High School Briefs

LADY GATORS CONTINUE TO ROLL THROUGH EARLY-SEASON

Something special is happening at South Terrebonne High School.

The Lady Gators basketball team has continued its strong, early-season push this week, winning several more games to ascend to the upper echelon among local teams.

South Terrebonne has won eight of its first nine games, including a four-win week this past week, topping Jeanerette, Central Lafourche, Slidell and Baker.

With the 8-1 start, the Lady Gators have already matched their win total from last season.

A lot of credit for that is owed to first-year coach Nick Cenac, who has seemed to jump-start the struggling program.

But Cenac deflected credit to the team’s players, stating that they’re buying in to the new syste.

“We have a great group of girls,” Cenac said this past week. “All of the credit goes to them. We opened the season and got a few good wins, and winning truly is contagious. I think everyone sees how things are going, and the kids are showing up to practice ready to work and excited to see about what’s going to come next.”

The Lady Gators have another busy week coming. They’ll play at the Northshore Tournament from Thursday-Saturday.

CARDINALS TO HONOR PAST THROUGHOUT SEASON

This season is the 50th year of E.D. White High School basketball.

The Cardinals boys’ basketball program has big plans this season to honor several of the great players who have walked the school’s halls.

E.D. White will host two separate reunions this season – one to honor a title-winning team from the past and another open to all players in school history.

On Dec. 22, E.D. White will hold a 10-year reunion for the school’s 2007 Class 3A State Runner-Up team – just before the Cardinals take on Vandebilt in a non-district rivalry tilt.

The team will be recognized before the opening tip, then a ceremony will take place after the game for the team’s players.

A month later, the school will do it again, hosting a reunion in commemoration of its 50th anniversary.

That reunion will take place on Jan. 21 at halftime of the team’s game with Centerville.

Anyone who ever competed for the Cardinals is welcome to attend and be honored.

The school said it is hosting the events to show pride in its rich, successful basketball history.

UPDATE: TARPONS JOB STILL NOT POSTED ON LHSAA WEBSITE, AND MAY NOT BE FOR A WHILE

There is still little movement in the quest to hire a new head football coach at South Lafourche High School.

The Tarpons have not yet posted the job on the Louisiana High School Athletic Association website – a formality that is required to meet the LHSAA’s criteria for conducting a proper coaching search.

The reason the school hasn’t posted the job is because it currently doesn’t have a teaching position available to offer to an incoming staff member.

The Tarpons relieved outgoing coach Brandon Nowlin of his duties after the season – his first with the program.

South Lafourche was 3-7 on the year.

It is not yet known the type of interest the job will receive on the open market.

Nowlin is still employed with the school as a physical education teacher.

ADAMS COMMITS TO HENDERSON STATE UNIVERSITY

Terrebonne swimmer Alec Adams has found his home for the next four seasons.

The Tigers’ State Championship-winning swimmer announced this week that he will attend Henderson State University in an effort to continue his career in the pool.

Adams said he will accept an academic scholarship with the school, but will strongly chase the opportunity to swim for the Reddies.

Adams is as good a swimmer as the area has seen in many, many years.

He won two Division II State Titles a few weeks ago, one in the 200-yard Free and the other in the 100-yard Fly.

SUPERDOME MATCHUPS SET FOR LOUISIANA’S PUBLICS SCHOOLS

There will be some big-time football played in the Superdome this weekend.

A total of 10 teams punched tickets to the Class 1A-5A State Championship games this past Friday night, setting the state for some big-time battles, which will be played out this weekend.

In Class 5A, powerhouses will collide, as Landry-Walker will take on West Monroe – a meeting of two of the best teams in Louisiana.

In Class 4A, No. 1 Neville will meet No. 2 Karr – a long-anticipated meeting between teams that have been atop the Class 4A hierarchy throughout the season.

Other battles will see Amite face Lutcher for the Class 3A crown, Sterlington vs. Madison Prep in Class 2A and Haynesville vs. Logansport in Class 1A.