Destrehan picks up 1st place vote; Rummel enters LSWA top 10
So, tell me if you understand this: Destrehan goes 15-0 and beats Acadiana in the 2007 Class 5A.
Enter fall 2008 and lo and behold, Acadiana is No. 1 in the 5A poll. What do the Wildcats do? They go out and dismantle their first five opponents, including then-No. 4 Ehret.
The Destrehan defense is just plain good and the offense appears to have picked up where it left off a year ago. I don't get it. Destrehan should be No. 1. Then again, maybe I'm not alone. A poll voter took his or her vote away from Acadiana and gave it to Destrehan this week.
On to other poll bullets:
- Brother Martin continues its push into the poll, moving up one place to No. 9;
- Rummel enters the poll for the first time this season at No. 10;
- South Plaquemines lost a No. 1 vote this week, but is still No. 1 in the 1A poll;
- St. Charles enters the 3A poll after a big win over rival Lutcher.
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Statewide high school football rankings compiled by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. First-place votes are in parenthesis, followed by record, points and previous week's ranking.
| Class 5A | Record | Votes | Last week | |
| 1 | Acadiana (7) | 5-0 | 135 | 1 |
| 2 | West Monroe (1) | 5-0 | 129 | 2 |
| 3 | Destrehan (4) | 5-0 | 127 | 3 |
| 4 | Barbe | 5-0 | 109 | 4 |
| 5 | Dutchtown | 5-0 | 93 | 5 |
| 6 | St. Thomas More | 5-1 | 71 | 7 |
| 7 | Byrd | 5-1 | 61 | 8 |
| 8 | East St. John | 2-2 | 46 | 9 |
| 9 | Brother Martin | 5-0 | 38 | 10 |
| 10 | Rummel | 5-0 | 34 | NR |
| Others receiving votes: Central 24, Mandeville 19, John Ehret 19, St. Pauls 14, Higgins 10, Thibodaux 4, Ouachita 1. | ||||
| Class 4A | Record | Votes | Last week | |
| 1 | Bastrop (12) | 5-0 | 144 | 1 |
| 2 | Eunice | 5-0 | 127 | 2 |
| 3 | Benton | 5-0 | 115 | 3 |
| 4 | Leesville | 5-1 | 107 | 4 |
| 5 | Breaux Bridge | 4-1 | 91 | 6 |
| 6 | Neville | 5-1 | 86 | 7 |
| 7 | Teurlings Catholic | 4-1 | 60 | 8 |
| 8 | Helen Cox | 4-1 | 51 | 10 |
| 9 | Haughton | 5-1 | 46 | NR |
| 10 | Northside | 4-1 | 36 | NR |
| Others receiving votes: O.P. Walker 32, Pearl River 11, McKinley 8, Franklinton 7, Alexandria 5, Belle Chasse 5, Karr 3, Zachary 1, Salmen 1. | ||||
| Class 3A | Record | Votes | Last week | |
| 1 | Parkview Baptist (7) | 5-0 | 137 | 1 |
| 2 | Westlake (4) | 4-0 | 134 | 2 |
| 3 | Notre Dame (1) | 5-0 | 121 | 3 |
| 4 | Amite | 5-0 | 111 | 4 |
| 5 | Redemptorist | 4-1 | 96 | 5 |
| 6 | Cecilia | 3-2 | 76 | 7 |
| 7 | Rayville | 3-2 | 52 | 8 |
| 8 | Winnfield | 5-1 | 43 | 10 |
| 9 | St. Charles | 5-1 | 39 | NR |
| 10 | Lutcher | 3-2 | 29 | 6 |
| Others receiving votes: Iota 25, Church Point 19, Kaplan 14, St. Louis 12, Patterson 8, Port Allen 8, North DeSoto 7, Capitol Academy 3, Independence 3. | ||||
| Class 2A | Record | Votes | Last week | |
| 1 | John Curtis (11) | 5-1 | 143 | 1 |
| 2 | Calvary Baptist | 6-0 | 131 | 2 |
| 3 | Evangel | 5-1 | 116 | 3 |
| 4 | St. Thomas Aquinas (1) | 5-0 | 110 | 4 |
| 5 | Port Barre | 4-1 | 81 | 5 |
| 6 | Donaldsonville | 4-0 | 79 | 6 |
| 7 | St. James | 3-2 | 76 | 7 |
| 8 | Farmerville | 5-1 | 53 | 8 |
| 9 | Many | 5-1 | 42 | 9 |
| 10 | Homer | 4-2 | 35 | 10 |
| Others receiving votes: Clinton 24, Livonia 24, Newman 12, Jonesboro-Hodge 7, South Beauregard 4, St. Helena Central 4, Red River 3, Rosepine 2, University 1. | ||||
| Class 1A | Record | Votes | Last week | |
| 1 | South Plaquemines (11) | 4-1 | 143 | 1 |
| 2 | St. Edmund (1) | 5-0 | 131 | 2 |
| 3 | Ouachita Christian | 5-1 | 114 | 4 |
| 4 | Haynesville | 3-2 | 90 | 5 |
| 5 | Mangham | 5-1 | 86 | 7 |
| 6 | South Cameron | 5-0 | 75 | 8 |
| 7 | Delhi Charter | 5-1 | 67 | 3 |
| 8 | Arcadia | 5-1 | 61 | 9 |
| 9 | Christian Life | 4-1 | 43 | 10 |
| 10 | Oak Grove | 3-3 | 41 | NR |
| Others receiving votes: Kentwood 33, Hamilton Christian 22, Ascension Catholic 12, Gueydan 6, Varnado 6, St. Frederick 3, Delcambre 2. | ||||
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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