A very special coach was awarded a very special recognition when St. Augustine High School named its basketball court in Bernard Griffith’s honor on Nov. 18.

Pope John Paul II, one of the surprises in Select Division III football, has an opportunity to advance to the quarterfinal round of the state playoffs.

The last time a Jefferson Parish public school won a state volleyball championship was in 1982, when Bonnabel capped a 41-0 season by defeating parish neighbor Riverdale in two sets. ​ Haynes Academy ended that long drought on Nov. 16 by ending the reign of defending champion Archbishop Hannan, 3-2, for the Division III crown in Lafayette.

Jesuit answered the starter’s gun and didn’t look back as it easily repeated as the District 9-5A boys’ cross country champion on Oct. 31.

The staple of high school sports is its traditional rivalries. Nothing sparks the fans’ interest more than a confrontation between two teams bent on each other’s destruction.

The death of local sportscaster Ed Daniels had a profound effect on the Allstate Sugar Bowl National Prep Basketball Classic, which was scheduled to be played at the multi-court Alario Center on Jan. 2-4, 2025.

Over the decades of my career as a sports writer, I’ve seen enough fantastical occurrences to write another book.

Reputed to be one of the state’s most efficient group of sports officials by the LHSAA, the Greater New Orleans Football Officials Association (GNOFOA) is running short of men and women who enforce the rules of the game.

For the past decade, Louisiana Division I high school volleyball has been dominated by just two schools: Dominican and Mount Carmel of District 8-I.

Catholic schools’ 2024 prep football schedules. All games kick off at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

Jesuit High School senior swimmer Enzo Solitario qualified in the 100-meter butterfly for the 2024 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials held in June at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

Clarion Herald sports editor Ron Brocato reflects on his relationship with WGNO TV Sports Director Ed Daniels, who passed away Friday, Aug. 16.

Long before the Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) had placed its member schools in districts, sports teams were lumped into “leagues,” based on the size of the school's enrollment.

Every year, it is a sure sign that football season approaches. But, this year, instead of making the ride east for SEC media days, we went west.

On a balmy November 1950 afternoon on Philadelphia’s Franklin Field, two future NFL greats invited their high school coach to join them on the football field for a special tribute.

As training camp in California approaches quickly, I will answer the question again: Can the Saints win with Derek Carr?

During the 1940s, not only did New Orleans’ prep schools sweep the state rally championship games, but the runners-up were also Crescent City schools over that 10-year span.

"This week, I was thinking about the call I got from a 2024 inductee into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. His induction happened this weekend in Natchitoches."

History tells us that the 1 o’clock football game on Nov. 9 between Jesuit and Warren Easton high schools will be the 50th in the once-legendary rivalry between the city’s oldest public and Catholic prep football programs.

Mount Carmel alumna, Kristen Nuss, will be the third Olympian who graduated from a high school in the archdiocese.