St. Paul’s, Holy Cross, U-High, Newman top state soccer rankings

Area Prep Soccer Report for Tuesday, November 26

Defending state champions St. Paul’s, Holy Cross and University High sit atop their respective divisions in the Louisiana High School Soccer Coaches Association rankings while Newman is No. 1 in Division IV.

St. Paul’s (3-0) is the unanimous choice in Division I. The Wolves moved to 3-0 on the season with a 2-0 victory over St. Amant Monday. Jesuit is second with Dutchtown third, St. Amant fourth and Lafayette fifth. Brother Martin is No. 7 and Northshore is No. 10.

Holy Cross (2-0) received seven first-place votes to grab the top spot in Division II with St. Thomas More getting the other three first place votes for second. Beau Chene is third with East Jefferson fourth and Ben Franklin fifth. Lakeshore is sixth and Bonnabel is seventh.

University High (1-0) edged out St. Louis Catholic for the top spot in Division III. Both the Cubs and Saints received five first-place votes. Loyola Prep is third with Lusher Charter fourth and Vandebilt Catholic fifth.

Newman fell to 1-1 with a 1-0 loss to Episcopal Monday but the Greenies have the top spot with eight first-place votes in Division IV. Northlake Christian received the other two first-place votes and is second with Episcopal third. Pope John Paul II is fourth with Catholic of New Iberia fifth. St. Thomas Aquinas is sixth with Country Day ninth.

Here are your LHSSCA Rankings for Week 1:

DIVISION I

1 St. Paul’s [10] 150 (3-0)
2 Jesuit 135 (1-0)
3 Dutchtown 128 (3-1)
4 St. Amant 115 (1-1)
5 Lafayette 110 (1-0)
6 Catholic – B.R. 102 (1-1)
7 Brother Martin 87 (1-1)
8 Acadiana 63 (4-0-1)
8 Byrd 63 (1-0-2)
10 Captain Shreve 50 (2-1)
10 Northshore 50 (2-1)

Others receiving votes:

Denham Springs 49 (2-2)
Southside 18 (1-0)
Pineville 17 (2-1-2)
Baton Rouge 15 (0-1)
Mandeville 12 (2-3)
East Ascension 11 (2-2-1)
Alexandria 7 (1-1)
Airline 6 (3-2-1)
Zachary 6 (2-3)
Central Lafourche 4 (4-1)
West Jefferson 2 (1-0)

DIVISION II

1 Holy Cross [7] 144 (2-0)
2 St. Thomas More [3] 141 (2-0)
3 Beau Chene 129 (0-1)
4 East Jefferson 117 (1-0-1)
5 Ben Franklin 103 (1-0-1)
6 Lakeshore 89 (0-1)
7 Bonnabel 83 (3-1-2)
8 Caddo Magnet 65 (1-3)
9 Neville 64 (0-1-1)
10 Terrebonne 46 (1-0-1)

Others receiving votes:

Live Oak 44 (0-0-1)
Benton 42 (1-2-1)
Ouachita Parish 38 (3-1-1)
Woodlawn – B.R. 37 (0-2-1)
Parkway 33 (4-0-1)
Riverdale 17 (1-1)
West Ouachita 2 (2-3)
Helen Cox 2 (0-0)
Broadmoor 2 (1-0)
Westgate 1 (0-0)
Carencro 1 (0-1)

DIVISION III

1 University Lab [5] 144 (1-0)
2 St. Louis Catholic [5] 140
3 Loyola Prep 117 (2-1-1)
4 Lusher Charter 115 (2-1)
5 Vandebilt Catholic 104 (1-1-1)
6 E.D. White Catholic 99 (2-0)
6 Parkview Baptist 99 (2-0)
8 St. Michael 78 (4-0-1)
9 Teurlings Catholic 71 (1-1)
10 Sterlington 45 (1-0)

Others receiving votes:

North Vermillion 44 (1-0)
Archbishop Hannan 42 (1-1-1)
DeRidder 30 (3-0)
Haynes Academy 24 (0-0)
N.O. Military & Maritime 20 (2-2)
Bossier 13 (5-0)
St. Martinville 7 (0-2)
David Thibodaux 3 (0-2)
Leesville 2 (1-0-1)
Pearl River 1 (1-2)
De La Salle 1 (0-2)
Buckeye 1 (2-2)

DIVISION IV

1 Newman [8] 147 (1-1)
2 Northlake Christian [2] 134 (1-0)
3 Episcopal 121 (4-1)
4 Pope John Paul II 119 (4-1)
5 Catholic – N.I. 111 (0-0)
6 St. Thomas Aquinas 94 (2-0)
7 Episcopal of Acadiana 84 (0-0-2)
7 Holy Savior Menard 84 (1-1)
9 Country Day 64 (0-0)
10 Dunham 63 (2-3)

Others receiving votes:

Christ Episcopal 48 (3-1)
Ascension Christian 36 (0-0)
Glenmora 36 (1-0-1)
St. Frederick 13 (0-1)
Lafayette Christian 11 (2-0)
Houma Christian 6 (0-1)
Rapides 6 (1-1)
Westminster Christian 5 (0-1)
North Caddo 5 (0-1)
Runnels 5 (0-1)
Covenant Christian 4 (0-2)
St. Charles Catholic 2 (0-0)
Riverside Academy 1 (0-0)
Pine 1 (0-1)

Area Prep Soccer Results from Monday, November 25

Boys

Episcopal 1, Newman 0

Lusher Charter 2, New Orleans Military & Maritime 0

Northshore 6, Archbishop Rummel 1

St. Paul’s 2, St. Amant 0

Girls

Belle Chasse 1, Lusher Charter 1

Franklinton 7, Hammond 3

Hahnville 3, Barbe 1

Hahnville 2, St. Louis Catholic 2

McGehee 2, Haynes Academy 0

Newman 4, Episcopal 0

Ursuline Academy 3, Academy of Our Lady 1

Area Prep Soccer Schedule for Tuesday, November 26

Boys

De La Salle at Northlake Christian, 7 p.m.

East Ascension at St. Thomas Aquinas, 4 p.m.

East St. John at Jesuit, 4 p.m. at John Ryan Stadium

Thomas Jefferson at Archbishop Shaw, 3:30 p.m.

Lakeshore at St. Paul’s, 5:30 p.m.

Girls

Destrehan at Newman, 7 p.m.

Dominican at St. Amant, 1 p.m.

Mandeville vs. West Monroe, 11 a.m.

Mandeville vs. Airline, 2:30 p.m.

St. Scholastica at Vandebilt Catholic, 5:30 p.m.

Hahnville at Sulphur, 11 a.m.

Lutcher at Woodlawn (BR), 1 p.m.