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Rev. Msgr. Douglas Doussan, a priest of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, died on July 9, 2025. He was 90 years of age.

Sister of the Holy Family Mary Tekakwitha Vega (Teresita Lelia Vega), former congregational leader, died Feb. 19.

Sister of the Holy Family Elma Olivera, a former teacher and principal, died Feb. 16 . She was 95 and had served for 78 years in religious life.

Msgr. Bruce Miller, a retired priest of the Diocese of Alexandria and former academic dean at St. Joseph Seminary College, died Feb. 25 in Covington at the age of 73. A memorial Mass was celebrated March 6 at Our Lady of the Lake Church in Mandeville.

As the weather cooled during the fall sports season, New Orleans-area Catholic schools turned up the heat as archdiocesan schools claimed five state championships in three varsity sports.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.