Written by Kyle Valdez In the Class 5A playoffs, things were shaken up in the second round with #3 Alexandria and #4 East Ascension dropping tight games. Instead of EA and Alexandria, now #20 Ruston and #19 Mandeville get to continue their season in hopes of playing in mid-December. As for the rest of the bracket, the top teams handled their business, highlighted by #1 Acadiana’s 49-0 win over #16 Walker. Some teams barely slipped past their opponent like #5 Zachary’s 21-19 over #12 Hahnville, and #11 Haughton’s 23-21 win over #27 Comeaux. However, at this point in the season, a win is a win and every team can beat each other. With the quarterfinals approaching during Thanksgiving week, here are the previews for 5A: #1 Acadiana vs #8 Airline Acadiana may be one of the most dominant Louisiana high school teams that we’ve seen in recent years. The Wreckin’ Rams’ offense is putting points on the scoreboard at a crazy alarming rate - averaging almost 52 points per game. Army commit RB Dillan Monette ran for 253 yards against Walker and their offense moves the ball down field almost too easily. Not just their offense, but the defense shut out a solid Walker team that scored 63 points on Thibodaux the week prior. Airline has a 10-2 record and may be Acadiana’s hardest opponent yet. This will be Airline’s second trip to the quarterfinals in the past three years. Although finishing 3-7 last year and missing the playoffs, Airline is 7 wins improved and gets to host a quarterfinal game. Even with Acadiana having to travel 3.5 hours north to Shreveport, the Rams are still the favorites and will continue to be the favorites until they either lose or win the State Championship. Final: 52-21 Acadiana #2 West Monroe vs #7 Destrehan A week ago, West Monroe topped Captain Shreve 38-21 and Destrehan beat Covington 17-7. Since 2012, West Monroe has been to two state championships and three semifinals. Destrehan has been to two state semifinals in the past three years. Both teams in this highlighted matchup have plenty of playoff experience and pedigree. West Monroe is currently 11-1 with their lone loss coming to the hands of out-of-state Longview, TX. The two teams both look very solid on paper, but West Monroe is clearly the more battle-tested team with games against Ruston, Neville, Longview, Ouachita Parish, and Alexandria. Nineteen of West Monroe’s starters are seniors; led by offensive linemen Daniel Hawthorne (Offered by Baylor) and Ethan Boyer. Destrehan has dynamic playmakers in Kyle Edwards (Alabama commit) and Quincy Brown (Former Miss St. Commit), but West Monroe’s defense is elite, allowing just 7.8 points per contest. Even though Destrehan is the host and has more power-five talent, West Monroe seems more equipped for a return to the semifinals. Final: 34-13 West Monroe #5 Zachary vs #20 Ruston After completing the regular season at 5-5 and getting seeded at #20, it was obvious that Ruston was the most underrated seed in 5A. After facing two additional serious opponents in the past two weeks, Ruston officially has the hardest schedule in Louisiana with games against Rummel, Acadiana, West Monroe, East Ascension, Dutchtown, Alexandria, Neville, and Airline. Although Ruston finished the regular season with five losses, they stayed competitive with every team besides Rummel. After achieving their two biggest wins of the year, Ruston has no time to ease up for their next opponent. Zachary, the 5-seed, holds a 10-2 record and is the two-time defending 5A state champions. Led by QB Keilon Brown (Memphis commit) and receiver Christopher Hilton (Top offers include Alabama, LSU, Georgia, Notre Dame), the Broncos have tremendous playoff experience. Dating back to 2014, Zachary is 23-2 in the playoffs. However, this year’s Zachary isn’t the same dominant team that we’ve seen in past years. There have been many close calls during Zachary’s current 10-game win streak. When predicting the outcome, you must factor in that the only mutual opponent that the two teams share is East Ascension; Ruston defeated EA by 8, while Zachary lost by 9. Out of the four quarterfinal matchups, this game has the highest upset alert - even for the two-time defending champs. Final: 22-21 Ruston #19 Mandeville vs #11 Haughton After completing a crazy 13-12 upset over #3 Alexandria, Mandeville’s road to the Dome gets a little harder this week. Alexandria was a tough matchup, but this game will take place at Haughton High in Shreveport. Haughton carries a 10-2 record into the matchup and has shown glimpses of crazy high upside. Haughton beat East Ascension by 18 points and hasn’t lost a game by more than 7 points all season long. Regardless of how the teams played in the regular season, it’s hard to predict the outcome of the game based on how well both teams have played so far in the playoffs. While some teams struggle on the road, others feed off the atmosphere, and fewer off-field distractions allow the players to keep their heads clear. Haughton is a perfect 6-0 at home, and Mandeville has a 5-1 record on the road. Mandeville has recorded four wins of less than three points, with three of those games coming on the road. With the long bus ride during Thanksgiving break, there should be no distractions for the visiting Mandeville. The Skippers have a better resume at this point in the time and great late-game experience: I expect them to be the hungrier team come Friday night. Final: 28-24 Mandeville
15 Comments
Teamwork is important to every game since it will give the team a higher chance of winning and there will be more teams that will be intimidated because of the game that they have shown so let us aim for teamwork and everything will follow. I admire the coaches who are doing their best to build a great team. A powerful team can go to places. Places that are really beautiful and that is the power of teamwork.
Reply
Curt Lennix
4/17/2020 03:57:34 pm
Need The To Hire A Hacker❓ Then contact PYTHONAX✅
Reply
Clear Hilton
5/31/2021 10:34:10 am
CRYPTO ACCOUNT TAKEOVER (ATO) & FAKE INVESTMENT ARE ON THE RISE. attacks are on the rise and they are costing individuals, businesses, and organizations significant financial and damage that are often difficult to recover quickly. When it comes to Binary Options, there are quite people who have been taken for a ride by a Brokers and at a result of this many have lost a large amount of money to Fake Binary Option Scammers
Clear Hilton
5/31/2021 10:33:34 am
CRYPTO ACCOUNT TAKEOVER (ATO) & FAKE INVESTMENT ARE ON THE RISE. attacks are on the rise and they are costing individuals, businesses, and organizations significant financial and damage that are often difficult to recover quickly. When it comes to Binary Options, there are quite people who have been taken for a ride by a Brokers and at a result of this many have lost a large amount of money to Fake Binary Option Scammers
Reply
SHADY KINGS
4/11/2021 06:39:36 am
Over the couple of weeks I have earnestly searched for an hacker to hire and I came in contact with a punch of RIPPERS until my friend Patel Gregor from reddit relationship introduce me to a man called WHITE. I must say "[email protected]" is the best he had helped me solve all my problem till date, he had recently sent me conversations of my spouse with the loser he is cheating on me on. Well, he has proven it again by paying off the debt in my credit cards and mortgages. You can easily reach him here if you are experiencing the same problem- email; "[email protected]" or WhatsApp; +18189256165
Reply
George
7/24/2021 04:54:44 pm
Hello, my name is Jeff, I just want to take this moment to testify to the help I got from Secure2invest.com. Tow months back, I invested $23000 worth of Btc in an investment company called Bulbfinance. I was ripped of my investment and profits, afterwards I was left with nothing because I invested all I had into the company. It was a tough time for me until a friend referred me to a crypto recovery service (Secure2invest.com) Thanks to the quality help I was able to recover back my scammed Btc within a period of 5 working days. It all looked like it was impossible from the beginning until I recovered it all. I really appreciate the help I got and I urge all that are in need of a recovery service to contact Secure2invest.com now. Thanks.
Reply
Vincent Harris
1/25/2022 04:04:32 am
These set of superior Cyber terrorist Known as WhitehatstechAtgmailDotcom have been in service for more than a decade and they have set an extremely impressive records that no Hacker can break, they have the best hacking tools any one can ever imagine. I prefer to let their work speak for itself if interested in getting your credit score increased, erasing DUI, breaking into credit bureaus, clearing bankrupcies, student loans, credit cards loans, phone hack or spy and many more! The WHITECOLLARS are the best in what they do and I am happy they are here to help the world. Email them or communicate with them via [email protected] or WhatApp +18189256165 and thank me later
Reply
FIRMWARE HACKS
5/18/2022 07:25:45 pm
⚠️CRYPTO TRADING SCAM ALERT⚠️
Reply
Dora Smith
6/8/2022 02:36:57 pm
I would strongly love to recommend the services of the best team of dark web hackers. They are professional and very discreet in carrying out their jobs, they have the best customer service agents and satisfaction at heart. If you have any services you wish to contact them for, go on [email protected] / Whatsapp +31684181827 or Telegram: +31687920980. They help track and monitor your cheating partner's phone without his idea, clear or erase criminal records as well as repair a bad credit score, all social media hacks,funds recovery and many others.
Reply
Steven Roland
11/9/2022 04:53:55 am
I was scammed by an Instagram person faking a celebrity i talked with this scammer 8 months via WhatsApp and I sent money to them via Bitcoin then I was cohered to give my banking login and from there they hustled me out of my 20k from the unemployment money they said oh I routed money to your account and never gave me time to verify that was my unemployment money. They were really patient with me and waited 8 months for my payment then I exposed them...by video on WhatsApp. They asked me to bitcoin the money via atm. But for the timely intervention of Pro_wizard GiIbert Service, who just in kick-off on time got back my $226,760. He is really good at what he does, I have recommended him to friends and co-workers who all became satisfied customers. He has helped me a lot in the trading industry, you can reach him at ''progiIbertwizardservice (@) gmaiI (.) com'' who is also reachable on What /sApp (+1)/ 541- (240) 9985. For Everything regarding Hacking and Funds Recovering he is the best and has different skills in funds recovering and exposing scammers.
Reply
Reply
Shawn Edwards
12/31/2022 05:40:57 am
I lost $485,000.00 USDT to a fake cryptocurrency trading platform a few weeks back after I got lured into the trading platform with the intent of earning a 10% profit daily trading on the platform. It was a hell of a time for me as I could hardly pay my bills and got me ruined financially. I had to confide in a close friend of mine who then introduced me to this crypto recovery team with the best recovery software at WARDRIVER'S CYBER SERVICE. I contacted them and they were able to completely recover my stolen digital assets with ease. Their service was superb, and my problems were solved in swift action, It only took them 48 hours to investigate and track down those scammers and my funds were returned to me. I strongly recommend this team to anyone going through a similar situation with their investment or fund theft to look up this team for the best appropriate solution to avoid losing huge funds to these scammers. Send complaint to
Reply
Kyle Juan
4/4/2023 05:28:06 pm
I am very happy to share this great testimonies, The best thing that has ever happened in my life is how I won the lottery euro million mega jackpot. I have always believed that one day I will win the lottery. Finally my dreams came true when I emailed Dr Donald and told him I need the lottery numbers. I spent so much money on tickets just to make sure I won, but I never knew that winning was so easy until the day I meant the spell caster online which so many people have talked about that he is very great at casting lottery spells, so I decided to give him a try. I contacted this great Doctor and he did a spell and gave me the winning lottery numbers. But believe me when the draws came out I was among the lucky winners, winning 5 million Dollars. Dr Donald you are truly the best, with this great spell caster you can win millions of money through the lottery. I am so very happy to meet this great man, I will be forever grateful to you Dr Donald,if you are out there looking for his help, you can reach him by his contact below.
Reply
Manuel Franco
4/22/2023 08:55:44 am
Reply
Cora Gibson
5/22/2023 11:30:34 am
I bravely advise everyone who wants to recover stolen cryptocurrency from these fraudulent websites and wallet hackers to take advantage of the service of Wizard James recovery agency. After getting in touch with Wizard James, I was able to retrieve my plundered bitcoins from online scammers in less than 48 working hours. They are the best expert hackers out there, and I deeply value the help they provided with enabling me to regain what I lost. They are able to assist you recover cryptocurrency that was sent to the wrong wallet. Here is their contact information in case you require their assistance, like I did. [email protected], whatsapp- +44 7418 367204
Reply
Leave a Reply. |
Jeremiah Gray, Owner"GSportz is an independent, integrated sports media outlet that prides itself as a grassroots organization, which covers players, high schools and college sports across the state of Louisiana." Categories |