The regional round of the playoffs continued Tuesday, Feb. 23, for many Louisiana girls’ high school basketball teams after several games got underway Monday.
Catholic High has announced head football coach Gabe Fertitta is leaving the school after accepting a position with the University of Louisville football staff.
Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Wednesday that transgender girls should be banned from playing on middle and high school sports teams or they will “destroy women’s sports.”
Walker High four-star wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr. signed his national letter of intent with LSU during a ceremony in the school’s gym on Tuesday, Feb. 9.
Many of the south Louisiana student-athletes in all sports who didn’t sign their letters of intent in December to compete at the next level will do so on Wednesday, Feb. 3.
In boys’ high school basketball on Tuesday, Feb. 2, St. Michael hosted Northside and a pair of defending state champs battled in Scotlandville against Jehovah Jireh at Istrouma.
Madison Prep faced Southern Lab at the F.G. Clark Activity Center and Class 3A U-High took on Class C Jehovah Jireh at Istrouma in boys’ high school basketball action on Tuesday, Jan. 27.
The LHSAA held a news conference on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 24 hours after shutting down wrestling until the state meet in Baton Rouge at the end of February.
Through a Zoom call, former LSU All-American linebacker Kendell Beckwith will share with Baton Rouge area high school athletes how he applied work ethic and determination to make it to the NFL.
The team that resides on LSU’s campus, Joe Spencer’s U-High Cubs, are No. 1 in the state in Division II and hit the road Tuesday, Jan. 19, to take on the Spartans of East Ascension.
St. Thomas More’s Walker Howard and Catholic’s Shelton Sampson, a potential LSU duo in a few years, were just two of the attendees at the F3 Elite showcase in St. Gabriel on Sunday, Jan. 17.
The Madison Prep Chargers faced the Union Parish Farmers for the 2020 LHSAA Class 3A Championship at Turpin Stadium on the campus of Northwestern State University and dominated the entire game.
Madison Prep quarterback Zeon Chriss accounted for 323 yards of total offense and four touchdowns in the 50-0 rout of Union Parish in the LHSAA Class 3A Championship.
The Madison Prep Chargers are getting ready to try to win the school’s first football state championship. They did a walk-through Tuesday, just one day before taking on Union Parish.
The St. Charles Catholic Comets faced the Lafayette Christian Academy Knights for the 2020 LHSAA Division III Championship at Turpin Stadium on the campus of Northwestern State University and came up just short.
The Catholic Bears faced the C.E. Byrd Yellow Jackets in the LHSAA Division I Championship at Turpin Stadium on the campus of Northwestern St. University in Natchitoches.
Madison Prep is the only Baton Rouge-area non-select school playing in next week’s LHAAA Prep Classic. The Chargers are continuing preparations for the Class 3A state championship against Union Parish.
After being a punching bag for the majority of the last decade, East Iberville made its first semifinal appearance in school history, and even in a loss, Jaden Williams and J'Quinn Williams are our Sportsline Players of the Week.
Catholic (BR) wide receiver Shelton Sampson had the best game of his young high school career against Brother Martin and has been named the Sportsline Player of the Week.
Catholic (BR) and St. Charles Catholic are preparing for their LHSAA state championship games at Northwestern State University and now the details of those contests have been finalized.
Cross country and track and field standout, Rebecca Quebedeaux, signed her college letter of intent with Louisiana Tech University Friday afternoon. Quebedeaux is a multi-event athlete in the track and field world.
With 30 area schools in do-or-die playoff games last Friday, there are plenty of deserving performances but only one could take home the coveted WAFB Sportsline Player of the Week award and it was Zachary running back Connor Wisham.
For the second time in nearly 40 years, the Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) will host its annual Football Prep Classic state championships outside of the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans.
Senior defensive lineman Emmanuel Duron of Edinburg High School came running from the sideline area after the referee announced the ejection, slamming into the official during the first half of the zone play-in game against Pharr-San Juan-Alamo.
In a memo to member schools, LHSAA executive director Eddie Bonine emphasized urgency in following COVID-19 mitigation measures at high school athletic events and warned of fines and other penalties for failure to comply.
Episcopal senior running back Oliver Jack ran for 186 yards and three touchdowns in a 31-18 win over Port Allen. His performance was good enough to earn him this week's Sportsline Player of the Week award.
The regular season for Louisiana high school football has ended and it is now time for the playoffs, meaning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) unveiling the playoff matchups for the classes and divisions.
Some high school football teams in Louisiana will take the field for the final time in 2020 for the eighth game of this shortened regular season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
It is the last week for the 2020 Louisiana high school football season and the unveiling of Madison Prep quarterback Zeon Chriss as the ninth Sportsline Player of the Week.
Fans who plan to attend tonight’s highly anticipated matchup between the Acadiana Rams at the Catholic High Bears will need to purchase tickets online before the tonight’s game.
West Feliciana wide receiver Aeneaus Lemay helped lead his team to a 26-0 win over Mentorship Academy on Thursday, Nov. 5. He had nine catches for 209 yards and three touchdowns.
Some south Louisiana high school football teams have played their final regular season games because COVID-19 issues are forcing them to cancel their next two contests.
Another week and another batch of games have either been canceled or re-arranged due to COVID-19, including rivalry contests and district showdowns but there are still some big-time matchups being played in south Louisiana.
The Donaldsonville backfield had its way with the defending 3A state champs Friday night on the campus of Nicholls State University and that tandem did enough to be named Sportsline Players of the Week.
It’s the fifth week of the LHSAA football season and a cold front brought cooler temperatures to south Louisiana that really feel like fall football weather.
WAFB is proud to present this week’s Sportsline Players of the Week honors to Parkview Baptist quarterback Roman Mula and Catholic Pointe Coupee athlete Matthew Langlois.
Dutchtown was scheduled to host East Ascension on Thursday but the game has been canceled due to “individuals impacted by COVID-19 in the DTHS football program,” the school reported via Facebook.
Many teams are getting into district play for the LHSAA football season, so the games are now even more important but the weather has led to several postponements.
He’s only played games on Wednesday and Thursday nights in 2020 but that doesn’t rule out Episcopal’s Ryan Armwood from earning Sportsline Player of the Week honors.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Delta, many teams, especially those in south Louisiana, tried to get back to normal for the third week of the LHSAA football season.
Our second Sportsline Player of the Week for the 2020 high school football player is identified as an athlete and the performance he put on Thursday is definitely worthy of the honor.
Louisiana lawmakers have edged closer to inserting themselves into the decision-making of high school sports after parents criticized the state athletic association’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak.
Five prominent former football stars from the past are going into the LHSAA Hall of Fame during the induction ceremony on Tuesday, October 6, representing half of the hall’s class of 2020.
