re: North or South Louisiana high school football?

To follow up on my previous point: The Monroe area (including Ruston) has sent a team to the Dome in the highest class (going back to when 4A was the highest class) 25 of the last 30 years.

They have had five schools play in the highest class in that time. Four have won state championships (Ouachita, Neville, Ruston and West Monroe).

In 4A, the Monroe area has won five of the last seven state titles.

The Monroe area has sent six teams to the Dome in 1A since 2000, covering three programs (Ouachita Christian, Sterlington and Oak Grove).

There are only maybe 200k people in that Northeast Louisiana area, about 1/5 of metro New Orleans and 1/4 of Metro Baton Rouge and about 1/25 the population of the I-10 corridor. So, no, it's not going to produce as many players.

But I know this. South Louisiana teams don't wanna frick with the Monore teams come playoff time. So far, the three Monroe-area teams are 5-1 in the 5A playoffs (including Ruston) and the only loss is Ruston to Ouachita.