Crescent City Sports to again live stream LHSAA bowling finals

NEW ORLEANS – Crescent City Sports is proud to partner with the Louisiana High School Athletic Association for a fifth consecutive time to present live streaming of the Ochsner LHSAA Bowling Championship Wednesday through Friday.

Coverage each day begins just prior to the 1:30 p.m. scheduled start. The three team finals – girls on Wednesday, Divisions I and II boys/co-ed Thursday – are at Premier Lanes Entertainment Center in Gonzales. The singles final is Friday at All Star Lanes in Baton Rouge. CCS’ Ken Trahan and Lenny Vangilder will describe the action.

Four teams in each bracket head to Premier for morning semifinal matches, setting the stage for the afternoon championship matches. Girls defending champion Dutchtown has reached the semifinals for the fourth straight year, while five-time boys/co-ed defending champ Brother Martin is through to the semis for the 10th straight time.

No. 2 seed Dutchtown, third-seeded Albany and No. 4 seed Archbishop Chapelle – all undefeated – are joined by ninth-seeded Patrick Taylor in the girls semifinals, which begin Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.

For the first time in 2024, boys/co-ed action is broken into Division I (Class 5A schools) and Division II (Class 4A and lower).

Brother Martin, the No. 6 seed, is joined by fifth-seeded Denham Springs, No. 7 seed Archbishop Rummel and 16th-seeded Slidell in the Division I semifinals at 11:45 a.m. Thursday. The final is at 3:45 p.m.

The last two undefeated boys/co-ed teams, Archbishop Shaw and South Terrebonne, are the Nos. 1-2 seeds in Division II and are joined in the semis by fourth-seeded Patrick Taylor and No. 11 seed Albany. The Division II semis are at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, with the final at 1:30 p.m.

Each bracket began with 16 teams. First- and second-round matches were held last week.

The singles championship Friday will begin with the highest ranked bowlers in the state based on regular-season averages. After a three-game qualifying round at 11 a.m., the field will be trimmed to the top six bowlers in each division for the final, which the top seed waiting in the wings needing to win just one match for the title.

Benton’s Jack Perrett has the highest qualifying boys average at 222, leading a record 32 bowlers to average 200 or better this season. Defending boys state singles champion Jonathan Arena of Archbishop Shaw was tied for fourth this season with a 217 average. Girls defending champ Sydney Lee of Dutchtown had the highest average in the state this year at 217.

CCS has live streamed the 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 team finals and the first-ever singles final in 2023. The 2020 championships were cancelled because of COVID-19.

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.