The state high school football championships are moving from New Orleans to Natchitoches and the nine title games will be played at Turpin Stadium over a four-day period from December 27th to the 30th. LHSAA executive director Eddie Bonine says the association’s executive committee made this difficult decision over concerns fans might not be allowed inside the Superdome…
cut 12 (11) “….verses not”
Turpin Stadium’s capacity is 15,500 so Bonine expects to have 25-percent capacity for the nine prep classic games. A schedule of when the title games will be held is expected to be released later this week.

Eagles coach Doug Pederson has named rookie Jalen Hurts as his starting quarterback for Sunday’s game against the Saints.

LSU football coach Ed Orgeron has confirmed the reports freshman tight end Arik Gilbert is thinking about opting out of the rest of the season. Orgeron says Gilbert’s body is hurting and his mother came into town to speak with him. Gilbert has also been described as homesick and not happy with his role in the offense. Veteran offensive Liam Shanahan says his teammates are here for Gilbert
cut 17 (20) “…mind’s at.”
The Tigers are set to visit sixth-ranked Florida with or without Gilbert on Saturday night.

The Ragin Cajuns have moved up to number 19 in the latest college football playoff rankings. The U-L Lafayette basketball team defeated L-S-U Alexandria 90-75 last night as Cedric Russell scored 19 points.

Tonight, Southeastern Louisiana is at Louisiana Tech, Southern visits Arkansas and Tulane hosts Southern Miss.