Soccer: St. Paul’s, Holy Cross, EDW, Episcopal of Acadiana top latest rankings

Despite losing a match out-of-state, St. Paul’s remains the top-ranked team in the latest Division I boys Louisiana High School Soccer Coaches Association rankings released this morning.

The Wolves (15-2) are the unanimous choice for No. 1. Baton Rouge area teams follow closely with St. Amant (17-1-1) up to second. Dutchtown (11-1-1) is third and Catholic (9-2-1) is fourth. Lafayette (11-1-7) is fifth. Northshore is sixth with Jesuit seventh and Brother Martin tenth.

In Division II, Holy Cross (9-2-1) is the unanimous choice at No. 1 with Beau Chene (12-5-4) second. East Jefferson (8-6) is third with unbeaten Riverdale (11-0) fourth and Lakeshore (3-7-2) fifth. Ben Franklin is seventh.

E.D. White Catholic (9-4-3) is the unanimous top-ranked team in Division III with Vandebilt Catholic (8-5-4) second University Lab (6-3-6) is third, Loyola Prep (7-8-5) is fourth and St. Louis Catholic (3-8-6) is fifth.

In Division IV, unbeaten Episcopal of Acadiana (12-0-1) is the unanimous top-ranked team with Northlake Christian (8-1-2) second. Episcopal (11-2-6) is third with Newman (9-2) fourth and St. Thomas Aquinas (7-5-4) fifth. Country Day is seventh.

Here are your LHSSCA top ten rankings for Jan. 9, along with results from Monday and today’s schedule for boys and girls:

LHSSCA Rankings

Division I

1 St. Paul’s [10] 150 (10-0)
2 St. Amant 134 (17-1-1)
3 Dutchtown 125 (11-1-1)
4 Catholic – B.R. 114 (9-2-1)
4 Lafayette 114 (11-1-7)
6 Northshore 95 (8-3-3)
7 Jesuit 74 (6-3-2)
8 Denham Springs 72 (8-4-4)
9 Acadiana 62 (5-4-4)
10 Brother Martin 58 (7-4-4)

Others receiving votes:

Alexandria 54 (12-3-4)
Byrd  51 (12-2-2)
Grace King 39 (9-1-3)
Captain Shreve 33 (11-1-2)
East Ascension 9 (11-6-2)
Sulphur 7 (13-6-3)
West Jefferson 4 (8-3-1)
Barbe 3 (12-4-3)
Pineville 1 (12-5-1)
Bonnabel 1 (6-5-2)

Division II

1 Holy Cross [10] 150 (9-2-1)
2 Beau Chene 126 (12-5-4)
3 East Jefferson 122 (8-6)
4 Riverdale 116 (11-0)
5 Lakeshore 96 (3-7-2)
6 Woodlawn – B.R. 93 (7-3)
7 Ben Franklin 81 (6-4-2)
8 Caddo Magnet 62 (6-5-2)
8 Terrebonne 62 (12-6-6)
10 Neville 47 (6-6-8)

Others receiving votes:

Benton 45 (12-6-7)
Ruston 44 (9-1-2)
St. Thomas More 44 (2-9-7)
Ouachita Parish 32 (9-10-2)
Live Oak 29 (5-8-5)
Central Lafourche 25 (5-10-4)
Westgate 14 (9-3-4)
Destrehan 6 (4-3-2)
Carencro 4 (5-8-2)
Central – B.R. 2 (6-5-1)

Division III

1 E.D. White Catholic [10] 150 (9-4-3)
2 Vandebilt Catholic 138 (8-5-4)
3 University Lab 129 (6-3-6)
4 Loyola Prep 122 (7-8-5)
5 St. Louis Catholic 98 (3-8-6)
6 Holy Savior Menard 93 (9-8-3)
7 Teurlings Catholic 91 (3-6-5)
8 Parkview Baptist 90 (11-3-3)
9 North Vermillion 58 (9-6-1)
10 DeRidder 52 (13-5-2)

Others receiving votes:

Bolton 51 (4-5-3)
Leesville 40 (6-9-2)
St. Michael 28 (10-9-2)
St. Martinville 22 (10-9-5)
Cecilia 16 (10-6-4)
Haynes Academy 6 (2-7-4)
Lutcher 5 (5-6-2)
Archbishop Hannan 4 (5-4-1)
Lusher Charter 3 (0-7-1)
St. Charles Catholic 3 (2-4)
Morgan City 1 (3-7-2)

Division IV

1 Episcopal of Acadiana [10] 150 (12-0-1)
2 Northlake Christian 134 (8-1-2)
3 Episcopal 132 (11-2-6)
4 Newman 123 (9-2)
​5​ St. Thomas Aquinas 109 (7-5-4)
6 Catholic – N.I. 102 (7-5-5)
7 Country Day 83 (4-3-1)
8 Christ Episcopal 73 (6-1-5)
8 Dunham 73 (4-6-3)
10 Glenmora 56 (10-4-3)

Others receiving votes:

St. Frederick 49 (4-4-3)
Sterlington 33 (9-8-1)
Westminster Christian 13 (2-9-1)
Ascension Christian 12 (3-6-1)
Covenant Christian 12 (4-4-2)
Evangel Christian 9 (2-7-3)
Pope John Paul II 9 (2-11)
Runnels 8 (2-8-1)
Calvary Baptist 5 (4-4-1)
Houma Christian 5 (7-3-1)
Lafayette Christian 5 (3-6-1)
St. Martin’s Episcopal 4 (5-7)
Opelousas Catholic 1 (5-8-2)

Area Prep Soccer Results from Monday, Jan. 8

Boys

New Orleans Area

Belle Chasse 10, Thomas Jefferson 2

East Jefferson 3, Carver 0

Riverdale 4, Lusher 1

Baton Rouge Area

The Church Academy 2, Catholic (NI) 2

Girls

Baton Rouge Area

West Feliciana 4, Episcopal 1

Area Prep Soccer Schedule for Tuesday, Jan. 9

Boys

New Orleans Area

Archbishop Hannan at International High, 5 p.m.

Archbishop Rummel vs. Jesuit, 3:30 p.m. at John Ryan Stadium

Archbishop Shaw at Brother Martin, 3:30 p.m.

Fontainebleau at Northshore, 7 p.m.

Holy Cross at Salmen, 5:30 p.m.

Lakeshore at Franklinton, 6 p.m.

Landry-Walker at Ben Franklin, 3:30 p.m.

Lusher at Pearl River, 7 p.m.

Lutcher at St. James, 6 p.m.

Newman at Haynes, 6 p.m.

NOMMA at McMain, 6 p.m.

Northlake Christian at St. Thomas Aquinas, 7 p.m.

Pine at Pope John Paul II, 7 p.m.

Ponchatoula at Covington, 7 p.m.

Slidell at Covington, 7 p.m.

St. Paul’s at Hammond, 5:30 p.m.

Baton Rouge Area

Baton Rouge at Catholic (BR), 6 p.m.

Breaux Bridge at St. Michael, 6 p.m.

Brighton at Livonia, 4:30 p.m.

Denham Springs at McKinley, 6 p.m.

Plaquemine at Catholic (NI), 6 p.m.

St. Mary’s Academy at Parkview Baptist, 6 p.m.

University High at West Feliciana, 6 p.m.

Zachary at Walker, 6 p.m.

Bayou Area

Morgan City at E.D. White Cathoilc, 6:45 p.m.

Girls

New Orleans Area

Academy of Our Lady at Lakeshore, 5:30 p.m.

Archbishop Hannan at Haynes, 4 p.m.

East Ascension at Hahnville, 5:30 p.m.

Cabrini at Pearl River, 5 p.m.

Fontainebleau at Northshore, 5:30 p.m.

Lusher at International High, 4 p.m.

Baton Rouge Area

Plaquemine at Lee, 6 p.m.

Walker at St. Joseph’s Academy, 6 p.m.

Zachary at Denham Springs, 6 p.m.

Bayou Area

Central Lafourche at South Lafourche, 5 p.m.

Covenant Christian at Houma Christian, 6 p.m..

East St. John at H.L. Bourgeois, 5:30 p.m.

St. Amant at Thibodaux, 5:30 p.m.