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LA HS Lacrosse State Championship Weekend: Jesuit 3-Peats 10-9 vs. Newman
Posted on 5/3/25 at 2:11 am
Posted on 5/3/25 at 2:11 am
D1 Final 4 Weekend got started Friday night at Catholic High with St. Paul's falling to Jesuit in a hard fought game. Jesuit heading back to Championship Sunday with eyes on their 3rd Straight State Championship.
Game 2 on the night featured Newman back in the Final 4 taking on Catholic in front of the Bears home crowd, whole the baseball series vs. John Curtis was taking place next door. Newman, led by 1st Team All East District Attackman Max Kukuy, started fast & kept their foot on the gas to outlast the Bears. Catholic Head Coach George Hopkins will be leaving to take over as Head Coach at his alma mater The Gilman School back in Baltimore, MD after 6 Straight trips to the Final 4.
Updated LHSLL D1 Bracket
Game 1 Highlights
Game 2 Highlights
D2 Championship Saturday will be live from St. Paul's School at 2pm as Catholic High's D2 Team takes on Parkway HS.
D2 Championship Matchup
All games are available streaming on Varsity Sports Now.
Game 2 on the night featured Newman back in the Final 4 taking on Catholic in front of the Bears home crowd, whole the baseball series vs. John Curtis was taking place next door. Newman, led by 1st Team All East District Attackman Max Kukuy, started fast & kept their foot on the gas to outlast the Bears. Catholic Head Coach George Hopkins will be leaving to take over as Head Coach at his alma mater The Gilman School back in Baltimore, MD after 6 Straight trips to the Final 4.
Updated LHSLL D1 Bracket
Game 1 Highlights
Game 2 Highlights
D2 Championship Saturday will be live from St. Paul's School at 2pm as Catholic High's D2 Team takes on Parkway HS.
D2 Championship Matchup
All games are available streaming on Varsity Sports Now.
This post was edited on 5/4/25 at 5:54 pm
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Posted on 5/3/25 at 4:53 am to forever lsu30
Karl Mitchell would be proud.
Posted on 5/3/25 at 7:33 am to forever lsu30
Wow the Catholic coach must be an incredible coach if he is taking over at Gilman. Nice to see that the game continues to grow in Louisiana!
Posted on 5/3/25 at 7:59 am to forever lsu30
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This post was edited on 11/7/25 at 7:02 am
Posted on 5/3/25 at 9:17 am to forever lsu30
Can you explain the D1 vs D2? I saw Jesuit has teams in both D1 and D2. What determines D1 or D2?
Posted on 5/3/25 at 10:37 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
D2 is basically JV. Teams that are in newer programs, smaller school with limited players, or in The case you referenced- a large school with an established program that has enough younger players to play and compete I. Division 2.
Posted on 5/3/25 at 1:35 pm to BARNEYSTINSON
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D2 is basically JV.
Holy Cross is in D2, they have had a lacrosse team for several years
Posted on 5/3/25 at 3:20 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
D2 was created so that smaller programs could be more competitive and have more playing opportunities, as opposed to almost always getting eliminated early on in district playoffs by bigger programs.
See also Central and Dutchtown. Not sure if they still have lacrosse teams, only because I’ve been out of the loop for a while.
See also Central and Dutchtown. Not sure if they still have lacrosse teams, only because I’ve been out of the loop for a while.
Posted on 5/3/25 at 7:57 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
The most recent leadership in LHSLL has established some guidelines to help teams work to continue to build.
The main guidelines now is new/existing teams to join the LHSLL get 3 years to play on the D2 level. At the end of that 3 years they will then promote to D1. Waivers can be submitted to remain at D2 for another year or 2 which is voted on by the league coaches. Reasons to stay at D2 can be due to low overall program numbers, a large graduating class with mostly a small/medium sized underclass coming back, lack of school/institutional support, etc.
Schools with larger programs that are able to field a D1, D2, JV, & even a Freshman team are allowed to do so. In these instances, a D2 Team at a D1 school has roster limitations, primarily they need to treat it like a JV & not field seniors.
chools can choose to start with a freshman team & grow from there. In this instance, they can play a freshman only schedule or a hybrid freshman/D2 schedule or an all D2 schedule.
What the state is in dire need of is more middle school aged lacrosse that feeds directly into high schools. Holy Cross, Brother Martin, Shaw, & Rummel are at a particular disadvantage in the NOLA area with no direct middle school feeder system. So, they are essentially starting over every year or 2. Recently, Brother Martin seems to have been growing with a little more success in house.
The main guidelines now is new/existing teams to join the LHSLL get 3 years to play on the D2 level. At the end of that 3 years they will then promote to D1. Waivers can be submitted to remain at D2 for another year or 2 which is voted on by the league coaches. Reasons to stay at D2 can be due to low overall program numbers, a large graduating class with mostly a small/medium sized underclass coming back, lack of school/institutional support, etc.
Schools with larger programs that are able to field a D1, D2, JV, & even a Freshman team are allowed to do so. In these instances, a D2 Team at a D1 school has roster limitations, primarily they need to treat it like a JV & not field seniors.
chools can choose to start with a freshman team & grow from there. In this instance, they can play a freshman only schedule or a hybrid freshman/D2 schedule or an all D2 schedule.
What the state is in dire need of is more middle school aged lacrosse that feeds directly into high schools. Holy Cross, Brother Martin, Shaw, & Rummel are at a particular disadvantage in the NOLA area with no direct middle school feeder system. So, they are essentially starting over every year or 2. Recently, Brother Martin seems to have been growing with a little more success in house.
Posted on 5/3/25 at 8:02 pm to BioBobcat
Coach George Hopkins is an alumnus of The Gilman School as well as D3 Franklin & Marshall.
He has lead Catholic to 6 straight semifinals & a state title.
For the last few years he has grown the CHS program to field a D1, D2, & Freshman teams. Here & there they even had enough players for a 2nd JV team.
He has also worked to develop strong summer lacrosse for Catholic High players.
I do no envy the individual tasked to follow him at CHS.
He has lead Catholic to 6 straight semifinals & a state title.
For the last few years he has grown the CHS program to field a D1, D2, & Freshman teams. Here & there they even had enough players for a 2nd JV team.
He has also worked to develop strong summer lacrosse for Catholic High players.
I do no envy the individual tasked to follow him at CHS.
Posted on 5/4/25 at 5:53 pm to forever lsu30
Jesuit wins their 3rd state title in a row. 4 of the last 5.
VSN Highlights on IG
Newman with their 1st ever state title appearance, battled all game keeping the score tight. Jesuit leaned on their roster experience & St. Attackman Wilson F. who won his 3rd State Title Offensive MVP Award.
VSN Highlights on IG
Newman with their 1st ever state title appearance, battled all game keeping the score tight. Jesuit leaned on their roster experience & St. Attackman Wilson F. who won his 3rd State Title Offensive MVP Award.
Posted on 5/4/25 at 6:15 pm to forever lsu30
Thanks for the reminder, Forever.
Looks like you can watch On Demand with VSN:
I'm watching LHSLL Div 1 Championship on Varsity Sports Now
LINK
Watch on VSN
Looks like you can watch On Demand with VSN:
I'm watching LHSLL Div 1 Championship on Varsity Sports Now
LINK
Watch on VSN
Posted on 5/5/25 at 11:40 am to slappy dappy doo
You're welcome & you're right.
The LHSLL has really stepped up their game with scores + weekly awards info on social media.
If teams can keep the info sharing rolling along the sport will continue to grow in LA.
There's a good chance we see 3-5+ new HS teams joining the league within the next 2-3 years. Steady growth will welcome to see.
The LHSLL has really stepped up their game with scores + weekly awards info on social media.
If teams can keep the info sharing rolling along the sport will continue to grow in LA.
There's a good chance we see 3-5+ new HS teams joining the league within the next 2-3 years. Steady growth will welcome to see.
Posted on 5/8/25 at 12:27 am to forever lsu30
When do All State & All American announcements come out?
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