Week 6 results didn’t alter local teams’ rankings in this week’s Louisiana Sports Writers Association Top 10 polls.
Evangel’s 71-25 rout of Captain Shreve didn’t help the Eagles move forward from last week’s 10th-place ranking in Class 5A, but ECA picked up five more points in its second week in the Top 10.
Parkway (6 points, up 4), and Airline (1 point) got more voting support in 5A – Airline after its third-straight narrow loss, 48-43 at Parkway on the heels of defeats at Evangel (51-49) and to Shreve (66-56).
In the 4A voting, Loyola’s romp over Bossier kept the Flyers perfect and doubled their points in the state poll from 3 to 6. Northwood rolled 48-8 at Booker T. Washington but slipped a point.
Calvary posted a solid win at Homer and gained 6 points, but didn’t edge ahead from its No. 4 spot in the 2A Top 10. A collision between No. 2 Lafayette Christian and No. 5 Notre Dame this Friday might give the Cavaliers upward mobility assuming they subdue 3-3 Union Parish.
Voting by 11 LSWA members who cover high school sports in different parts of the state produces the weekly state rankings.
Week 7 LSWA top 10 polls:
Class 5A
School (first place votes), W-L, poll points, last week’s ranking
1. Karr (11), 6-0, 132, 1
2. Ruston, 5-1, 112, 3
3. John Curtis, 5-0, 108, 4
4. West Monroe, 5-1, 92, 7
5. St. Augustine, 5-1, 85, 5
6. Zachary, 5-0, 79, 6
7. Alexandria Senior High, 5-1, 68, 2
8. Central, 5-1, 51, 8
9. Catholic-Baton Rouge, 4-2, 48, 49
10. Evangel Christian, 5-1, 28, 10
Others receiving votes: Archbishop Rummel 13, Destrehan 11, Neville 10, Ouachita 7, Parkway 6, Brother Martin 2, Southside 2, Thibodaux 2, Airline 1, Carencro 1.
Class 4A
1. North DeSoto (9), 6-0, 127, 1
2. Teurlings Catholic (2), 6-0, 122, 2
3. St. Thomas More, 4-2, 108, 3
4. Plaquemine, 5-1, 87, 4
5. Iowa, 6-0, 81, 5
6. Franklin Parish, 4-2, 71, 6
7. St. Charles, 5-1, 69, 8
8. Archbishop Shaw, 4-2, 59, 10
9. Lakeshore, 5-1, 47, 9
10. Vandebilt Catholic, 6-0, 25, NR
Others receiving votes: Franklinton 22, Belle Chasse 12, Tioga 7, Loyola 6, Westgate 6, E.D. White 5, Northwood 1, Lutcher 1.
Class 3A
1. Jewel Sumner (8), 6-0, 126, 1
2. Madison Prep (1), 5-1, 116, 3
3. Bunkie (1), 6-0, 101, 4
4. St. James, 4-2, 97, 2
5. University (1), 4-2, 93, 5
6. Sterlington, 4-2, 84, 6
7. Erath, 6-0, 67, 7
8. Church Point, 5-1, 51, 8
9. Jena, 5-1, 47, 9
10. Lake Charles Prep, 4-2, 28, NR
Others receiving votes: Jennings 20, Amite 12, John F. Kennedy 8, Marksville 7, Pine 1.
Class 2A
1. Ouachita Christian (7), 6-0, 123, 1
2. Lafayette Christian Academy (3), 5-1, 118, 2
3. Dunham (1), 5-1, 110, 3
4. Calvary Baptist, 5-1, 98, 4
5. Notre Dame, 5-1, 89, 5
6. Catholic-New Iberia, 5-1, 82, 6
7. Oak Grove, 5-1, 64, 8
8. South Plaquemines, 5-1, 51, 10
9. Lafayette Renaissance Charter, 5-1, 30, 7
10. Mangham, 5-1, 26, NR
Others receiving votes: Kinder 21, Ferriday 17, Union Parish 10, Newman 9, East Feliciana 5, D’Arbonne Woods 4, Northlake Christian 2, Country Day 1.
Class 1A
1. Haynesville (10), 6-0, 131, 1
2. Jeanerette (1), 6-0, 120, 2
3. Hamilton Christian, 5-0, 105, 3
4. Riverside Academy, 5-1, 101, 5
5. Westminster-Opelousas, 6-0, 68, 10
6. Covenant Christian, 4-2, 57, 7
7. Kentwood, 3-3, 49, 9
8. Ascension Episcopal, 5-1, 45, 8
9. Opelousas Catholic, 4-2, 41, 4
10. Southern Lab, 3-3, 37, 6
Others receiving votes: North Iberville 34, Ascension Catholic 19, Sacred Heart-Ville Platte 16, Logansport 10, Catholic-Pointe Coupee 4, St. Edmund 3, St. John-Plaquemine 3, Vermilion Catholic 3, St. Frederick 1.