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Overall Record 40-13 Last Week's Record 14-1 Featured Games: 1-1 (3-2) Week 4 Game of the week #1 Neville Tigers (3-0) vs St. Thomas More Cougars (1-2) Coming into the 2021 football season Coach Jeff Tannehill knew that if he wanted to get his team back to the championship pedigree of the 2010's he'd have to do it the hard way. With early games against rivals, Ruston and Ouachita the thoughts of starting the season with a losing record were very possible. However, the tigers have stood up to...
Week 2 Last Friday's September 10, 2021, DownSouth Sports Magazine "Game of the Week" featured General Trass vs. Wossman. The Panthers gave the Wildcats an embarrassing home loss by the score of 56-22. General Trass quarterback, Wydett Williams was named "Most Valuable Player" and led the way with 5 touchdowns (1 rushing and 4 passing). He passed for over 200 yards and rushed for over another 100 yards. The DownSouth Sports MVP was presented by Coach Crawford (The Voice of the Wildcats) and...
Overall Record 23-12 Last Week's Record 12-7 Featured Games: 1-1 (2-1) WEEK 3 GAME OF THE WEEK #2 WEST MONROE REBS (1-0) VS CATHOLIC BEARS (2-0) When you talk about storied programs in Louisiana football history, there are about 10 school's who's name would be mentioned in over 90% of the average football fan. Friday night 2 of those names will meet on the same field when Catholic (Baton Rouge) travels to West Monroe to face the Rebs. The bears will make the 3-hour drive north after defeating re...
WEEK 2 Sept. 10, 2021 Game Of the Week #1 Neville Tigers (1-0) Vs #3 Ouachita Lions (1-0) For the second week in a row, the Neville Tigers find themselves in my game of the week and with a juggernaut schedule these next 5 weeks, they may need to get used it. This week's opponent will be a familiar one, when Ouachita Parish High School visits the confines of Bill Ruple Stadium Friday night. The lions are fresh off of a 20-3 defensive gem over airline and want to keep that momentum vs the tigers....
Week 1 Sept. 3, 2021 Game of the Week #1 Neville Tigers VS #3 Ruston Bearcats One of the state's oldest rivalries continues when the Ruston Bearcats travel east to visit The Neville Tigers for the 96th time this Friday Night September 3, 2021. Last year's game may have been the best one ever when the Bearcats Overcame A 21 point deficit to defeat the Tigers 38-35 In triple overtime. Although A 27-Yard Field Goal Was Considered The Game-Winner, It Was A Miraculous 45-Yard "Hail Mary" Heave On...
Monroe City Academy (MCAL) presents "Battle of the Bayou Jamboree" a glimpse at our future football stars. See and watch them grow and perform Saturday September 4, 2021 at Carroll High School 2939 Renwick St. In Monroe LA. Games will start 6u-9am; 8u-10am; 10u-11am; and 12u-12 noon. Kids free Adults $5. Monroe City Academy League Youth Football & Cheer is for students ages 5-12 youth football & cheer league every Tuesday-Thursday at 4:30 pm at Marbles, Powell, Saul Adler, Emily P. and...
Mr. Pickem’ Grissom Top 16 2021 High School Football Players 1--Will Campbell (OL) – Neville 2-- Trey Holly (RB) – Union Parish 3-- AJ Allen (RB) – Neville 4-- Jaylen Kincaid (DB) – Ouachita 5-- Wydette Williams (QB) – General Trass 6 – Lorenzell Dubose (DB) -Neville 7 – Rayshawn Pleasant (Ath) – West Monroe 8 – Amareya Greely (RB) – Carroll Going into the 2020 season, most people including myself thought that in order for the Carroll Bulldogs to be successful that it would be solely on the arms and legs of QB Tony Hollins. although, th...
Former NFL Superstars Andre "Bad Moon" Risen, Coach Ronnie "Big Pill" Washington and Denzel Washington are giving back by training and teaching discipline to youth through football a game which they excelled, training rising youth stars....
Beast of the Week Senior Basketball Athletes from 22 schools in Northeast LA came to the George "Vamp' Belton Sports Complex at Wossman High School in Monroe LA on Saturday April 24, 2021 Over 20 seniors(girls and boys) 2021 basketball hoopsters participated in The Beast of the Week All Star Game. Activities included three-point shootout, a slam dunk contest and an all-star basketball game. Thanks to all sponsors especially Creed & Creed Local Injury Attorneys....
Beast of the Week Senior Basketball Athletes from 22 schools in Northeast LA came to the George "Vamp' Belton Sports Complex at Wossman High School in Monroe LA on Saturday April 24, 2021 Over 20 seniors(girls and boys) 2021 basketball hoopsters participated in The Beast of the Week All Star Game. Activities included three-point shootout, a slam dunk contest and an all-star basketball game. Many of the Beast of the Week All Stars received full ride scholarships after the All Star Game to play...
Calling all Jaguars, future Jaguars, family and friends, the Southern University Baseball Team will be in Monroe LA to play the ULM Warhawks for four weekend games, Friday, April 23rd at 6:00 P.M.; Saturday, April 24th at 2:00 P.M. and 6:00 P.M., and Sunday, April 25th at 1:00 P.M. The Southern Monroe Alumni chapter is asking all members to try to attend at least one of these games to cheer on the Jaguars. Don’t forget to wear your blue and gold. Tickets may be purchased at the ticket office....
Grambling football fans could not wait for the Tigers' first football game. The winter snowstorm cancelled the first game. The first Grambling home game against Jackson State University drew true Gramblinites and Grambling football fans. Gramblinites Judge Tammy Lee, Dr. Tanzenski Lee, Ezzard Burton, Murphy Reed, and former Grambling/NFL star Delles Howell were spotted cheering on the black and gold. Our bet is that they will all also support the Tigers again, attending the Bayou Classic on...
The LHSAA "Marsh" Madness 3A Semifinals, held Monday, February 8, 2021 at the ULL CajunDome, welcomed two Monroe high school basketball teams, Carroll and Wossman boys, hoping for a Monroe 3A final winner like in 2008. Unfortunately, both Carroll and Wossman fell short of their quest, falling to Madison Prep and St. Martinville respectively. Being Top 4 for the 3A boys basketball division is a positive sign, and proves both programs have what it takes to eventually win a Louisiana 3A State...
Neville High School Girls' Basketball is steps away from capturing a Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) 2021 4A Girls Basketball Title. On Wednesday March 3, 2021 at Burton Coliseum Lake Charles LA Neville will face Huntington at 6:30 pm....
(1st Team Offense) QB Hunter Herring OCS SR RB Trey Holly Union Parish SOPH RB Daminya Milligan Ferriday Sr RB A.J. Allen Neville Jr RB Ron Craten Oak Grove Sr Flex Ketravion Hargrove Ruston Sr WR Tae Gayden Mangham Sr WR Semaj Tennant Bastrop Sr WR Kashie Natt Rayville Sr WR Jabez Thompson Bastrop Sr TE Dentrell Franklin Union Parish Sr OL Will Campbell Neville Jr OL Peyton Talley Union Parish Sr OL Thatcher Moorehead West Monroe Jr OL Dontavious Henderson Ferriday Jr OL Richard Page Ruston Sr ATH Kaleb Pleasant Mangham Sr K Caleb Phillips...
Mr. Pickem Football Grissom’s Predictions Semi-Final Round - Lhsaa Playoffs Dec. 18 Weekly Record: 7-1 Overall 108-30 Featured Games 10-6 #4 Neville Tigers (7-2) @ #1 Carencro Bears (10-1) In the playoffs, sometimes it’s not about how pretty you play but what the scoreboard says afterwards. Last week, the Neville Tigers went on the road to play a rematch vs district foe, Minden after having already beating them in their week 5 homecoming game. It wasn’t pretty nor easy but the Tigers advanced to the semis with a 27-0 shutout over the Tide...
Round 2 - Lhsaa Playoffs Dec. 11, 2020 Weekly Record: 12-2 Overall 101-29 Featured Games 8-6 #4 Neville Tigers (6-2) @ #12 Minden Crimson Tide (7-2) It’s not often you get a chance to meet an opponent twice in one football season, however on Thursday night we’ll get a chance to see a rematch game when Neville travels to district foe, Minden. The Tigers took the first meeting 41-7 while also celebrating homecoming festivities in the process. Neville had to get past a very skilled Westgate team in round 2 to get a chance at this rematch gam...
Round 2 - Lhasa Playoffs Weekly Record: 14-5 Overall 89-27 Featured Games 7-5 #4 Neville Tigers (5-2) Vs #13 Westgate Tigers (6-3) After a week 8 bye due to Covid-19 restrictions, the Neville Tigers returned to the field last Friday with a well-rested group and it showed. The Tigers raced out to an early 22-0 1st quarter lead before eventually shutting out the visiting Peabody Warhorses 50-0 at Ruple Stadium. The Tigers were excellent in every facet of the game and scored in a multitude of ways. Offensively, Neville went for 400 yards of total...
Round 1 (Playoffs) Friday November 27 Weekly Record: 8-1 Overall 75-22 Featured Games 7-5 #28 Ouachita Lions (1-4) Vs #5 Destrehan Wildcats (7-1) It seems as if it has taken forever to get to this part of the season and no team could agree with that more than the Ouachita Lions. The Lions are used to post-season berths but the route they've taken in 2020 is one that they'd soon like to forget. Coach Jeff Fitzgerald's bunch has not hit the field since a tight-knitted loss to district rival, West...
Week 8 Nov. 20, 2020 Weekly Record: 6-0 Overall 67-21 Featured Games 6-5 Carroll Bulldogs (2-2) Vs Sterlington Panthers (3-2) For the second week in a row the Carroll Bulldogs find their way into my feature game column. Last week’s performance was one to forget, but the Bulldogs are probably chomping at the bit to get that nasty taste out of their mouths. In the loss to Union Parish the ‘Dogs gave up over 500 yards total offense, a trend that has become very unusual on Renwick St. Coach Alex Washington can attribute that performance to a cou...
DownSouth Sports Magazine Game of the Week Most Valuable Player (MVP): Carroll Running Back Amareya Greely help led the Bulldogs to a 32-16 victory over Wossman on Friday, Nov. 6 at the Monroe City Classic at Wossman's Grady Jones Stadium. Greely rushed for 235 yards and had 3 touchdowns (2 rushing and 1 receiving). The Most Valuable Player award is sponsored by The Monroe Dispatch and Aubrey's Graphic Designs and was presented by Wossman High School Voice of the Wildcats in his 19th season...
MR PICKEM GRISSOM'S FOOTBALL PREDICTIONS Week 7 Weekly Record: 11-1 Overall 56-16 Featured Games 3-5 #6 Neville Tigers (3-2) @ #10 Bastrop Rams (4-2) Bastrop suffered their second loss of 2020 last week when they fell to Minden 27-26 in overtime. That loss dropped the Rams from a top 10 power ranking to #17 in class 4A. In a back and forth battle between the district foes the Rams WR tandem of Semaje Tenant and Jabez Thompson did most of the heavy lifting combining for 3 scores in the game....
Mr. Pickem Grissom's Football Predictions Week 5 Nov. 6, 2020 Weekly Record: 11-1 Overall 56-16 Featured Games 3-5 Carroll Bulldogs (1-1) @ Wossman Wildcats (1-2) For the first time in 3 weeks, the Wossman Wildcats will return to the field. After dealing with numerous Covid-19 issues that forced them to void games vs Edna Karr and Sterlington, a talented but inexperienced bunch of Wildcats will focus their sights on rival Carroll on Friday night. With a 1-2 record, Coach Mario Pollard's ball...
Week 4 Oct. 30, 2020 Weekly Record: 11-1 Overall 45-15 Featured Games 2-4 #6 Ruston Bearcats (3-1) @ Ouachita Lions (1-2) After hovering near the top of the rankings for the first 4 weeks of the season, Ruston took a dive after losing their first game of 2020. Last week, the Bearcats took one on the chin to powerhouse, Acadiana 24-10 at Eddie Robinson Stadium plummeting them to #6 in this week's rankings. Coach Jarrod Baugh's bunch never quit even with their top two tailbacks on the shelf with...
Week 4 Oct. 23, 2020 Weekly Record: 11-4 Overall 34-14 Featured Games 1-4 #2 Union Parish Farmers (3-0) @ #10 Sterlington Panthers (2-1) At the beginning of the season Union Parish came in as the 10th best team on my rankings. Not because they weren't talented but because they had lost a key contributor from last season's semifinals team when three-year QB Trent Ginn transferred. Since then, the Farmers have far exceeded my expectations. Wins over 4A Franklin Parish and 5A Ouachita proved that...
Week 3 - Oct. 15, 2020 Weekly Record: 13-4 Overall 23-9 Featured Games 1-2 GAME OF THE WEEK #6 Neville Tigers (1-1) @ #7 West Monroe Rebs (1-1) The entire Neville Nation is probably still trying to figure out what happened a week ago. Leading 21-0 at the half, Neville's defense had stymied the Bearcats running game and were poised to improve to 2-0 but as fate would have it a series of untimely events would derail the Tigers. Three consecutive 4th quarter fumbles by Neville allowed Ruston to...
WEEK 2 Oct. 8, 2020 RECORD: OVERALL 10-5 FEATURED GAMES 1-0 GAME OF THE WEEK #1 NEVILLE TIGERS (0-0) @ #2 RUSTON BEARCATS (1-0) I’ve had this game circled on my calendar since realizing that we would actually have a prep football season. Rarely do you the chance to see a #1 vs #2 matchup in week 2, but this week we’ll get just that. Ruston was as good as advertised in week 1, blowing away a very good Airline team by the score of 48-14. All-everything RB Keytravion Hargrove lived up to his billing as the #2 player in the area with a 3 TD perform...
WEEK 1 Oct 1, 2020 Game of The Week #6 Bastrop Rams (0-0) @ Carroll Bulldogs (0-0) It’s been a long time, but we finally have football in northeast Louisiana. What better way to kick off an interrupted season than to see the rematch of the Bulldogs and Rams. Last season the Rams took advantage of a strong second half to defeat the ‘Dogs in Morehouse Parish and coach Alex Washington’s bunch has had this date circled on their calendars. The ‘Dogs lost a ton of talent to graduation and replacing seniors like Cedric Woods, Montrel Jones, Jackie...
As professional sports teams continue to make adjustments that working through a global pandemic bring, higher and secondary education entities also work to regain a sense of normalcy in local sports across the country including in Louisiana. On Tuesday, September 14, 2020, Louisiana State University head football coach Ed Orgeron held a press conference sharing that three or four of his players are currently sidelined with the COVID-19. He also said that most of the team already had the virus....
Neville Football Stars Back in the 1970's, Neville Defensive Stars #20 Larry Anderson, #33 Robert "Truck" Johnson and #42 were offense stoppers. These football players along with eight other players created headaches for opposing teams. Larry Anderson furthered his career at LA Tech and went on to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers winning an NFL Super Bowl Title his rookie season. Photo football Vell- Neville Defensive Stars...
The 2020 Carroll High School Track Team kicked off the start of their season by attending worship services at Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in West Monroe. The Bulldogs Track Team were invited to attend service by Deacon Eddie Clark, City Councilman of District 5. Team Captain, Ryan DeBurr spoke on behalf of the team stating that they enjoyed the services and were glad to be in the house of the Lord. Their first field event will be March 7th at ULM. Coach Dezmond Spivey and Assistant...
Local kids participated in the City of Monroe Basketball Clinic at Saul Adler Community Center Saturday February 8. Any kids interested in improving their basketball skills can contact Center-worker Carl D. Brown at 329-2446 or 237-6084 or City of Monroe Youth Coordinator Arthur B Hayes at 267-2852....
DownSouth Sports Magazine featured the area's best middle school's basketball players at the 2nd Annual Jr. High Ballers Classic. This event took place at Benoit Recreation Center on January 25th. LaBron Deal (Carroll) and Da'Naya Ross (Richwood) won the 3-Point Contest. Game MVP's were Jaliyah McWain (Girls MVP - Ruston), David Moore (8th Grade MVP - Riser) and Zion Weeks (7th Grade MVP - Lee). The Ballers Classic MVP & 3-Point Contest Awards were sponsored by The Monroe Dispatch and Aubrey's...
This week's DownSouth Sports Magazine "MVP Awards were presented at the Carroll Jr. High vs. Lee Jr. High and Delhi vs. Mangham games. Carroll won the 7th and 8th grade boys' games and Lee won the girls' game. LaBron Deal and Antron Mason were MVP's of the 8th and 7th grade games and Ahsunte' "Boogie" Specks of Lee Jr. High was named MVP for the girls' game. Delhi's Quatarious Jones was the Most Valuable Player in the Bears victory over Mangham. The DownSouth Sports Magazine MVP is sponsored by...
The DownSouth Sports Magazine Game of the Week Most Valuable Player was West Monroe Quarterback, Lane Little. He helped lead the Rebels to a 21-14 victory over Ruston at West Monroe Don Shows Stadium. Little ended the night perfect through the air, 5-of-5 for 107 yards with a touchdown and ran six times for 42 yards with the rushing score. The win marked West Monroe's 32nd straight win over Ruston, a winning streak dating back to 1991, and the program's 95th consecutive district win. The Rebels...
*** Game of The Week *** #20 Ruston 28 #13 Dutchtown 27 Other Games: 5A #2 West Monroe 51 #31 Central Lafourche 13 #22 Ouachita 21 #11 Haughton 14 #3 Alexandria 34 #30 West Ouachita 14 4A #2 Neville 58 #31 South Lafourche 7 #8 Bastrop 49 #25 North Vermillion 13 3A #2 Sterlington 48 #31 Crowley 13 #5 Caldwell 27 #28 Albany 7 #10 Carroll 21 #23 Jennings 14 #12 Union Parish 30 #21 St Martinville 18 #19 Wossman 26 #14 Iota 23 2A #1 Ferriday 60 #32 Vinton 0 #4 Mangham 34 #29 Jonesboro-Hodge 13 #17...
Alex Washington's first year as head coach of the Carroll High School Football Team Monroe LA was not by all standards a good one. Starting your first year off with a 2-8 record is not the stuff that people want to remember. But Washington and his staff were determined to put year one in the rear-view mirror and do things differently. The first thing that Washington and his staff did, was to get his team in the conditioning room and focus on keeping his players at peak optimum by going through...
It's football season! At Carroll Thomas-Blade Stadium at Carroll High School Monroe LA, Wossman and Carroll duked it out with Carroll getting the best of their archrivals 29-8. With Carroll having a winning record, while Wossman was on a two-game losing skid, both Carroll and Wossman Football Fans showed up to root their favorite to victory. The game was marred with way too many penalties which disrupted the flow of the game, while Carroll dominated. It was a great rivalry game between two...
DOWNSOUTH SPORTS MVP WEEK 7 The DownSouth Sports Magazine Game of the Week Most Valuable Player was Union Parish freshman running-back & wide receiver, Treyvion Holly. He helped lead the Farmers to at 37-12 victory over Richwood with three touchdowns on Friday, Oct.18 at Mackie Freeze Stadium at Richwood High School. The DownSouth Sports Magazine MVP award is sponsored by The Monroe Dispatch and Aubrey's Graphic Designs. This week's MVP Trophy was presented by Miss Richwood 2019, Antonia "Nori"...
MR PICKEM GRISSOM'S FOOTBALL PREDICTIONS WEEK 8 GAME OF THE WEEK WOSSMAN WILDCATS (4-3) @ CARROLL BULLDOGS (5-2) Just two weeks ago the Wossman Wildcats were riding an impressive 4 game win streak that included big road wins over Baker and Northwood, SH, fast forward to now and there's been a totally different story. The 'Cats have found themselves traveling in the wrong direction after back-to-back losses in weeks 6 and 7. Even though both of those losses (Karr and Sterlington) are of very...
DOWNSOUTH SPORTS MVP WEEK 6 The DownSouth Sports Magazine Game of the Week Most Valuable Player was Carroll running-back, Montrell Jones. Carroll defeated Richwood 25-14 on Friday, Oct.11 at Thomas-Blade Stadium at Carroll High School in Monroe LA. Jones scored 1 touchdown and had 2 called back because of penalties. The DownSouth Sports Magazine MVP award is sponsored by The Monroe Dispatch and Aubrey's Graphic Designs. This week's MVP Trophy was presented by Ronesha Bradley. Photo DownSouth...
(WEEK 6) GRISSOM'S TOP 10 (WEEK 6) 1. WEST MONROE REBS (5-0) def Neville 29-14 Next: Friday at #6 Ruston (3-2) 2. BASTROP RAMS (5-0) def Holy Savior Menard 58-0 Next: Friday at Brother Martin (3-2) 3. OAK GROVE TIGERS (5-0) def St.Freds 34-0 Next: Friday vs Tensas (1-4) 4. OUACHITA LIONS (4-1) def Plaquemine 42-14 Next: Friday vs Pineville (4-1) 5. UNION PARISH FARMERS (4-1) def FPHS 21-6 Next: Friday vs Richwood (0-5) 6. RUSTON BEARCATS (3-2) def West Ouachita 48-21 Next: Friday vs #1 West...
These LHSAA Referees are sought throughout the area. They believe in letting the teams and players decide the outcome of their games called, not them. Referees Ray Hollis, Melvin Tatum Sr. and James DeTiege Photo Referees...
POST-SEASON EDITION Thurs. & Fri. NOV. 10-11 As the regular season has ended, the second season for our area teams will begin thursday night when the 1st round of the LHSAA playoffs kickoff. The easy thing for area fans to do is to pick the team with the better seeding and go from there, but after years of prognosticating there's never a sure-fire way to predict the outcomes this time of the year. I've filled out my brackets for each classification and there are some usual suspects that i...
It's do or die this final week of the LHSAA regular season and several teams still have work to do to improve their post-season positioning. Some teams are on the bubble, while some are at the top. However, the case, all of the area teams will embrace a much-needed win this week even teams that won't be dancing in the playoffs. Week 10 also features a couple of games that will decide district championships. In district 1-1A, Cedar Creek will attempt to stay undefeated while also capturing the...
final two weeks of the season and some highly anticipated games are set to take place. After a week 7 slate of games that featured some big-time blowouts and not many surprises, week 9 is sure to tilt the scales in favor of some epic battles. It’s now or never for some teams that are striving to improve their playoff positions and some teams face “must win” games to continue their football seasons. I expect some upset specials this week and the GAME OF THE WEEK could’ve easily been 4 or more games. After a 12-3 record last week, I even find my...
The regular season is 3 weeks away from being over and many of our area teams are sitting in prime position for post-season berths, but for several other local teams there's still some work to do. Some teams are making a push for top seeds while others are just trying to conceive home games in round 1. The teams on the outside looking in also aim for strong finishes down the stretch to become playoff spoilers. District 2-4A begins district play this week with all 4 of its teams currently project...
Another successful week is in the books as I went an impressive 11-4 overall and 3-0 in featured games, but with district rivalries, long-distance road trips and daunting road games I wouldn't expect things to go this week as well. Richwood battles cross-town rival, Carroll at the Dog Pound, while Neville hits the road to south Louisiana to take on Franklinton and #2 Sterlington will have its hands full again as they visit Wossman and their intense homecoming crowd. Don't be afraid to go with a...
