I'll admit it. I busted my butt. When Brett Baer sent his last second kick through those up rights, and the officials’ arms went into the air, I leapt from the ground like a world class athlete and landed as ungracefully as possible on my backside
If you changed the channel and didn’t watch the last 15 seconds of the game, be sure to catch the replay. In what can be called one of the most amazing finishes in Cajuns football history (including the win over Texas A&M in the 90′s), Brett Baer’s first 50 yard field goal gave the Cajuns it’s first Bowl victory in the history of the university’s program.
December 7, 2011 The 11th annual R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl matchup will feature the San Diego State Aztecs of the Mountain West Conference and Louisiana-Lafayette’s Ragin’ Cajuns of the Sun Belt Conference on December 17, 2011. This is the fir
So a lot of stories were going around about Coach Hudspeth leaving UL, so we would like to clear up the rumors. He is definitely STAYING!!!!!!
The Carencro High Bears have advanced to the class 5A state championship game, after defeating Byrd, 34-21, in the semifinal round of the LHSAA football playoffs, on Friday night.
Carencro, the #7 seed in the 5A bracket moves onto the title game, against 5th-seeded West Monroe, who defeated Mandeville, 26-14, on Friday evening.
The Carencro/West Monroe game championship game will be held on Saturday, December 10, at 7 pm, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, in New Orleans.
Breaux Bridge and Vermilion Catholic weren’t as fortunate however.
The Tigers fell to Neville, 16-7, in a class 4A semifinal, while the Screaming Eagles lost for the first time all year, dropping a 54-41 class 1A semifinal contest to West St. John.
We’ve reached the semifinal round of the LHSAA football playoffs, and three teams from the Acadiana area remain alive in their quest for a spot for the state finals.
In a class 5A semifinal, the 7th-seeded Carencro Bears play host to third-seeded Byrd. The visitors are 12-0 on the year, and have won every game by at least ten points, while Carencro is 12-1, with their only loss coming at the hands of Acadiana (32-14) back on October 21.
In class 4A, the 4th-seeded Breaux Bridge Tigers will entertain top-seeded Neville. The Tigers are 12-1 on the season, while Neville is undefeated, at 12-0. In the playoffs, Breaux Bridge has outscored the oppoition, 125-21, while Neville has outscored their opponents, 126-30.
In a class 1A semifinal match-up, the second-seeded Vermilion Catholic Screaming Eagles host sixth-seeded West St. John. VC is 13-0, while West St. John comes into the contest at 11-2. Vermilion Catholic has scored 153 points in three playoff games, while West St. John has surrendered only 15 points.
Below are the scores for games involving Acadiana-area teams in quarterfinal round of the 2011 LHSAA football playoffs:
5A—
Carencro Jesuit Carencro 28 Jesuit 17
4A—
St. Thomas More Edna Karr Karr 35 St. Thomas More 31
Breaux Bridge Alexandria Breaux Bridge 48 Alexandria 14
Teurlings Catholic Lutcher Lutcher 17 Teurlings 7
3A—
Jennings Marksville Marksville 34 Jennings 33
Rayne St. Charles St. Charles 52 Rayne 28
2A—
Catholic-New Iberia Evangel Evangel 56 Catholic N. I. 21
1A—
Vermilion Catholic Westminster Christian Vermilion Catholic 41 Westminster 28
Central Catholic Ouachita Christian Ouachita Christian 41 Central Catholic 6
We’ve reached the quarterfinal round of the 2011 LHSAA football playoffs, and the Acadiana area has teams remaining all five classifications.
In class 5A, the 7th-seeded Carencro High Bears will be on the road tonight, to take on 2nd-seeded
Jesuit.
In the 4A bracket, the 2nd-seeded St. Thomas More Cougars will host 7th-seeded Edna Karr, while the 4th-seeded Breaux Bridge Tigers will travel to take on 21st-seeded Alexandria, and the 6th-seeded Teurlings Catholic Rebels will visit 3rd-seeded Lutcher.
Moving over to class 3A, the 9th-seeded Jennings Bulldogs will host 16th-seeded Marksville, and the 26th-seeded Rayne Wolves host 2nd-seeded St. Charles.
The class 2A bracket has the 4th-seeded Catholic-New Iberia Panthers hosting 5th-seeded Evangel Christian, and the 1A bracket features the 2nd-seeded Vermilion Catholic Screaming Eagles hosting the 10th-seeded Westminster Christian Crusaders, while 9th-seeded Central Catholic travels to top-seeded Ouachita Christian.
Hundreds of eager UL Ragin Cajun fans packed the Leon Moncla Indoor Practice Facility Monday night to hear the announcement they have been waiting for. That announcement, that the UL Ragin Cajuns would be participating in The New Orleans Bowl on December 17th inside the Mercedes Benz Superdome.
What a great season for the Ragin Cajun football team, we're undefeated at home this year and headed into the final game against Arizona at 8 and 3! Along with the Cajuns success in 2011, the season will not not be over after Saturday's game against Arizona.....It's time to go BOWLING!! The Big Announcement will come Monday November 21st at 5:30pm!
