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re: Old school LHSAA powerhouse Sicily Island is closing…
Posted on 2/22/25 at 9:00 am to chalmetteowl
Posted on 2/22/25 at 9:00 am to chalmetteowl
I’ve driven through there probably hundreds of times and I didn’t even know they still had a high school.
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Posted on 2/22/25 at 9:04 am to chalmetteowl
Them and Basile played a semifinal game TWICE due to a tie and ties in tie breakers a few years before bro mart and neville did(even the "glory days the history of the catholic league claims that 72 game was the first time and only time that happened - they were also wrong in claiming the final game Neville and Airline was a blow out - it was a one score game).
Unfortunately it's a nationwide trend for small rural schools and makes $$ sense.
Springhill also comes to mind as a power that is no more.
Unfortunately it's a nationwide trend for small rural schools and makes $$ sense.
Springhill also comes to mind as a power that is no more.
Posted on 2/22/25 at 9:08 am to JJ27
quote:I think before levees it became a periodic island.
The only land locked “Island” that I know of…
Posted on 2/22/25 at 9:15 am to choupiquesushi
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were also wrong in claiming the final game Neville and Airline was a blow out - it was a one score game).
Maybe it played out like the Alabama LSU championship game where one team just was not scoring no matter what… probably more common with 70s offenses
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Springhill also comes to mind as a power that is no more.
Springhill is North Webster now
This post was edited on 2/22/25 at 9:16 am
Posted on 2/22/25 at 9:16 am to chalmetteowl
quote:yes but it is not springhill
Springhill is North Webster now
Posted on 2/22/25 at 9:18 am to chalmetteowl
quote:no the reporter talking about it said Neville beat them by 40 or so points or something to that effect.
Maybe it played out like the Alabama LSU championship game where one team just was not scoring no matter what… probably more common with 70s offenses
All 4 teams in the semis that year had crazy good defenses.
Posted on 2/22/25 at 10:32 am to chalmetteowl
It seems like alot of lot of schools in the northern part of the parish have consolidated, more so than in the southern part of the state. I wonder if that will ever happen in South La.
Posted on 2/22/25 at 11:13 am to choupiquesushi
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yes but it is not springhill
It’s all the same kids who play in the same stadium
Posted on 2/22/25 at 2:39 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
Dr. Henry Pack was from Sicily Island.
Posted on 2/22/25 at 6:04 pm to FightinTigersDammit
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Former powerhouse Atlanta HS closed down a few years ago
They were awesome in basketball in the 70s and 80s
Posted on 2/22/25 at 6:19 pm to OU812
Yes, they were.
Posted on 2/22/25 at 6:20 pm to OU812
We need to do a thread on all the closed B and C schools. In 20 years that class won’t exist.
Posted on 2/22/25 at 6:53 pm to CypressTrout10
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We need to do a thread on all the closed B and C schools. In 20 years that class won’t exist.
I know one thing, it’s hard to imagine Phoenix and Grand Isle going anywhere
Posted on 2/22/25 at 8:05 pm to CypressTrout10
Shongaloo
Pat Minnifield was a stud in basketball. Think he was all state starting in his 5th or 6th grade year.
Pat Minnifield was a stud in basketball. Think he was all state starting in his 5th or 6th grade year.
Posted on 2/22/25 at 9:44 pm to chalmetteowl
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Catahoula Parish population peaked at 16,351 in the 1900 census, and has dropped from 12,287 in 1980 to 8,906 in 2020
Catahoula and LaSalle were one parish prior to 1910.
Posted on 2/22/25 at 10:08 pm to chalmetteowl
The schools in Catahoula have needed consolidation for awhile and it should have happened 30+ years ago when Enterprise shut down and the writing was on the wall that a trend was beginning. I should have graduated from Catahoula High School (Block High 06)
Man. To think about the football teams that could have been with Block and SI together coupled with the cupboard of athletes Harrisonburg always kept that never got a chance to play football. Hell, even Central had some ballers in the late 90s early 2000s that were natural athletes and could have easily excelled in football. But like most rural areas we had years of multiple powers that be who couldn’t get out of their own way and didn’t want to be known as the ones who “closed our school.”
Man. To think about the football teams that could have been with Block and SI together coupled with the cupboard of athletes Harrisonburg always kept that never got a chance to play football. Hell, even Central had some ballers in the late 90s early 2000s that were natural athletes and could have easily excelled in football. But like most rural areas we had years of multiple powers that be who couldn’t get out of their own way and didn’t want to be known as the ones who “closed our school.”
Posted on 2/23/25 at 1:03 am to SWLA92
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It seems like alot of lot of schools in the northern part of the parish have consolidated, more so than in the southern part of the state. I wonder if that will ever happen in South La.
St Bernard and Plaquemines used Katrina to consolidate
Jefferson just closed Grace King and Helen Cox along with Ridgewood closing recently
Orleans closed Dolores Taylor Arthur and MLK Charter and I think International High too. They merged Rosenwald with Cohen…
Posted on 2/23/25 at 4:47 am to chalmetteowl
Atlanta blew us out every year in the 70s. Larto and Enterprise were a guaranteed win. Class C will disappear as the small schools close.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 7:26 am to S
As long as they keep toonces on their water tower.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 10:54 pm to FightinTigersDammit
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Former powerhouse Atlanta HS closed down a few years ago
They were a powerhouse in the 90’s too. They were class C and one of their state championship teams had 4 of their starting 5 go on and play college ball the next season. That is unheard of for class C and B schools.
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