Louisiana High School Football Archives

Football Preview: Ascension Catholic ready for season

The Ascension Catholic Bulldogs will start the 2021 season with a new coach and plenty of excitement after a tough ending to the 2020 season.

The 6-foot-5, 342 pounder out of Catholic High paired his final choices down to LSU and Florida State.

The 6-foot-2, 205 pounder is a five-star rated talent and the No. 2 ranked safety in the nation according to 247sports.

Chris Dugas enters his 11th season on the job.

It isn’t as though John Curtis Christian has suddenly gone from the monolith of prep football in Louisiana to an also-ran.

If they can stay healthy in 2021, there is no reason that Many should not still be alive and fighting deep in the postseason.

For the first time in nearly a quarter of a century, there is a different man at the helm of the Yellow Jackets’ football team.

It has become one of the consistently outstanding Division II programs in Louisiana.

While there was promise through some talent on hand, the 2020 season was a lost opportunity for St. Martin’s Episcopal.

The coach is a proven winner. The program has proven it can win.