The future of high school athletics in Louisiana was in question due to the coronavirus pandemic, but today the LHSAA decided to give the go-ahead with football
Louisiana High School Athletic Association executive director Eddie Bonine says that four parishes in the state have reported having a school with football players testing positive for coronavirus.
The Louisiana High School Athletic Association held an executive meeting yesterday via Zoom and unanimously voted to allow summer football practice to begin on June 8.
Pictures and videos turned into the LHSAA have now reportedly implicated 10 Louisiana schools, including two in the Lafayette area for early practice violations.
Coming into tonight's game against the Zachary Broncos, Acadiana hadn't been tested throughout the playoffs. The Rams had outscored their 3 previous opponents 161-35 but this semi-final matchup would be a different story. Acadiana came away with a hard fought 21-14 victory to head to the Superdome for the 5A State Championship game...
The controversy surrounding changes in the LHSAA sports playoff system will be addressed in a special meeting of the organization. For many who love and support high school sports this can't come soon enough.
I understand the need for a governing body and final authority in governing high school sports. I don't understand why the LHSAA appears to think it is so much more than that.
LHSAA commissioner Eddie Bonine made the big announcement today: the "split" playoffs adopted three years ago for the sport of high school football is dissolved effective immediately.