VC No. 1 in Class A prep rankings

The Vermilion Catholic Eagles jumped up to the No. 1 spot in the latest Louisiana Sports Writers Association Class A football poll after a 42-8 road win over Jeanerette this past Friday.
The Eagles (7-0) climbed one spot from second after previous No. 1 Ouachita Christian (6-1)lost a game to Harding Academy, 31-14, in a game played at Hyatt Field in Monticello, Arkansas. Harding Academy (7-0) is located in Searcy, Arkansas.
VC is No. 2 in the unofficial Division IV select power rankings, behind St. Mary’s (5-1), which is ranked 10th in the LSWA Class A poll. Ouachita Christian dropped to second in the LSWA poll with seven first-place votes to Vermilion Catholic’s five first-place votes.
The Screaming Eagles are the lone Vermilion Parish team receiving votes in the polls.
In the power points, which are used to determine seeding for the playoffs,
Abbeville (5-2) is 17th and Kaplan (6-1) is 18th in the Division II non-select power points.
North Vermilion (2-5) is 29th and Erath (1-6) is 36th. The top 28 teams in non-select divisions earn playoff bids.
The top 24 teams earn bids to the select division playoffs.
In the non-select Division IV rankings, Delcambre (0-7) is 34th and Gueydan (0-7) is 41st.
Jeanerette, which was ranked No. 2 in the non-select Division IV power rankings last week, slipped to fourth in the power rankings.
The top spots in the other four classes remained unchanged in the latest polls.
Edna Karr (6-0) is No. 1 in the Class 5A poll. Karr has six first-place votes, while No. 2 Destrehan (7-0) has eight first-place votes.
St. Thomas More (7-0) remains No. 1 in the Class 4A poll with fellow District 5-4A team Lafayette Christian (6-1) second. STM, which shut out Northside 49-0, received all 12 first-place votes in the 4A poll. LCA beat Teurlings Catholic 62-3, knocking the Rebels out of the top 10. TCHS (5-2) dropped from seventh to 11th in the poll. Westgate (5-2), which beat North Vermilion 19-13 this past week, moved up a spot from 10th to ninth in the 4A poll.
University Lab School (6-1) has nine first-place votes and remained first in the 3A poll with a 43-7 win over Madison Prep. E.D. White (7-0), which has the three remaining first-place votes, stayed second with a 44-6 win over Donaldsonville.
In Class 2A, Calvary Baptist (7-0) is the No. 1 team after beating Green Oaks 58-6. Calvary has nine first-place votes. St. Charles Catholic (7-0), a 43-15 winner over St. Martinville, is No. 2 and has three first-place votes.
The Comets beat Abbeville a week earlier in a non-district football game.

Class 5A
School (1st) Rec Pts Pvs
1. Edna Karr (6) 6-0 138 1
2. Destrehan (8) 7-0 137 2
3. Zachary 6-0 114 3
4. Ruston 7-0 111 4
5. Carencro 7-0 98 5
6. East St. John 7-0 75 8
7. John Curtis 4-2 50 10
8. Catholic-Baton Rouge 5-2 45 9
9. Holy Cross 6-1 42 7
10. Southside 6-1 35 NR

Others receiving votes: Brother Martin 25, Acadiana 20, West Monroe 20, Captain Shreve 13, St. Augustine 4, Airline 3, Archbishop Rummel 3, St. Amant 2, Central 1.

Class 4A
School (1st) Rec Pts Pvs
1. St. Thomas More (12) 7-0 144 1
2. Lafayette Christian 6-1 132 2
3. Neville 6-1 115 3
4. North DeSoto 6-1 105 4
5. Warren Easton 3-3 101 5
6. Lutcher 5-1 86 6
7. West Feliciana 6-1 61 8
8. Archbishop Shaw 5-2 52 9
9. Westgate 5-2 44 10
10. Cecilia 6-1 42 NR

Others receiving votes: Teurlings Catholic 35, Evangel Christian 14, Opelousas 9, Tioga 7.

Class 3A
School (1st) Rec Pts Pvs
1. University (9) 6-1 139 1
2. E.D. White (3) 7-0 130 2
3. St. James 6-1 115 3
4. Sterlington 6-1 101 4
5. Jena 7-0 98 5
6. Parkview Baptist 6-1 81 7
7. John F. Kennedy 6-1 61 9
8. St. Louis 6-1 55 10
9. Union Parish 4-3 52 6
10. Wossman 6-1 31 NR

Others receiving votes: Bunkie 17, Madison Prep 17, Iowa 15, Amite 14, Church Point 10, Bogalusa 4, Lake Charles Prep 2, Pine 1.

Class 2A
School (1st) Rec Pts Pvs
1. Calvary Baptist (9) 7-0 141 1
2. St. Charles (3) 7-0 134 2
3. Newman 6-0 121 3
4. Oak Grove 5-2 103 4
5. Dunham 5-2 98 5
6. Notre Dame 4-3 77 8
7. Many 4-2 60 9
8. Episcopal-Baton Rouge 5-2 46 6
9. Ascension Episcopal 5-2 38 10
10. D’Arbonne Woods 6-0 35 NR

Others receiving votes: Northlake Christian 29, Catholic-New Iberia 24, South Plaquemines 14, Loreauville 6, Welsh 6, Oakdale 2, Pope John Paul II 2.

Class A
School (1st) Rec Pts Pvs
1. VC (5) 7-0 138 2
2. Ouachita Christian (7) 6-1 135 1
3. Southern Lab 5-1 120 3
4. Kentwood 6-1 106 5
5. Riverside Academy 6-1 97 6
6. Homer 5-2 87 4
7. Logansport 6-1 61 8
8. Haynesville 6-1 58 8
9. St. Martin’s 5-1 47 10
10. St. Mary’s 5-1 37 7

Others receiving votes: Ascension Catholic 26, Glenbrook Academy 21, St. Frederick 2, St. Edmund 1.