A showdown between Catholic-Pointe Coupee and False River Academy seems like an enormous battle, but the crosstown archrivals joined forces to raise awareness of a much more crucial foe.
VILLE PLATTE – The Catholic-Pointe Coupee Hornets knew the focus this year’s season would be to complete unfinished business from last year, and they got a great start in that direction last week.
Beau Chene wanted to prove they were not the same team that went winless last season – and it made Livonia step up its game in the process.
The “second season” starts tonight for both Pointe Coupee Parish high school football teams.
BATON ROUGE - Catholic-Pointe Coupee made a strong showing in the first quarter, but three unanswered touchdowns in the second half proved costly in a 31-14 loss Oct. 4 at Episcopal.
One month can make a lot of difference. Ask Livonia football head coach Marc Brown.
All three local high school volleyball games left the crowds cheering this week after victories in action this week.
BATON ROUGE – Livonia and Woodlawn have not competed in the same district the last three years, but their game last Friday proved that plenty sparks remain in the rivalry.
Domination remained the theme for the Catholic-Pointe Coupee Hornets, who used a potent rushing attack to rout Riverside Academy 42-20 in non-district action last Friday at NRG Field.
PLAQUEMINE -- The combination of youth and a lack of depth seldom bodes well against a larger team.
Catholic-Pointe Coupee head coach David Simoneaux had high hopes coming into the season for his 2019 Hornets, and they lived up to those expectations in opening week action last Friday.
The Livonia and Plaquemine football programs do not need much of an introduction to each other.
After back-to-back weeks of opposition against a state runner-up and state champion, the Catholic-Pointe Coupee Hornets face a tough challenge of a different kind on Friday.
