I know this is a hot topic. Will be interesting to see what happens.
https://crescentcitysports.com/lates...school-sports/
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I know this is a hot topic. Will be interesting to see what happens.
https://crescentcitysports.com/lates...school-sports/
LOL! the private schools, kicked to the curb by the public schools, made off like bandits with playoff revenues while the pubic schools made almost nothing! Poetic justice!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bulldog Tom
There are some good points in that agenda. The assholes at Many HS (and Winnfield too, as I recall) filed the lawsuit that created the stupid separation and yes, Many should be forced into the select classification too because they have exclusive hold on all of Sabine Parish. Karma, baby!
That would also put Ruston in select along with Oak Grove, General Trass, Madison, and Franklin. I’m sure there are others.
Caldwell and Catahoula
All of the public schools in Lafayette Parish, which uses the academy system. Acadiana and Carencro would be Select.Quote:
Originally Posted by PawDawg
Alexandria Senior High, as well. Students in Rapides Parish can attend any high school in the parish.
Here we go....
https://geauxpreps.com/home/the-best...onship-events/
Ruston not mentioned. They are certainly "select" when it comes to football.
Go back to the way it was pre-2012. Schools can choose to play up, like Evangel did years ago, and Curtis certainly should play in 5A despite their enrollment, but mostly everyone plays in a class based on enrollment. Worked just fine for decades.
.........until the big schools started getting their asses kicked by Evangel, John Curtis, et al.........:laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by dawg80
@ktbs ; Here's the official lists for select and non-select schools for the LHSAA after last week's definition change.
Every Caddo Parish school besides Northwood are now considered select.
HD: The split was all driven by smaller schools when Evangel and Curtis were down in their classes. The principals at Many and Winfield in particular.Quote:
Originally Posted by HogDawg
Here is the list and an article out of NOLA:
https://crescentcitysports.com/lhsaa...ct-non-select/
What this really exposes is who should have been select all along.
And there is a lot of talk about state championships won by some schools and the question being raised is if they really are legitimate.
A lot of it centers around Lafayette Parish.
In the early 90s, Carencro created an all-star team using the Minority to Majority transfer program in Lafayette parish when almost everyone else in the state was still using attendance zones. When Carencro's program fell apart, Acadiana picked up the mantle using that same program. In the academy program in Lafayette Parish, Acadiana was able to build a parish wide all-star team for years, winning state championships. Then Carencro won a title in 4A two years ago. It would be as if one or two teams were created using the population bases of Lincoln, Union, and Quachita parishes combined.
The example cited most has been Acadiana's 2019 state championship team. It's been repeated over and over again on sports talk radio in south Louisiana - 13 of their 22 starters came from outside their attendance zone.
And if that were to happen, fine. Have NO PROBLEM with teams earning it on the field.Quote:
Originally Posted by HogDawg
Yep! And Curtis has won exactly one Division I state title in the 10 years they have played with "the big schools." It's not so easy when you have to go through the grind of week after week of good opponents.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Historian
And I thought you were Louisiana literate.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Historian
Don't be silly, Historian. You know the root of that. Of course the small schools complained. I don't blame them. For crying out loud, they don't have large enough enrollments and enough resources to compete with Evangel and Curtis the way the 5A schools do. But it was the large schools that chickened out and FORCED Evangel and Curtis to play in the small school classes in the first place. The whole subject about kicking Evangel and Curtis out of 5A was initially raised by the Head Coach at Southwood High School in Shreveport, and some other 5A coaches who quickly jumped on board. Make no mistake, those big 5A schools (including West Monroe) were NOT happy about losing games and 5A State Championships to Evangel. Their whole argument was petty. The 5A schools have the enrollment and resources to compete with Evangel and Curtis, but preferred to push those schools back down to 1A and 2A, where the small schools would get slaughtered. Evangel and Curtis had already been "playing up" in class levels much higher than their enrollments. If Evangel and Curtis wanted to "play up" in class, they certainly should have been allowed to. It was absurd for the LHSAA to send Evangel from 5A back down to 1A.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Historian
You both are right.Quote:
Originally Posted by HogDawg
The Many principal was the driving force behind the select/non-select split.
(1) Curious happening earlier this year: BR Catholic was to play WM this fall (contract had been signed). However after the vote in January Cathoiic pulled out when WM did not vote the "select" way. Interesting the LHSAA did NOT enforce the contract. So WM, at this time, has one less game in the fall.
(2) John Curtis was to play WM this fall, but withdrew the handshake deal when WM did not vote the "select" way in January. WM did get a replacement opponent for this one.
Rummel owns the last, true 5A state championship, from 2012 when we beat Barbe. Since then, the split has caused there to be two watered-down tournaments. Now, if the "5A" champ played the Division I champ the following week for all the marbles, well that would have gotten us closer to a true champion. But, ONLY the old way leads to a true state champion.
All this talk about Evangel and Curtis playing up in 5A, I say let 'em! Bring it on! If they win the state championship in 5A, more power to them. But as I mentioned Curtis has just one title in 10 years of playing with the elites in Division I. So, I wouldn't bet the mortgage that they would win the championship a bunch. If smaller schools want to play up, then let 'em. I do think large enrollment schools should not be allowed to play down in class, but small schools playing up? Go for it!