re: What LA high school had the most dominant reign in a period?

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Haynesville had a run that was crazy, JC didn't want to play them during that stretch, no one did lol. Bobby Ray Tell and those boys were ridiculous. Ask West Monroe

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When I read the title, I immediately thought of dominance by production of team accolades and titles, not individual players. And like the LHSAA does now, I think you need two categories, private and public. I have no interest in recognizing the athletic accomplishments of private schools compared to public. I've experienced that, watching the private school recruits and handpicked athletes beat up on public schools. I lived through the glory years of the Haynesville run since Springhill played them annually the first game of the season in football. My first year in Springhill we lost only two football games: the first one against 1A Haynesville (we were 2A) 8-6 and the last one against Jonesboro-Hodge in the 2A state championship game. That was at the start of Haynesville's run of championships. They were amazing. They executed just as good the first game as the last game of the season. One of Coach Franklin's sons told me they really only ran 5 or 6 different plays. At least once a game they'd score a TD on a punt or kick return. When my son played against Haynesville years later, he said they hit harder than any other team they played, including Evangel. Haynesville even beat a really good 5A West Monroe during their run.