Saints by the Numbers: Winning with a dozen unusual
The Saints’ 12-9 victory at Carolina Monday night was unusual in many ways, none moreso than the winning team’s point total.
view more40 years ago, a night that changed Louisiana prep football
Forty years ago Saturday, on Dec. 15, 1978, a state championship high school football game would be played that would become one of the most significant prep events in our state’s history.
view moreFive Brother Martin seniors make college choices official
In his time as a high school and now a college baseball coach, Doug Faust has watched dozens of players gather with their families and announce their decisions as to where they will head to college.
view moreInaugural Alex Schoenbaum scholarships awarded to three St. Augustine students
Alex Schoenbaum was an All-American for his play as a lineman at Ohio State in the late 1930s, but his daughter Emily acted more like a quarterback Wednesday.
view moreSaints by the Numbers: Back-to-back division titles for first time
Remember the adage, “Stats are for losers?” That’s certainly not the case in New Orleans, where the Saints are once again NFC South champions after a 28-14 victory at Tampa Bay Sunday.
view moreLHSAA’s Bonine: Adjustments made to ensure financial guarantees will be met
LHSAA executive director Eddie Bonine said Tuesday that the 18 schools competing in the Allstate Sugar Bowl LHSAA Prep Classic this week in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome should expect to get their financial guarantees, unlike last year.
view moreSports Foundation ‘excited’ about New Orleans Bowl matchup
Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation CEO Jay Cicero said Tuesday the matchup of Appalachian State and Middle Tennessee in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.
view moreTigers, Green Wave headed to new bowl destinations
LSU has never been west of Texas for a bowl game. Tulane has never played in a bowl game in the Eastern time zone.
view moreNo playoff? No problem as Sugar Bowl gets Georgia-Texas matchup
Even in a year when the Allstate Sugar Bowl is not a College Football Playoff semifinal, this year’s matchup between fifth-ranked Georgia and No. 15 Texas, which was announced Sunday afternoon, checks just about every box.
view moreHoly Cross celebrates long-awaited swimming title
Good things comes, as the saying goes, to those who wait.
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