5-9, 170, Sr.); OT COBY LACEUR
(5-10, 230, Sr.); RB ROY THOMP-
SON (5-11, 200, Sr.); RB DEVIN
BENJAMIN (5-10, 185, Sr.)
■ DEFENSE: DE STEPHEN
MORELLA (6-0, 230, Sr.); DT
JARVIS MASON (5-10, 230, Sr.);
DT JAMAL FORTE (6-0, 250, Jr.);
LB JOSEPH PREVOST (6-0, 190,
Sr.); LB DEVIN ANDRUS (6-0, 200,
Jr.); DB DAMIEN MORGAN (6-1,
170, Jr.)
■ SPECIALISTS: K SAM
MOSTUYER (5-9, 165, Sr.)
Retruning Starters in ALL
CAPS
Damien Morgan is the lone
returnee in the secondary.
Carencro and Comeaux
return to the local district
See 3-5A, Page 11

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SULPHUR
BRAD PUCKETT / AMERICAN PRESS
Sulphur quarterback Brice Gardiner passed for nearly 1,500 yards as a junior last season. This year he and the Golden Tors look to earn their
first winning season in four years. Pictured for the Tors, from left, are Gardiner, Holden Rogers, coach Harold Fusilier, Shaun Thierbach and
Mickey Hill.
Tors look for return to winning
BY WARREN ARCENEAUX
AMERICAN PRESS
SULPHUR — After a topsyturvy
5-6 season that started
and ended with three-game
losing streaks, the Sulphur
Golden Tors are hoping a few
standouts’ return to health
will help bring consistency
back to the program, which
has suffered through two
straight losing seasons and
not finished with a winning
record since 2007.
Last season the Tors lost
running back Brian Walker,
who had consecutive 100-yard
games early in the season and
standout linebacker Holden
Rogers for most of the season
because of injury. The Tors
opened with a three-game losing
streak before winning
four straight, but they lost the
final four games
despite a forfeit by
Acadiana in the
first game of that
streak.
Fortunately for Sulphur,
District
3-5A
both Walker and Rogers are
back this season.
Unfortunately, inconsistency
also made a return in the Tors’
preseason scrimmages. The
first was a lackluster showing
against Washington-Marion,
the second a better performance
against DeRidder.
“We improved in all phases
of the games against
DeRidder,” said Sulphur head
coach Harold Fusilier. “We
had struggled offensively
against them in the past, but
we threw well and ran the
ball well. Our offensive performance
improved greatly.
Defensively we played well
most of the time, but we gave
up a few big plays due to poor
tackling.”
Walker will lead a backfield
with depth and experience.
“He is speedy with a lot of
movement, very quick and
shifty,” Fusilier said. “Kendall
Daigle and Nick Truett ran
well. Daigle has more quickness,
but both are hard-nosed
runners. Sophomore Kilo
Fradieu is shifty, has kind of a
waterbug style.”
One of the highlights last
season was the development
of quarterback Brice
Gardiner, who finished the
season with 1,488 yards and
18 touchdowns, including 631
yards in the final four games
of the season.
“Gardiner has been excellent
this fall,” Fusilier said.
“Last year he had a lot of
growing pains because he did
not play much on the junior
varsity level. The improvement
late came from all of the
benefits of playing time. He
was more comfortable, had
more confidence.”
Gardiner will have a new
target in DeQuincy transfer
DeQuian Matthews, who
caught 41 passes for 693 yards
and 12 touchdowns last season.
He will join of group of
targets that includes Shaun
Thierbach, Gary Blanchard,
Chandler Roberts and Robert
Dowling.
Fusilier said a self-assured
attitude on the field is critical
to the success of the receiving
corps.
“We will have several kids
in there and can be a good
receiving unit, we just need
confidence,” Fusilier said.
Not much is new along the
offensive line, where four
starters (Jon Head, Jack
Bergstedt, Felix Wilson and
Curtis Killian) return. Senior
Jacob Atkinson is slated to
fill the fifth spot.
“Wilson is going to be one
of our better players,”
Fusilier said. “Head has the
most experience, and Killian
played a lot last year.”
Fusilier said the Tors are
tinkering with a new look on
defense.
“Spread offenses have
changed what we want to do,”
he said. “We will still play 4-3
based on formations, but are
experimenting with 4-2-5,
which lets us take out a linebacker
and send in a defensive
back for more athleticism.”
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from PAGE 7
The return of Rogers also
adds more athleticism to the
mix.
“We are excited about having
him back,” Fusilier said.
“He is playing well so far; he’s
one of the better hitters. He
started as a sophomore but
only played three or four
games last year. Ethan Hyatt
will be playing next to him.
He filled in for Rogers last
year, got better, got more comfortable
and will do a great
job this year.”
Hunter Burleson is the sole
returnee on the defensive
line, but Fusilier is still optimistic
about the group.
“I am real pleased with the
progress on the defensive
line,” he said.
“Burleson started toward
the end of last year. He reads
well and is a good tackler.
Garrett Copples a is bit bigger
and has moved inside for
more depth.”
■ HEAD COACH: Harold Fusilier
■ DISTRICT: 3-5A
■ LAST YEAR: 5-6, 2-2 (second in district; lost 37-13 to Jesuit in
regional round of playoffs)
■ OFFENSE: TE SHAUN THIERBACH (6-3, 190, Sr.); SE Gary
Blanchard (5-10, 150, Jr.); OT Jacob Atkinson (6-0, 210, Sr.); OG Jon
Head (5-8, 250, Sr.); C JACK BERGSTEDT (5-9, 205, Sr.); OG FELIX WIL-
SON 96-1, 230, Sr.); OT CURTIS KILLIAN (6-5, 240, Jr.); QB BRICE GAR-
DINER (6-0, 215, Sr.); RB BRIAN WALKER (5-11, 170, Jr.); WR Robert
Dowling (5-9, 160, Jr.); RB KENDAL DAIGLE (5-9, 170, Sr.)
■ DEFENSE: DE Colton Trahan (5-10, 190, Sr.); DE Borden Ellender
(5-10, 190, Sr.); DT HUNTER BURLESON (5-11, 245, Sr.); DT Joshua
Berry (6-0, 190, Sr.); LB HOLDEN ROGERS (5-10, 205, Sr.); LB ETHAN
HYATT (5-11, 195, Jr.); DB TREVOR THERIOT (6-0, 170, Sr.); DB Mickey
Hill (5-10, 170, Sr.); DB Patrick Murray (5-10, 160, Sr.); DB Jake Hukill
(5-9, 170, Sr.); DB Kody Mudel (5-9, 170, Sr.)
■ SPECIALISTS: P Bayne Smith, K TROY PRICE
Safety Trevor Theriot will
lead a young secondary.
“(Theriot) is the only experienced
one, but the secondary
has been a pleasant surprise
and our most improved
area,” Fusilier said. “Kody
Mudel is back healthy and is
a big help.”
Fusilier said the new-look
District 3-5A has lost no quality.
“I think the district has
improved overall,” he said.
AT A GLANCE
“Acadiana has basically dominated
Class 5A the last five
years. Barbe is Barbe, and
Carencro will be strong.”
The nondistrict schedule
features matchups with powers
Evangel, St. Thomas More
and Dutchtown.
“The only way to get better
is to play good competition,”
Fusilier said. “We are going
to face a lot of great athletes
and find out what our weaknesses
are.”
3-5A: Tight race expected
from PAGE 7
Carencro and Comeaux
return to the local district
this season. The Bears are
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011
FOOTBALL 2011
AMERICAN PRESS
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SAM
HOUSTON
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New coach
takes team
to Class 5A
RACHEL WHITTAKER
AMERICAN PRESS
Sam Houston will have a
new look in several different
ways this season, beginning
with the team moving up to
Class 5A.
Challenges abound for the
District
3-5A
Broncos this year
with only two
returning starters
on offense and two
BRAD PUCKETT / AMERICAN PRESS
Sam Houston has several key departures to overcome in its first season in Class 5A. Pictured with first-year head
coach Vaughn Eggleston are, clockwise from top left, Tanner Stewart, Jacob Decker, Evan Campbell and Eric
Peterson.
on defense. New head coach
Vaughn Eggleston, the
Broncos’ offensive line coach
from 2006-10, said his team is
“a work in progress” after the
departure of several key players,
including quarterback/
defensive back/punter Evan
Powell, last season’s leading
tackler Justin Chesson and
running back Osha Jackson.
“It’s no secret our district
will be tough,” said
Eggleston, who was also on
the coaching staff at Sam
Houston from 1984-85. “These
teams are constantly in the
mix for playoff runs. We have
a ways to go as far as being
able to compete in our district.”
Junior Matt Mixon will be
under center for the Broncos
this season. The 5-foot-11, 175-
pound quarterback will have
a tall task ahead of him to
replace the versatile Powell,
who passed for 1,403 yards in
2010, No. 2 among area Class
4A schools. He also rushed for
443 yards and 15 touchdowns.
At safety, Powell also led
the Broncos with three interceptions,
one returned for a
touchdown.
“Powell was a force everywhere
on the field,” Eggleston
said. “He will certainly be
missed. For [Mixon], everything
will make more sense
when he starts competing.
He’ll need to work on managing
the offense and correcting
formation miscues.”
Jackson transferred to
Washington-Marion after
rushing for 1,443 yards and 19
touchdowns, averaging 7.6
yards per carry.
The incoming starter at
tailback will be junior Tyrell
Jones, who recorded 135 rushing
yards last season.
“Tyrell is our guy,”
Eggleston said. “He was certainly
ready as a sophomore.”
Mixon will have one veteran
starter back on the offensive
line in senior right tackle
Jacob Decker (6-4, 275) and a
returning tight end/wide
receiver Tanner Stewart.
Stewart finished last season
with 18 catches for 234 yards
and two touchdowns, second
behind Donovan Landry on
the Sam Houston squad.
Eggleston said Decker and
Stewart’s presence is great
See BRONCOS, Page 17

THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011
FOOTBALL 2011
AMERICAN PRESS
15
SAM
HOUSTON
Sam Houston steps up in class
New coach
takes team
to Class 5A
RACHEL WHITTAKER
AMERICAN PRESS
Sam Houston will have a
new look in several different
ways this season, beginning
with the team moving up to
Class 5A.
Challenges abound for the
District
3-5A
Broncos this year
with only two
returning starters
on offense and two
BRAD PUCKETT / AMERICAN PRESS
Sam Houston has several key departures to overcome in its first season in Class 5A. Pictured with first-year head
coach Vaughn Eggleston are, clockwise from top left, Tanner Stewart, Jacob Decker, Evan Campbell and Eric
Peterson.
on defense. New head coach
Vaughn Eggleston, the
Broncos’ offensive line coach
from 2006-10, said his team is
“a work in progress” after the
departure of several key players,
including quarterback/
defensive back/punter Evan
Powell, last season’s leading
tackler Justin Chesson and
running back Osha Jackson.
“It’s no secret our district
will be tough,” said
Eggleston, who was also on
the coaching staff at Sam
Houston from 1984-85. “These
teams are constantly in the
mix for playoff runs. We have
a ways to go as far as being
able to compete in our district.”
Junior Matt Mixon will be
under center for the Broncos
this season. The 5-foot-11, 175-
pound quarterback will have
a tall task ahead of him to
replace the versatile Powell,
who passed for 1,403 yards in
2010, No. 2 among area Class
4A schools. He also rushed for
443 yards and 15 touchdowns.
At safety, Powell also led
the Broncos with three interceptions,
one returned for a
touchdown.
“Powell was a force everywhere
on the field,” Eggleston
said. “He will certainly be
missed. For [Mixon], everything
will make more sense
when he starts competing.
He’ll need to work on managing
the offense and correcting
formation miscues.”
Jackson transferred to
Washington-Marion after
rushing for 1,443 yards and 19
touchdowns, averaging 7.6
yards per carry.
The incoming starter at
tailback will be junior Tyrell
Jones, who recorded 135 rushing
yards last season.
“Tyrell is our guy,”
Eggleston said. “He was certainly
ready as a sophomore.”
Mixon will have one veteran
starter back on the offensive
line in senior right tackle
Jacob Decker (6-4, 275) and a
returning tight end/wide
receiver Tanner Stewart.
Stewart finished last season
with 18 catches for 234 yards
and two touchdowns, second
behind Donovan Landry on
the Sam Houston squad.
Eggleston said Decker and
Stewart’s presence is great
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GAMES TO WATCH
GAMES TO WATCH
Week 1, Sept. 2
LaGrange at Barbe
No district championship will be
up for grabs this season in this
matchup since LaGrange is back
down to Class 4A. Nonetheless, the
debut of Mike Cutrera as head coach
of Barbe should be worth watching
against a LaGrange team with a deep
receiving corps and 10 new starters on
defense.
■
Week 2, Sept. 9
Hamilton Christian at Kinder
The Warriors have a new coach in
Sam Pratt and a new quarterback in
Marco Richard, who starred at receiver
last season. They’ll get a stiff test
on the road against a hungry Kinder
team that felt the District 4-2A title
slip away last season in a two-point
loss to Lake Arthur. The Yellow
Jackets feature a pair of talented runners
in DeVaughn Thompson and
Marshall Harmon.
■
Week 3, Sept. 16
Jennings at St. Louis
Jennings, now a Class 3A team,
faces former district rival St. Louis in
hopes of avenging a 10-point loss to
the Saints last season. Both teams lost
crucial production at running back
that will make the offenses look different
this time around.
■
Week 4, Sept. 23
Lake Arthur at Rosepine
It’s a matchup of the 2010 district
winner and co-runner-up. Lake
Arthur has won two straight district
4-2A titles, and Rosepine has racked
up four straight winning seasons.
Rosepine will be looking to avenge a
2009 home playoff loss to the Tigers.
■
Week 5, Sept. 30
Acadiana at Sulphur
The reigning Class 5A state champions
pay a visit to Sulphur, a team
stacked in experience offensively with
seven returning starters. The Tors
will be looking to avenge a blowout
loss at home last season that
Acadiana was forced to forfeit for
using an ineligible player.
■
Week 6, Oct. 7
Washington-Marion at St.Louis
The Charging Indians welcome in
three transfer players, linebacker
Melvin Jones from Barbe, running
back Osha Jackson from Sam
Houston and right guard Greg Lewis
from Carencro to shore up its 2-8 team
from last season. Coach Freddie
Harrison faces off against his mentor,
St. Louis’ Mike Johns. Harrison
served as offensive coordinator at St.
Louis from 2006-07.
■
Week 7, Oct. 14
Jennings at Westlake
Jennings defensive linemen will be
licking their chops to stop Westlake
quarterback Ryan Feagin and running
back Devin Eaglin. The Rams
have three new starters on their offensive
line who need to be ready for that
challenge.
■
Week 8, Oct. 21
Oberlin at Elton
A rematch of a 2010 regional round
playoff game pits Oberlin, the reigning
District 5-1A champion, on the
road against the team it eliminated
from the playoffs with a last-minute
two-point win. The Tigers have won
two straight district titles. This game
could determine if that streak continues.
The Indians are led by offensive
lineman Patrick Jacobs, a McNeese
commitment, and running back
Micah Lavan, who gained more than
1,100 yards last season. Linebacker
Lance Frank and safety Desmond
Antoine return to lead the Oberlin
defense.
■
Week 9, Oct. 28
Jennings at South Beauregard
The two teams that were part of
the District 4-3A shuffle face off in
week nine. It’s one of four precious
home games for the Golden Knights,
who had their first undefeated season
in school history in 2010 and have rattled
off 19 wins in 20 home games
through the past four years. South
Beauregard head coach Shawn
Demeritt played at Jennings and
began his coaching career there
under Bulldogs head coach Rusty
Phelps.
■
Week 10, Nov. 4
Basile at Elton
It’s round two of the Bertrand Bowl
with brothers Tony (Basile) and Kevin
facing off to close the regular season.
The teams tied for second place in
District 5-1A last season in younger
brother Kevin’s first year at Elton,
and his Indians got the best of the
Bearcats in a nail-biter that came
down to the wire.
BRONCOS: Moving on up
AT A GLANCE
■ HEAD COACH: Vaughn Eggleston
(first season with Sam Houston)
■ DISTRICT: 3-5A
■ LAST YEAR: 7-4, 3-1 (second in
district; lost 40-25 to Teurlings in first
round of playoffs)
■ OFFENSE: Multiple (Two starters
returning) WR TANNER STEWART (6-2,
175, Sr.); RT JACOB DECKER (6-4, 275,
Sr.); OL Austin Fusilier (6-2, 280, Jr.); OL
David Wolfe (6-3, 260, Sr.); OL Eric Perry
(5-9, 220, Sr.); OL John Hill (6-0, 200,
Sr.); QB Matt Mixon (5-11, 175, Jr.); TB
Tyrell Jones (5-11, 165, Jr.); WR Randall
Credeur (5-10, 140, Sr.); WR Collin
Kober (5-9, 145, Jr.).
■ DEFENSE: 4-2-5 (Two starters
returning) LB EVAN CAMPBELL (5-11,
175, Jr.); LB Jonathon Mercy (5-11, 175,
Sr.); DE Devin Williams (5-11, 225, Sr.);
DL Cameron Fergusen (6-1, 250, Sr.); DL
Blaise McCoy (6-0, 185, Jr.); DL Colen
Cole (6-0, 260, So.); DB Darien Garrett
(5-11, 170, Sr.); DB Connor Thompson
(5-11, 155, Sr.); DB Wesley Chisolm (5-
11, 155, Sr.); DB ERIC PETERSON (5-10,
160, Jr.); DB Chris Benoit (5-10, 145,
Sr.).
■ SPECIALISTS: K Evan Morris (6-4,
185, Jr.).
Returning starters listed in ALL CAPS
from PAGE 15
for the newcomers to learn from.
“Jacob could coach every offensive
line position himself, and Tanner is a
successful three-sport athlete whose
leadership is so valuable,” Eggleston
said.
Defensively, linebacker Evan
Campbell and cornerback Eric
Peterson — both juniors — are the
only players with starting experience.
The Broncos gave up 29 points per
game in District 5-4A play in 2010. In
District 3-5A, Sam Houston’s new district,
only Sulphur allowed more
points with 33 per game last season.
Eggleston said it will be key for
Campbell to fill Chesson’s spot at linebacker
well. He added that he has a lot
to prepare for in his new role as head
coach.
“[Campbell’s] leadership is very
key; that’s what [Chesson] did so well
besides everything else,” Eggleston
said. “I need to look further ahead and
see the overall picture. I don’t want to
lose my close rapport with these
kids.”
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AMERICAN PRESS
FOOTBALL 2011
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011
WEEK 1
Thursday, Sept. 1
Nondistrict: Vinton at
Iota
Friday, Sept. 2
Nondistrict: LaGrange at
Barbe, St. Louis at Sam
Houston, Sulphur at St. Thomas
More, Northside at Acadiana,
East St. John at Carencro,
Morgan City at Comeaux,
DeRidder at Leesville,
Washington-Marion at Peabody,
Abbeville at Iowa; Cecilia at
Jennings, South Beauregard at
DeQuincy, McMain at Westlake,
South Cameron at East
Beauregard, Vinton at Iota, Elton
at Kinder, Hamilton Christian at
Lake Arthur, Many at Oakdale,
Jena at Pickering, Buckeye at
Rosepine, Welsh at Merryville,
Basile at Mamou, Oberlin at
Sacred Heart-Ville Platte.
WEEK 2
Thursday, Sept. 8
Nondistrict: Vinton at South
Cameron, Carencro at
Northside.
Friday, Sept. 9
Nondistrict: Barbe at
Washington-Marion, Sam
Houston at Leesville, Sulphur at
LaGrange, Acadiana at St. Paul’s,
Comeaux at Crowley,
Natchitoches Central at
DeRidder, St. Louis at East St.
John, Iowa at DeQuincy, Eunice
at Jennings, Rosepine at South
Beauregard, Westlake at
Abbeville, East Beauregard at
Elton, Iota at St. Edmund,
Hamilton Christian at Kinder,
Lake Arthur at Delcambre,
Avoyelles at Oakdale, Pickering
at Merryville, Welsh at Rayne,
Sacred Heart-VP at Basile, North
Caddo at Oberlin.
WEEK 3
Thursday, Sept. 15
Nondistrict: Kinder at
Oakdale, Acadiana at New
Iberia.
Friday, Sept. 16
Nondistrict: Barbe at
Evangel, Sam Houston at
Westlake, Dutchtown at Sulphur,
Calvary Baptist at Carencro,
Breaux Bridge at Comeaux,
Rosepine at DeRidder, LaGrange
at Mansfield, Leesville at
Pineville, Jennings at St. Louis,
Crowley at Washington-Marion,
Iowa at Bunkie, South
Beauregard at Welsh, DeQuincy
at Hamilton Christian, Merryville
at East Beauregard, Lake Arthur
at Iota, Basile at Pickering,
Oberlin at Vinton, Delcambre at
Elton, South Cameron at East
Iberville.
WEEK 4
Friday, Sept. 23
District 3-5A: Barbe at
Comeaux, Sam Houston at
Acadiana, Lafayette at Carencro.
District 4-2A: DeQuincy at
East Beauregard, Welsh at
Kinder, Lake Arthur at Rosepine,
Vinton at Pickering.
Nondistrict: Leesville at
Sulphur, DeRidder at Jennings,
Notre Dame at St. Louis,
Wossman at Washington-
Marion, Iowa at Port Barre,
South Beauregard at Iota,
Winnfield at Westlake, Oakdale
at Northwest, Pine Prairie at
Basile, Mamou at Elton,
Hamilton Christian at St. Mary,
Merryville at North Caddo,
Oberlin at Vermilion Catholic,
South Cameron at Gueydan.
Bye: LaGrange.
WEEK 5
Thursday, Sept. 29
Nondistrict: Northwood-
Lena at South Cameron.
Friday, Sept. 30
District 3-5A: Carencro at
Sam Houston, Acadiana at
Sulphur, Comeaux at Lafayette.
District 4-2A: Pickering at
DeQuincy, East Beauregard at
Lake Arthur, Kinder at Vinton,
Rosepine at Welsh.
Nondistrict: St. Thomas
More at Barbe, Westlake at
DeRidder, Northside at
LaGrange, Leesville at
Washington-Marion, St. Louis at
Cecilia, Bolton at Iowa, Jennings
at Ferriday, Rayne at South
Beauregard, Iota at Oberlin,
Oakdale at Jena, Hanson
Memorial at Basile, Elton at
Bunkie, Loureaville at Hamilton
Christian, Montgomery at
Merryville.
WEEK 6
Thursday, Oct. 6
District 4-2A: Welsh at East
Beauregard, Vinton at Rosepine.
District 5-1A: Oberlin at
South Cameron, Merryville at
Elton.
Friday, Oct. 7
District 3-5A: Barbe at
Acadiana, Lafayette at Sulphur,
Comeaux at Carencro.
District 3-4A: Leesville at
Bolton.
District 4-4A: LaGrange at
DeRidder, Washington-Marion at
St. Louis.
District 4-3A: Crowley at
Iowa, Jennings at Notre Dame,
South Beauregard at Westlake.
District 4-2A: DeQuincy at
Lake Arthur, Pickering at Kinder.
District 5-2A: Iota at Bunkie,
Pine Prairie at Oakdale.
District 5-1A: Hamilton
Christian at Basile.
Nondistrict: Loyola Prep at
Sam Houston.
WEEK 7
Thursday, Oct. 13
District 4-4A: St. Louis at
Opelousas.
Nondistrict: West St. Mary
at Comeaux.
Friday, Oct. 14
District 3-5A: Carencro at
Barbe, Sulphur at Sam Houston,
Acadiana at Lafayette.
District 3-4A: Peabody at
Leesville.
District 4-4A: DeRidder at
Washington-Marion, Beau Chene
at LaGrange.
District 4-3A: Notre Dame
at Iowa, Jennings at Westlake,
South Beauregard at Crowley.
District 4-2A: Kinder at
DeQuincy, East Beauregard at
Vinton, Lake Arthur at Welsh,
Rosepine at Pickering.
District 5-2A: Oakdale at
Iota
District 5-1A: South
Cameron at Basile, Elton at
Hamilton Christian, Oberlin at
Merryville.
WEEK 8
Thursday, Oct. 20
District 4-3A: Westlake at
Notre Dame.
District 4-1A: South
Cameron at Hamilton Christian.
Friday, Oct. 21
District 3-5A: Barbe at Sam
Houston, Comeaux at Sulphur,
Carencro at Acadiana.
District 3-4A: Leesville at
Alexandria.
District 4-4A: Beau Chene at
DeRidder, LaGrange at St. Louis,
Washington-Marion at
Opelousas.
District 4-3A: Iowa at South
Beauregard, Crowley at
Jennings.
District 4-2A: DeQuincy at
Welsh, Pickering at East
Beauregard, Kinder at Rosepine,
Vinton at Lake Arthur.
District 5-2A: Iota at Pine
Prairie, Mamou at Oakdale.
District 5-1A: Basile at
Merryville, Oberlin at Elton.
WEEK 9
Thursday, Oct. 27
District 3-5A: Carencro at
Westgate.
District 5-1A: Elton at South
Cameron.
Friday, Oct. 28
District 3-5A: Sulphur at
Barbe, Sam Houston at
Lafayette, Acadiana at
Comeaux.
District 3-4A: Grant at
Leesville.
District 4-4A: St. Louis at
DeRidder, Opelousas at
LaGrange, Washington-Marion
at Beau Chene.
District 4-3A: Westlake at
Iowa, Jennings at South
Beauregard.
District 4-2A: Rosepine at
DeQuincy, East Beauregard at
Kinder, Lake Arthur at Pickering,
Welsh at Vinton.
District 5-2A: Ville Platte at
Iota, Oakdale at Bunkie.
District 5-1A: Merryville at
Hamilton Christian, Basile at
Oberlin.
WEEK 10
Thursday, Nov. 3
District 5-2A: Oakdale at
Ville Platte.
District 5-1A: Merryville at
South Cameron.
Friday, Nov. 4
District 3-5A: Lafayette at
Barbe, Sam Houston at
Comeaux, Sulphur at
Carencro.
District 3-4A: Tioga at
Leesville.
District 4-4A: DeRidder at
Opelousas, LaGrange at
Washington-Marion, Beau Chene
at St. Louis.
District 4-3A: Iowa at
Jennings, South Beauregard at
Notre Dame, Crowley at
Westlake.
District 4-2A: DeQuincy at
Vinton, Rosepine at East
Beauregard, Kinder at Lake
Arthur, Pickering at Welsh.
District 5-2A: Iota at
Mamou.
District 5-1A: Basile at
Elton, Hamilton Christian at
Oberlin.
BYE: Acadiana.
WEEK-BY-WEEK
* — District game.
Barbe
Sept. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LaGrange
Sept. 9 . . . . . . . . . . at Washington-Marion
Sept. 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Evangel
Sept. 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Comeaux*
Sept. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Thomas More
Oct. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Acadiana*
Oct. 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carencro*
Oct. 21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Sam Houston*
Oct. 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sulphur*
Nov. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lafayette*
Sam Houston
Sept. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Louis
Sept. 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Leesville
Sept. 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Westlake
Sept. 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Acadiana*
Sept. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carencro*
Oct. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loyola Prep
Oct. 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sulphur*
Oct. 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbe*
Oct. 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Lafayette*
Nov. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Comeaux*
Sulphur
Sept. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . at St. Thomas More
Sept. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at LaGrange
Sept. 16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dutchtown
Sept. 23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leesville
Sept. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Acadiana*
Oct. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lafayette*
Oct. 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Sam Houston*
Oct. 21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Comeaux*
Oct. 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Barbe*
Nov. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Carencro*
DeRidder
Sept. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Leesville
Sept. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . Natchitoches Central
Sept. 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosepine
Sept. 23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Jennings
Sept. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westlake
Oct. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LaGrange*
Oct. 14 . . . . . . . . . at Washington-Marion*
Oct. 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beau Chene*
Oct. 28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Louis*
Nov. 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Opelousas*
LaGrange
Sept. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Barbe
Sept. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sulphur
Sept. 16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Mansfield
Sept. 23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BYE
Sept. 30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Northside
Oct. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at DeRidder*
Oct. 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beau Chene*
Oct. 21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at St. Louis*
Oct. 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opelousas*
Nov. 4. . . . . . . . . . at Washington-Marion*
Leesville
Sept. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DeRidder
Sept. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Houston
Sept. 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Pineville
Sept. 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Sulphur
Sept. 30 . . . . . . . . . at Washington-Marion
Oct. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Bolton*
Oct. 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peabody
Oct. 21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Alexandria*
Oct. 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grant*
Nov. 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tioga*
St. Louis
Sept. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Sam Houston
Sept. 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at East St. John
Sept. 16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jennings
Sept. 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Notre Dame
Sept. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Cecilia
Oct. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . Washington-Marion*
Oct. 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Opelousas*
Oct. 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LaGrange*
Oct. 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at DeRidder*
Nov. 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beau Chene*
Washington-Marion
Sept. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Peabody
Sept. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbe
Sept. 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crowley
Sept. 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wossman
Sept. 30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leesville
Oct. 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at St. Louis*
Oct. 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DeRidder*
Oct. 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Opelousas*
Oct. 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Beau Chene*
Nov. 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LaGrange*
Iowa
Sept. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abbeville
Sept. 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at DeQuincy
Sept. 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Bunkie
Sept. 23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Port Barre
Sept. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bolton
Oct. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crowley*
Oct. 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Notre Dame*
Oct. 21 . . . . . . . . . . at South Beauregard*
Oct. 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westlake*
Nov. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Jennings*
Jennings
Sept. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cecilia
Sept. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eunice
Sept. 16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at St. Louis
Sept. 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DeRidder
Sept. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Ferriday
Oct. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Notre Dame*
Oct. 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Westlake*
Oct. 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crowley*
Oct. 28 . . . . . . . . . . at South Beauregard*
Nov. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa*
South Beauregard
Sept. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at DeQuincy
Sept. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rospeine
Sept. 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Welsh
Sept. 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Iota
Sept. 30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rayne
Oct. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Westlake*
Oct. 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Crowley*
Oct. 21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa*
Oct. 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jennings*
Nov. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Notre Dame*
Westlake
Sept. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McMain
Sept. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Abbeville
Sept. 16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Houston
Sept. 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Winnfield
Sept. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at DeRidder
Oct. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Beauregard*
Oct. 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jennings*
Oct. 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Notre Dame*
Oct. 28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Iowa*
Nov. 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crowley*
DeQuincy
Sept. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Beauregard
Sept. 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa
Sept. 16 . . . . . . . . . at Hamilton Christian
Sept. 23 . . . . . . . . . . . at East Beauregard*
Sept. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pickering*
Oct. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Lake Arthur*
Oct. 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kinder*
Oct. 21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Welsh*
Oct. 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosepine*
Nov. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Vinton*
East Beauregard
Sept. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Cameron
Sept. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Elton
Sept. 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Merryville
Sept. 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DeQuincy*
Sept. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Lake Arthur*
Oct. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Welsh*
Oct. 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Vinton*
Oct. 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pickering*
Oct. 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Kinder*
Nov. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosepine*
Iota
Sept. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vinton
Sept. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at St. Edmund
Sept. 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Arthur
Sept. 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . South Beauregard
Sept. 30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Oberlin
Oct. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Bunkie*
Oct. 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oakdale*
Oct. 21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Pine Prairie*
Oct. 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ville Platte*
Nov. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Mamou*
Kinder
Sept. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elton
Sept. 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . Hamilton Christian
Sept. 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Oakdale
Sept. 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Welsh*
Sept. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Vinton*
Oct. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pickering*
Oct. 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at DeQuincy*
Oct. 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Rosepine*
Oct. 28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . East Beauregard*
Nov. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Lake Arthur*
Lake Arthur
Sept. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . Hamilton Christian
Sept. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Delcambre
Sept. 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Iota
Sept. 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Rosepine*
Sept. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . East Beauregard*
Oct. 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DeQuincy*
Oct. 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Welsh*
Oct. 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vinton*
Oct. 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Pickering*
Nov. 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kinder
Oakdale
Sept. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Many
Sept. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Avoyelles
Sept. 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kinder
Sept. 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Northwest
Sept. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Jena
Oct. 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pine Prairie*
Oct. 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Iota
Oct. 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mamou*
Oct. 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Bunkie*
Nov. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Ville Platte*
Pickering
Sept. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jena
Sept. 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Merryville
Sept. 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Basile
Sept. 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vinton*
Sept. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at DeQuincy*
Oct. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Kinder*
Oct. 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosepine*
Oct. 21. . . . . . . . . . . . at East Beauregard*
Oct. 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Arthur*
Nov. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Welsh*
Rosepine
Sept. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Buckeye
Sept. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . at South Beauregard
Sept. 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at DeRidder
Sept. 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Arthur*
Sept. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Welsh*
Oct. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vinton*
Oct. 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Pickering*
Oct. 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kinder*
Oct. 28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at DeQuincy*
Nov. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . at East Beauregard*
Vinton
Sept. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Iota
Sept. 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . at South Cameron
Sept. 16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oberlin
Sept. 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Pickering*
Sept. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kinder*
Oct. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Rosepine*
Oct. 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . East Beauregard*
Oct. 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Lake Arthur*
Oct. 28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Welsh*
Nov. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DeQuincy*
Welsh
Sept. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Merryville
Sept. 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Rayne
Sept. 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . South Beauregard
Sept. 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Kinder*
Sept. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosepine*
Oct. 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . at East Beauregard*
Oct. 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Arthur*
Oct. 21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DeQuincy*
Oct. 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Vinton*
Nov. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pickering*
Basile
Sept. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Mamou
Sept. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sacred Heart-VP
Sept. 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Pickering
Sept. 23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pine Prairie
Sept. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . Hanson Memorial
Oct. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . Hamilton Christian*
Oct. 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Cameron*
Oct. 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Merryville*
Oct. 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Oberlin*
Nov. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Elton*
Elton
Sept. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Kinder
Sept. 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . East Beauregard
Sept. 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delcambre
Sept. 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mamou
Sept. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Bunkie
Oct. 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Merryville*
Oct. 14 . . . . . . . . . at Hamilton Christian*
Oct. 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oberlin*
Oct. 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . at South Cameron*
Nov. 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Basile*
Hamilton Christian
Sept. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Lake Arthur
Sept. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Kinder
Sept. 16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DeQuincy
Sept. 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at St. Mary’s
Sept. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loreauville
Oct. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Basile*
Oct. 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elton*
Oct. 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Cameron*
Oct. 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Merryville*
Nov. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Oberlin*
Merryville
Sept. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Welsh
Sept. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pickering
Sept. 16. . . . . . . . . . . . at East Beauregard
Sept. 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at North Caddo
Sept. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Montgomery
Oct. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Elton*
Oct. 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oberlin*
Oct. 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Basile*
Oct. 28 . . . . . . . . . at Hamilton Christian*
Nov. 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . at South Cameron*
Oberlin
Sept. 2. . . . . . . at Sacred Heart-Ville Platte
Sept. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Caddo
Sept. 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Vinton
Sept. 23 . . . . . . . . . . at Vermilion Catholic
Sept. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iota
Oct. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . at South Cameron*
Oct. 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Merryville*
Oct. 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Elton*
Oct. 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Basile*
Nov. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . Hamilton Christian*
South Cameron
Sept. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . at East Beauregard
Sept. 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vinton
Sept. 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at East Iberville
Sept. 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Gueydan
Sept. 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Northwood-Lena
Oct. 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oberlin*
Oct. 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Basile*
Oct. 20 . . . . . . . . . at Hamilton Christian*
Oct. 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elton*
Nov. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Merryville*
CLASS 1A
CLASS 2A
CLASS 3A
CLASS 4A
CLASS 5A
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011
FOOTBALL 2011
AMERICAN PRESS
21
ST. LOUIS
New faces key for Saints’ chances
St. Louis must
replace a host
of starters
RACHEL WHITTAKER
AMERICAN PRESS
St. Louis coach Mike
Johns has proven he has the
will to work in his 45 years of
coaching high school football.
But last year the football
community was rocked when
he suffered a heart attack the
District
4-4A
Wednesday before
the Saints’ week
nine game against
Sam Houston.
“Football just
stopped after Coach Johns
had his heart attack,” said
Washington-Marion coach
Freddie Harrison, offensive
coordinator at St. Louis from
2006-07. “He built that program
up to what it is right
now, and he did it the right
way. I love him and respect
everything he does for the
game of football.”
Johns missed only the Sam
Houston game, returning to
lead St. Louis to a second
straight district championship.
This year’s St. Louis team
will look different though,
with the loss of many starters
on both offense and defense.
The Saints will have their
third different quarterback in
three seasons with Bryce
Lanningham graduating.
Lanningham, currently playing
at UL-Monroe, was No. 2
in area 4A schools in passing
with 1,374 yards.
Johns said three players
are in the running to replace
him — juniors J.P. Crawford
and Blue David and senior
Derrick Rau. All of them
played junior varsity football
last season.
“The battle is very tight,”
Johns said. “I don’t want to
put too much pressure on
them.”
Another big loss for the St.
Louis offense was running
back Dillon Berlin, who set
school records with 2,046
St. Louis finished first in District 4-4A last season, and the Saints are hoping for a strong performance to propel
them deeper into the playoffs this year. Coach Mike Johns is in his 46th season coaching football and 11th at St.
Louis. Pictured with Johns, from left, are Jordan Saltzman, Harrison Flynt, Chaz Oubre and Blake Lamendola.
yards and 28 touchdowns, an
average of 186 yards per
game.
Stepping in at tailback this
season will be senior
Cameron Victorian, who got
some playing time behind
Berlin as a junior, playing in
four games and totaling 155
rushing yards. Fellow senior
Garrett Dufrene will also line
up at slot back.
“We’ve got a big hole to fill
with Dillon Berlin gone,”
Johns said. “Depth will be
key for us.”
The Saints are losing seven
starters on defense. That
group includes the team’s
2010 leading tackler Collin
Todd (54 solo, 77 assists, four
sacks) and leading interceptor
Darien Bartie (three interceptions).
But Johns is optimistic
about the group of five seniors
returning in St. Louis’ 4-
2-5 scheme. The unit last year
led its district in team
defense, allowing 15 points
per game and 263 yards per
game.
“Our defensive front was
hit the hardest with graduation
since we lost all four of
our front,” Johns said.
See SAINTS, Page 23
AT A GLANCE
BRAD PUCKETT / AMERICAN PRESS
■ HEAD COACH: Mike Johns (11th year at school, 148-97 overall,
58-47 at school)
■ DISTRICT: 4-4A
■ LAST YEAR: 10-2, 4-0 (first in district)
■ OFFENSE: (3 returning starters) LG JORDAN SALTZMAN; RG
BLAKE LAMENDOLA; LT Anthony Barcier (5-11, 240, Sr.); RT Jacob
Hughes (6-0, 215, Sr.); C Sal Ange (6-0, 205, Sr.); TE David Pigno (6-3,
245, Sr.); QB J.P. Crawford (Jr.) OR Blue David (Jr.); TB Cameron
Victorian (5-8, 180, Sr.); SB Garrett Dufrene (6-2, 190, Sr.); WR Sam
Boyer (6-1, 180, Sr.); WR HUNTER HODGKINS
■ DEFENSE: (5 returning starters) DE SEAN BYRD (6-0, 210, Sr.);
DE David Rau (6-0, 200, Jr.); DT Anthony Frank (5-9, 215, Sr.); DT
Elijah Woods (6-0, 225. Jr.); LB CHAZ OUBRE (5-11, 180, Sr.); LB Tim
Montet (5-9, 175, Sr.); SS DANIEL HENRY (5-11, 175, Sr.); SS MARLON
COLLINS (5-8, 170, Sr.); CB PATRICK BICE (6-2, 185, Sr.); CB ALEX
OWEN (6-2, 180, Sr.); FS Ben Drouilhet (5-7, 170, Sr.)
■ SPECIALISTS: P/PK HARRISON FLYNT (6-4, 180, Sr.)
Returning starters in ALL CAPS

22 AMERICAN PRESS FOOTBALL 2011
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011
WASHINGTON-MARION
PANKAJ KHADKA / AMERICAN PRESS
Washington-Marion expects it can do much better this season than its 2-8 performance in 2010. The Charging Indians have ten returning
starters on defense and linemen with major size. Pictured with second-year coach Freddie Harrison are, from left, Robert Hendrix, Derrick
Thomas, Ronnie Hendrix and Justin Woods.
Washington-Marion relying on ‘D’
RACHEL WHITTAKER
AMERICAN PRESS
Washington-Marion coach
Freddie Harrison was visibly
elated in talking about his
2011 Charging Indians, particularly
the 10 returning defensive
starters.
The only new starter on
defense is linebacker Melvin
Jones, a transfer from Barbe,
whose addition Harrison said
will cement the unit as one of
the best.
“Our defense will be able
to handle the load,” Harrison
said. “Guys grasp the concept
of our blitz packages, reads
District
4-4A
and recognitions
on run and pass
plays. We’re ahead
of schedule as far
as overall knowledge
of the game.”
Harrison said the experienced
defense will help set
the tone for a more mentally
tough Washington-Marion
team this season.
He said a lack of that attitude
was a driving force
behind many of the Charging
Indians’ eight losses in 2010.
“The mental toughness
last year wasn’t to the level it
needed to be,” Harrison said.
“You go back and look at last
season, in every game except
one, there was some turning
point in the game that we
gave the opponent a chance to
win. They didn’t create it; we
allowed it to happen.”
Jones will also be doing
the punting for Washington-
Marion, and senior Ronnie
Hendrix will be the kicker
once again.
Hendrix is a jack-of-alltrades
player, Harrison said,
who will be a fuel for the team
on offense.
“That kid can do anything
and everything, from kicking
to punting to deep snapping
See W-M, Page 23
AT A GLANCE
■ HEAD COACH: Freddie Harrison (2nd year at school, 26-19
overall, 2-8 at school)
■ DISTRICT: 4-4A
■ LAST YEAR: 2-8, 0-4 (fifth in District 5-4A)
■ OFFENSE: Multiple (five starters returning) TE Melvin Jones (6-
4, 245, Jr.); WR RONNIE HENDRIX (6-1, 180, Sr.); LT LEONE GUILLORY
(6-4, 270, Jr.); LG Reginald Braxton (6-1, 250, Jr.); C JUSTIN WOODS (6-
1, 265, Sr.); RG Greg Lewis (6-4, 290, Jr.); RT SANCHEZ PITRE (6-5,
205, Sr.); QB Dylan Gibson (6-1, 180, Sr.); WR DEMOND DELAHOUSSYE
(6-0, 170, So.); TB Julius Fontenot (6-0, 210, Sr.)
■ DEFENSE: 3-4 (ten starters returning) NT DARRIEN DUHON (6-3,
310, Jr.); DT SEAN ARDION (5-10, 250, Sr.); DT C.J. WRIGHT (6-1, 245,
Sr.); LB DERRICK THOMAS JR. (5-11, 180, Sr.); LB DESMOND RICHARD
(6-0, 210, Sr.); LB DESMOND McNEAL (6-0, 190, Sr.); LB Melvin Jones
(6-4, 245, Jr.); SS C.J. WILLIAMS (5-11, 165, Sr.); FS ROBERT HENDRIX
(5-11, 170, Sr.); CB JOHN ELLIS (5-10, 160, Sr.); CB JOHN JONES (6-1,
180, Sr.)
■ SPECIALISTS: P Melvin Jones; K RONNIE HENDRIX

THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011
FOOTBALL 2011
AMERICAN PRESS
23
WASHINGTON-MARION
W-M: New quarterback
PLAYERS: Talent abounds in area
from PAGE 22
to playing quarterback, wide
receiver or defensive back,”
Harrison said. “With him the
sky is the limit every time he
touches the ball. He’s a game
breaker.”
Another transfer joining
Washington-Marion this season
is Osha Jackson, a former
Sam Houston running back
who totaled 1,443 yards last
season.
Harrison said Jackson is a
viable option in the return
game along with Hendrix and
sophomore wide receiver
Demond Delahoussye.
The Charging Indians are
doing an offensive line shuffle
as well, starting with
Carencro transfer Greg
Lewis.
Lewis (6-4, 290), a junior, is
switching from offensive tackle
to right guard, and senior
Justin Woods (6-1, 265) is making
the transition from guard
to center to go with first-team
all-district right tackle
Sanchez Pitre (6-5, 305).
“With [Woods] being down
there anchoring the offensive
line, it’s unlimited what we
can do,” Harrison said. “We
can put in multiple run and
pass checks and let him do
what he does. And, he’s a 3.7
student.”
Calling the signals behind
the offensive line will be senior
quarterback Dylan
Gibson, who will make his
debut as starter this season.
He’ll be replacing three-year
starter Dwight Barker, and he
won’t have leading receiver
Desharick Guidry to throw to
this season.
Harrison said it’s
Delahoussye’s time to shine
as a slot receiver, which
would help Gibson settle into
his role.
"We expect [Delahoussye]
to come into his own this season,"
Harrison said.
"Dylan is not going out
there to win games, just to
make sure he puts the ball in
the right people’s hands and
everything is under control."
from PAGE 3
Jennings TE Khris
Watkins — The Bulldog
scored nine touchdowns and
caught 21 passes for 445 yards.
DeQuincy QB Jaleel
Bridges — As a sophomore,
Bridges threw for 1,898 yards
and 24 touchdowns.
Kinder RB Marshall
Harmon — In the final four
games of last season,
Harmon ran for 669 yards and
five touchdowns.
SAINTS: Eyes on another district title
from PAGE 21
“But we have two defensive
linemen who did get some
good playing time returning
with Anthony Frank and
Sean Byrd.”
Losing all-state punter
Kris Albarado will be tough,
Johns said. Albarado signed
with Southern California
after graduation, but fellow
Oakdale RB Damien
Ward — The Warriors speedster
had five games of more
than 100 yards rushing last
season, finishing with 966
yards and 13 touchdowns. .
Elton RB Micah Lavan
and OL/DL Patrick Jacobs
— While splitting time with
Landon Carmon last season,
Lavan gained 1,180 yards and
scored 19 touchdowns. With
Carmon graduated, those
numbers could see a big
all-state kicker Harrison
Flynt (6-4, 180) will assume
the duties. Flynt only missed
two extra points all of last
season, converting 41 of 43
tries.
“Kris will be hard to
replace, but we’ll still be
strong in the kicking game
with Flynt,” Johns said.
“Flynt kicked a 53-yard field
goal for us last year [in a 38-28
increase as Lavan becomes
the focal point of the Elton
offense. Jacobs, a McNeese
commitment, helps the
Indians control both sides of
the line of scrimmage.
Hamilton QB Marco
Richard — The speedster
caught 52 passes for 887 yards
and 11 touchdowns last season.
This year he moves
under center to lead an
offense that will be short on
experience.
win against Jennings].”
District 4-4A will look a little
different than last year
with the addition of Beau
Chene, LaGrange and and
Opelousas and the departure
of Jennings to Class 3A. With
the realignments in place,
Johns said St. Louis’ schedule
will be a challenge.
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tougher,” he said.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011
LAGRANGE
New offensive look for LaGrange
BY WARREN ARCENEAUX
AMERICAN PRESS
District
4-4A
Change is in the air at
LaGrange.
The Gators drop back
down to Class 4A this year
after a two-year stint in Class
5A. Once the season starts,
footballs will be in the air too
as the Gators switch to a passing
attack after losing
its three running
backs from
last season, all of
whom signed with Division I
college programs.
The offense is being
redesigned to fit the talent at
hand, which includes a bevy
of receiving options.
“You always want to put
your best athletes on the field,
and this year we have a lot of
guys in the 6-1, 6-2, 6-3 range,”
said LaGrange coach Jules
Sullen. “We are going to have
a lot of three-receiver sets,
some empty backfields. We
are still going to run the ball,
but it will be more from
See GATORS, Page 25
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Jacory Augustine, left, head coach Jules Sullen and Joseph Spruel lead the Gators in their return season to Class 4A.
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LAGRANGE
AT A GLANCE
■ HEAD COACH: Jules Sullen (16-
15, fourth year at school).
■ DISTRICT: 4-4A
■ LAST YEAR: 6-4, 2-2 (second in
District 3-5A, no playoffs)
■ OFFENSE: Multiple (Four starters
returning) TE Fred Williams (6-1, 170,
Jr.); WR Myrtell Hawthorne (6-3, 175,
So.); WR Devin Griffin (5-8, 175, Sr.); LT
Alex Goodly (6-1, 270, Jr.); LG DYQUAN
SIMON (6-0, 245, Sr.); C ELIJAH
WILLIAMS (6-0, 280, Sr.); RG Trey Simien
(5-10, 240, Sr.); RT Louis Whately (6-2,
235, Jr.); QB JOSEPH SPRUEL (5-9, 165,
Sr.); RB Robert Leday (5-10, 185, Jr.); FB
Aziz Avery (5-9, 185, Sr.); WR Nick Pitre
(6-3, 170, Jr.);
■ DEFENSE: 4-2-5 (One starter
returning) DE McKenzie Lewis (6-4,
200, Jr.); DE Tracey Ryan (6-0, 195, Sr.);
DT Mylon Miles (5-11, 220, Jr.); DT
Olajuwan Eaglin (5-11, 215, So.); LB
Jaylin Thomas (5-10, 185, Sr.); LB
Antione Hagans (5-10, 190, Sr.); CB
Shaquille Adams (6-0, 175, Sr.); CB
Dejean Haywood (5-10, 195, Sr.); FS
Jacory Augustine (6-3, 190, Sr.); SS
TIRELL WELLMAKER (5-11, 190, Jr.); SS
Jamarcus Anderson (5-9, 170, Jr.).
■ SPECIALISTS: P FRED WILLIAMS
(6-1, 170, Jr.); K JENNINGS VINCENT (5-
9, 165, Sr.).
Returning starters in ALL CAPS.
GATORS: Expect to throw more this season
from PAGE 5
spread formations.”
Quarterback Joseph Spruel will be
running the show.
The senior threw for 562 yards and
seven touchdowns last season while
most of the offense was run through
backs Aaron Sam, Courtney Brown
and Darius Edwards.
“He is comfortable with the new
offense and did well during our 7-on-7
season,” Sullen said. “It was a good
situation for him to come into last
year, where he was surrounded by
great athletes. It was his first year in
varsity, and he did a good job. He’s not
the biggest kid, but he can throw the
ball and is a leader of the team.”
Spruel will have no shortage of targets
this year.
Nick Pitre and Myrtell Hawthorne,
a pair of 6-foot-3 receivers, headline a
receiving corps that will also include
6-foot-1 Fred Williams, Hamilton
transfer Ja’Len James and senior
Devin Griffin, who will see time at
receiver and running back. Pitre will
also see some time at quarterback.
The running back corps will feature
a rotation of Griffin, Robert
Ledet, Tyler Guillory, Robert Ryan
and Azie Avery.
“We are going to take a committee
approach,” Sullen said.
“We will be spreading the field
more, but we still are going to run.
Ledey is big and physical; we are
expecting a lot from him. Azie played
a lot for us last year.”
Up front, center Elijah Williams
and guard DyQuan Simon are returning
starters.
“We have been working on footwork
with the linemen all summer,”
Sullen said. “Last year was about
power. This year they will be doing
more protection.”
New faces abound on defense,
where strong safety Tirell Wellmaker
is the lone returning starter.
“Wellmaker really came on last
year and became a good player,”
Sullen said. “Our linebackers,
Antione Hagans and Jaylin Thomas,
also got some playing time which
helped their understanding.”
On the line, the Gators will be
young but athletic with McKenzie
Lewis, Tracey Ryan, Mylon Miles and
Olajuwan Eaglin moving into the
starting lineup.
Sullen said one of the offensive
linemen’s assets is their quickness.
“They are extremely physical and
can fly to the ball,” Sullen said.
Joining Wellmaker in the secondary
will be cornerbacks Jacory
Augustine and Shaquille Adams and
safeties Jamarcus Anderson and
Haywood DeJean.
“Shaquille gives us good height at
the corner and has deceptive speed,”
Sullen said. “Shaquille is a physical
corner, an in-your-face type.”
Sullen said the drop down to Class
4A could benefit the Gators.
“It is brutal in 5A — we were losing
the numbers game, and the second
halves were tough on us,” he said.
“This district is going to be tough.
Coach (Mike) Johns is doing a great
job at St. Louis; they won the district
last year and DeRidder was second.
Beau Chene and Opelousas are coming
in and they are going to be tough.
Our goal is to make the playoffs. Once
you get in, anything can happen. We
have seen lower-seeded teams make
runs the past few years.”
2010 AERA FOOTBALL STANDINGS
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District 3-5A
District Overall
W L W L PF PA
*Barbe 3 1 8 2 357 235
LaGrange 2 2 6 4 276 224
Acadiana 2 2 5 5 457 210
Sulphur 2 2 5 5 219 319
Lafayette 1 3 3 7 272 277
District 4-4A
District Overall
W L W L PF PA
*Leesville 4 0 8 2 438 353
Alexandria 3 1 6 4 408 256
Peabody 2 2 4 6 352 325
Tioga 1 3 2 8 162 376
Grant 0 4 1 9 172 394
District 5-4A
District Overall
W L W L PF PA
*St. Louis 4 0 9 1 308 146
Sam Houston 3 1 7 3 328 275
Jennings 2 2 8 2 401 239
DeRidder 1 3 6 4 224 194
Wash.-Marion 0 4 3 7 272 375
District 4-3A
District Overall
W L W L PF PA
*Westlake 5 0 5 5 292 275
Eunice 4 1 5 5 230 276
Crowley 3 2 6 4 424 232
Iowa 2 3 3 7 231 348
Church Point 1 4 4 6 230 268
Northwest 0 5 2 8 255 362
District 4-2A
District Overall
W L W L PF PA
*S. Beauregard 5 0 10 0 404 97
Rosepine 4 1 6 4 313 164
DeQuincy 3 2 6 4 336 281
Pickering 2 3 4 6 219 290
Vinton 1 4 2 8 140 378
E. Beauregard 0 5 1 9 114 388
District 5-2A
District Overall
W L W L PF PA
*Lake Arthur 6 0 8 2 272 141
Kinder 5 1 8 2 289 117
Oakdale 3 3 5 5 232 210
Iota 3 3 4 6 133 166
Mamou 2 4 3 7 103 254
Welsh 2 4 3 7 261 255
Pine Prairie 0 6 0 10 119 440
District 4-1A
District Overall
W L W L PF PA
*Oberlin 5 0 10 0 445 174
Basile 3 2 7 3 324 192
Elton 3 2 7 3 319 166
Hamilton 3 2 7 3 341 223
Merryville 1 4 1 9 146 318
S. Cameron 0 5 0 10 93 436
2010 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Class 5A
Acadiana 21, West Monroe
14
Class 4A
Franklinton 34, Karr28
Class 3A
Parkview Baptist 24,
Patterson 20
Class 2A
Evangel 28, John Curtis
14
Class 1A
White Castle 32, Ouachita
Christian 20

26 AMERICAN PRESS FOOTBALL 2011
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011
DERIDDER
DeRidder has strong nucleus back
BY JIM GAZZOLO
AMERICAN PRESS
Pictured above for DeRidder are, from left, Jared Holmes, coach Eric Parmley, Hunter
Lewis and Eddie Meridith. The Dragons went 6-5 last year and are looking for more.
Returning your quarterback,
top running back and a
massive offensive lineman
should mean good things for
the upcoming season.
At DeRidder it means solid
building blocks, which will
give the Dragons a
District chance at making
4-4A
another playoff
run. However,
there are questions to be
answered and holes to be
filled.
“We have some kids who
have seen some time on
Friday nights, but not in the
positions they are going to be
in,” said head coach Eric
Parmley, who enters his sixth
season at the Dragons’ helm.
Last year his club finished
6-5, losing to Leesville in the
first round of the playoffs.
Repeating that run will be a
challenge.
DeRidder does return
eight starters from a year ago,
but that means the coaching
staff will be finding out a lot
about its team in the early
going.
“You are never sure what
you have until they start hitting,”
Parmley said. “We like
what we see, but we don’t
really find out until the
games.
“We will be counting on a
lot of new kids, including
some sophomores, to step up.
That is the fun of a new season,
finding out which kids
can do that.”
BRAD PUCKETT / AMERICAN PRESS
The Dragons do have some
strong pieces to build from,
including offensive tackle
Danie Sweet, who checks in
at 6-5, 350 pounds. However,
AT A GLANCE
■ HEAD COACH: Eric
Parmley (6th year, 22-29)
■ DISTRICT: 4-4A
■ LAST YEAR: 6-5 (lost
20-4 to Leesville in bidistrict
round of playoffs)
■ OFFENSE: C Julian
Williams (Sr.); G Calvin Greene
(Sr.); G Caleb Plummer (Sr.); T
DANIE SWEET (6-5, 350, Sr.); T
Chaz Scott (Jr.); QB JARED
HOLMES (6-0, 190, Sr.); RB
EDDIE MERIDITH (5-10, 170,
Sr.); WR Andre Lovely (Sr.); WR
Dionte Heath (Jr.); TE Tony
Dewitt (So.)
DEFENSE: DL Cody
Baldwin (Jr.); DL Chuck Harlow
(So.); DL Jake Stuart (Jr.); DL
Chris Crosley (Jr.); LB Addie
Fisher (So.); LB Delano
Stenson (So.); DB Sam Ford
(Jr.); DB Savion Ashworth (Jr.);
DB Draye Allen (Jr.); DB
HUNTER LEWIS (5-0, 175, Sr.);
DB Jarrett Floyd (Jr.)
■ SPECIALISTS: K/P Noah
Coronel; KR/PR Sam Ford.
Returning starters in ALL
CAPS.
it’s the senior’s abilities as
much as his size that have the
attention of college coaches.
“He is a very good athlete
and football player,” Parmley
said. “He will be the anchor
See DERIDDER, Page 27
Sept. 2
Sept. 9
2011
DERIDDER DRAGONS
Sept. 16
Sept. 23
Sept. 30
Oct. 7
SCHEDULE
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LaGrange*
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Oct. 21
Oct. 28
Nov. 4
at
Washington
Marion*
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St. Louis*
at
Opelousas*
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011
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AMERICAN PRESS
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DERIDDER
DERIDDER: Veterans in backfield
from PAGE 26
on our offensive line, which
we will be counting on this
year. I think it will be a
strength.”
Three seniors, Julian
Williams, Calvin Greene and
Caleb Plummer are expected
to join Sweet on the line.
While none of them where
starters, they all did see time
a year ago. Junior Chaz Scott
will be at the other tackle.
They will be opening holes
for senior tailback Eddie
Meridith (5-7, 170), who finished
last year with 906 yards.
“We will be counting on
Eddie to make some plays,”
Parmley said. “He is getting
better and should have a big
year.”
Also back is senior quarterback
Jared Holmes, who
threw for 905 yards on 69-of-
127 passing.
“Jared makes great decisions
and seems to be able to
get us out of trouble,”
Parmley said. “He has the
ability to turn a busted play
into a big one.”
However, he will have to
find a go-to receiver this year.
Senior Andre Lovely and junior
Dionte Heath will be
joined in the starting lineup
by sophomore tight end Tony
Dewitt.
Despite returning just
three starters on defense, led
by senior safety Hunter Lewis
(6-0, 175), the Dragons will
still be counting on that side
of the ball to win games.
“You have to stop people to
win,” Parmley said. “Hunter
is a leader and we think he
can make plays. We have
some other guys who can do
the same thing.”
Still, there are many holes
to fill and a lot of unknowns
for DeRidder.
“When you throw eight
new guys out there, a lot of
things can happen,” Parmley
said. “Sometimes not all
those things are good ones.”
Parmley hopes more of
those things turn out good,
not bad.
NEW AREA DISTRICTS
District 3-5A
Acadiana
Barbe
Carencro
Comeaux
Lafayette
Sam Houston
Sulphur
District 4-4A
Beau Chene
DeRidder
LaGrange
Opelousas
St. Louis
Wash.-Marion
District 3-4A
Alexandria
Bolton
Grant
Leesville
Peabody
Tioga
District 4-3A
Crowley
Iowa
Jennings
Notre Dame
S. Beauregard
Westlake
District 4-2A
DeQuincy
E. Beauregard
Kinder
Lake Arthur
Pickering
Rosepine
Vinton
Welsh
District 5-2A
Bunkie
Iota
Mamou
Oakdale
Pine Prairie
Ville Platte
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Basile
Elton
Hamilton
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WESTLAKE
Westlake has to re-tool up front
BY RACHEL WHITTAKER
AMERICAN PRESS
Senior tailback Devin
Eaglin is back to anchor the
Westlake offensive attack this
season, but a critical area of
concern for the Rams is on
the offensive line.
Departed linemen Gabe
Spikes, Trent Toups and
District
4-3A
Jordan McBride
all earned all-district
honors last
season, and coach
Max Caldarera said finding
players who can step up to
create running room for
Eaglin and protect senior
quarterback Ryan Feagin will
be a priority.
“A lot of our offense
depends on how we replace
those offensive linemen we
lost,” Caldarera said. “If our
line blocks well, the passing
game could be a great weapon
for us this year.”
Feagin threw just four
interceptions last year, which
Caldarera said gives him
some peace of mind in passing
situations. But, he said
Feagin’s 2010 total of 920 passing
yards is a number he can
surpass in his senior campaign.
“A lot of bad things can
happen when you throw the
football,” Caldarera said.
“When you’re not throwing a
lot of interceptions, you don’t
mind throwing it. We hope
Ryan can throw the ball well,
maybe for a few more yards
than he did last year.”
Eaglin (5-10, 210) led area
Class 3A schools with 239 carries
for 1,403 yards and 17
touchdowns as a junior, and
he was named to the All-
District team.
Caldarera said he expects
to get some help in the running
game from senior
Javonti Landry.
“[Landry] went to school
here when he was a freshman,
and then his family
moved, but now he’s back to
help us on offense,” Caldarera
said. “Hopefully that can take
some pressure off Eaglin.”
Caldarera said Eaglin is
also in the running to replace
Trey Johnson at kicker this
From left, Tyler Vidrine, Ryan Feagin, Ted Blanchard, head coach Max Caldarera, Anthony Cole and Justin Eaglin
will attempt to lead the Westlake Rams to a second consecutive district championship. Caldarera earned his 200th
career win last season, when the Rams went undefeated in district play.
■ HEAD COACH: Max Caldarera (34th year as head coach, 203-
160)
■ DISTRICT: 4-3A.
■ LAST YEAR: 5-6 (5-0, first in District 4-3A, lost 24-13 to E.D.
White in bidistrict round of playoffs)
■ OFFENSE: Multiple One-back (Five starters returning) TE Devin
Pharris (6-0, 190, Jr.); SE HANDON ETIENNE (5-7, 140, Jr.); LT Tim
Newsome (5-9, 210 So.); LG BEN MYERS (6-2, 230, Sr.); C Cody Miller
(5-11, 180, Sr.); RG Justin Eaglin (5-10, 270, Jr.); RT DANE SUIRE (6-2,
287, Jr.); QB RYAN FEAGIN (5-9, 170, Sr.); TB DEVIN EAGLIN (5-10,
210, Sr.); SB Javonti Landry (5-10, 180, Sr.); SB Tyler Johnson (6-2,
185, So.).
■ DEFENSE: 50 Multiple (Seven starters returning) DE Tyler
Johnson (6-2, 180, So.); DE Tyler Vidrine (5-10, 180, Sr.); NG DYLAN
SPIKES (6-1, 270, So.); DT DEVIN PHARRIS (6-0, 190, Jr.); LB JAKE
BRADY (6-1, 180, Sr.); LB LATRELL MARTIN (5-8, 190, Jr.); CB HANDON
ETIENNE (5-7, 140, Jr.); CB Anthony Cole (5-11, 165, Jr.); SS ZACH VIN-
CENT (6-0, 180, Sr.); FS TED BLANCHARD (6-0, 150, Sr.); SS Zach Nash
(5-9, 165, Sr.)
■ SPECIALISTS: K Devin Eaglin (5-10, 210, Sr.); P Ted Blanchard
(6-0, 150, Sr.)
season. Johnson was
Westlake’s kicker and punter
for the past two seasons, converting
49 of 61 extra points
in that time frame and making
both his field goal
attempts last season from 28
AT A GLANCE
and 24 yards.
In the punting game,
Johnson averaged 30 yards
per punt in 2009 and 39 yards
in 2010. Caldarera said a likely
candidate for punter this
season is senior free safety
Ted Blanchard.
Blanchard (6-0, 150) led the
Rams in interceptions last
season with three; he
returned one for a 60-yard
touchdown in a 49-26 win
against Northwest.
Caldarera said the special
teams roles are not an openand-shut
case now though.
“Those guys are not
proven at this point,”
Caldarera said. “They’re
going to have to come
through for us. Trey Johnson
did an excellent job in that
department for us last year.”
The Rams lost an anchor
to the defensive unit in defensive
back Tyler Stoddard,
who signed with
Southeastern Louisiana.
Stoddard led the team with 80
solo tackles and 20 assists
with two sacks, while also
leading Class 3A in receiving
with 14 receptions for 291
yards — an average of 21
yards per catch — and five
touchdowns.
Caldarera said Stoddard
was a crucial part of
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Westlake’s turnaround last
season, as the Rams rattled
off five straight wins in district
play after starting the
year 0-5 to ultimately emerge
with the 4-3A title.
“Tyler Stoddard is an
excellent football player. Losing
him is going to hurt,”
Caldarera said. “With seven
starters coming back [on
defense], hopefully that will
help. They’ll be a year older, so
hopefully things will work out
pretty well.”
Caldarera said his team’s
biggest challenge will be contending
with the realignment
in District 4-3A. Jennings
moved from Class 4A, and
South Beauregard moved from
Class 2A to join Westlake,
Crowley, Iowa and Notre Dame.
“Our 3A district without a
doubt is the strongest in the
state,” Caldarera said. “They
put us with Notre Dame, who is
a perennial finalist team, and
here is Jennings, who was a
playoff team in Class 4A for
two years. ”

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2011
IOWA
YELLOW
JACKET
FOOTBALL
SCHEDULE
Sept. 2 Abbeville
Sept. 9 at DeQuincy
Sept. 16 at Bunkie
Sept. 23 at Port Barre
Sept. 30 Bolton
Oct. 7 Crowley*
Oct. 14 Notre Dame*
Oct. 21 at South
Beauregard*
Oct. 28 Westlake*
Nov. 4 at Jennings*
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011
FOOTBALL 2011
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31
IOWA
Numbers up for Yellow Jackets
.
BY JIM GAZZOLO
AMERICAN PRESS
In his second year as head
football coach at Iowa, Sean
Richard likes the direction
his program is headed.
After suffering through a
3-7 season a year ago, the
Yellow Jackets appear ready
to rebound. At least that is
the hope.
District
4-3A
With 94 players
out for the program,
Iowa has the
start of some big
numbers. Last
year Richard said he had only
about 25 players who knew
what to expect. This year
everybody is on the same
page.
“The kids seem to be getting
it,” Richard said. “They
know what we want from
them, and they are excited
about the way things are
going.”
There is a lot of optimism
surrounding the Yellow
Jackets despite some heavy
losses.
Gone is do-everything
quarterback Gene Pete, who
threw for 1,013 yards and
rushed for another 912
He combined to either run
or throw for 21 of Iowa’s 30
touchdowns.
“He was a big part of our
team last year,” Richard said.
“He was a great kid, a great
leader and will be tough to
replace, but we think we have
somebody ready.”
That somebody is junior
Austin Theriot, who played
last year both at quarterback
and wide receiver.
“Austin is a good athlete
who has shown us a lot this
past year,” Richard said.
“We like the things he can
do for us. We will be counting
on him this year.”
He will have a big target in
all-district receiver Mason
Ceasar, who hauled in 31
catches for 273 yards and a
touchdown last fall.
“Mason is a good one, and
we are developing some other
Clockwise from left, Blake Vidrine, Zack Hebert, Mason Ceasar, and Joel Smith will be counted
on by head coach Sean Richard as Iowa attempts to bounce back from a 3-7 season.
good targets for Austin,”
Richard said. “We should
have some more weapons this
year.”
That will include running
backs Gerald Marshall and
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Deon Galmore, both of whom
return after getting plenty of
playing time last year.
AT A GLANCE
■ HEAD COACH: Sean
Richard (3-7, second year)
■ DISTRICT: District 4-3A
■ LAST YEAR: 3-7, 2-3
(fourth in district, no playoffs)
■ OFFENSE: QB Austin
Theriot; HB Gerald Marshall;
FB Deon Galmore; WR Mason
Ceasar; WR Andrew Self; TE
Zach Hebert; LT Blake Vidrine;
LG Joel Smith; C Darrell
Nunez; RG David Kershaw; RT
Kane Fontenot
■ DEFENSE: DE Jimmy
Maple; DT Logan Autin; DT
Tremel Alfred; DE Blake
Vidrine; WLB Devon Thomas;
MLB Lane Richard; CB Andrew
Self; SS Cody Burgess; FS
Jeremy Williams; WS Garett
Dartez
■ SPECIALISTS: K
Christian Rodriguez; P Garrett
Trahan
With 12 returning lettermen,
11 of whom have some
starting experience, the
Yellow Jackets hope they
have enough to build around.
However, only one of those
starters returns on defense.
“We have some more size
than a year ago, but we did
lose a lot of good players that
will need to be replaced,”
Richard said.
“One good thing, this
group of kids have been
together for a couple of years
now, so they know each other
and work well together. Those
are some big things that can
help us.”
The Yellow Jackets are
hoping they can use the past
year to gain the experience
they needed to become a
much more competitive team.
“The program is really in
better shape now,” Richard
said.
“The kids have bought
into the system and are excited
about the upcoming season.”
While the Yellow Jackets
will be young, they are hoping
the extra numbers they
have in the program can turn
into victories on the scoreboard.

32 AMERICAN PRESS FOOTBALL 2011
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011
JENNINGS
Jennings reloads in backfield
BY WARREN ARCENEAUX
AMERICAN PRESS
With a trio of backfield
stars who combined for more
than 3,000 rushing yards last
season gone, the Jennings
Bulldogs are going back to
the slow and steady approach.
Last year, quarterback
Bryson Abraham
and running backs
District
4-3A
Davondrick
Phillips and
Michael Wilridge
led an explosive attack that
produced touchdowns and big
plays by the bunches. With a
new set of players filling
those roles, head coach Rusty
Phelps is looking for an
attack that stresses ball control
more than explosive
plays.
“The line will have to
carry us since the backfield
will be new,” he said. “We lost
a whole bunch of yardage last
year.”
Tre Richardson and Dylan
Lavergne will move into the
running back spots. Lavergne
has committed to play at
Northwestern State as a
defensive back, and
Richardson started at receiver
last season.
“They have some experience,”
Phelps said. “The difference
between them and the
graduated running backs is
these guys are more ball-control
backs. I don’t know that
we have the same quick-strike
capability as last year,
although Richardson broke
off some long ones in the
scrimmage with Barbe.”
A quarterback derby
between juniors Jaylen
Boutte and John Charles is
going down to the wire.
“Jaylon is still learning the
position, working hard on
throwing and having command
of the offense,” Phelps
said. “It was night and day
how much better we were
from the unofficial scrimmage
to the Barbe scrimmage.
Charles is really developing
also.
Phelps said the competition
between Boutte and
Alex Daigle, left, Zach Duhon, Michael Ringuet and D.J. Phillips will be the senior leaders for the Jennings Bulldogs, who
will be looking to continue a recent run of success. The Bulldogs have won eight games each of the past two years.
Charles makes both players
stronger.
“Right now we are playing
both (quarterbacks); we will
play both in the jamboree,”
Phelps said. “We might have
to play both in the season ...
Our passing game is going to
improve (like) it did in the
scrimmage.”
Tight end Khris Watkins is
the leading returning receiver,
and he contributes in the
running game as well.
“He is a good in-line blocker
on the perimeter, can run
the 10-15 yard routes and get
up the field on deeper routes,”
Phelps said. “He has a very
good set of hands. If we can
get it close to him, he will get
it.”
Phelps said Watkins’ veteran
presence will give the
newer Jennings wideouts a
reliable example to follow as
they gain more experience.
“The two guys (Maliek
Williams and Brance Bacca-
White) at wide receiver are
young,” Phelps said.
“Williams did a nice job
against Barbe. Khris will be
the go-to guy until our young
guys get more comfortable.”
AT A GLANCE
■ HEAD COACH: Rusty Phelps (17th year, 107-74)
■ DISTRICT: 4-3A
■ LAST YEAR: 8-3, 2-2 (third in district, lost 49-43 to Neville in
bidsitrict round of playoffs)
■ OFFENSE: Veer (Six starters returning) TE KHRIS WATKINS (6-2,
215, Sr.); SE/WR Maliek Williams (6-3, 175, So.); LT MICHEAL RINGUET
(6-4, 240, Sr.); LG KEIJAN LEVI (5-10, 240, Jr.); C Garrett Petry (6-0,
210, Jr.); RT MARCUS RIDEAUX (5-10, 230, Sr.) RG Andrew Lamb (Jr.);
QB Jaylon Boutte (6-1, 170, Jr.); RB TRE RICHARDSON (5-9, 200, Sr.);
RB DYLAN LAVERGNE (5-10, 190, Sr.); RB Brance Bacca-White (6-1,
175, So.)
■ DEFENSE: 4-2-5 (Six starters returning) DE PEYTON PHELPS (6-
2, 215, Jr.); DT D.J. PHILLIPS (5-10, 230, Sr.); DE Charlie Matte (6-0,
190, Jr.); DT Ross Edwards (6-0, 240, Jr.); LB ALEX DAIGLE (5-10,
2011, Sr.); LB MILTON HALL (5-10, 200, Sr.); SS KENTON BERTRAND
(5-10, 170, Jr.); SS DREW McKNIGHT(5-8, 165, Sr.); SS Nathanial
Redeaux (5-7, 155, Sr.); CB Keagan Deaville (5-10, 160, Jr.); FS T.J.
Davis (5-11, 160, Jr.); FS DYLAN LAVERGNE (5-10, 190, Sr.)
■ SPECIALISTS: P/K ZACH DUHON (6-0, 180, Sr.)
Returning starters in ALL CAPS.
Returnees Michael
Ringuet, Marcus Rideaux and
Keijan Levi lead a veteran
offensive line.
“This is probably one of
the bigger lines we’ve had,”
Phelps said. “The majority
are juniors but have played as
sophomores.”
A trio of juniors will start
along the defensive line, as
Peyton Phelps shifts from
tackle to end, where he will
be joined by Charlie Matte.
D.J. Phillips returns at tackle
and will be joined by Ross
Edwards.
“We add more size inside
with Edwards,” Phelps said.
“At tackle, both are around
240 pounds. Matte is a converted
linebacker; we are trying
to find a place for him on
the field. We lost a couple of
seniors at end, and that was
one of the places we could get
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him on. Peyton was always
projected as an end but played
inside last year to give us
depth.”
Seniors Alex Daigle and
Milton Hall return at linebacker.
“Daigle was all-district and
our tackles leader,” Phelps
said. “Kenton Bertrand will
move to strong safety to help
there. We are very young
back there, but we feel like
we’ve got some talented kids.
We have to be careful to rest
Lavergne. T.J. Davis is doing a
good job at free safety.”
Phelps said dropping down
from Class 4A will not make
the season any less challenging
for Jennings.
“It is not easy,” he said.
“We were in this district for so
many years and it was always
tough, now you add Notre
Dame and Crowley, it has to
be one of strongest in the
state. In the past, we were putting
five teams in the playoffs,
now we have two more tradition-rich
schools. And South
Beauregard is a program that
won 18 games over the last
two years.”

THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011
FOOTBALL 2011
AMERICAN PRESS
33
CROWLEY • NOTRE DAME
NOTRE DAME
HEAD COACH: Lewis Cook
■ LAST YEAR: 13-1, 5-0 (first in
district; lost in semifinals of playoffs)
■ OFFENSE: TE BRANDON SON-
NIER (6-0, 195, Sr.); SE Josef Schmidt
(6-0, 155, Sr.); OT COLE REINERS (6-1,
230, Sr.); OG Grant Clark (6-0, 270,
Sr.); C Andrew Valdetero (5-11, 175,
Jr.); OG Christian Hundley (6-1, 220,
So.); OT Andrew Breaux (6-0, 220,
So.); WR Blake Miller (6-0, 160, Sr.);
FB Jacob Sloane (6-0, 175, Sr.); TB
Nick Gossen (5-11, 170, Sr.); QB WAY-
LON YOUNG (5-11, 185, Sr.)
■ DEFENSE: DE C.J. Hundley (6-1,
185, Sr.); DT Andre Thibodeaux (5-8,
180, Sr.); DT PAUL LaCROIX (6-1, 200,
Sr.); DE Brent Sonnier (6-0, 205, Sr.);
OLB Zach Miller (5-10, 180, Sr.); MLB
Jacob Melancon (5-11, 200, Sr.) ; SLB
CONNOR GOSS (5-9, 190, Sr.); CB DJ
PETITJEAN (6-0, 160, Sr.); SS Matt
Venable (5-10, 170, Jr.); FS AUSTIN
BORDELON (6-0, 160, Sr.); CB J.P.
Hensgens (5-9, 160, Jr.)
Bourque leads way for Crowley
RACHEL WHITTAKER
AMERICAN PRESS
For reigning District 4-3A champion
Notre Dame of Crowley, an interesting
position shuffle will be evident as the
Pioneers plow ahead with their eyes on
another undefeated regular season.
Senior Jacob Melancon, who played
offense and defense last year, will now
be exclusively a linebacker.
Only one starter on the offensive line
comes back this season for the
Pioneers, with a pair of sophomores set
to start.
Notre Dame will welcome back starting
quarterback, Waylon Young with a
new crop of targets at his disposal.
Nearly half the players on Notre
Dame’s roster are sophomores, so depth
will be a factor for the Pioneers to be
District
4-3A
wary of if they hope to
repeat as district champs
and rebound from a shutout
loss to Parkview in the Class
3A semifinals.
Crowley will feature running back
Davante Bourque, who has already
committed to LSU after racking up
2,310 rushing yards as a junior.
But he is one of only four returning
starters on offense for the Gents.
Three offensive linemen are in the
group of first-time starters — senior
center Robert Tauston, right guard
David Tautkus and right tackle Joseph
Tautkus. A new quarterback will also
be taking over at Crowley in junior
Andre Mills (5-10, 155).
Defensively, Crowley will have a
whole new defensive line in a new 4-2-5
scheme.
CROWLEY
■ HEAD COACH: Tommy Tate
(72-43 overall, fourth year at school)
■ LAST YEAR: 7-5, 3-2
■ OFFENSE: Spread (Four starters
returning) TE Kaleb Cormier (6-4,
220, Sr.); WR Chanz Moore (5-11,
165, Jr.); WR Calvin Robinson (5-5,
145, Jr.); LT YURI LEWIS (5-10, 230,
Sr.); LG JUDE CRADEUR (5-10, 235,
Sr.); C Robert Tauston (6-0, 225, Sr.);
RG David Tautkus (5-11, 225, Jr.); RT
Joseph Tautkus (5-11, 225, Jr.); QB
Andre Mills (5-11, 155, Jr.); WR Danny
Malbrough (6-0, 160 Jr.); RB DAVANTE
BOURQUE (6-2, 210, Sr.).
■ DEFENSE: 4-2-5 (Five starters
returning) DE Jess Harmon (6-2, 220,
Jr.); DT Tyler Johnson (5-11, 225, Jr.);
DT Mark Kritzer (5-11, 195, Sr.); DE
Andrew leJeune (6-1, 210, Jr.); MLB
CHRIS WILSON (5-11, 190, Sr.); WLB
BRADY DESHOTEL (5-10, 180, SR.);
CB DORRIS SENEGAL (6-0, 170, Sr.);
SS Cade Abshire (6-2, 180, Sr.); FS
BRENNAN ANDRUS (5-7, 150, Sr.); SS
Tyler Credeur (5-10, 165, Jr.); CB
DAMON MALBROUGH (6-0, 170, Jr.)
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Sept. 9 Eunice
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Sept. 16 at St. Louis
Nov. 4 Iowa*
Sept. 23 DeRidder
Sept. 30 at Ferriday
Oct. 7 at Notre Dame*
Oct. 14 at Westlake*

34 AMERICAN PRESS FOOTBALL 2011
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011
SOUTH BEAUREGARD
SB looking forward to Class 3A
BY WARREN ARCENEAUX
AMERICAN PRESS
For the past four years, the
South Beauregard Golden
Knights have kept their win
total moving up.
This season, the whole program
is on the move, going up
to Class 3A.
“Reclassification is something
we have been
District expecting for
years,” said head
4-3A coach Shawn
Demeritt. “We
beefed up the JV schedule last
year — we added Westlake
and had already been playing
Iowa and DeRidder. We are
looking forward to the challenge.”
The Golden Knights met
just about every challenge
they faced last season, completing
their first undefeated
regular season before falling
to Winnfield in their first
playoff game.
Repeating the feat against
a more difficult schedule will
be a tall order. South
Beauregard is 19-1 at home
during the past four seasons,
but the Golden Knights have
six road games this season.
The team has been putting
in extra work to prepare for
the tough slate.
“We have had the best offseason
ever,” Demeritt said.
“We have had more kids in
during the summer than ever.
Some were here every day
and we are in good shape.”
Carrying a heavier workload
this year will be Silas
Whalley, who was an all-district
linebacker last season.
This year he will move to
safety and also be the primary
ball carrier on offense
after seeing spot duty offensively
last season.
Demeritt said Whalley is a
versatile athlete with the ability
to both get upfield and
lead effectively.
“Silas is going to be our
workhorse,” Demeritt said.
“He has good speed, but he’s
also shifty.
“I am not a big juke guy. He
See SB, Page 35
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From left, Silas Whalley, Bryce Hebert and T.J. Wilcox will lead the Golden Knights into
Class 3A. Coach Shawn Demeritt led South Beauregard to a 10-win season last year.
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Sept. 9 Rosepine
Sept. 16 at Welsh
Sept. 23 at Iota
Sept. 30 Rayne
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Oct. 14 at Crowley*
Oct. 21 Iowa*
Oct. 28 Jennings*
Nov. 4 at Notre Dame*
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35
COACHING
CHANGES
AT A GLANCE
AREA COACHING CHANGES
■ HEAD COACH: Shawn Demeritt (27-6, fourth year at school).
■ DISTRICT: 4-3A.
■ LAST YEAR: 10-1, 5-0 (first in District 4-2A, lost to Winnfield in
first round of playoffs).
■ OFFENSE: Multiple-I (Four starters returning) TE BRYCE HEBERT
(6-1, 220, Sr.); WR PRYCE FONTENOT (5-11, 175, Jr.); LT T.J. WILCOX
(6-0, 225, Sr.); LG Austin LeBleu (5-10, 190, Jr.); C Cody Cormier (5-
10, 250, Jr.); RG Wayne Hennigan (5-10, 195, Sr.); RT ALLEN MAL-
LETTE (6-1, 300, Sr.); QB Zach Brady (5-11, 175, Jr.); RB Silas Whalley
(6-0, 190, Sr.); FB Dusty Lambert (6-0, 175, Jr.); WR Ty Johnson (5-10,
150, Sr.).
■ DEFENSE: 4-3 (Six starters returning) DE BRYCE HEBERT (6-1,
220, Sr.); DT LOGAN BOWLES (5-10, 250, Jr.); DT CODY CORMIER (5-
10, 250, Jr.); DE Adam Graves (6-0, 190, Sr.); LB Ryan Martarona (6-1,
170, Jr.); LB Melton Fontenot (5-9, 175, Sr.); LB Ryan Simmons (6-0,
175, Sr.); DB HUNTER FONTENOT (5-10, 160, Sr.); DB SILAS WHALLEY
(6-0, 190, Sr.); DB KEITON HEBERT (5-10, 170, Sr.); DB Joe Ledet (6-1,
190, So.).
■ SPECIALISTS: P Zach Brady (5-11, 175, Jr.); K Ryan Simmons (6-
0, 175, Sr.).
Returning starters in ALL CAPS.
SB: Defense is the key
from PAGE 34
knows what I like. He gets it
north and south, runs with a
good pad level and has good
vision. When he gets rolling,
everyone feels better, and the
momentum starts flowing. Joe
Ledet is going to play at running
back too. Dusty Lambert
is a strong kid, a hard-nosed
fullback that is going to block
and do what we need.”
Whalley will head a newlook
secondary.
“We lost our top three
safeties from last year, and we
wanted to add some depth
there,” said Demeritt of moving
Whalley. “We have good
athletes, though. Ledet has
speed and has a chance to be a
good player. Hunter Fontenot
is a returning starter at corner.
This is the best team speed we
have had. Our slowest kid in
the secondary is a 4.7.”
Also making a move is
Adam Graves, who is switching
to defensive end after
starting at offensive guard
last season.
“Graves has unbelievable
quickness and a good motor,
so we thought he could help
us on defense opposite Bryce
(Hebert),” Demeritt said.
“Bryce has started three
years on offense and two on
defense. He is a physical runblocker
and good defensive
end. He is dominant on both
sides of the ball, and we will
rely on him for leadership.”
Hebert is expected to be
cleared to play in early
September after tearing two
knee ligaments last year.
Demeritt, who coached
offense as an assistant, said
his defense will be the key to
South Beauregard’s success.
“I am an offensive guy, but
I believe in winning with
defense,” he said. “We gave up
9.7 points per game last year,
second in Class 2A.
(Defensive coordinator) John
Storer does a phenomenal
job.”
Offensively, the Golden
Knights will continue to
stress balance.
“We have thrown it more
each year, and this year will
be no exception,” Demeritt
said. “I like our quarterback,
Zach Brady. He has a lively
arm. In this district, you can’t
just run the ball. You need
more balance. He and Pryce
(Fontenot) have a good connection.”
Demeritt said the offensive
line has both size and experience,
starting with T.J.
Wilcox, a two-year starter
who has converted from
guard to tackle.
“(Wilcox) will be the
leader,” Demeritt said. “Allen
Mallette is enormous and is
starting to get aggressive. We
have good size at center in
Cody Cormier. At guard, we
have good speed with Wayne
Hennigan and Austin LeBleu,
New Coach
Old Coach
BARBE
Mike Cutrera Jimmy Shaver
Longtime Bucs assistant Cutrera takes over
for Shaver, who retired after 29 years as head
coach. Shaver won 237 games during his
tenure. Cutrera, a former Bucs quarterback,
served as an assistant at the school for the past
23 years, most recently as defensive coordinator.
DEQUINCY
Carl Flanagan Brad Kellogg
Flanagan, formerly head coach at Elton,
Sam Houston and South Beauregard, comes
out of retirement to take over the Tigers.
Flanagan has 111 career wins as a head coach,
including two trips to the semifinals.
EAST BEAUREGARD
Randy Price Robert Jackson
Price has been an assistant at Marksville
for the past 11 seasons but has head coaching
experience at Bolton, where he went 12-18
from 1987-89.
HAMILTON CHRISTIAN
Sam Pratt
Mike Maggio
Maggio retired after leading the Warriors
to 39 wins and five playoff berths in the program’s
six-year history. Pratt comes over from
Texas to lead the program, which is facing a
numbers crunch this year with just 27 players
on the varsity roster.
IOTA
Neal Lege
Marcis LeJeune
Lege returns to his old job at Iota, where he
was head coach from 2002-2004, compiling a 22-
15 record. LeJeune is now an assistant at
Rayne High School. Lege was an assistant on
Iota’s 1999 state championship team and was
part of two more state championship teams as
an assistant at Acadiana High.
LEESVILLE
Jimmie Adams David Feaster
Adams becomes Leesville’s fourth head
coach in the past six years. Feaster left to
become head coach at Parkway High School in
Bossier City after going 13-10 in two seasons in
Leesville. Adams, a former Natchitoches
Central assistant, inherits a team that went 9-3
and won District 3-4A last season.
MERRYVILLE
Gordy Glaser Mark Delaney
Glaser, former head baseball coach at East
Beauregard, gets his first head coaching job
on the gridiron at Merryville. He has two
decades of experience as a football assistant.
Delaney went back to Washington-Marion for
a second stint as an assistant coach there.
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Longtime assistant Mike Cutrera will be
replacing legendary Jimmy Shaver at
Barbe High School this season.
ROSEPINE
Danny Smith Johnny Cryer
Smith, who led Leesville to the Class 4A
state championship game in 1995, takes over
for the retired Cryer, who rebuilt the program
into a consistent winner. Smith has been an
assistant for the Eagles the past three seasons;
Rosepine reached the playoffs each of those
years.
SAM HOUSTON
Vaughn Eggleston Russ Sutherland
Eggleston has been an assistant coach in
the area for two decades. He gets his first head
coaching job with the Broncos after serving as
their offensive line coach for the past five
years. Sutherland resigned to take the head
coaching job at East Chambers High in
Winnie, Texas.
SOUTH CAMERON
Edward Cormier James Marcantel
Another long-time assistant gets the head
job as Cormier takes over in Creole. He has
served two stints as a Tarpons assistant and
was on the staff of South Cameron’s last state
championship game appearance in 1996.
Marcantel remains on the staff as an assistant
coach.
VINTON
Travis Davis Wendell LeJeune
Davis will be a head coach for the first time
after serving as an assistant at Iowa. The former
McNeese star retained LeJeune as an
assistant coach.

36 AMERICAN PRESS FOOTBALL 2011
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011
LEESVILLE
New Leesville coach
expects big things
BY WARREN ARCENEAUX
AMERICAN PRESS
Yet another new coach is
taking over at Leesville.
Jimmie Adams is taking
the reins as the fourth head
coach at the school in the past
District
3-4A
six years, and he is
planning on ending
that trend of
constant turnover.
“I am here for
ten years,” said Adams, who
comes from a stint as defensive
coordinator at
Natchitoches Central. “This
is a fantastic place to be.”
Adams’ first big task is to
get all his players in their best
positions. He is doing some
last-minute shuffling after a
disappointing performance in
a scrimmage against Captain
Shreve.
“We did not have a good
scrimmage, but we will be
fine,” Adams said. “The
defense has concerns. We
have to play with young kids
and have to get them to play
faster. We will change how we
do stuff and read things so
they can get after it better.”
Only two starters return
on defense.
“We lost a lot of good ones
defensively, but we will be
solid once we get everything
down,” Adams said. “It just
takes some changes and hard
work.”
The defensive line will feature
Elbert Marbury, Mason
DeLapp, Raqkeem Cheeley
and Dalton Harville.
“They play aggressively
and move to the football and
try to make plays,” Adams
said. “We will put guys out
there who sprint to the football.”
Jeremiah Cross, who
played on the line last year,
moves to middle linebacker
this season.
“He is the leader of the
team,” Adams said. “He runs
a 4.6 at 215 pounds and will
knock the mess out of you.
We just need him to read
things faster.”
Strong safety Marshall
Smith is the other returning
starter.
“He is a college prospect, a
top notch kid with good
speed,” Adams said. “Marcus
Watkins is going to free safety
from corner. He is a good
over-the-top type player.
From top left, Zack Squyres, coach Jimmie Adams,
Jeremiah Cross, Marshall Smith and Adam Woods, are
ready to build a new tradition at Leesville.
Devontez Winters will be at
one corner; he is a press coverage
type that is also a
strong kid and a good guy in
support. We are looking at
two or three other kids at the
other corner.”
The offense will have a
new look, with the veer
replacing the wide-open
spread of the past few years.
“We will open things up
some, but our base will be the
veer,” Adams said. “We have
got some backs that can hit
the hole hard, some quick-hitting
types.”
Adams said quarterback
Zach Squyres, who threw for
BEAUREGARD DAILY NEWS/ SPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN PRESS
AT A GLANCE
■ HEAD COACH: Jimmie
Adams (first year)
■ DISTRICT: 3-4A
■ LAST YEAR: 9-3, 4-0
(first in district, lost 55-14 to
Franklinton in regional round
of playoffs)
■ OFFENSE: Veer (Five
starters returning) TE Adam
Woods (5-11, 185, Sr.); T
Tanner Moore (6-1, 220, So.);
G JUWON LEDAY (5-10, 232,
Sr.); C JOSH PONTHIEUX (6-0,
280, Sr.); G Trey Bennett (6-1,
194, Jr.); T Jamal Harrel (6-4,
250, Jr.); WR Devonte Rogers
(5-11, 174, Sr.); WR CLINTON
THURMAN (5-9, 164, Sr.); QB
ZACK SQUYRES (5-11, 179,
Sr.); FB Kingsley Matthews (6-
3, 190, Sr.); TB DIONTAY
THURMAN (5-10, 162, Sr.).
■ DEFENSE: 4-3 (Two
starters returning) DE Dalton
Harville (6-4, 212, Sr.); DT
Cedric Jackson (6-1, 340, Sr.);
DT Mason DeLapp (5-11, 190,
Jr.); DE Derrick Blackshire (5-9,
192, Sr.); LB JEREMIAH CROSS
(5-11, 213, Sr.); LB Justin Swan
(6-0, 180, Sr.); LB Kaplan Rolon
(5-7, 160, Jr.); CB Dylan Oborn
(5-10, 158, Sr.); FS Devial
Lewis (5-7, 138, So.); SS MAR-
SHALL SMITH (6-0, 151, Sr.).
■ SPECIALISTS: P Jacob
Chambers (6-2, 170, Jr.); K
COLTON HONEYCUTT (6-0,
164, Sr.)
Returning starters in ALL
CAPS.
2,733 yards last season, has
taken well to the new offense.
“He is a good runner and
tremendous thrower,” Adams
said. “He gives us another
dimension.”
Who joins him in the backfield
has yet to be determined.
“Derrick Blackshire will
be one ball carrier, but we
have had some injuries and
are trying to find other guys,”
Adams said.
Center Josh Ponthieux and
guard Juwon Leday return to
lead the offensive line.
“The line flies off the ball
and pass protects well,”
Adams said.“They are aggressive,
come off the ball hard
and give us a chance to hit the
hole quick.”
Clinton Thurman returns
to lead the receiving corps for
the Wampus Cats.
2011
LEESVILLE WAMPUS CATS
SCHEDULE
Sept. 2
Sept. 9
Sept. 16
Sept. 23
Sept. 30
DeRidder
Sam Houston
at Pineville
at Sulphur
at Washington
Marion
Oct. 7
Oct. 14
Oct. 21
Oct. 28
Nov. 4
at Bolton*
Peabody
at Alexandria*
Grant*
Tioga*
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011
FOOTBALL 2011
AMERICAN PRESS
37
DEQUINCY
Flanagan takes
over at DeQuincy
BY WARREN ARCENEAUX
AMERICAN PRESS
District
4-2A
After a second short-lived
retirement, Carl Flanagan is
back, inheriting a DeQuincy
program that had a rough offseason.
“I missed it, then this
opportunity came along that
was a good program with tradition
and is a good location
from where I live,” Flanagan
said. “We have a really good
staff; several of the assistants
have been here a few years.
The whole staff is from
DeQuincy, and they know a
lot about the town.”
Flanagan was impressed
during an abbreviated spring.
“What stood out was the
great work habits among the
kids,” Flanagan said. “You
can look at film and analyze
talent, but you don’t know
what day-to-day habits they
have. They don’t mind working.
That’s a good
place to start. I was
impressed with the
talent level. We’ve
got 63 players, which is not
bad for a 2A school.”
Flanagan, who has favored
a power running game in the
past, said he will not overhaul
DeQuincy’s double slot
attack. Leading the way will
be Jaleel Bridges, who threw
for 1,898 yards and 24 touchdowns
last season.
Flanagan said he is happy
to have Bridges back.
“Jaleel is a tall kid and has
an excellent arm,” Flanagan
said. “For a kid his age, he
was asked to function in an
offense with a lot of reading
and decisions.
“The kids have had success
with that offense.”
Tyler Burgess will lead the
receiving corps and may see
some time under center.
Kaleb Hollie will play receiver
while Brandon Brown will
DeQuincy head coach Carl Flanagan will count on Jaleel
Bridges, Patrick Dietz, Evan Stanley and Tyler Burgess.
have a utility role.
“Brown is the type of guy
that can play slot, running
back or receiver,” Flanagan
said. “Chris Russell will be
another receiver along with
several young guys. At running
back and receiver we
will use several guys. Brown
will run the ball some.
Patrick Dietz, the fullback
last year, is back. Chas Smith
and Evan Stanley will be in
our two-back sets. Ashton
Spikes is a quick scatback
that can run the ball.”
The Tigers don’t have
much size on the line.
“That’s why they’ve done
MEREDITH BLINDER / AMERICAN PRESS
the type of stuff they’ve done
offensively,” Flanagan said.
“As the young guys get experience,
they will get better.”
Flanagan has switched the
defense to the 4-3 package he
is familiar with and
DeQuincy also has used.
“I have run it at different
schools and been successful,”
he said. “The depth on our
defensive line is a strength.
We can roll two or three
groups in there.
“We have experience in the
secondary. Brown has played
corner and safety, and
Burgess can play both too.
Hollie started at corner last
AT A GLANCE
■ HEAD COACH: Carl
Flanagan (first year at school,
111-90 overall)
■ DISTRICT: 4-2A
■ LAST YEAR: 3-8, 3-2
(third in District 4-2A, lost to
Calvary Baptist in bi-district
round of playoffs)
■ OFFENSE: Double slot
(five starters returning) WR
TYLER BURGESS (5-9, 180, Sr.);
WR Kaleb Hollie (5-9, 160, Jr.);
LT Blaine Gilbert (Jr.); LG Tyler
Dyson (Sr.); C PAUL VIGE (Sr.);
RG Lester Johnson (So.)L RT
TYLER JOHNSON (6-1, 205,
Sr.); QB JALEEL BRIDGES (6-3,
165, Jr.); RB PATRICK DIETZ (6-
2, 215, Sr.); RB Brandon Brown
(6-3, 160, Jr.); RB Evan Stanley
(Sr.)
■ DEFENSE: 4-3 (six
starters returning) NG Cartier
Sam (So.); DT Shaquille Jones
(So.); DE PATRICK DIETZ (6-2,
215, Sr.); DE Clayton Blanks
(Sr.); MLB EVAN STANLEY (Sr.);
SLB Stephen Arabie (Sr.); WLB
Chas Smith (So.); CB KALEB
HOLLIE (5-9, 160, Jr.); CB Chris
Russell (Jr.); S TYLER BURGESS
(5-9, 180, Sr.); S BRANDON
BROWN (6-3, 160, Jr.)
■ SPECIALISTS: P/K
TYLER BURGESS (5-9, 180, Sr.)
year.”
Stanley, Smith and
Stephen Arabie will man the
linebacker spots.
2011 SCHEDULE
Sept. 2 South Beauregard
Sept. 9 Iowa
Sept. 16 at Hamilton Christian
Sept. 23 at East Beauregard*
Sept. 30 Pickering*
Oct. 7
Oct. 14
Oct. 21
Oct. 28
Nov. 4
at Lake Arthur*
Kinder*
at Welsh*
Rosepine*
at Vinton*
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38 AMERICAN PRESS FOOTBALL 2011
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011
EAST BEAUREGARD
Trojans look for turnaround with Price
RACHEL WHITTAKER
AMERICAN PRESS
It’s out with the old and in
with the new for the East
Beauregard football team this
season.
Coach Randy Price was
hired in May to replace Robert
Jackson, whose three seasons
with the Trojans totaled two
wins and 28 losses.
The former Marksville High
District
4-2A
School defensive
coordinator said he
is embracing his
job of turning
around a team that finished in
the cellar of District 4-2A in
team offense and defense in
2010.
“The players were looking
for change,” Price said. “Coach
Jackson did the best he could
do at the time, but they wanted
to have someone new come in,
whether it was Randy Price or
Bear Bryant. It just so happened
that Randy Price
stepped in.”
Price is installing a wing-T
offense for the Trojans and a 4-
2-5 defensive scheme, both
changes from last season’s I-
formation/spread offense and
5-3 defense. He said he is more
confident in his ability to succeed
as a head coach because
the importance of defense is
clear to him since his previous
head coaching stint 21 years
ago with the Bolton Bears in
Alexandria.
Price will have his work cut
out for him. In nine losses last
season, East Beauregard’s
average margin of defeat was
30.7 points.
“I was more offensive-minded
the first time,” Price said.
“I’d rely frequently on a defensive
coordinator and put all the
eggs in his basket ... If we're
going to turn the corner with
this program, we have to play
good defense. It's not going to
be about how good we are
offensively.”
Of the Trojans’ five returning
defensive starters, three
are senior running backs who
Price said will play on both
sides of the ball — linebacker
Seth Shirley and defensive
backs Aaron Armstrong and
Dillon Messer.
Shirley was the district’s
No. 2 rusher last season, gaining
1,079 yards with 11 touchdowns.
Price said Shirley
stands to be the fullback in the
Trojans offensive set.
“He’ll have a chance to run
the ball on both sides of the
center,” Price said. “The other
two backs are going to run
strictly to the side away from
where they line up.”
Seth Shirley, left, and Tyler White will be counted on by
new East Beauregard head coach Randy Price.
The quarterback position
makes Price a bit apprehensive
in his first season as coach.
The oldest quarterback on East
Beauregard’s roster is sophomore
Josh Fletcher (5-8, 125).
“It worries me because he’s
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so young,” Price said. “He
won't be a drop back in the
pocket, pro-style quarterback.
We'll rely basically on playaction
passes when we throw
the football.”
Price said Fletcher’s goal
AT A GLANCE
■ HEAD COACH: Randy
Price (first year)
■ DISTRICT: 4-2A
■ LAST YEAR: 2-8, 1-5
(sixth in District 4-2A, no playoffs)
■ OFFENSE: Wing T (Five
starters returning) TE BRODY
JACKSON (Sr.); WR Dustin
Rider (Jr.); LT Marshall Cox
(Sr.); LG Justin Bailey (Jr.); C
BEAU LABORDE (Sr.); RG
Cameron Pooler (Sr.); RT
Johnny Vercher (So.); QB Josh
Fletcher (So.); TB DILLON
MESSER (Sr.); FB SETH SHIRLEY
(Sr.); WB AARON ARMSTRONG
(Sr.).
■ DEFENSE: 4-2-5 (Five
starters returning) DL Josh
Andrews (Sr.); DL NOAH BAR-
BER (Sr.); DL MARSHALL COX
(Sr.); DL Caleb Fletcher (Jr.); LB
SETH SHIRLEY (Sr.); LB
Cameron Pooler (Sr.); LB DIL-
LON MESSER (Sr.); LB Justin
Bailey (Jr.); DB Chris Barrett
(Sr.); DB TYLER WHITE (Sr.); DB
Triston Bebee (So.).
Returning starters in ALL
CAPS.
this season should be to simply
manage the game.
“We’re not looking for him to
win the game for us,” Price
said. “If he can go out and manage
the offense, not try to do too
much, he can be a good quarterback
for us.”
2011 S C H E D U L E
Sept. 2
Sept. 9
Sept. 16
Sept. 23
Sept. 30
Oct. 6
Oct. 14
South Cameron
at Elton
Merryville
DeQuincy*
at Lake Arthur*
Welsh*
at Vinton*
Oct. 21
Oct. 28
Nov. 4
Pickering*
at Kinder*
Rosepine*
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011
FOOTBALL 2011
AMERICAN PRESS
39
PICKERING
Veteran Pickering looks for improvement
RACHEL WHITTAKER
AMERICAN PRESS
In coach Lane Cook’s first
year at Pickering in 2010, the
Red Devils finished an even 5-
5, not enough to make the
Class 2A playoffs.
This season though, quarterback
Zack Roberts will be
back for his senior year, one
of seven returning starters
District
4-2A
on the Pickering
offense. Also, Cook
said he is very glad
to have leading
rusher Andre Flint back in
hopes of propelling Pickering
into the postseason.
“Having Zack back is one
of our big keys,” Cook said.
“We don’t have as much size
at receiver as we did last year,
but Andre Flint and the guys
we do have are really athletic
and bring a lot of speed.”
Roberts threw for 1,061
yards and 12 touchdowns last
season. The receiving corps
includes senior Kenny Woods
and sophomore Daveon
Banks.
The Red Devils offensive
line will have three veteran
faces in left tackle Jordan
Hindsman, left guard Charles
Sanders and center Joe
Cummings.
Cook said he is grateful for
the leadership coming back
on offense.
“I'm looking for the returning
guys on our offensive line
to step up and create some
continuity there and help
teach and lead the younger
guys,” Cook said.
The Pickering offense averaged
23 points per game in
2010, only ahead of Vinton
and East Beauregard in
District 4-2A.
Cook said more is possible
this season, but the Red
Devils can’t afford to focus on
scoring a certain number of
points in each game.
Pickering’s split-back multiple
offensive set will be up
against three new teams
added to its district — Kinder,
Lake Arthur and Welsh.
“I don't want to say we'll
average X amount of points,”
Cook said. “We just need to
make sure we score more
points than they do, whether
it's 14 points per game and we
still win or 20-something.
We’d like to think the offense
will be our strong suit
because of the number of
returning starters we have.”
Defensively, the Red Devils
are not so lucky. Only two
players in the lineup were
starters last season — linebacker
Zach Wardlow and
Clockwise from top left, Charles Sanders, head coach
Lane Cook, Andrew Marsalise, Andre Flint and Zack
Roberts will look to lead Pickering back to the playoffs.
free safety Andrew Marsalise.
The defensive spots are
open for competition, Cook
said.
“Right now it’s anybody’s
game so to speak,” Cook said.
“For the nine positions, we
have about 15 guys we’re looking
at who have the opportunity
to fill those slots. It will
come down to whoever works
the best and hardest and
shows us they’re going to produce
the most.”
The men in the running to
start on defense include two
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freshmen — defensive end
Brad Conn and cornerback
Chris Mitchell — and three
sophomores — defensive tackle
Greg Green, linebacker
Tyler Winger and cornerback
Detric Bessard.
Cook said the main thing
he can hope for is that the
youngest players will mature
fast.
“When you’re young,
you’re young,” Cook said.
“You live and die by what
you’ve got. Ultimately we
hope the seniors we have on
AT A GLANCE
■ HEAD COACH: Lane
Cook (second year, 5-5, 3-2)
■ DISTRICT: 4-2A
■ LAST YEAR: 5-5, 3-2
(third in District 4-2A, no playoffs)
■ OFFENSE: Split back
multiple (Seven starters
returning) TE Marquez
Williams (6-0, 175, Jr.); WR
KENNY WOODS (5-9, 163, Sr.);
LT JORDAN HINDSMAN (5-11,
200, Jr.); LG CHARLES
SANDERS (6-2, 240, Sr.); C JOE
CUMMINGS (5-11, 270, Jr.); RG
Aaron Giltz (5-9, 240, So.); RT
Nick Jarchow (6-1, 240, So.);
QB ZACK ROBERTS (5-9, 165,
Sr.); TB ANDRE FLINT (5-8,
155, Sr.); FB JOSH LANGSTON
(5-10, 190, Jr.); WR Daveon
Banks (5-8, 149, So.).
■ DEFENSE: DE Marlon
Powe (5-10, 185, Jr.); DL Justin
Heard (5-6, 165, Sr.); DL Greg
Green (So.); DE Brad Conn
(Fr.); LB ZACH WARDLOW (5-
10, 195, Sr.); LB Terrance King
(Jr.); LB Tyler Winger (So.); CB
Chris Mitchell (Fr.); CB Detric
Bessard (So.); FS ANDREW
MARSALISE (6-0, 150, Sr.); SS
Steve Ruffin (Jr.).
Returning starters in ALL
CAPS.
the team will show the young
guys the ... right attitude to
have at practice. I hope these
guys grow up quickly.”
Sept. 2
Sept. 9
Sept. 16
Sept. 23
Sept. 30
Oct. 7
Oct. 14
2011 SCHEDULE
Jena
at Merryville
Basile
Vinton*
at DeQuincy*
at Kinder*
Rosepine*
Oct. 21
Oct. 28
Nov. 4
at East
Beauregard*
Lake Arthur*
at Welsh*
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40 AMERICAN PRESS FOOTBALL 2011
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011
ROSEPINE
New coach Smith
takes over Rosepine
BY WARREN ARCENEAUX
AMERICAN PRESS
District
4-2A
Four straight winning seasons
is a high standard for
Rosepine head coach Danny
Smith to embark on in his
first season.
But that does not intimidate
him as he
takes the helm of
the Eagles. In fact,
his players bring a
feeling of excitement despite
having many positions to fill.
“We have to continue to
build the weight and strength
program, try to be consistent
year in and year out,” Smith
said. “The seniors that graduated
were a great group,
accounted for the most wins
in school history. So far it has
been great. We have good
chemistry on the staff, personalities
that fit. The kids
have responded well.”
Smith won’t be the only
new face, as the Eagles must
replace the entire offensive
backfield, secondary and linebacking
corps.
“The biggest thing is we are
young,” Smith said.
“(Quarterback) Blake Hinson
is a junior, Tim Davis is a junior
and Noah Martin is a sophomore;
they have key spots in
the backfield. We lost our linebackers,
strong safeties and
receivers. We have to replace
our skill people.”
However, there will be
experience along the
Rosepine offensive and defensive
lines.
“We will put a lot on their
shoulders,” Smith said. “In
the past we had skill people.
Now the roles are reversed.
We need our lines to step up
and be forerunners.”
Tackles Chris Brumfield
and Devin Brown, center
Alex Hammond and guard
Derek Wolin are all returning
starters on the offensive line.
Smith said his newcomers
in the backfield have promise.
“Davis has some of that
stuff you can’t coach,” he
said. “He has good feet, can
make the first guy miss. And
he has started at corner so he
has experience on the field.
“Hinson has had a few
reps, but it’s different when
the game is out of reach. I am
pleased that he wants to learn
and is receptive to coaching.
From left, Dalton Jarrell, Chris Brumfield and Daygan
Garnder will look to continue Rosepine’s winning ways.
He is very intelligent, can recognize
fronts and coverages.”
Smith will be looking to
seniors Dalton Jarrell, Coby
Pettypool and Daggan
Gardner to lead a young
defense.
“We have two good tackles
in Dalton and Coby and will
move Gardner to linebacker,”
Smith said. “Gardner runs
well, is not afraid of contact
and has been very coachable
in learning a new position.”
Davis will lead a rebuilt
secondary. He will be joined
by Colton Johnson, Stanley
Hogan, Darrius Griggs and
Dylan Strickland.
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Smith said he likes the athleticism
of his defensive
backs, but he said they need
more experience as a unit.
Smith, who has been a
defensive coordinator for the
past three seasons, is excited
about returning as a head
coach.
“This is a new opportunity,
a new challenge,” he said. “I
am excited to take over a program
that has tradition established.”
Smith has been stressing
the intangibles to his young
team.
“We ask the kids to do what
they are capable of,” Smith
AT A GLANCE
■ HEAD COACH: Danny
Smith (first year at school, 47-
63 overall)
■ DISTRICT: 4-2A
■ LAST YEAR: 6-5, 4-1
(second in District 4-2A, lost
24-21 to Episcopal in bidistrict
round of playoffs)
■ OFFENSE: Double slot
(Five starters returning) TE
SCOTTY YOUNG (6-0, 195,
Sr.); SE/WR Eric Kyle (5-10,
165, So.); LT CHRIS BRUM-
FIELD (6-1, 295, Sr.); LG Truitt
Johnson (5-10, 270, Jr.); C
ALEX HAMMOND (5-11, 250,
Jr.); RG DEREK WOLIN (5-9,
190, Sr.); RT DEVIN BROWN (5-
10, 260, Jr.); QB Blake Hinson
(5-9, 150, Jr.); RB Noah Martin
(5-9, 155, So.); RB Tim Davis
(5-8, 145, Jr.)
■ DEFENSE: 4-2-5 (Three
starters returning) DT COBY
PETTYPOOL (5-7, 170, Sr.); DT
DALTON JARRELL (5-9, 225,
Sr.); DE Skyler Broxson (6-0,
220, Sr.); DE Lee Butler (5-10,
190, Sr.); LB Jeremy Calcote (5-
6, 155, Sr.); LB DAYGAN
GARDNER (5-10, 195, Sr.); SS
Colton Johnson (5-9, 165, Jr.);
SS Stanley Hogan (5-8, 155,
So.); CB Tim Davis (5-8, 145,
Jr.); CB Darrius Griggs (5-9,
160, Jr.); FS Dylan Strickland
(5-9, 170, Sr.).
said. “If we get that, good
things are going to happen.
“We want them to be
coachable, be hustling to give
themselves a chance to be
successful. We try to instill
that every day. We want to get
better, compete on every play
and win that battle.”
Sept. 2
Sept. 9
Sept. 16
Sept. 23
Sept. 30
Oct. 6
2011 SCHEDULE
Buckeye
at South
Beauregard
at DeRidder
Lake Arthur*
at Welsh*
Vinton*
Oct. 14
Oct. 21
Oct. 28
Nov. 4
at Pickering*
Kinder*
at DeQuincy*
at East
Beauregard*
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011
FOOTBALL 2011
AMERICAN PRESS
41
KINDER
Kinder will have
experienced team
BY JIM GAZZOLO
AMERICAN PRESS
Two years ago the Yellow
Jackets missed the playoffs by
one game.
Last year Kinder made the
playoffs but lasted
District just one game.
Now, the
4-2A
Jackets hope to
stick around the
playoffs a little longer.
With a total of 17 starting
positions with returning players,
experience won’t be a
problem for a Kinder club
that finished second in
District 5-2A last year, and
during one stretch won five
straight games.
Kinder will be counting on
junior running back/linebacker
Marshall Harmon,
who finished last season with
a flurry.
During the season’s last
four games, Harmon ran for
669 yards and five touchdowns,
including a 212-yard
performance in a playoff loss
to Donaldsonville.
“That is always our goal, to
make the playoffs and see
how far we can go,” said
Kinder coach Jeff
Wainwright. “We have a lot of
experience we can build on.
They got a taste of it last year.
That should help us get a fast
start.”
The Yellow Jackets’ only
district loss came to Lake
Arthu, 14-12, and it cost them
the title.
“Our kids remember that,”
Wainwright said. “We want to
make up for that.”
After a slow start — 124
yards in the first 4 games —
Harmon, like the rest of his
teammates, ended strong. He
finished with 1,149 yards and
became the starting tailback
at midseason. Now Kinder
will ride the junior all seaon.
Clockwise from top left, Seth Langley, Blake Trahan,
Taylor Donaldson and Chris Keyes will lead Kinder.
“He really came on and
proved to be our power back,”
Wainwright said. “Once he
got going we were able to really
control the game. He gave
us our identity.
“We were definitely a different
team once we got him
going. He got his confidence,
and we’ve got confidence in
him.”
It is that “different team”
Wainwright hopes shows up
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early this fall.
Quarterback Blake Trahan
is back for his senior season.
He finished the year 44-of-70
for 691 yards and 12 touchdowns
with just two interceptions.
“Blake is our leader on the
field,” Wainwright said. “He
keeps us moving.”
However, it will be power
running and defense that
See KINDER, Page 47
AT A GLANCE
■ HEAD COACH: Jeff
Wainwright (46-37, 8th year at
school)
■ DISTRICT: 4-2A.
■ LAST YEAR: 9-2, 5-2
(second in District 5-2A, lost
to Donaldsonville in first
round of playoffs)
■ OFFENSE: Pro-I (Seven
starters returning) TE Stone
LaBuff (6-2, 188, Jr.); WR
DeVaughn Thompson (5-9,
165, Jr.); LT Clinton Cezar (Sr.);
LG CHRIS KEYES (5-10, 278,
Sr.); C TAYLOR DONALDSON
(6-4, 292, Sr.); RG DESMOND
HOLLOMAN (5-10, 234, Jr.); RT
William Sanders (6-2, 300, Sr.);
QB BLAKE TRAHAN (5-8, 163,
Sr.); TB MARSHALL HARMON
(5-10, 207, Jr.); FB SETH LANG-
LEY (5-8, 17, Sr.); WR Wanterio
Frank (5-5 137, Jr.).
■ DEFENSE: 4-3 (Five
starters returning) DL Chris
Keyes (5-10, 278, Sr.); DL
QUILLAN JONES (5-6, 273, Jr.);
DL Isaac Luce (5-8, 216, Jr.);
DL Stone LaBuff (6-2, 188, Jr.);
LB SETH LANGLEY (5-8, 17,
Sr.); LB MARSHALL HARMON
(5-10, 207, Jr.); LB Seth
Harmon (6-1, 196, Sr.); DB
BLAKE TRAHAN (5-8, 163, Sr.);
DB Devaughn Thompson (5-9,
165, Jr.); DB Wanterio Frank (5-
5 137, Jr.); DB Tyron South (5-
8, 136, Jr.).
■ SPECIALISTS: K/P
DEVAUGHN THOMPSON (5-9,
165, Jr.).
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Sept. 9
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Oct. 14
at DeQuincy*
Sept. 15
at Oakdale
Oct. 21
at Rosepine*
Sept. 23
Welsh*
Oct. 28
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011
VINTON
New coach is optimistic at Vinton
BY JIM GAZZOLO
AMERICAN PRESS
AT A GLANCE
■ HEAD COACH: Tarius
Davis (first year)
■ DISTRICT: 4-2A
■ LAST YEAR: 2-8, 1-4
(fifth in district)
■ OFFENSE: TE Blake
Trahan (6-3, 235, So.); WR J.P.
PICKETT (5-11, 150, Sr.); LT
MATT NICHOLS (6-4, 310, Sr.);
LG ROBERT HACKNEY (5-10,
270, Sr.); C NATHAN HABETZ
(5-9, 270, Sr.); RG BILLY BRUN-
NING (5-9, 230, Jr.); RT KAT-
LYN CASWELL (5-10, 265, Sr.);
QB Jarrod Anderson (5-10,
160, Sr.); TB Dillon Worthy (5-
10, 180, Sr.); SB DEION SON-
NIER (6-0, 180, Sr.); WR Kelby
Hebert (5-10, 170, Sr.)
■ DEFENSE: DE Blake
Trahan (6-3, 235, So.); DT
KATLYN CASWELL (5-10, 265,
Sr.); DT NATHAN HABETZ (5-9,
270, Sr.); DE Austin Richard (5-
10, 167, Jr.); LB KYLE HABETZ
(Sr.); LB Dillon Worthy (5-10,
180, Sr.); DB J.P. PICKETT (5-
11, 150, Sr.); DB DEION SON-
NIER (6-0, 180, Sr.); DB JAR-
ROD ANDERSON (5-10, 160,
Sr.); DB CARL LEJEUNE (5-9,
160, Sr.); DB D.J. REED (5-9,
190, Jr.)
■ SPECIALISTS: K SHAWN
FENETZ (5-7, 170, Sr.); P Kelby
Hebert (5-10, 170, Sr.)
For many, taking over a
program that has won just
twice in the last two years
and posted a 7-33 record over
the last four would seem too
much to tackle.
For Tarius Davis it was
just the right job at the right
place and the right time.
So Davis jumped right in
last January, and
while he knows it
District
MEREDITH BLINDER / AMERICAN PRESS
won’t be easy, he
expects to turn the From left, Jeffery Fontenot, J.P. Pickett, Jarrod Anderson and Carl LeJeune will be
4-2A
Lions around. He building blocks as new Lions head coach Tarius Davis reshapes the Vinton program.
just knows it may take time.
“This has been a good program
in the past and that is
what makes this job exciting,”
said Davis, who was an
assistant at Iowa last year.
“Some good athletes have
joked.
With 16 starting positions
filled by returnees, and 17
seniors back, hope is that the
Lions can begin to turn
things around this year. Davis
seniors will be gone after this
year so you will have to start
over again in some ways with
young players next year.
“But that is the way things
are here so we will work with
losing.
Davis said he has not seen
that. Instead, he finds a club
refreshed and ready to go.
“I have been impressed
with their attitude,” said
gone through here, so there also knows that taking over a what we got.”
Davis. “While we have
has been talent. We need to bunch of seniors can be both What the Lions have is a retained guys who have struggled
build on that.”
a good and bad thing.
group of kids who were
here, we haven’t seen the
Davis also knows he will
need to keep his sense of
humor, especially at the start.
“When I took the program
I knew there was only way to
go ,and that was up,” he
“You get the experience
and the kids have worked
hard and bought into the
direction we want to take the
program,” Davis said. “You
also have to know that those
forced to play at a young age,
as the current senior class
suffered through an 0-10 season
in 2009. Sometimes that
can scare players, or at least
make them expect and accept
kids get down during the
drills. We had a good response
and good participation.
“All the kids have done
what we have asked them to
do. That was my biggest concern,
but it has not been a
problem at all.”
One thing the Lions have is
See VINTON, Page 47
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Oct. 6 at Rosepine*
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FOOTBALL 2011
AMERICAN PRESS
43
LAKE ARTHUR
Lake Arthur aims for three-peat
AT A GLANCE
BY JIM GAZZOLO
AMERICAN PRESS
A winning attitude has
been started, and this year
Lake Arthur is hoping to turn
that into a tradition.
District
4-2A
Two straight
district titles have
the Tigers believing
in the program.
But whether
that was just a couple of good
senior classes which broke
the championship drought or
if Lake Arthur has turned
the corner is the question.
“That is what we are going
to find out this season,” head
coach Chad Lavergne said.
‘Did we win because of those
classes, or can we now win
because we are Lake Arthur’
“We have started something
and we want to keep it
going. That is the next step.”
There was not a lot of
room for error during last
season’s 8-3, 6-0 run. The
Tigers only beat Kinder for
the district title by two points,
14-12.
See LA, Page 47
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Clockwise from top left, Jasper Martin, Aaron Hebert, Trent Hargrave and Anthony
Washington will lead the Tigers in their quest for a third straight district title.
■ HEAD COACH: Chad
Lavergne (17th year, 62-51 overall,
49-42 at school)
■ DISTRICT: 4-2A
■ LAST YEAR: 8-3, 6-0
(first in district)
■ OFFENSE: Split back
(Seven starters returning) QB
Rory Guidry (5-9, 155, Jr.); OG
AARON HEBERT (5-9, 265, Sr.);
OG NATHAN MONCEAUX (5-
10, 185, Jr.); OT JASPER MAR-
TIN (6-1, 215 Sr.); OT BRYCE
ZAUNBRECHER (5-10, 250); C
Trevor Whitlow (6-2, 275, Jr.);
SE Taylor McFarlain (5-11, 150,
Jr.); WR ANTHONY WASHING-
TON (5-7, 145, Sr.); TE Tyler
Trahan (5-7, 160, Sr.); FB COL-
BIE BENOIT (5-7, 205, Jr.); TB
TRENT HARGRAVE (5-7, 185,
Sr.)
■ DEFENSE: (Seven
starters returning) DE JASPER
MARTIN (6-1, 215, Sr.); DE Jake
Royer (5-9, 205, Sr.); DT BRYCE
ZAUNBRECHER (5-10, 250 Sr.);
DT AARON HEBERT (5-9, 265,
Sr.); LB TRENT HARGRAVE (5-8,
175, Sr.); LB NATHAN MON-
CEAUX (5-10, 185, Jr.); LB
Aaron Thompson (6-1, 150,
Fr.); CB ANTHONY WASHINTON
(5-7, 145, Sr.); CB Blake
Broussard (5-11, 150, Sr.); S
EVAN DESHOTEL (5-5, 140, Jr.);
S Colby LaPoint (6-0, 140, Sr.)
■ SPECIALISTS: LS Colbie
Benoit (5-7, 205, Jr.)
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44 AMERICAN PRESS FOOTBALL 2011
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011
WELSH
Greyhounds ready
to bounce back
BY JIM GAZZOLO
AMERICAN PRESS
The Welsh Greyhounds
have just one thing on their
minds for this fall:
Redemption.
District
4-2A
After setting an
upward trend during
the past few
years under coach
Robbie Gates, the
Greyhounds fell back on hard
times last year.
“Everything kind of went
wrong,” Gates said.
Two one-point losses and a
couple of other “tough”
defeats left the Greyhounds
out of the playoffs for the first
time in eight years. They finished
just 3-7 overall, 2-4 in
district play.
A host of injuries cost
Welsh a good portion of its
experience last year, forcing
Gates to play a young club
that was good enough to stay
in most games but not to finish
them off.
“We were close,” Gates
said. “There were four games
that we could have won, and
that would have turned our
record around at 7-3. But we
learned a lot for that, I hope.”
The Greyhounds also
found some depth as they
were forced to play more
sophomores than expected
and even a few freshmen.
That may pay off this year, as
Welsh gained not only experience
but also that depth for
those forced to move up.
“It could really help us,”
Gates said. “We are a lot deeper
this year. We can take those
injuries, I think, much better
this season.”
Tailback Nick Hebert was
limited to just four games last
season after rushing for 1,015
yards and 13 touchdowns as a
sophomore in 2009. But he
was averaging 8.5 yards per
Clockwise from top left, Kade Landry, Randall Cooper,
David Caraway and Sage Benoit pace the Greyhounds.
carry despite being hobbled.
“That was a very big loss,”
Gates said. “We had to scramble
after that. Nick just could
never get healthy.”
He is now.
“He looks really good and
had a great summer through
workouts,” Gates said. “We
are counting on him.”
Help could come from
sophomore Caleb Hayes, who
filled in for Hebert as a freshman.
He ran for 532 yards and
five touchdowns during the
last part of the season.
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Senior quarterback David
Caraway also returns after
injuries propelled him into
the starting lineup for the last
six games a year ago.
Caraway, who Gates says is an
even better safety on defense,
was 27-of-56 for 380 yards and
two touchdowns last fall. He
also threw four interceptions.
“The experience he got last
year really is a boost for our
offense,” said Gates, who will
have nine starters returning
on that side of the ball.
See WELSH, Page 47
AT A GLANCE
■ HEAD COACH: Robbie
Gates (fifth year)
■ DISTRICT: 4-2A
■ LAST YEAR: 3-7, 2-4
(fifth in District 5-2A, no playoffs)
■ OFFENSE: Multiple (Nine
starters returning) TE Will
Heinen (6-1, 185, Jr.); SE
JACOB KRATZER (5-8, 140, Sr.);
LT SAGE BENOIT (6-1, 200,
Sr.); LG Nick Davidson (5-9,
185, Sr.); C WILL LEGER (5-7,
175, Sr.); RG DYLAN BENOIT
(5-10, 180, Sr.); RT KADE
LANDRY (6-3, 325, Sr.); QB
DAVID CARAWAY (6-1, 185,
Sr.); RB NICK HEBERT (5-9,
165, Sr.); FB Dominic Davis (5-
9, 165, Sr.); RB CALEB HAYES
(5-9 165, So.); WR SEAN
LELEAUX (5-10, 165, Jr.).
■ DEFENSE: 4-2-5 (Eight
starters returning) DE WILL
HEINEN (6-1, 185, Jr.); DE
SAGE BENOIT (6-1, 200, Sr.);
DT DAN BILLEADEAUX (6-0,
190, Sr.); DT Randall Cooper
(6-3, 230, Sr.); LB TRAY GOOD-
WIN (5-9, 190, Jr.); LB Andrew
Moore (5-9, 180, Jr.); SS
DOMINIC DAVIS (5-9, 165, Sr.);
SS CALEB HAYES (5-9 165,
So.); FS DAVID CARAWAY (6-1,
185, Sr.); CB SETH BENOIT (6-
2, 175, Jr.); CB MIKE DUPLICHI-
AN (5-9, 155, Jr.).
■ SPECIALISTS: K Cob
Sammis (5-7, 135, Fr.) or Jude
Pousson (5-9, 120, So.); P
David Caraway (6-1, 185, Sr.).
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011
FOOTBALL 2011
AMERICAN PRESS
45
OAKDALE
Oakdale counting on young line
BY JIM GAZZOLO
AMERICAN PRESS
Just a little bit of time is all
Kevin Manuel is asking for.
The Oakdale head coach
wants his young offensive
line to be just good enough so
he can unleash his skilled
players on defense.
Just a little bit of time.
“That is going to be the
District
5-2A
story of our season,”
Manuel said.
“Can we give our
quarterback just
enough time to throw. Can we
open up just enough of a hole
for our speed guys to make
some plays.”
After a 5-5, 3-3 season that
saw the Warriors miss the
playoffs for the second
straight year and just the
third time in the last 10,
Manuel is looking for a
rebound campaign.
“We have to do the little
things to make it work,”
Manuel said.
Injuries proved costly a
season ago, as Manuel was
unable to use his spread
offense effectively. An injury
to Resi Philson (5-10, 180) limited
the moving parts.
Philson is healthy now and
as a sophomore will be counted
on to make plays at receiver,
running back and quarterback.
Before his injury last
fall he was battling for the
starting quarterback job.
“He gives us some options,
as do some other guys,”
Manuel said. “We have some
pieces that we can move
around.”
Those other guys include
Damien Ward, who ran for
906 yards and scored 17 touchdowns
while sharing the spotlight
with Thomas Fisher,
who graduated.
“We have a lot of young
kids who played, but not
many back who started,”
Manuel said. “You just don’t
know how they are going to
handle that.”
Ward, a 6-foot, 185-pound
senior, will be all over the
field for the Warriors, as will
quarterback Rush Williams.
“We want people who can
be moved into different places
so we can get the best
matchups,” Manuel said. “We
have some talent on offense
that can make plays.”
Williams threw for 656
yards on 44-of-90 passing last
season. He tossed six touchdowns
and just two interceptions.
“We will be counting on
his experience,” Manuel said.
“He has to make the right
From left, Damien Ward, Aaron Welch, Rush Williams
and Michael Holmes lead the Oakdale Warriors.
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decisions back there in this
offense.”
Williams will also be
counted on to play defense, as
both he and Ward anchor the
Warrior secondary.
With seven starters returning
on that side of the ball,
Manuel hopes the defense
will be able to keep Oakdale
going until the offense comes
around.
“We are really confident in
our defense,” Manuel said.
“We have some guys who are
going to be able to make some
plays over there.”
Seniors Stacy Poullard (5-
10, 180) and Mike Holmes (6-0,
250) bring plenty of experience
to the Oakdale line.
“We are counting on them
and our linebackers to have
big years,” Manuel said.
But with only four starters
on offense and just three-year
starter Trevor Staehle back
on that line, it is a matter of
giving the skilled players
time and space to make plays.
“At the end of the day it is
who is going to play right
guard, right tackle, left tackle
and who is going to play left
guard,” Manuel said. “We are
going to have to go with the
guys we put there and see
what they can do.”
The group will likely
include three sophomores
AT A GLANCE
■ HEAD COACH: Kevin
Manuel
■ DISTRICT: 5-2A
■ LAST YEAR: 5-5, 3-3
(third in district)
■ OFFENSE: TE Aaron
Welch (6-0, 175, Sr.); SE MAR-
CAS DIAZ (6-0, 170, Sr.) OR
Melvin Statcher (5-10, 160,
So.); WR Hunter Willis (5-10,
170, Sr.); LT Dylan Clark (5-10,
220, So.); LG Markus
Santamaria (5-10, 185, Jr.); C
TREVOR STAEHLE (5-11, 210,
Sr.) OR Jarad Brabham (5-11,
180, Jr.); RG Chase Ware (5-5,
240, So.); RT Jovian Kennedy
(6-1, 260, So.); QB RUSH
WILLIAMS (6-0, 185, Sr.) OR
Resi Philson (5-10, 180, So.);
TB Curly Blount (5-10, 160,
So.); TB DAMIEN WARD (6-0,
185, Sr.); FB Mariciu Robertson
(5-11, 190, Sr.)
■ DEFENSE: DB DAMIEN
WARD (6-0, 185, Sr.); DB RUSH
WILLIAMS (6-0, 185, Sr.); DB
Resi Philson (5-10, 180, So.);
DB LOGAN CARRUTH (5-10,
170, Jr.) OR Curly Blount (5-
10, 160, So.); DB Melvin
Statcher (5-10, 160, So.); SS
Aaron Welch (6-0, 175, Sr.); SS
Josh Arp (5-10, 175, So.); DL
MIKE HOLMES (6-0, 250, Sr.);
DL STACY POULLARD (5-10,
180, Sr.); DL Alphonso Davis
(6-0, 175, Sr.); LB B.J. ALLISON
(6-0, 185, So.); LB DEONDRE
PINKSTON (6-0, 180, Sr.)
and a junior.
“They have talent, but
until they play you just don’t
know,” said Manuel.
What he hopes for is time,
just a little time.
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Sept. 30 at Jena
Oct. 7 Pine Prairie*
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46 AMERICAN PRESS FOOTBALL 2011
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011
IOTA
Lege’ returns to young Iota team
BY JIM GAZZOLO
AMERICAN PRESS
Neal Lege’ returns to the
Iota High School sidelines this
fall, and he is hoping the earlymorning
summer workouts
will set the tone for the season.
Lege’, who last coached the
District
5-2A
Bulldogs in 2005,
had his players
running during
the morning hours
both to get them in shape and
bring them together.
“We had great participation
and I like what I have
seen,” Lege’ said.
How much he likes watching
this year’s team will
depend on how quickly the
underclassmen respond.
Iota returns just four seniors
to the roster and have
only 10 juniors. That means
the sophomores will be counted
on to fill a lot of holes left
by last year’s graduation.
“I like our sophomore
class,” Lege’ said. “We have a
lot of talented players here
and some good freshmen.
They have some skills.”
But...
“They are just sophomores
and freshmen,” he continued.
“They have no real experience
so you never know exactly
what you are going to get
week in and week out.
“Some weeks they are
going to be very good and
some weeks they are going to
play like sophomores.”
So Lege’ admits his staff
will be doing a lot of “coaching
on the fly” during games.
What the coach hopes to do
is develop enough talent so he
doesn’t have the younger players
going both ways too much.
He wants to rotate more than
usual to keep them fresh.
He says next to experience,
depth is his biggest concern.
“If you have too many of
those young guys working
both sides of the ball, you
really have a chance to wear
them down,” Lege’ said. “I
don’t think we can do that,
especially early in the season
when the weather is hot. We
have to keep as many people
as we can fresh.”
One player the Bulldogs
Iota seniors Taylor Duhon (left) and Ryan Chapman are
two veterans on an Iota team rife with young players.
will be counting on this fall is
junior quarterback Thomas
Murrell, who is one of just
five returning starters.
Murrell threw for exactly
500 yards a year ago, connecting
on 31-of-80 passes with
nine touchdowns and just two
interceptions. However, it is
his decisions on the option
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that will be more important
for the Bulldogs.
“He has to make the key
decisions for us,” Lege’ said.
“We like what we have seen
from him in the drills.”
When asked about the possibilities
of him opening up
the offense, Lege’ said it’s not
just about the quarterback.
AT A GLANCE
■ HEAD COACH: Neal
Lege’ (22-15, fourth year)
■ DISTRICT: 5-2A
■ LAST YEAR: 4-6, 3-3
(fourth in district)
OFFENSE: Pro-I/veer
(three starters returning) TE
Wyatt Steen (6-0, 180, Jr.); WR
Ruan Chapman (5-10, 170,
Sr.); LT Trevor Guillory (So.); LG
Jake Scott (5-9, 270, So.); C
Logan Hebert (5-10, 225, So.);
RG Billy Bean (6-1, 210, Jr.); RT
TAYLOR DUHON (5-11, 255,
Sr.); QB THOMAS MURRELL (6-
0, 255, Jr.); TB BRANDON
FANTROY (6-0, 165, Jr.); RB
Mike Thevis (5-9, 160, So.);
WR Conner Myers (6-0, 150,
Sr.)
■ DEFENSE: 4-3 (three
starters returning) DE Jarrete
Fontenot (6-1, 220, So.); DT
TAYLOR DUHON (5-11, 255,
Sr.); DT John Pinson (6-1, 280,
Jr.); DE Wyatt Steen (6-0, 180,
Jr.); LB Billy Bean (6-1, 210, Jr.);
LB Brennan Bobbett (5-8, 160,
So.); OLB CONNOR MEYER (6-
0, 145, Sr.); CB RYAN CHAP-
MAN (6-0, 180, Sr.); CB Nick
Sloane (5-9, 170, So.) FS
Brandon Fantroy (6-0, 165,
Jr.); SS Trevor Fruge (5-11,
160, Sr.)
“We are working on getting
some receivers to learn
routes and learn reads,” Lege’
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FOOTBALL 2011
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DISTRICT 4-2A • 5-2A • COACHES’ POLLS
KINDER: Stingy defense
from PAGE 41
Kinder will hang its hat on.
The Jackets allowed more
than 14 points just three
times last year while pitching
a trio of shutouts. And with
experience back on the defensive
side as well, the expectation
for another solid performance
is there.
Leading the way on
defense is senior linebacker
Seth Langley (5-8, 177) who led
is size. Leading the way is
senior left tackle Matt
Nichols, who checks in at 6-
foot-4, 310 pounds. He is
joined on the offensive line by
Nathan Habetz (5-9, 270), and
Robert Hackney (5-10, 270).
All three are returning
starters, with Habetz being
just a junior.
“We should have a good
line,” Davis. said “I think that
the team with 90 tackles and
32 assists and earned all-district
honors. Trahan had six
interceptions.
“I think we have a chance
to be much better,”
Wainwright said. “We have to
see how things come together,
but we have enough to have a
good season.”
He hopes the Jackets have
enough to make a real run
deep in the playoffs as well as
a district title.
VINTON: New coach
from PAGE 42
He is equally excited about
having eight spots on defense
going to returning players, as
junior middle linebacker
Tray Goodwin (5-9, 190)
returns after a solid year to
join Caraway.
“Our defense is faster and
stronger than last year,”
Gates said. “We have the
speed to make plays. We also
have some size that has
will be a strength of ours.
They are not only big and
experienced, but have some
talent.”
What Davis likes most is
that the number of kids out
for the program is up. This
year 43 players are on the roster.
“We are heading in the
right direction,” Davis said.
He’s hoping that direction
remains up.
WELSH: Top back returns
from PAGE 44
allowed us to make changes
to the way we’ll play.”
Whether that will be
enough to put the
Greyhounds back in the playoffs
is the big question.
“The kids know what it
takes and they know what it
feels like not to make the playoffs,”
Gates said. “They don’t
want to go through that
again.
“We are ready for redemption.”
IOTA: Youth movement
from PAGE 46
said. “That takes time.”
One other starter back is
defensive lineman Taylor
Duhon (5-11, 255). As a junior
a year ago he was voted to the
all-district team.
“Taylor looks really good
right now,” Lege’ said. “We
are counting on him to
anchor both of our lines.”
Linebacker Connor Meyer
(6-0, 145, Sr.) will also be
counted on to lead the
defense.
The rest is up to the youngsters.
Bunkie drops down,
joins District 5-2A
STAFF REPORTS
The Bunkie Panthers are
in a new location after dropping
down from Class 3A and
being moved out of an
Alexandria-area district, but
will hope recent results
remain constant.
The Panthers have had
four straight winning seasons
but must replace last year’s
starting quarterback Hudson
Bain. Leading the offense will
be receiver Tonnie Wells. The
defense will be led by defensive
back Keslow Williams.
Ville Platte returns doeverything
quarterback Cody
Jones, who passed for 1,466
yards and 14 touchdowns and
ran for 792 yards and seven
touchdowns while leading the
Bulldogs to an 8-3 record and
playoff berth.
Also back is running back
Darius Poullard, who ran for
212 yards and caught 19 passes
for 392 yards. The outlook
is not as bright on the defensive
side of the ball, as the
LA: Hoping to build on recent success
from PAGE 43
Lake Arthur returns eight
starters on offense and seven
on defense.
“They have proven to be
good followers; now we want
them to be good leaders,”
Lavergne said. “That is their
challenge. I am confident in
this group.”
Leading the way will be
senior tailback Trent
Hargrave. Running behind a
solid offensive line, Hargrave
rushed for 1,451 yards, tops in
District 5-2A. He scored 18
touchdowns and 10 two-point
conversions.
In the last two years,
Hargrave (5-8, 175) has gained
1,969 yards to lead the Tigers.
“He is one of the best
around,” Lavergne said.
“Trent is a real good football
player. He will be a big part of
Bulldogs must replace the
entire front seven.
Mamou sneaked into the
Class 2A playoffs last season
despite a 3-7 record, but faces
a rebuilding season with just
four starters returning.
Tailback Corey Harris and
quarterback Ben Israel, who
split playing time last season,
return to lead the offense, but
the entire offensive line must
be replaced.
Defensively, junior linebacker
Kye Fontenot and senior
cornerback Aquino
Gauthier are the only returning
starters.
The projected starting lineup
includes two freshmen and
four sophomores.
Pine Prairie suffered
through another winless season
but returns senior starting
quarterback Chris
Bradley, who threw for 1,039
yards and seven touchdowns
last season and ran for a teamhigh
382 yards and five touchdowns.
what we do on offense,
defense and special teams.”
Hargrave is not alone.
Back is junior Colbie Benoit,
who added 511 yards to the
Lake Arthur ground game.
“Colbie looks good this
year,” said Lavergne. “He has
put on about 30 pounds (5-9,
190) which should make him
even a tougher runner and
not lose any speed.”
The offensive line is the
key, with four starters returning.
That includes two-year
starters Jasper Martin (6-1,
240) and Bryce Zaunbrecher.
Add center Aaron Hebert to
the club and you have a pretty
good bunch of plow horses to
run behind, according to
Lavergne.
“Our offensive line is very
good,” he said. “We are going
to be counting on them again
COACHES’
POLLS
District 3-5A
Acadiana(3).......................... 33
Carencro (2) .........................31
Barbe(2) ................................28
Sulphur ................................ 21
Lafayette.............................. 17
Comeaux ............................... 9
Sam Houston ......................... 8
District 4-4A
St. Louis(2)........................... 17
Washington-Marion (2) ........ 17
LaGrange ............................. 15
DeRidder (1) ........................ 13
Beau Chene............................ 7
Opelousas.............................. 6
District 4-3A
Notre Dame(5) ..................... 25
Crowley(1) ...........................19
Jennings............................... 19
Westlake .............................. 13
Iowa....................................... 7
South Beauregard .................. 7
District 4-2A
Lake Arthur(4) ......................38
Kinder(2) ..............................38
Welsh(1) ...............................37
DeQuincy............................. 27
Rosepine.............................. 23
Pickering.............................. 13
Vinton.................................. 11
East Beauregard..................... 9
District 5-1A
Elton (4) ................................23
Oberlin (1) ............................21
Basile (1) ...............................18
Hamilton...............................14
Merryville................................9
South Cameron.......................5
this year to get us going.”
The Tigers ran for almost
300 yards a game last fall and
believe they can do even better
this season. They will
have to replace quarterback
Aaron Bertrand, who threw
for five scores a year ago and
was able to control the
offense.
On defense, some big
names will have to be
replaced, including all-state
linebacker Josh Savage. The
small school Southwest
Louisiana Defensive Player of
the Year left behind some big
shoes to fill.
“We have to move some
pieces around, but we have
some people who we think
can step up and make plays,”
Lavergne said.
The only thing left to find
out is if a new tradition at
Lake Arthur has begun.

48 AMERICAN PRESS FOOTBALL 2011
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011
BASILE
Basile won’t lack
for size up front
RACHEL WHITTAKER
AMERICAN PRESS
A game of inches.
That is Basile coach Tony
District
5-1A
Bertrand’s message
as the
Bearcats enter the
season after barely
coming up short in
their bi-district playoff game
last year, a 15-14 loss to
Central Catholic.
“The running back that
went for (the 2-point conversion
to win the game) got in
by about an inch,” Bertrand
said. “That stresses the small
things are important.
“That was a game we could
have won.”
Small, however, does not
describe Basile’s returning
linemen,with second-team
all-district right tackle Nick
Cortez (6-2, 265) coming back
for his senior year.
“(Cortez) is a mule,”
Bertrand said. “He will really
anchor our offensive line and
be one of our two-way players.
He really moves well.”
Three Basile defensive
linemen are back who are all
at least 200 pounds, including
senior defensive tackle
Quentin Sonnier, who checks
in at 6-3, 290.
Junior Kaleb Bergeaux
doubles as a defensive end
and tight end, and junior
Landon Ortego will add offensive
guard to his resume this
season along with returning
as a defensive tackle.
“We haven’t had this kind
of size on our line in quite
some time,” Bertrand said. “I
don’t know if we’ll be better,
but we’ll definitely be bigger.”
Junior Trenton Pelloquin
will take over with big shoes
to fill at quarterback, after
serving as an occasional
backup to star Matt Pruitt.
“(Pelloquin) can be a good
quarterback, but he hasn't
been proven yet,” Bertrand
said.
“He does have good leadership
skills, and people respect
that in the huddle. But playing
on Friday nights is different
than practice.”
Pelloquin was a wide
receiver in the 2010 season,
and he will also be a strong
safety and kicker along with
quarterback this year.
Seniors (clockwise from left) Nick Cortez, Garrett
McClelland, Dylan Matte and Jacob Klumpp lead Basile.
Another safety and offensive
player for Basile will be
first-team all-district senior
Dylan Matte, who will
attempt to build on his rushing
performance of 540 yards
on 97 carries last season.
Carrying the running game
will largely be on his shoulders
with the graduation of
Jake Fournerat, who racked
up 967 yards and 13 touchdowns.
Bertrand said he doesn’t
anticipate Matte will struggle
to take charge again this year,
both on and off the field.
“(Matte and Pruitt) really
emerged as the leaders of our
football team last year,”
Bertrand said. “They’d call
kids up on Saturdays and lead
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some 7-on-7 drills even when
the coaches weren’t there.
The players respected these
two dudes because of their
work ethic.”
Bertrand’s Bearcats finished
in a tie for second place
in District 4-1A last season,
knotted up with his younger
brother Kevin’s Elton
Indians.
The brothers’ teams face
off again this season in week
10, as Basile will try to avenge
a 21-19 loss to Elton last year.
Basile failed on a 2-point conversion
in the fourth quarter
that would have tied the
game.
Again, it’s a a game of
inches.
“I can’t get caught in that
AT A GLANCE
■ HEAD COACH: Tony
Bertrand (30-20, sixth year)
■ DISTRICT: 5-1A
■ LAST YEAR: 7-4, 3-2
(second in district, lost to
Central Catholic-Morgan City
in regional round of playoffs)
■ OFFENSE: Multiple-I
(Five starters returning) TE
Kaleb Bergeaux (6-2, 205, Jr.);
WR JACOB KLUMPP (5-7, 165,
Sr.); LT GARRETT McCLELLAND
(6-0, 230, Sr.); LG Ben
Bertrand (5-7, 150, Jr.); C
Dustin Silvas (5-9, 220, Sr.);
RG Landon Ortego (5-11, 210,
Jr.); RT NICK CORTEZ (6-2,
265, Sr.); QB Trenton Pelloquin
(5-11, 170, Jr.); TB KEVIN
HARDY (5-5, 150, Jr.); FB
DYLAN MATTE (5-11, 225, Sr.);
WR Gabe King (6-2, 150, Sr.)
■ DEFENSE: 4-2-5 (Five
starters returning) DE KALEB
BERGEAUX (6-2, 205, Jr.); DT
LANDON ORTEGO (5-11, 210,
Jr.); DT QUENTIN SONNIER (6-
3, 290, Sr.); DE Logan Cormier
(6-3, 200, So.); LB Tajh Bellard
(5-10, 170, Sr.); LB Kalib
McGee (5-10, 155, Jr.); SS
TRENTON PELLOQUIN (5-11,
170, Jr.); SS Kevin Hardy (5-5,
150, Jr.); CB Mason Deshotel
(5-9, 160, So.); CB Kendrick
Ceaser (5-9, 150, Fr.); FS
DYLAN MATTE (5-11, 225, Sr.)
■ SPECIALISTS: P Dylan
Matte (5-11, 225, Sr.); K
Trenton Pelloquin (5-11, 170,
Jr.)
Returning starters in ALL
CAPS.
little trap,” Bertrand said.
“Week 10 is a long way from
now.”
Sept. 2
Sept. 9
Sept. 16
Sept. 23
Sept. 30
Oct. 7
2011 S C H E D U L E
at Mamou
Sacred Heart-VP
at Pickering
Pine Prairie
Hanson Memorial
Hamilton
Christian*
Oct. 14
Oct. 21
Oct. 28
Nov. 4
South Cameron*
at Merryville*
at Oberlin*
at Elton*
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011
FOOTBALL 2011
AMERICAN PRESS
49
OBERLIN
Oberlin has holes to fill on offense
RACHEL WHITTAKER
AMERICAN PRESS
The Oberlin Tigers lost
nearly 90 percent of their
rushing production from the
2010 season to graduation,
and that has coach Pat Miller
worried.
Cedric Skinner
District
5-1A
and Ronkeith
Alfred combined to
rack up 4,823 rushing
yards and 64
touchdowns in Oberlin’s 13-1
campaign in which the team
won its district for the second
straight year and advanced to
the Class 1A semifinals. But
the Tigers could not extend
their playoff run further as
they suffered their first loss of
the season at the hands of
White Castle, 20-0.
In the game, the Tigers did
not complete a pass and
threw two interceptions.
Skinner also rushed for a season-low
92 yards after finishing
with no fewer than 192
rushing yards in a game all
year.
Regarding how Oberlin’s
offense will fare this season,
Miller simply said, “We need
a lot of work.”
“We need to find 5,000
rushing yards,” Miller said.
“We have about six (running)
backs with a lot of potential,
so we really need them to
carry the load.”
One of those is fullback
Lance Frank, a 5-foot-8, 210-
pound sophomore, who
rushed for 230 yards on 51 carries
in 13 games last season.
Desmond Antoine also added
to that production with 17
carries for 100 yards, and
Miller said both players will
be featured in the Tigers’ double
wing/spread offense.
“We have a lot of depth,
but no one has the big-game
experience like Cedric
Skinner and Ronkeith
Alfred,” Miller said. “We are
counting on Frank and
Antoine this year at running
back; they know what it’s like
to win.”
When it comes to replacing
Skinner at quarterback,
Miller is confident in junior
Mark Fontenot to fill the slot
and anchor the Oberlin
offense, which ranked No. 1 in
District 5-1A with 40 points
and 435 yards per game.
Fontenot has some game
experience as a starter in the
double-wing set last season
while Skinner was the featured
quarterback in the
spread formation. But
Fontenot only threw 10 total
passes, completing five for 148
yards and throwing two interceptions.
Markeith Guillory, Tony Fontenot, Desmond Antoine and
LaRobert Cason will look to extend Oberlin’s dominance.
BRAD PUCKETT / AMERICAN PRESS
This year Fontenot will
also be Oberlin’s punter and
kicker, taking over for
Skinner who averaged 33.7
yards per punt.
“Mark is doing a good job,
getting better and better each
day,” Miller said. “I don’t
expect many problems (at
quarterback).”
Defensively, the Tigers
have three first-team All-
District players back —
Frank, Antoine and defensive
end Tony Fontenot — and one
second-team honoree in cornerback
Markeith Guillory.
Frank was Oberlin’s leading
tackler in 2010, racking up
98 solo tackles, 42 assists and
four sacks in his freshman
season. In week seven against
Basile, Frank also returned a
32-yard interception for a
touchdown and a blocked
punt 40 yards for another
score.
Antoine led the Tigers in
interceptions with four and
returned a fumble 44 yards
for a touchdown in a 60-16
rout of Merryville to end the
regular season.
Miller is relying on these
four returning starters to propel
an Oberlin unit that
AT A GLANCE
■ HEAD COACH: Pat
Miller
■ DISTRICT: 5-1A
■ LAST YEAR: 13-1, 5-0
(first in district; lost in semifinals
of playoffs)
■ OFFENSE: TE Jose Botely
(5-10, 160, Jr.); TE Cameron
Durio (6-4, 190, Jr.); LT SAM
McMAHON (6-1, 260, Jr.); LG
Eric Sandifer (5-10, 190, Jr.); C
Hunter Ardoin (5-9, 230, Jr.);
RG ZACH MONTOU (6-0, 245,
So.); RT LaRobert Cason (5-10,
215, Sr.); QB MARK
FONTENOT (5-10, 155, Jr.); WB
Desmond Antoine (6-0, 175,
Sr.); FB LANCE FRANK (5-8,
210, So.); WB Austin
Darbonne (5-9, 160, So.)
■ DEFENSE: DT Jose
Botely (5-10, 160, Jr.); DT Sam
McMahon (6-1, 260, Jr.); DE
TONY FONTENOT (6-0, 185,
Sr.); DE LaRobert Cason (5-10,
215, Sr.); SS Cameron Durio
(6-4, 190, Jr.); SS Austin
Darbonne (5-9, 160, So.); LB
LANCE FRANK (5-8, 210, So.);
(Jr.); CB MARKEITH GUILLORY
(5-9, 150, Sr.); (Jr.); FS
DESMOND ANTOINE (6-0,
175, Sr.)
■ SPECIALISTS: P/K Mark
Fontenot (5-10, 155, Jr.)
allowed 16.5 points per game
in its 4-2-5 set, second only to
Elton’s 16.3 points allowed in
its district.
“Our bright spot is on
defense,” Miller said. “We got
a lot of games under our belt
last season, got to play a lot of
kids in 14 games. Hopefully
their winning mentality carries
over.”
Sept. 2
Sept. 9
Sept. 16
Sept. 23
Sept. 30
2011
OBERLIN TIGERS
SCHEDULE
at Sacred
Heart-
Ville Platte
North Caddo
at Vinton
at Vermilion
Catholic
Iota
Oct. 6
Oct. 14
Oct. 21
Oct. 28
Nov. 4
at South
Cameron*
at Merryville*
at Elton*
Basile*
Hamilton
Christian*
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50 AMERICAN PRESS FOOTBALL 2011
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011
ELTON
Big expectations for Elton
BY WARREN ARCENEAUX
AMERICAN PRESS
Bigger expectations might
be a concern for Elton head
coach Kevin Bertrand this
year, but motivation and leadership
won’t be.
The biggest Indian of them
all, Patrick Jacobs, handled
that himself, losing 25 pounds
District
5-1A
since last season to
prepare for his
senior season.
“He came to us
after the Christmas break
and told us about this diet he
was on,” Bertrand said. “He
wanted to improve as a player
and help the team as much as
he could. To have a kid who
was already good take that
upon himself, I can’t say
enough about him.”
Jacobs also took care of
his future, committing to play
at McNeese State.
While Jacobs slimmed
down, expectations for the
team beefed up after last season’s
eight wins.
The Indians return three
starters on a massive offensive
line. Each of the five
starters weighs at least 240
pounds. Jacobs will anchor
the line as right tackle. Cody
Guillory returns at right
guard and Travis Daggett will
play center.
“I like having 700-800
pounds of meat on one side to
run behind,” Bertrand said.
The new starters are
Wakeland Harrimon and
Chris West. In the backfield,
Micah Lavan will take over
the lead role.
“Micah had 1,200 yards last
year and is a strong runner
with deceptive speed,”
Bertrand said. “I like having
a guy 200 pounds running
downhill. Corey Monceaux, a
good runner, steps in at fullback,
after playing tight end
last year. Victor Gonzalez and
Payton Fontenot will also be
in the mix there.”
Austin Bertrand will be a
third-year starter at quarterback.
“He is such a competitor,”
Bertrand said. “Last year we
did not throw much but ended
up with 1,000 yards. I think we
could get to a point where we
can throw when we want or
when it is given to us.”
Defensively, the front seven
returns intact, with most of
the offensive players pulling
double duty, including Jacobs.
“He is going to play as
much as possible,” Bertrand
said. “He has great footwork,
a great first step and gets
down the line real good. The
Austin Bertrand, left, and Patrick Jacobs are looking for
more success under second-year coach Kevin Bertrand.
other tackle will be by committee
with West, Guillory
and others.”
Bertrand said end Marcus
Soileau was a pleasant surprise
last year.
“He started off slow, then
all of a sudden he is one of
the best ends in the district.
He got comfortable.
Monceaux will be the strong
side linebacker, the leader, the
one who lines people up and
makes the calls. Gonzalez is
in the middle. He only knows
one speed, about 900 mph.
BRAD PUCKETT / AMERICAN PRESS
Lavan has athleticism, vision,
can play all three positions.”
Three new starters will be
in the secondary, with Austin
Bertrand the only returner at
free safety.
“The other guys have
played a lot, just not as a
group,” Bertrand said. “We
are working on making sure
we are communicating well.”
Bertrand said his team’s
confidence has risen along
with expectations.
“It took them a while last
year to see good things were
AT A GLANCE
■ HEAD COACH: Kevin
Bertrand (8-4, second year)
■ DISTRICT: 5-1A
■ LAST YEAR: 8-4, 3-2,
(second in District 5-1A, lost
to Oberlin in regional round of
playoffs)
■ OFFENSE: Pro-I (Seven
starters returning) TE TRENT
BAZINET (6-2, 185, Sr.); WR
Caleb Bertrand (5-9, 150, Jr.);
LT Wakeland Harrimon (6-4,
240, Jr.); LG Chris West (5-9,
260, Sr.); C TRAVIS DAGGETT
(6-0, 240, Jr.); RG CODY GUIL-
LORY (6-0, 260, Sr.); RT
PATRICK JACOBS (6-3, 290,
Sr.); QB AUSTIN BERTRAND (6-
0, 180, Sr.); RB COREY MON-
CEAUX (5-10, 230, Sr.); RB
MICAH LAVAN (6-2, 215, Jr.);
WR Garrett Nichols (5-10, 175,
Sr.)
■ DEFENSE: 4-3 (Eight
starters returning) DE MAR-
CUS SOILEAU (5-10, 180, Jr.);
DT PATRICK JACOBS (6-3, 290,
Sr.); DT CODY GUILLORY (6-0,
260, Sr.); DE TRAVIS DAGGETT
(6-0, 240, Jr.); LB COREY MON-
CEAUX (5-10, 230, Sr.); LB VIC-
TOR GONZALES (5-10, 235,
Sr.); LB MICAH LAVAN (6-2,
215, Jr.); S TRENT BAZINET (6-
2, 185, Sr.); S Austin Bertrand
(6-0, 180, Sr.); CB Caleb
Bertrand (5-9, 150, Jr.); CB
Carson Ortego (5-9, 150, Jr.)
■ SPECIALISTS: P/K
Austin Bertrand (6-0, 180, Sr.).
happening because they were
doing the right things, not
because someone waved a
magic wand,” he said. “The
confidence grew during the
season.”
Sept. 2
Sept. 9
Sept. 16
Sept. 23
Sept. 30
Oct. 6
Oct. 14
2011 SCHEDULE
at Kinder
East Beauregard
Delcambre
Mamou
at Bunkie
Merryville*
at Hamilton
Christian*
Oct. 21
Oct. 27
Nov. 4
Oberlin*
at South
Cameron*
Basile*
00701242

THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011
FOOTBALL 2011
AMERICAN PRESS
51
MERRYVILLE
Merryville’s new
coach impressed
BY WARREN ARCENEAUX
AMERICAN PRESS
Gordy Glaser has moved
across the parish for his first
football head coaching job,
leaving East Beauregard after
two decades to take over at
Merryville.
District
5-1A
He likes what
he has seen so far.
“The kids are
hungry,” Glaser
said. “We have a few more
kids out, which will help. The
kids have gotten stronger and
quicker and are headed in the
right direction. We are up to
40 kids in the program.”
Glaser said the Panthers
will try to play keep-away
with their offensive plan.
“We will run a split-back
offense, mix in some shotgun
spread and try to control the
clock and drive the ball down
the field,” he said. “We are
going to have to be balanced.
We have two good running
backs, two good kids that run
the ball hard.”
Quarterback Kyle Willis
will lead the show.
“Willis has made some
strides,” Glaser said. “He has
Gordy Glaser will inherit standouts, clockwise from top
left, Kyle Willis, Caleb Branch, Evan Sibley and Tyler Brooks.
improved his ability to lead
and run our type of offense.
He is going to have to be the
organizer, the leader. He has
exhibited those traits.
“In the option game, we
will try to mix it up with the
run and pass. We do not want
to be in third-and-eight or
third-and-nine situations. We
will have to throw some on
first and second downs.”
The Panthers have a pair
of returning backs in Jaylen
Brandon and Caleb Branch.
“Our running backs have
got to hit the hole quick, and
both of them do,” Glaser said.
“Early in the season we will
use four running backs. We
have to get Branch and
Brandon off the field. Nick
Ardoin showed some real positive
things in practice, and
Drew Harrington runs the
ball hard.”
The line has a pair of veterans
in Sam Rogeau and
Dylan Thompson. Each of the
starters weighs at least 230.
“We have some big kids,
some kids with experience,”
Glaser said. “We have to get
people off the line of scrimmage.
If we can get in front
and get a little push, we have
some backs that can wiggle
around and find the holes.”
The Panthers defense is
geared to stopping big plays.
“We will try to bend but
not break and make teams
drive downfield,” Glaser said.
“We are aggressive to the ball,
sometimes too much. We have
to be disciplined. “
Defensive end Jared
McMillon joins Thompson, a
tackle, as returning starters
on the line.
“We are going to be decent
on the line. We have to let
linebackers get to the football,”
Glaser said. “Kennon
Southworth did not play for a
couple of years, but he is a
tough, strong, quick kid. T.J.
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AT A GLANCE
■ HEAD COACH: Gordy
Glaser
■ DISTRICT: 5-1A
■ LAST YEAR: 1-9, 1-4
(fifth in District 4-1A, no playoffs)
■ OFFENSE: Multiple (Five
starters returning) TE Corey
Cantrell (5-11, 170, Jr.); WR
TYLER BROOKS (6-1, 170, Sr.);
LT SAM ROGEAU (6-0, 235,
Sr.); LG DYLAN THOMPSON (6-
0, 235, Sr.); C Brent Joshlin (5-
10, 230, Jr.); RG Jared
McMillan (5-9, 230, Sr.); RT
Skyler McMillan (6-3, 280, Fr.);
QB Kyle Willis (5-11, 175, Sr.);
RB CALEB BRANCH (6-0, 175,
Sr.); RB JAYLEN BRANDON (5-
10, 170, Jr.); WR Evan Sibley
(5-9, 160, Sr.).
■ DEFENSE: 4-3 (Five
starters returning) DE JARED
MCMILLON (5-9, 230, Sr.); DE
T.J. Geer (6-0, 185, Sr.); DT
Kennon Southworth (5-8, 225,
Jr.); DT DYLAN THOMPSON (6-
0, 235, Sr.); LB CALEB BRANCH
(6-0, 175, Sr.); LB NICK
ARDOIN (6-0, 180, Jr.); LB
Drew Harrington (5-10, 180,
So.); SS Kyle Willis (5-11, 175,
Sr.); DB Jaylen Brandon (5-10,
170, Jr.); DB TYLER BROOKS
(6-1, 170, Sr.); DB Coy
Harrington (6-0, 160, So.)
■ SPECIALISTS: P T.J. Geer
(6-0, 185, Sr.); K Caleb Branch
(6-0, 175, Sr.)
Returning starters in ALL
Geer has come along and will
play a strong role at defensive
end. We have some guys we
can use there to give the
offensive linemen a break.”
Branch, Harrington, Corey
Cantrell and Ardoin make up
the linebacking corps.
“Branch is a good athlete
that goes hard to the ball,”
Glaser said. “Ardoin is solid, an
anchor middle linebacker.
Cantrell is going to be a tackler.”
Tyler Brooks is the lone
returnee in the secondary.
Willis, Brandon and Coy
Harrington will join him.
Glaser said he has been
impressed by the overall
demeanor of his players.
“(Former head coach)
Mark Delaney did a wonderful
job of getting the kids in a
good mindset,” he said. “We
want to be competitive every
play, learn from mistakes and
get better. The goal is to get
better play by play, game by
game.”
Sept. 2
Sept. 9
Sept. 16
Sept. 23
Sept. 30
Oct. 6
2011 SCHEDULE
Welsh
Pickering
at East
Beauregard
at North Caddo
Montgomery
at Elton*
Oct. 14
Oct. 21
Oct. 28
Nov. 3
Oberlin*
Basile*
at Hamilton
Christian*
at South
Cameron*
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HAMILTON CHRISTIAN
Numbers down
at Hamilton
BY WARREN ARCENEAUX
AMERICAN PRESS
Quality over quantity will
have to rule the day at
Hamilton this season, where
the Warriors will be taking
the field without coach Mike
Maggio for the first time.
Maggio led the Warriors to
five playoff appearances in
the program’s first six seasons.
The problem for new
coach Sam Pratt is there
won’t be many Warriors following
him onto the field.
Just 27 players, including
six freshmen and only six seniors,
are listed on the preseason
roster. None of last year’s
quarterbacks return this year,
forcing standout receiver
Marco Richard to move under
center.
Pratt said the new offense
will make good use of
Richard’s quickness.
“We are going to run multiple
formations and
District probably aren’t
5-1A
going to throw as
much as last season,”
Pratt said.
Last year, quarterback
Cameron Meyer did plenty of
running and throwing,
becoming the first player in
Southwest Louisiana to both
rush and pass for 1,000 yards
in a season.
Pratt expects Richard to do
most of his damage on the
ground.
“We want to get him the
snap every time and see if he
can make something happen,”
Pratt said. “I saw the talent he
had and wanted to get him the
ball. Quarterback was new to
him, but he has adjusted pretty
well. We are going to run
some options, sweeps and
have him throw the ball.”
Richard caught 48 passes
for 867 yards and 11 TDs.
Joining him in the backfield
will be running backs
Justin Griffin, left and Isaiah Wheeler will look to continue Hamilton Christian’s tradition
of winning under new head coach Sam Pratt.
Justin Griffin and Seth
Edwards. Griffin ran for 647
yards and eight touchdowns
last season.
“Griffin is not real big, but
he has speed and is working
hard and should have a big
season,” Pratt said. “We have
two or three guys who are
going to get looks in the backfield;
Jalen Doucet will get
some carries along with
Edwards.
“A couple of young guys
have a chance to be backups.
Chris Elly will have a chance
to be pretty good.”
Along the line, depth is the
biggest concern. Guard Isaiah
Wheeler is the lone returning
starter, but the group averages
242 pounds.
“Our size is impressive,
and they move pretty well,”
Pratt said. “They look their
part. We are thin on numbers
right there. The running
game will probably be our
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strength because of the line
and running backs, but we
have inexperience at receiver.”
On defense, three starters
— Wheeler, Zach Stephens
and Richard Gillespie —
return to lead the Warriors’
new 5-0 scheme.
Pratt predicted the linemen
will be the strong suit of the
Hamilton defense this season.
See HC, Page 53
2011 SCHEDULE
Sept. 2
Sept. 9
Sept. 16
Sept. 23
Sept. 30
Oct. 7
Oct. 14
at Lake Arthur
at Kinder
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at St. Mary’s
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Oct. 28
Nov. 4
South Cameron*
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HAMILTON CHRISTIAN
HAMILTON: Pratt takes over
AT A GLANCE
■ HEAD COACH: Sam Pratt (first
year at school)
■ DISTRICT: District 5-1A
■ LAST YEAR: 7-4, 3-2 (second in
District 4-1A, lost 47-27 to Delhi
Charter in bidistrict round of playoffs)
■ OFFENSE: Multiple (Three starters
returning) WR Brydon Jacobson (6-1,
170, So.); LT Jeremiah Guillory (6-5,
340, Jr.); LG Zach Stephens (5-11, 210,
Sr.); C Richard Gillespie (5-7, 200, Jr.);
RG ISAIAH WHEELER (6-1, 240, Jr.); RT
Aaron Breaux (6-0, 220, Sr.); QB MARCO
RICHARD (5-10, 160 Sr.); RB JUSTIN
GRIFFIN (5-7, 160, SR.); RB Seth
Edwards (5-11, 180, Jr.) WR Jalen Doucet
(6-0, 180, Jr.).
■ DEFENSE: 5-0 (five starters
returning) DE ZACH STEPHENS (5-11,
210, Sr.); DL RICHARD GILLESPIE (5-7,
200, Jr.); DL ISAIAH WHEELER (6-1, 240,
Jr.); DL Aaron Breaux (6-0, 220, Sr.); DL
Michael Day (5-11, 205, Jr.); LB JALEN
DOUCET (6-0, 180, Jr.); LB Jaylan Myles
(5-11, 200, So.); S Seth Edwards (5-11,
180, Jr.); CB MARCO RICHARD (5-10,
160 Sr.).
■ SPECIALISTS: P Brydon Jacobson;
K Derrick Guillory (Jr.).
Returning starters in ALL CAPS.
from PAGE 52
“Zack Stephens has got a chance to
be a defensive end,” Pratt said. “He
and Wheeler are tough, fairly strong
and move pretty well.
“Jalen Doucet and Jaylan Myles
will likely be the linebackers. Doucet
has a great work ethic, learns pretty
quick and is pretty aggressive. You
like to see that in a linebacker.”
Pratt said Richard is a threat at
cornerback as well.
“We have several guys that can run
in the secondary,” Pratt said.
“(Richard) has speed and can cover
one-on-one. Pursuit is going to be the
strength of the defense.”
Pratt said he feels optimistic
despite the adversity stacked up
because of the team’s low numbers.
He said the Warriors’ work ethic is
most appealing, especially with their
tough schedule ahead.
“We have made a ton of progress
since spring and learned how to do
things full speed,” Pratt said. “Our
only goal is to win — the first goal is
to win district, which is going to be
tough with so many good teams.”
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Sept. 16 at East Iberville
Sept. 23 at Gueydan
Sept. 29 Northwood-Lena
Oct. 6 Oberlin*
Oct. 14 at Basile*
Oct. 20 at Hamilton
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FOOTBALL 2011
AMERICAN PRESS
55
SOUTH CAMERON
South Cameron will look to the air
RACHEL WHITTAKER
AMERICAN PRESS
The South Cameron
Tarpons began the 2010 season
with 30 players on their
roster.
This year, there are only
21.
After garnering
District
5-1A
just one win last
season because of
a DeQuincy forfeit,
former South
Cameron assistant coach
Edward Cormier has taken
the reins as head coach.
Cormier said he wants to
institute a more pass-oriented
scheme to a Tarpons offense
that struggled to put points
on the board in 2010, averaging
just nine per game.
“In (Class) 1A football,
they don't like to throw the
ball,” Cormier said. “I’m the
only one who likes to pass.
We’ll be balanced, try for 50-
50 pass and run, but maybe
we’ll be 60-40.
“Everybody says defense
AT A GLANCE
HEAD COACH: Edward
Cormier (first year)
■ DISTRICT: 4-1A
■ LAST YEAR: 1-9, 0-5
(sixth in district, no playoffs)
■ OFFENSE: Multiple (Five
starters returning) WR Jason
Theriot (130, Jr.); QB ANDREW
BONSALL (175, So.); RB Adam
Broussard (160, So.); RB
JACOB LANDRY (150, Sr.); FB
Matthew Morgan (170, Jr.); OG
JOSE CASTILLO (160, So.); C
CHAN LALANDE (190, Sr.); OT
COREY MILLER (170, Jr.); OT Ty
Fontenot (160, Sr.); OG
Haydon Sturlese (155, So.);
OT Bryce LaBoue (200, Sr.)
■ DEFENSE: 5-0 (three
starters returning) NT CHAN
LALANDE (190, Sr.); DT Ty
Fontenot (160, Sr.); DT Bryce
LaBoue (200, Sr.); DE Matthew
Morgan; DE COREY MILLER
(170, Jr.); LB Haydon Sturlese
(155, So.); LB JOSE CASTILLO
(160, So.); CB Jacob Landry;
CB Jason Theriot; S Corbet
Dupont; S Adam Broussard
■ SPECIALISTS: P
ANDREW BONSALL (175, So.);
K JOSE CASTILLO (160, So.)
Starters in ALL CAPS
wins championships ... but
you have to score to win
championships.”
Quarterback Andrew
Bonsall is back for his sophomore
season after completing
37 of 103 passes for 530 yards,
five touchdowns and eight
interceptions as a freshman.
Three offensive linemen are
also returning starters,
including senior center Chan
LaLande, the nephew of former
South Cameron coach
Parry LaLande.
Guard Jose Castillo and
tackle Corey Miller are also
back. Running backs Jacob
Landry and Adam Broussard
return after combining for
272 yards in spot duty last season.
Landry had a 101-yard
game in week three last season.
Matthew Morgan is slated
to start at fulback.
LaLande retired after the
2009 season, capping off 32
years on the Tarpons’ coaching
staff. South Cameron’s
two state title appearances
came under LaLande’s tutelage
in 1986 and 1996.
Cormier was the defensive
ends coach on the 1996 South
Cameron team, which fell to
Haynesville, 28-6, in the state
championship. The defeat
came on Friday, Dec. 13, the
same date of the Tarpons’
loss to Kentwood in the 1986
title game.
Cormier said a big challenge
in taking the South
Cameron job this time
around is finding a way to
motivate the players to keep
chasing wins. The team hasn’t
been able to practice
against each other this summer
because there simply
aren’t enough players.
“It’s very hard to prepare a
team,” Cormier said. “We
may get it going. The hard
thing is we have to do half a
line of scrimmage because of
our numbers. We can’t work
the whole offense at one time,
just pieces at a time.”
Cormier said that will be
an issue for his defense, a fiveman
front the coaches just
installed.
“[Our linemen] are just
Chan LaLande, left, and Andrew Bonsall are hoping to lead a bounce-back season
under the tutelage of Edward Cormier, a long-time assistant promoted to head coach.
untested,“ Cormier said.
“They look all right against
the dummies we use, but several
of them have never been
in a live situation on defense
with real bodies. It's hard to
learn.”
LaLande and Miller will
lead the defensive line, with
Castillo and Haydon Sturlese
expected to start at linebacker.
The secondary will
feature Landry, Jason
Theriot, Corbet Dupont and
Broussard.
Cormier is no stranger to
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bringing programs to life, as
the Welsh and McNeese alumnus
helped start the football
and baseball programs at St.
Edmund’s in Eunice and at
one point coached boys’ and
girls’ basketball and track as
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011
RECAP
To qualify, players must average a minimum of 6
points per game scoring, 70 yards per game rushing
and 40 yards per game receiving.
TEAM STATISTICS
District 3-5A
Total Offense
G Run Pass Pts PPG Tot YPG
Acadiana 10 3542 560 415 41.5 4102 410.2
Barbe 10 1709 2461 357 35.7 4170 417
LaGrange 10 2341 691 276 27.6 3032 303.2
Lafayette 10 2213 1365 272 27.2 3578 357.8
Sulphur 10 1445 1439 219 21.9 2884 288.4
Total Defense
Acadiana 10 1608 1411 149 14.9 3019 301.9
LaGrange 10 1871 953 224 22.4 2824 282.4
Barbe 10 2050 1295 235 23.5 3345 334.5
Lafayette 10 2162 1398 279 27.9 3560 356
Sulphur 10 1925 1596 321 32.1 3521 352.1
Class 4A
Total Offense
G Run Pass Pts PPG Tot YPG
Leesville 10 1844 2566 438 43.8 4410 441
Jennings 10 3117 983 401 40.1 4100 410
SHHS 10 2703 1102 328 32.8 3805 380.5
St. Louis 10 2328 1186 308 30.8 3514 351.4
W-Marion 10 2355 1225 272 27.2 3580 358
DeRidder 10 2038 952 224 22.4 2990 299
Total Defense
St. Louis 10 1350 1299 146 14.6 2649 264.9
DeRidder 10 1664 1269 194 19.4 2933 293.3
Jennings 10 2752 1109 239 23.9 3861 386.1
SHHS 10 2130 1035 275 27.5 3165 316.5
Leesville 10 1813 1942 353 35.3 3755 375.5
W-Marion 10 2264 1579 375 37.5 3843 384.3
Class 3A
Total Offense
G Run Pass Pts PPG Tot YPG
Westlake 10 2245 861 292 29.2 3106 310.6
Iowa 10 1534 1133 231 23.1 2667 266.7
Total Defense
Westlake 10 2459 984 275 27.5 3443 344.3
Iowa 10 2821 1099 348 34.8 3920 392
Class 4-2A
Total Offense
G Run Pass Pts PPG Tot YPG
S. Beau 10 2477 1309 404 40.4 3786 378.6
DeQuincy 10 1845 2015 356 35.6 3860 386
Rosepine 10 3048 419 313 31.3 3467 346.7
Pickering 10 1532 1072 227 22.7 2604 260.4
Vinton 10 1501 799 154 15.4 2300 230
E. Beau 10 1593 363 114 11.4 1956 195.6
2010 SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AREA STATISTICS
Total Defense
S. Beau 10 1373 681 97 9.7 2054 205.4
Rosepine 10 1510 996 172 17.2 2506 250.6
DeQuincy 10 2156 946 285 28.5 3102 310.2
Pickering 10 2257 689 290 29 2946 294.6
Vinton 10 2784 646 378 37.8 3430 343
E. Beau 10 2244 1343 388 38.8 3587 358.7
District 5-2A
Total Offense
G Run Pass Pts PPG Tot YPG
Lake Arthur 10 2888 422 272 27.2 3310 331
Oakdale 10 2353 656 271 27.1 3009 300.9
Welsh 10 2466 491 261 26.1 2957 295.7
Kinder 10 2006 691 249 24.9 2697 269.7
Iota 10 1670 500 133 13.3 2170 217
Total Defense
G Run Pass Pts PPG Tot YPG
Kinder 10 1323 778 116 11.6 2101 210.1
Lake Arthur 10 1267 837 141 14.1 2104 210.4
Iota 10 1410 756 166 16.6 2166 216.6
Oakdale 10 1831 738 183 18.3 2569 256.9
Welsh 10 2050 888 248 24.8 2938 293.8
District 4-1A
Total Offense
G Run Pass Pts PPG Tot YPG
Oberlin 10 3996 525 445 44.5 4521 452.1
Hamilton 10 2077 1508 341 34.1 3585 358.5
Basile 10 2056 1430 324 32.4 3486 348.6
Elton 10 2327 894 321 32.1 3221 322.1
Merryville 10 1387 428 125 12.5 1815 181.5
S. Cameron 10 1210 530 93 9.3 1740 174
Total Defense
Oberlin 10 1561 785 154 15.4 2346 234.6
Elton 10 1438 807 166 16.6 2245 224.5
Basile 10 1573 771 186 18.6 2344 234.4
Hamilton 10 1637 1065 223 22.3 2702 270.2
Merryville 10 2246 735 360 36 2981 298.1
S. Cameron 10 2865 1331 394 39.4 4196 419.6
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
District 3-5A
Scoring
Name, School G TD PAT FG 2 Tot
Micah Eugene, Acadiana 10 19 0 0 0 114
Darius Edwards, LaGrange 10 18 0 0 3 114
Jordan Romero, Lafayette 10 14 0 0 2 88
Jarreth Rougeau, Barbe 10 11 0 0 1 68
Courtney Brown, LaGrange 9 10 0 0 3 66
Jean Breaux, Acadiana 10 0 60 1 0 63
Rushing
Name, School G No. Yds. TD YPC YPG
Micah Eugene, Aca 10 125 1277 15 10.2 127.7
Courtney Brown, LG 9 116 886 9 7.6 98.4
Darius Edwards, LG 10 105 947 13 9.0 94.7
Jordan Romero, Laf 10 162 779 14 4.8 77.9
Passing
Name, School G Com Att INT TD Tot
Jared Foster, Barbe 10 158 252 8 23 2438
Jordan Romero, Laf 10 109 178 5 10 1339
Brice Gardiner, Sul 10 105 216 15 16 1325
Joseph Spruel, LG 10 42 86 6 7 562
Ryan Bergeron, Aca 10 28 44 1 6 521
Receiving
Name, School G No. Yds. TD YPC YPG
Trey Quinn, Barbe 10 47 985 8 21 98.5
Desean Smith, Barbe 10 36 472 7 13.1 47.2
Dentzel Brown, Sul 10 25 463 8 18.5 46.3
Ross Kelly, Lafayette 10 44 432 3 9.8 43.2
Class 4A
Scoring
Name, School G TD PAT FG 2 Tot
Levander Liggins, Leesville 10 32 0 0 0 192
Dillon Berlin, St. Louis 10 23 0 0 0 138
Geroski Harmon, W-M 10 22 4 0 1 138
Davondrick Phillips, Jenn 10 21 0 0 0 126
Osha Jackson, SHHS 10 20 0 0 0 120
Diontay Thurman, Leesville 8 15 0 0 1 92
Michael Wilridge, Jennings 10 15 0 0 0 90
Evan Powell, SHHS 10 13 0 0 0 78
Harrison Flynt, St. Louis 10 0 35 10 0 65
Rushing
Name, School G No. Yds. TD YPC YPG
Dillon Berlin, St. Louis 10 282 1788 23 6.3 178.8
Geroski Harmon, W-M 10 278 1751 19 6.3 175.1
Davondrick Phillips, Jenn 10 148 1410 21 9.5 141
Osha Jackson, SHHS 10 184 1408 19 7.7 140.8
Michael Wilridge, Jenn 10 134 1083 12 8.1 108.3
Levander Liggins, Lees 10 82 889 13 10.8 88.9
Eddie Meridith, DR 10 154 834 5 5.4 83.4
Rafer Hubert, SHHS 9 95 656 1 6.9 72.9
Diontay Thurman, Lees 8 81 569 11 7 71.1
Passing
Name, School G Com Att INT TD Tot
Zack Squyres, Lees 10 135 256 9 29 2511
Bryce Lanningham, SL 10 82 137 3 8 1186
Evan Powell, SHHS 10 79 147 9 13 1089
Dwight Barker, W-M 10 70 155 6 8 1011
Bryson Abraham, Jenn 10 44 80 2 17 983
Jared Holmes, DR 10 65 113 5 2 843
Receiving
Name, School G No. Yds. TD YPC YPG
Levander Liggins, Lees 10 48 1156 16 24.1 115.6
Diontay Thurman, Lees 8 29 458 5 15.8 57.3
Jeval Chancy, Lees 10 28 435 4 15.5 43.5
Hunter Hodgkins, SL 10 27 435 4 16.1 43.5
Khris Watkins, Jenn 10 19 435 9 22.9 43.5
Donovan Landry, SHHS 10 29 428 6 14.8 42.8
Class 3A
Scoring
Name, School G TD PAT FG 2 Tot
Gene Pete, Iowa 10 20 0 0 0 120
Devin Eaglin, Westlake 10 19 0 0 1 116
Tyler Stoddard, Westlake 10 10 0 0 1 62
Rushing
Name, School G No. Yds. TD YPC YPG
Devin Eaglin, Westlake 10 214 1321 17 6.2 132.1
Gene Pete, Iowa 10 148 916 18 6.2 91.6
Passing
Name, School G Com Att INT TD Tot
Gene Pete, Iowa 10 94 166 6 3 1013
Ryan Feagin, Westlake 10 63 113 2 9 858
Class 4-2A
Scoring
Name, School G TD PAT FG 2 Tot
Dylan Fowler, South Beau 10 21 0 0 4 134
Klint White, Rosepine 10 15 0 0 2 94
Joe Prince, Vinton 10 13 0 0 0 78
Andre Flint, Pickering 10 11 0 0 5 76
T. Domingue, South Beau 10 8 24 0 2 76
D. Matthews, DeQuincy 10 12 0 0 0 72
Gary Suydam, Rosepine 10 12 0 0 0 72
C.J. Carter, DeQuincy 5 11 0 0 0 66
Seth Shirley, East Beau 10 11 0 0 0 66
Jacob Hill, Rosepine 10 2 31 6 0 61
Rushing
Name, School G No. Yds. TD YPC YPG
Gary Suydam, Rose 10 169 1174 10 6.9 117.4
Seth Shirley, E. Beau 10 220 1079 11 4.9 107.9
Dylan Fowler, S. Beau 10 158 1033 21 6.5 103.3
Klint White, Rosepine 10 119 813 15 6.8 81.3
C.J. Carter, DeQuincy 5 48 394 6 8.2 78.8
Andre Flint, Pickering 10 152 735 11 4.8 73.5
Joe Prince, Vinton 10 120 732 12 6.1 73.2
Passing
Name, School G Com Att INT TD Tot
Jaleel Bridges, DQ 10 117 232 9 24 1898
Jordan Johnson, SB 10 75 142 5 16 1208
Zack Roberts, Pickering 10 74 162 12 12 1061
Joe Prince, Vinton 10 55 141 8 4 681
Klint White, Rosepine 10 26 63 2 3 404
Justin Rutherford, EB 10 27 89 5 1 325
Receiving
Name, School G No. Yds. TD YPC YPG
C.J. Carter, DeQuincy 5 25 538 521.52 107.6
DeQuian Matthews, DQ 10 41 693 12 16.9 69.3
Trenton Domingue, SB 10 24 551 7 23 55.1
Tyler Burgess, DQ 10 28 479 8 17.1 47.9
Kain Hungerford, SB 10 37 450 5 12.1 45
Pat Williams, Vinton 10 27 429 2 15.9 42.9
Class 5-2A
Scoring
Name, School G TD PAT FG 2 Tot
Trent Hargrave, LA 10 17 0 0 10 122
Damien Ward, Oakdale 10 17 0 0 0 102
Marshall Harmon, Kinder 10 11 0 0 4 74
Thomas Fisher, Oakdale 10 10 0 0 1 62
Rushing
Name, School G No. Yds. TD YPC YPG
Trent Hargrave, LA 10 222 1343 17 6 134.3
Damien Ward, Oakdale 10 130 966 13 7.4 96.6
Thomas Fisher, Oakdale10 167 888 10 5.3 88.8
Marshall Harmon, Kin 10 119 835 11 7 83.5
Nick Hebert, Welsh 4 36 307 5 8.5 76.7
Passing
Name, School G Com Att INT TD Tot
Blake Trahan, Kinder 10 44 71 2 12 691
Rush Williams, Oak 10 44 90 2 6 656
Thomas Murrell, Iota 10 31 80 9 2 500
Aaron Bertrand, LA 10 19 58 1 5 422
David Caraway, Wel 10 27 56 4 2 380
Receiving
Name, School G No. Yds. TD YPC YPG
Paris Washington, Oak 10 16 401 4 24.6 40.1
Class 4-1A
Scoring
Name, School G TD PAT FG 2 Tot
Cedric Skinner, Oberlin 10 38 0 0 8 244
Cameron Meyer, HCA 10 19 0 0 2 118
Micah Lavan, Elton 10 16 0 0 3 102
Jake Fournerat, Basile 10 15 0 0 0 90
Ronkeith Alfred, Oberlin 10 13 0 0 3 84
Landon Carmon, Elton 9 11 1 0 3 73
Marco Richard, HCA 10 12 0 0 0 72
Rushing
Name, School G No. Yds. TD YPC YPG
Cedric Skinner, Ober 10 209 2580 37 12.3 258
Cameron Meyer, HCA 10 130 1106 19 8.5 110.6
Ronkeith Alfred, Ober 10 116 1028 12 8.9 102.8
Micah Lavan, Elton 10 124 971 16 7.8 97.1
Landon Carmon, Elton 9 120 873 10 7.3 97
Jake Fournerat, Basile 10 149 893 13 6 89.3
Passing
Name, School G Com Att INT TD Tot
Cameron Meyer, HCA 10 101 184 3 17 1459
Matt Pruitt, Basile 10 88 131 10 18 1430
Austin Bertrand, Elton 10 44 118 5 8 884
Andrew Bonsall, S. Cam 10 37 103 8 5 530
Cedric Skinner, Oberlin 10 23 34 2 4 377
Kyle Willis, Merryville 10 20 42 5 3 235
Receiving
Name, School G No. Yds. TD YPC YPG
Marco Richard, HCA 10 48 867 11 18.1 86.7
Nick Bertrand, Basile 10 26 574 7 22.1 57.4
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