re: Season long LHSAA soccer thread

ha
88-89 my first year in HS

Baton Rouge High got at least one vote in the preseason coaches poll:

2018-2019 LHSSCA PRESEASON RANKINGS

November 6, 2018

For immediate press release:

The Louisiana High School Soccer Coaches Association (LHSSCA), conducts this poll. The voting committee consists of ten coaches from each division throughout the state. The number in brackets indicates first place votes. Records, when listed, are in American-style, W-L-D format. Wins are in blue, draws are in green, and losses are in red. Games against non-LHSAA opponents are in purple (non-LHSAA games do not count towards the official record/power ratings for each team but may be considered in the coaches' poll).

DIVISION I
1 Jesuit [5] 145
1 St. Paul's [5] 145
3 Catholic - B.R. 106
3 Lafayette 106
5 St. Amant 97
6 Dutchtown 91
7 Northshore 90
8 Denham Springs 87
9 Brother Martin 74
10 Acadiana 63

Others receiving votes:

Byrd, C.E. 60
Alexandria 53
Grace King 22
Mandeville 14
Captain Shreve 13
East Ascension 12
West Jefferson 8
Sulphur 7
East St. John 3
Pineville 3
Baton Rouge 1

DIVISION II

1 Holy Cross [8] 148
2 Beau Chene [1] 137
3 East Jefferson [1] 105
4 Woodlawn - B.R. 102
5 Lakeshore 89
6 St. Thomas More 87
7 Caddo Magnet 77
8 Ben Franklin 69
9 Riverdale 48
10 Ruston 42

Others receiving votes:

Neville 39
Central Lafourche 39
Terrebonne 34
Benton 33
Ouachita Parish 32
Live Oak 31
Destrehan 19
Carencro 19
Central - B.R. 17
Minden 7
Westgate 6
De La Salle 5
Northwood - Shreve 4
Sam Houston 4
West Ouachita 4
South Lafourche 3
Parkway 2
Helen Cox 1

DIVISION III

1 Vandebilt Catholic [5] 141
2 E.D. White [2] 133
3 University Lab [1] 127
4 St. Louis Catholic [2] 126
5 Loyola Prep 113
6 Teurlings Catholic 89
7 Holy Savior Menard 86
8 Parkview Baptist 80
9 St. Michael 50
10 St. Martinville 47

Others receiving votes:

DeRidder 36
North Vermillion 33
Bolton 30
Leesville 29
N.O. Military and Maritime 11
Cecilia 11
Erath 9
Lusher Charter 8
Haynes Academy 8
Morgan City 7
Lutcher 6
Hannan 5
St. Charles 4
Bossier 4
Inter. H.S. of N.O. 3
West Feliciana 2
Pearl River 1
North DeSoto 1

DIVISION IV

1 Episcopal of Acadiana [10] 150
2 Northlake Christian 132
2 Newman, Isidore 132
4 St. Thomas Aquinas 114
5 Catholic - N.I. 101
6 Episcopal 98
7 Country Day 89
8 Glenmora 51
9 Dunham 49
10 St. Frederick 46

Others receiving votes:

Sterlington 38
Ascension Christian 26
Christ Episcopal 24
Westminster Christian 22
Runnels 21
Evangel Christian 19
Houma Christian 14
Calvary Baptist 13
Pope John Paul II 13
Covenant Christian 11
Lafayette Christian 10
St. Martin's Episcopal 9
Grace Christian 5
Riverside Academy 4
Ouachita Christian 4
Ridgewood 2
Delta Charter 1
North Caddo 1
Opelousas Catholic 1

quote:

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Because the good BRSC kids don't go there in enough numbers to make them competitive.

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Exactly. And this applies to all schools in the Baton Rouge area. BRHS stopped being consistently competitive when they moved up a division about 20 years ago. A few years after that, they stopped bringing in premier coaches and voilà, mediocrity.

They are spread out in lots of different schools:
Catholic High
Dunham
Episcopal
Woodlawn
Dutchtown
East Ascension
St. Amant
Etc.

quote:

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5 St. Amant 97

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brother didnt even make team

i dont like catholic, but i guess ill choose them to win State this year

Meh. The majority of BRHS's student body is female. Compairing their team sports to Catholic's comes down to a lot more than money.