While it may be true that St. Charles Parish’s largest export is grain, to football fans it is professional and college football players. With a greater NFL representation than some small states, the St. Charles football factory is in full production and doesn’t seem like it will slow down anytime soon. […]
Balance was the key word Friday night in the Destrehan Wildcats’ 55-12 victory over the Helen Cox Cougars. […]
After struggling to a 1-3 start this season, the Hahnville Tigers won five of their final six games to finish 6-4 and share the district championship with the East St. John Wildcats. Their surge has also propelled them into the 5A state playoffs where they will travel to West Monroe to take on the fifth-ranked Rebels this Friday night. […]
In what is usually one of the hardest fought games of the season for the Hahnville Tigers and Destrehan Wildcats, this year was no contest. The Hahnville Tigers took an early lead and never looked back on their way to a 34-3 victory, a share of the District Championship and a guaranteed playoff spot.
The Hahnville Tigers were able to hold off the John Ehret Patriots with a goal line stand at the end of Friday’s game to take a 28-21 victory and a shot at the district championship this week. With Higgins defeating East St. John as well that night, Hahnville lands in a three-way tie for the district lead.
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Better late than never was the theme of the Hahnville Tigers’ 25-8 victory over the Higgins Hurricanes Friday night as the Tigers trailed 8-3 going into the fourth quarter. But the team rebounded with 22 points in the last 10 minutes of the game to pick up their second district win.
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It took a while for the Tiger offense to get started Friday night against the Higgins Hurricanes. But once they did, they were hard to stop, scoring 22 fourth quarter points to storm to a 25-8 victory.
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It was an eerily familiar situation that the Destrehan Wildcats found themselves in on Friday against the John Ehret Patriots.
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If anyone left the Destrehan-Higgins game at halftime on Friday, they missed a thrilling Wildcat comeback from being down 12-0 to forcing overtime.
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Hahnville head coach Lou Valdin was hopeful that his squad would peak in time for district play. For 80 percent of the game, he got what he wanted.
The Destrehan Wildcats had the opportunity to give the second-ranked Dutchtown Griffins more than they could handle last Friday night. But two costly fumbles swung the momentum of the game and the Wildcats came away with their third loss of the season.
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The Hahnville Tigers looked very strong at halftime last Friday against a tough St. Augustine team. The defense had just made a crucial stop on a fourth and goal with only seconds remaining in the second quarter and the team took a 21-14 lead into the locker room. However, three second half turnovers changed their fortune as the Purple Knights were the ones who ended up going home with a 40-21 victory.
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