re: John Curtis v Zachary will not be played on Friday

Seems like a particular game of interest from week 2 is missing from this article, out of a New Orleans based media outlet, that highlights JC home games. Seems as if JC knew that was supposed to be a home game for Zachary.

Curtis, Jesuit to play home football games at Shrine on Airline this fall
June 30, 2023
By Lenny Vangilder


New Orleans’ former home of minor league baseball and current home of Major League Rugby is getting back in the high school football business this fall.

John Curtis Christian, which played district home games at the Shrine on Airline from 2016-19, is moving its home schedule back to the facility this fall, and Jesuit will also play a pair of home district games at the Shrine.

Curtis’ home schedule begins Sept. 1 against Central Lafourche. The Patriots will also meet Santaluces (Florida) in Week 3 before opening District 9-5A play against Jesuit on Sept. 22. Their other home games are against Archbishop Rummel on Oct. 6 and Brother Martin Oct. 27.


“We struggle with places to play,” said legendary Patriots head coach J.T. Curtis, who added that the ball got rolling on this project while visiting with Jefferson Parish councilman-at-large Scott Walker at a crawfish boil earlier this year.

By having a place to play district games on Friday nights, Curtis said, “This is going to allow us to have a much more productive product on the field.”


Curtis enters the 2023 season with 615 career wins, six shy of the all-time record of 621 set by John McKissick of Summerville, South Carolina.

Jesuit will play its Sept. 29 home game against St. Augustine and its Nov. 3 home matchup with Archbishop Rummel at the 10,000-seat venue.

“We were fortunate that two of the dates that were going to be in tough spots for us happened to be open for this season,” Jesuit athletic director David Moreau said.

Since the departure of New Orleans’ minor league baseball team in 2019, NOLA Gold of Major League Rugby has become the facility’s primary tenant. The facility uses the moniker of the “Gold Mine on Airline” for rugby games.

Improvements to the facility – with an eye on multiple uses including soccer, rugby and football – could begin as soon as next year.

In the spring, the Jefferson Parish Council earmarked $15 million from proceeds of the American Rescue Plan Act toward improvements at the Shrine. Councilman Deano Bonano, whose district includes the facility, said the state committed to a similar dollar amount in the 2023 capital outlay budget.

“I can’t thank the council enough to get this moving forward,” Curtis said. “I don’t think you can invest your money any better than in the youth of our community.”