Little Ole Loyola Beats Jesuit of New Orleans In First Louisiana HIgh School Lacrosse Championship (Links)

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A little history was made in Shreveport Louisiana. The first ever State championship for lacrosse was held. Loyala of Shreveport won it. See Loyola earns shower of success

They played Jesuit of New Orleans. Jesuit had a very good team and they got to the big game by upsetting Shreveport public school Byrd. Byrd was the first high school team in the state to have a Lacrosse team. See the write up here on that game Jesuit gets best of Byrd

For those interested there are some impressive photo galleries of all the players here NEW PHOTO GALLERY: Loyola vs Jesuit and NEW PHOTO GALLERY: Byrd vs Jesuit Lacrosse -



Louisiana Lacrosse is still in its early years to say the least. Still there are quality schools in the league currently and I sure that number will grow

HS Lacrosse Grows in Louisiana with Creation of LHSLLThe footprint of lacrosse in the Deep South just got bigger. With the addition of teams from North Louisiana, which had been playing in the Texas High School Lacrosse League, The Deep South Lacrosse League has formally changed its name to the Louisiana High School Lacrosse League."We are excited about the future of Lacrosse in Louisiana.

The establishment of the Louisiana High School Lacrosse League comes from the hard work and dedication of a lot of coaches, parents, players and officials from across the State", said Mac Bulloch, LHSLL Commissioner. "

We still have plenty of challenges ahead of us, but at least we're all pulling in the same direction."

Initially there will be an Eastern and Western Districts in Division I, each consisting of six teams. With teams from Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Mandeville, and Ocean Springs in the Eastern Division, and teams from Lafayette and Shreveport making up the West.

There will also be a Division II, for first year and new start-up teams.

In Division I, C.E. Byrd, Captain Shreve, Caddo Magnet, and Loyola – all from Shreveport – will join Lafayette High and St. Thomas More from Lafayette in the West.

Teams in the East will be Catholic High out of Baton Rouge, Jesuit, Brother Martin, and Rummel High School from New Orleans, Mandeville, and Ocean Springs, Mississippi.

In Division II, Comeaux out of Lafayette, Dutchtown from Baton Rouge, St. Paul's from Covington, will join Newman and De La Salle from New Orleans, and St. Andrew's out of Jackson, Mississippi, as first year programs.


The new webs site sor the league is located here