St. Paul’s, STM, VC, Episcopal remain on top in state soccer rankings

The top-ranked teams remain the same in the latest Louisiana High School Soccer Coaches Association rankings for Jan. 20-26.

In Division I, St. Paul’s (21-0) remains the unanimous No. 1 team and one of the best teams in the country. Surging Jesuit (14-2-5) is up to second. The Blue Jays have won five straight matches since falling 2-1 to St. Paul’s on Dec. 28. St. Amant is third with Brother Martin moving up to fourth and Dutchtown fifth. Mandeville is tenth.

In Division II, St. Thomas More (12-1-1) is first and the Cougars received five first-place votes. Holy Cross (15-5-3) is second with four first-place votes. The Tigers defeated New Orleans Military & Maritime 5-1 Monday. Beau Chene is third and received the other first-place vote. Ben Franklin is fourth with East Jefferson fifth. Bonnabel is sixth.

Vandebilt Catholic (15-2-8) remains first in Division III with four first-place votes. University High (10-3-2) is a close second with five first-place votes. Loyola Prep is third with Parkview Baptist fourth and Lusher Charter fifth. New Orleans Military & Maritime is eighth with Archbishop Hannan tenth.

Episcopal (9-4-2) tops the Division IV rankings with eight first-place votes. Newman (7-5-3) is second and received a first-place vote with Christ Episcopal (13-1-1) third and receiving the final first-place vote. Catholic of New Iberia is fourth with Pope John Paul II fifth. Country Day is ninth with Northlake Christian tenth.

Here are your LHSSCA rankings:

DIVISION I
1 St. Paul’s 150 (10) (21-0)
2 Jesuit 134 (14-2-5)
3 St. Amant 115 (10-3-1)
4 Brother Martin 113 (10-2-4)
5 Dutchtown 107 (14-4-1)
6 Denham Springs 95 (16-6)
7 Lafayette 92 (11-3-4)
8 Catholic – B.R. 85 (9-3-1)
9 Byrd 77 (12-3-7)
10 Mandeville 66 (14-4-3)

Others receiving votes:
Baton Rouge 54 (10-4-6)
Central Lafourche 26 (15-6-1)
Acadiana 20 (11-5-2)
Zachary 16 (14-6-2)
West Jefferson 11 (12-4-3)
Captain Shreve 10 (8-8-2)
Sulphur 9 (8-5-4)
Central – B.R. 5 (8-3-2)
Pineville 5 (7-3-6)
Alexandria 3 (8-8-2)
West Monroe 3 (7-0-6)
Destrehan 2 (9-6-1)
Southside 1 (5-10-3)
Slidell 1 (10-5-1)

DIVISION II
1 St. Thomas More (5) 144 (12-1-1)
2 Holy Cross (4) 140 (15-5-3)
3 Beau Chene (1) 136 (14-5-2)
4 Ben Franklin 115 (10-3-4)
5 East Jefferson 110 (5-6-2)
6 Bonnabel 101 (10-6-3)
7 Neville 94 (10-4-2)
8 Terrebonne 72 (11-8-3)
9 Ouachita Parish 53 (10-7-4)
10 Benton 47 (8-8-5)

Others receiving votes:
Riverdale 46 (8-4)
Caddo Magnet 43 (8-6-1)
Helen Cox 39 (9-1)
Lakeshore 34 (6-10-2)
Parkway 12 (11-6-4)
Woodlawn – B.R. 7 (4-11-1)
South Terrebonne 5 (9-5)
Sam Houston 1 (5-11-2)
Live Oak 1 (4-10-2)

DIVISION III
1 Vandebilt Catholic (4) 141 (15-2-8)
2 University Lab([5) 135 (10-3-2)
3 Loyola Prep (1) 130 (16-4-5)
4 Parkview Baptist 114 (15-3)
5 Lusher Charter 112 (12-2-4)
6 North Vermillion 100 (12-4-1)
7 E.D. White Catholic 99 (12-6-1)
8 N.O. Military & Maritime 76 (11-4-2)
9 Bossier 74 (15-1-1)
10 Archbishop Hannan 52 (6-7-4)

Others receiving votes:
St. Louis Catholic 39 (3-9-9)
Teurlings Catholic 37 (4-7-4)
David Thibodaux 32 (9-5-2)
St. Michael 26 (14-9-2)
DeRidder 18 (12-4-2)
Sterlington 5 (3-11-1)
Pearl River 4 (5-7-2)
Buckeye 3 (10-10-2)
Leesville 2 (9-7-3)
Haynes Academy 1 (5-6-1)

DIVISION IV
1 Episcopal (8) 147 (9-4-2)
2 Newman (1) 138 (7-5-3)
3 Christ Episcopal (1) 134 (13-1-1)
4 Catholic – N.I. 108 (5-6-4)
5 Pope John Paul II 104 (14-6-4)
6 Episcopal of Acadiana 100 (5-4-3)
7 Rapides 80 (13-3-3)
8 Holy Savior Menard 79 (9-3-2)
9 Country Day 74 (4-7-1)
10 Northlake Christian 70 (6-7-2)

Others receiving votes:
St. Thomas Aquinas 41 (4-6-3)
Dunham 31 (4-9)
Vermillion Catholic 24 (9-1-4)
Lafayette Christian 22 (7-5)
Opelousas Catholic 11 (8-4-3)
Calvary Baptist 10 (5-3-1)
Ascension Episcopal 7 (9-5-3)
St. Frederick 6 (6-4-5)
Ascension Christian 5 (4-5-4)
Houma Christian 5 (3-9-2)
North Caddo 2 (0-9-0)
Westminster Christian 2 (6-6)

Area Soccer Scores from Monday, Jan. 21

Boys

Ben Franklin 3, Northlake Christian 0

Holy Cross 5, New Orleans Military & Maritime 1

Vandebilt Catholic 4, Archbishop Hannan 1

Girls

Central Lafourche 3, McGehee 0

Dominican 3, Baton Rouge 0

New Orleans Military & Maritime 1, Covenant Christian 1