How Louisiana Catholic Schools Did In 2008 Second Round of Football Playoffs (Links)

Well the second round of the High School Football Playoff were last nights. I had a over view of wha the Catholic Schools did last week here at How Did Louisiana Catholic Schools Do in Football Playoffs - Week 1 .

So lets talk about last night and what is next. When the day started where every fan and football player in the playoffs can dream of winning for a few hours we had 13 Catholic Schools that had advanced to the second round. 5 won last night and 8 went down last night

Lets go by Classification

5-A

Catholic Schools in 5-A have Epic Fail in Second Round

St Thomas More(Lafayette)- St Thomas More hosted State Power West Monroe. They got beat . West Monroe 41 St Thomas More 28. Sadly for St Thomas More the third time was the charm for West Monroe as they got over their 2 year jinx of getting defeated in the 2nd round of the playoffs. I am pretty sure a lot of St Thomas More fans are wondering what the hell happened. STM was leading West Monroe at one point 21 to 0. West Monroe plays their neighbor Ouachita next week in the Quarterfinals.
The Home Town paper of the Victors , the News Star has Amazing comeback by West Monroe sets up rematch with Ouachita.
The Advocate has West Monroe tops St. Thomas More
The Lafayette Advertiser has Highs & Lows: Cougars blow 21-point lead as Rebels win

St Paul ( Covington) - Speaking of what the hell happened I am sure St Paul is wondering the same thing!!! St Paul went down to Thibodaux and got beat. Thibodaux 25 St Paul 22. Here is the rub in this wild game.Thibodaux was behind 22 points at the Half!!! and kicked a kick a 42 yard field goal with 4 seconds on clock to win the game!!! Oh poor Catholic Boys. Thibodaux goes and plays Barbe next week.


Brother Martin (New Orleans)- More bad news!!!! I knew this would be a close game but I thought Brother Martin would win this one. Brother Martin hosted Central of Baton Rouge. Score was Central 13 Brother Martin 7. I really thought Brother Martin had a chance to go all the way this year. Central plays a very talented as usual Acadiana team next week.
The Picayune has Baton Rouge Central stuns Brother Martin, 13-7

Archbishop Rummel (Metairie)- Goodness. Rummel went over to the Lafayette area and played Acadiana. Score was Acadiana 21 Rummel 14. Rummel toward the end of the game did an onside kicked and recovered it. Sadly as they are marching to tie the game they threw a interception at like the 15 yard line. Acadiana plays Central next week.
The Lafayette Advertiser has Acadiana holds on

Moving on to

4-A

Archbishop Shaw (Marreo)- Archbishop Shaw traveled way up North close to me and played Benton. They had a impressive victory over a good Benton team. Shaw 20 Benton 0. That was a impressive victory and I expected Shaw to have a lot more trouble. Next week they travel and play one of the more impressive teams in the State Breaux Bridge which beat Neville last night to advance.
The Shreveport Times has Shaw stuffs Benton.
The Times also has a photo gallery here at Benton vs. Shaw .

3-A


Notre Dame (Crowley)- Notre Dame just beat the snot out of Church Point. Notre Dame 54 Church Point 7. Notre Dame goes on the road and plays Richwood next week. Richwood beat Booker T Washington of Shreveport to advance.
TheLafayette Advertiser has No contest as Pios pummel Gents


Redemptorist and St Charles (Baton Rouge and La Place)- This was the only Catholic vs Catholic match up of the night. Redemptorist won. Redemptorist 27 St Charles 14. This sets up a Intra City Baton Rouge Game as Redemptorist plays the evil Baptists of Parkview Baptist next week. Redemptorist will host. Parkview beat Rayville last night to advance.
The Advocate has Physical Redemptorist advances
The Picayune has Redemptorist dumps St. Charles, 27-14

St Louis (Lake Charles)- St Louis got dominated by Luthers it appears. Lutcher 40 St Louis 10. For those interested Lutcher advances to play Amite next week.
The Picayune has QB Webster paces Lutcher to 40-10 rout

2-A-

St Thomas Aquinas (Hammond) -On a Sad note for me my poor home town Homer Pelicans went down to battle the evil Catholics of St Thomas Aquinas. They got whooped . Aquinas 28 Homer 0. Talk about a long bus ride home from Hammond for my poor Pelicans. I guess they will come in about 4 or 5 am if they are lucky. St Thomas gets to travel and play John Curtis next week. Of course we all know what great teams John Curtis puts out year after year. John Curtis beat University Lab last night to advance

St John (Plaquemine)- I am a tad shocked by this score. St Johns got beat by Farmerville. The score was Farmerville 22 St Johns 2. This is another game where the Catholic School was ahead at the half. The half time score was St John 2 Farmers 0. Farmerville is a good team that really developed over the year but I though St John could score more against them. Farmerville advances to play Calvary Baptist where I predict their season will come to a screeching halt. Calvary beat Newman pretty good last night.
The Advocate has Farmerville rolls past St. John

Loyola Prep (Shreveport) - I am so pumped for Loyola Prep of Shreveport. They had another HUGE upset tonight. In fact it might be one of the biggest upsets of all the games tonight They played Donaldsonville and beat them . Loyola was 22nd seed in the 2A Louisiana State High School football playoffs and beat a undefeated and 6th-seeded Donaldsonville,

The score was Loyola Prep 26 Donaldsonville 7. I like the direction the Loyola program is going and the fact that it is doing it in a very more competitive Shreveport /Bossier area of late is impressive. I also get sick of hearing about Evangel and Calvary Baptist all the time. The good News is they advance and get to the host the next game. The bad news is it's St James!!! I saw Homer play St James last year in the Playoffs and wow are they fast. St James beat Episcopal of Baton Rouge last night to advance.
Photo Gallery here via Shreveport Times at Loyola vs Donaldsonville
The Times has Loyola pulls upset

1-A

St. Frederick (Monroe)- St Freds was the only 1 A Catholic school to advance last week. Sadly they got beat by
Christian Life. The score was Christian Life 48 St Freds 29. Still it was a good season for St Freds. I am hoping that our new Bishop in the Diocese of Shreveport after seeing the success of Loyola and St Freds this year might get pumped about our Catholic High Athletics and help raise some change for it in his spare time. Christian Life goes and plays Ouachita Christian next week.
Photo Gallery of the Game here at Christian Life vs. St. Frederick .
The News Star has St. Frederick stumbles at home.
The Advocate has CLA pounds St. Frederick