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STM Wins 4th Consecutive State Championship in Dominant Fashion The #2 seeded STM Cougars beat the #1 seeded U-High Cubs 60-39 on Saturday to procure the Division II Louisiana state championship, joining some elite company in the process. It marks the 4th straight state title for STM. They are the 8th school in state history to win 4 or more in a row. (3 of those 8 won more than 4 consecutive) It also marks the 6th state championship in school history, all coming under head coach Danny Broussar...

Hold that Tiger! Brian Thomas Jr. Commits to LSU Share this story Signing Day may have been six days ago, but LSU added one more elite piece to its 2021 class with Walker High’s Brian Thomas Jr. pledging to the Tigers Tuesday. Thomas is a four-star prospect, No. 88 overall, and the No. 4 player in Louisiana. He’s the No. 13 wide receiver and gives LSU five in its 2021 class joining Chris Hilton, Deion Smith, Malik Nabers and Jack Bech. Louisiana, as usual, had a ton of talent in the 2021 c...

  A local prep standout recently found out he received the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a high school football player. Jack Bech, a student at St. Thomas More, was recently named a second-team High School All-American by MaxPreps. A receiver, Bech compiled 69 catches for 1,391 yards and 16 touchdowns as a senior in 2020, one year after compiling 91 receptions for 1,668 yards and 20 touchdowns as a junior in 2019.   The 6-foot-2, 210-pound Bech, who is scheduled to graduate this spr...

LSU Signed Top Rated Offensive Lineman Recruit Coach O has always been known as a boss level recruiter during his career in college football, and hes managed to sign another nationally top rated recruit to join the Tigers next season. LSU has landed four-star recruit Will Campbell from Neville High School from Monroe.  Campbell is the number one offensive lineman in the state and ranks nationally as the number ten recruit in the country at his postion. Campbell had this to say in a press relea...

Nation’s No. 6 rated offensive tackle in Class of 2022 commits to LSU Nation’s No. 6 rated offensive tackle in Class of 2022 commits to LSU LSU football coach Ed Orgeron is doing his best to stockpile offensive linemen. Knowing the Tigers’ 2020 starting offensive line is returning for just one more season, he has a commitment to sign another offensive linemen next Wednesday in college football’s second signing period after landing one in December’s early period for the Class of 2021. ...

LSU lands one of the top offensive linemen in the country Campbell is a 4-star recruit out of Neville. (Source: Hayes Fawcett) By Garland Gillen | January 31, 2021 at 6:51 AM CST - Updated January 31 at 6:20 PM NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The state of Louisiana is a hotbed for big-time football recruits. But, at the offensive lineman spot, “The Boot” doesn’t produce as many top high school players. So that’s why landing Neville’s Will Campbell, was such a huge get for Coach Orgeron. C...

STM Defeats De La Salle To Capture Division II State Championship STM captured their second consecutive state championship Monday night, defeating De La Salle 35-28, and finishing the year undefeated. Unlike last year when the Cougars dominated the Cavaliers in the title game 58-10, this years clash was much closer. An entertaining game from start to finish, De La Salle attempt a surprise onside kick to start the game, but STM wasnt fooled, recovered it, and scored the games first points 23 sec...

Early recruiting wrap: Coach O says winning in-state battles were a key in LSU’s 20-man early signing period class Early recruiting wrap: Coach O says winning in-state battles were a key in LSU’s 20-man early signing period class The battleground areas in building LSU’s fourth-rated nationally recruiting class were easy to identify. Just listen to the Tigers head football coach Ed Orgeron when he talks about his staff’s ability to turn pivotal in-state commitments from safety Sage Ryan ...

2021 Early Signing Day Primer and Thread Share this story Photo by Chris Parent/Collegiate Images/Getty Images LSU’s hellacious 2020 season took a turn for the better Saturday night when a depleted Tiger team ruined the Florida Gators season with a 37-34 win in The Swamp. Now LSU is hoping that momentum can extend to Wednesday. While LSU has struggled on the field, their efforts on the recruiting trail have been top notch. Despite opt-outs, injuries, a historically bad defense and a 4-5 recor...

Signing times for LSU commits and targets The early signing period for LSU and the rest of college football is here. For Ed Orgeron, Wednesday brings a chance to make a major splash in the recruiting world and build on the Top 5 class already in place. Heres the rundown on some of the prospects to watch during the early signing period as well as their signing times or announcement times. UNCOMMITTED TARGETS Damarius McGhee - 11:45 a.m. CT - ESPN2: Out of Pensacola (Fla.) Catholic, Corey Raymo...