Louisiana Cross Country Polls: Sacred Heart, St. Joseph’s, Episcopal, Catholic hold top spots

Sacred Heart of New Orleans remains the unanimous top-ranked girls small school team in the latest Louisiana Track and Field Coaches Association poll released Monday.

The Cardinals top the girls small school rankings with New Orleans area squads occupying the top three spots. McGehee is second with Newman third. Country Day is seventh with St. Martin’s Episcopal tenth.

St. Joseph’s Academy tops the girls large school rankings in unanimous fashion with Vandebilt Catholic second. Mandeville is third with Mount Carmel Academy fourth. Fontainebleau is sixth, Dominican is seventh and St. Scholastica is No. 10.

In the boys rankings, Episcopal is the unanimous choice for No. 1 in the small school rankings with University High second. Erath is third with E.D. White Catholic fourth and Holy Savior Menard fifth. Country Day is eighth with Newman ninth.

Catholic of Baton Rouge sits atop the boys large school rankings in unanimous fashion. Ruston is second with St. Paul’s third, Mandeville fourth and Brother Martin fifth. Jesuit is sixth and Holy Cross is seventh.

Here are the results from today’s LTFCA coaches poll, divided into large schools and small schools, divided by 3A and below and 4A/5A.

Boys Small School Rankings
Rank Team Points
1 Episcopal (10) 100
2 University High 88
3 Erath 78
4 E.D. White Catholic 69
5 Holy Savior Menard 63
6 Cedar Creek 50
7 Epsicopal-Acadiana 31
8 Country Day 26
9 Newman 23
10 David Thibodaux 9

Others receiving votes: West Feliciana, Hornbeck

Girls Small School Rankings
Rank Team Points
1 Sacred Heart-NOLA (10) 100
2 McGehee 78
3 Newman 77
4 Episcopal-Acadiana 71
5 Episcopal 61
6 Holy Savior Menard 53
7 Country Day 32
8 Cedar Creek 29
9 E.D. White Catholic 25
10 St. Martin’s Episcopal 8

Others receiving votes: University, St. Thomas Aquinas

Boys Large School Rankings
Rank Team Points
1 Catholic-BR(10) 100
2 Ruston 89
3 St. Paul’s 81
4 Mandeville 71
5 Brother Martin 58
6 Jesuit 46
7 Holy Cross 35
8 Zachary 18
9 Airline 19
10 St. Michael 14

Others receiving votes: Belle Chasse, John Curtis

Girls Large School Rankings
Rank Team Points
1 St. Joseph’s (10) 100
2 Vandebilt Cath. 86
3 Mandeville 84
4 Mount Carmel 65
5 St. Michael 60
6 Fontainebleau 55
7 Dominican 39
8 Live Oak 26
9 Dutchtown 17
10 St. Scholastica 12

Others receiving votes: Cabrini, Lusher