St. Paul’s, Holy Cross, St. Louis, ESA top LHSSCA soccer polls

Area Prep Soccer Report for Tuesday, Dec. 4

St. Paul’s holds on to the top spot in Division I in the latest Louisiana High School Soccer Coaches Association Poll released yesterday.

The Wolves (5-0-1) received nine first-place votes with Jesuit (4-0-2) getting the other and placing second. Denham Springs is third with Catholic of Baton Rouge fourth and Northshore fifth. Brother Martin is eighth.

Defending state champion Holy Cross (1-1) is first in Division II. The Tigers received eight first-place votes. Woodlawn of Baton Rouge (4-1-1) is second with East Jefferson third and Beau Chene fourth. St. Thomas More received the other two first-place votes and is fifth. Lakeshore is seventh with Riverdale eighth.

St. Louis Catholic (4-0-2) is first in Division III and received nine first-place votes with E.D. White Catholic (3-2-1) second. University High received the other first-place vote and is third with Teurlings Catholic fourth and Vandebilt Catholic fifth.

Episcopal of Acadiana (4-0-1) is the unanimous top choice in Division IV with Newman (2-0) second. Northlake Christian is third with St. Thomas Aquinas fourth and Episcopal fifth. Country Day is seventh with Pope John Paul II tenth.

Here are your LHSSCA polls for this week:

DIVISION I
1 St. Paul’s [9] 149 (5-0-1)
2 Jesuit [1] 141 (4-0-2)
3 Denham Springs 122 (7-1)
4 Catholic – B.R. 117 (4-2)
5 Northshore 108 (5-1-2)
6 St. Amant 104 (5-2-1)
7 Alexandria 77 (4-3-2)
8 Lafayette 75 (2-4)
9 Brother Martin 56 (2-2-2)
9 Dutchtown 56 (2-0-1)
9 Byrd, C.E. 56 (7-0-1)

Others receiving votes:
Acadiana 34 (1-3-1)
East Ascension 30 (5-1-1)
Mandeville 28 (6-3)
West Jefferson 17 (1-3)
Baton Rouge 14 (3-2-1)
Captain Shreve 7 (5-3)
Slidell 3 (4-0-1)
Barbe 3 (5-1-2)
Pineville 2 (5-4-2)
Zachary 1 (3-1-1)

DIVISION II
1 Holy Cross [8] 147 (1-1)
2 Woodlawn – B.R. 130 (4-1-1)
3 East Jefferson 125 (4-1)
4 Beau Chene 121 (2-2-3)
5 St. Thomas More [2] 113 (4-0-1)
6 Caddo Magnet 91 (3-1-1)
7 Lakeshore 89 (4-1)
8 Riverdale 78 (3-0-1)
9 Ruston 68 (5-0-3)
10 Central Lafourche 45 (2-3-3)
10 Benton 45 (4-4-2)

Others receiving votes:4
Ben Franklin 43 (1-3)
Terrebonne 32 (4-1-2)
Destrehan 22 (2-1)
Live Oak 17 (3-3)
Central – B.R. 14 (4-3)
Ouachita Parish 8 (3-4-2)
Neville 7 (0-3-1)
De La Salle 5 (2-1-3)

DIVISION III
1 St. Louis Catholic [9] 149 (4-0-2)
2 E.D. White Catholic 131 (3-2-1)
3 University Lab [1] 130 (2-0-1)
4 Teurlings Catholic 127 (4-0-1)
5 Vandebilt Catholic 103 (1-4-1)
6 Loyola Prep 100 (2-2-2)
7 Holy Savior Menard 88 (1-2)
8 Parkview Baptist 86 (3-0-1)
9 St. Martinville 64 (3-1-4)
10 DeRidder 43 (5-2-3)
10 North Vermillion 43 (4-0-2)

Others receiving votes:
Afrchbishop Hannan 28 (5-2)
Pearl River 19 (3-1)
N.O. Military and Maritime 18 (3-1-2)
Lusher Charter 16 (3-0-1)
Bolton 14 (4-3-2)
St. Michael 12 (1-6)
Haynes Academy 8 (2-2)
International High 6 (1-1)
Leesville 4 (1-1)
Lutcher 4 (2-3)
Morgan City 3 (3-2)
Cecilia 3 (1-3-2)
North DeSoto 1 (6-2)

DIVISION IV
1 Episcopal of Acadiana [10] 150 (4-0-1)
2 Newman, Isidore 138 (2-0)
3 Northlake Christian 125 (1-1)
4 St. Thomas Aquinas 121 (3-0-2)
5 Episcopal 113 (4-0-1)
6 Catholic – N.I. 100 (2-1)
7 Country Day 76 (2-1)
8 Sterlington 71 (4-1)
9 Glenmora 62 (3-1-2)
10 Pope John Paul II 47 (7-1-1)

Others receiving votes:
Christ Episcopal 42 (3-3-1)
Dunham 35 (1-3-2)
Ascension Christian 34 (4-1)
Covenant Christian 19 (2-2-1)
St. Frederick 16 (1-4)
Westminster Christian 10 (1-3-2)
North Caddo 8 (1-3)
Houma Christian 8 (4-5)
Lafayette Christian 8 (0-0-1)
Grace Christian 7 (1-5-1)
Runnels 6 (0-2)
Calvary Baptist 2 (3-1-1)
Rapides 1 (1-1)
St. Martin’s Episcopal 1 (0-6-1)

Area Prep Soccer Results for Monday, Dec. 3

New Orleans Area

Hammond 3, Helen Cox 2

Thomas Jefferson 4, Belle Chasse 2

Slidell 1, Lakeshore 0

West Jefferson 2, NOMMA 1

Baton Rouge Area

Walker 7, Belaire 2

West Feliciana 2, Plaquemine 1

Bayou Area

Fisher 3, Covenant Christian 1

Area Prep Soccer Schedule for Tuesday, Dec. 4

New Orleans Area

Bonnabel at Northlake Christian, 7 p.m.

Dutchtown at Mandeville, 7:30 p.m.

Fontainebleau at Pearl River, 7 p.m.

Ben Franklin at Landry-Walker, 6 p.m.

Haynes at Christ Episcopal, 5 p.m.

Jesuit at Archbishop Shaw, 3:30 p.m.

Lutcher at Kenner Discovery, 5 p.m.

Parkview at St. Charles Catholic, 5 p.m.

Pope John Paul II at Lusher, 6 p.m.

Riverdale at Belle Chasse, 6 p.m.

St. Martin’s Episcopal at Salmen, 4 p.m.

Baton Rouge Area

Archbishop Rummel at Episcopal, 6 p.m.

Ascension Christian at East Ascension, 4 p.m.

Catholic (BR) at Woodlawn (BR), 6 p.m.

St. Thomas More at Denham Springs, 6 p.m.