Crescent City Sports opens 2023-24 schedule with pair of Week 1 football games

NEW ORLEANS – Crescent City Sports’ live streaming coverage of high school sports for the 2023-24 school year begins this week with a pair of football matchups on the opening week of the prep football season in Louisiana.

On Thursday, the CCS cameras will be at historic Tad Gormley Stadium as Brother Martin plays host to Madison Prep, and on Friday, a one-time parish rivalry gets renewed as Chalmette plays host to Archbishop Hannan. Coverage of both games will begin just before the 7 p.m. kickoff. Lenny Vangilder and Chad LaRose will describe Thursday’s action, while Ken Berthelot and Wayde Keiser have the call on Friday.

Thursday’s matchup features a pair of teams in the CCS preseason top 10 rankings. Brother Martin is sixth in Class 5A, while Madison Prep is third in Class 3A.

The Crusaders (9-6 in 2022) made a magical playoff run to reach the Division I select state championship game as a No. 13 seed a year ago, defeating three higher-seeded teams along the way. The Chargers (8-4 in 2022), after winning a state title in Class 3A in 2020, were knocked out in the quarterfinals by the eventual state champion for the second consecutive year.

Last week in jamboree action, Brother Martin defeated John Ehret and Madison Prep lost to Catholic High.

The teams also met in last year’s season opener at Gormley, with Brother Martin winning 17-0.

Friday’s game sends Hannan, now in Covington, back to its roots to where the Archdiocesan school was founded in St. Bernard Parish to face Chalmette.

Both teams were No. 21 seeds in the playoffs a year ago. The Owls (6-5 in 2022) lost at West Monroe in the first round of the Division I non-select playoffs, while the Hawks (4-8 in 2022) reached the second round of the Division II select bracket.

Both teams were victorious in jamborees last Friday, with Chalmette defeating Douglass and Hannan blanking Country Day.

In last year’s opener, Chalmette won 47-22.

The Crescent City Sports team is in its 13th season of producing live broadcasts for television and internet, having produced nearly 500 live streams since 2012, and is continuing its extensive commitment to prep sports coverage on its website for 2023-24. All written and video content on CCS is always free and does not require a subscription.