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2 AMERICAN PRESS FOOTBALL 2011
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011
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.