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Here are the Louisiana High School Athletic Association basic districts for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 high school sports seasons.

The LHSAA released its district plan on Monday. The districts will be for football, basketball, baseball, softball and track and field. All appeals by LHSAA schools must be submitted by noon on Nov. 13.

Class 5A

District 1-5A: Airline, Benton, C.E. Byrd, Captain Shreve, Haughton, Natchitoches-Central, Parkway, Southwood.

District 2-5A: Alexandria, Ouachita, Pineville, Ruston, West Monroe, West Ouachita.

District 3-5A: Acadiana, Barbe, Carencro, Comeaux, Lafayette, New Iberia, Sam Houston, Southside, Sulphur.

District 4-5A: Central-Baton Rouge, Denham Springs, Live Oak, Scotlandville, Walker, Zachary.

District 5-5A: Baton Rouge, Catholic-Baton Rouge, Dutchtown, East Ascension, Liberty, St. Amant, St. Joseph’s Academy, Woodlawn-Baton Rouge.

District 6-5A: Covington, Fontainebleau, Hammond, Mandeville, Northshore, Ponchatoula, Slidell, St. Paul’s.

District 7-5A: Central Lafourche, Destrehan, East St. John, H.L. Bourgeois, Hahnville, Terrebonne, Thibodaux.

District 8-5A: Bonnabel, Chalmette, East Jefferson, Grace King, John Ehret, West Jefferson.

District 9-5A: Archbishop Chapelle, Archbishop Rummel, Brother Martin, Dominican, Edna Karr, Holy Cross, Jesuit, John Curtis, Mount Carmel, St. Augustine.

Class 4A

District 1-4A: Booker T. Washington-Shreveport, Bossier, Caddo, Evangel Christian, Huntington, Minden, North DeSoto, Northwood-Shreveport, Woodlawn-Shreveport.

District 2-4A: Franklin Parish, Grant, Neville, Peabody, Tioga.

District 3-4A: DeRidder, Eunice, LaGrange, Leesville, North Vermilion, Rayne, Washington-Marion.

District 4-4A: David Thibodaux, Lafayette Christian, Northside, St. Thomas More, Teurlings Catholic, Westgate.

District 5-4A: Beau Chene, Breaux Bridge, Brusly, Cecila, Livonia, Opelousas, Plaquemine.

District 6-4A: Belaire, Broadmoor, Istrouma, McKinley, St. Michael-Baton Rouge, Tara, West Feliciana.

District 7-4A: Ellender, Assumption, Lutcher, Morgan City, South Lafourche, South Terrebonne, Vandebilt Catholic.

District 8-4A: Hannan, Franklinton, Lakeshore, Loranger, Pearl River, Salmen, St. Schoastica.

District 9-4A: Booker T. Washington-New Orleans, De La Salle, McMain, Kenner Discovery, Lusher, Riverdale.

District 10-4A: Academy of Our Lady, Shaw, Belle Chasse, Helen Cox, Higgins, Landry, New Orleans Military and Maritime.

District 11-4A: Ben Franklin, Cabrini, Fredrick A. Douglass, Carver, McDonogh 35, Sci Academy, Warren Easton.

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Class 3A

District 1-3A: Bastrop, Carroll, North Webster, Richwood, Sterlington, Union Parish, Wossman.

District 2-3A: Bolton, Buckeye, Bunkie, Caldwell Parish, Jena, Marksville.

District 3-3A: Iowa, Jennings, Kinder, Lake Charles College Prep, South Beauregard, St. Louis Catholic, Westlake.

District 4-3A: Church Point, Iota, Mamou, Northwest, Pine Prairie, Port Barre, Ville Platte.

District 5-3A: Abbeville, Crowley, Erath, Kaplan, St. Martinville.

District 6-3A: Collegiate Baton Rouge, Doyle, Glen Oaks, Madison Prep, Mentorship Academy, Parkview Baptist, Port Allen, University Lab.

District 7-3A: Albany, Amite, Bogalusa, Jewel Sumner, Pine.

District 8-3A: Berwick, Donaldsonville, E.D. White, Patterson, St. James.

District 9-3A: Sacred Heart-New Orleans, Haynes Academy, John F. Kennedy, Livingston Collegiate, Morris Jeff, N.O. Charter Science and Math, Patrick Taylor, Sarah T. Reed, Sophie B. Wright, Ursuline.

CLASS 2A

District 1-2A: Calvary Baptist, D’Arbonne Woods, Green Oaks, Jonesboro-Hodge, Lakeside, Loyola Prep, North Caddo.

District 2-2A: Beckman Charter, Ferriday, General Trass, Madison, Mangham, Oak Grove, Rayville, Vidalia.

District 3-2A: Lakeview, Mansfield, Many, Red River, Winnfield.

District 4-2A: Avoyelles, Glenmora, Holy Savior Menard, Oakdale, Pickering, Rosepine.

District 5-2A: DeQuincy, Grand Lake, Lake Arthur, Notre Dame, Vinton, Welsh.

District 6-2A: Baker, Capitol, Dunham, East Felicana, Episcopal, French Settlement, Northeast.

District 7-2A: Independence, Northlake Christian, Pope John Paul II, Springfield, St. Helena, St. Thomas Aquinas.

District 8-2A: Acadiana Renaissance, Ascension Episcopal, Catholic-New Iberia, Delcambre, Franklin, Houma Christian, Loreauville, West St. Mary.

District 9-2A: Fisher, Jefferson Rise, Rosenwald, South Plaquemines, Thomas Jefferson.

District 10-2A: International-New Orleans, Newman, M.L. King Charter, Country Day, St. Charles Catholic, St. Mary’s Academy.

CLASS 1A

District 1-1A: Arcadia, Cedar Creek, Glenbrook, Haynesville, Homer, Lincoln Prep, Magnolia, Plain Dealing.

District 2-1A: Delhi, Delhi Charter, Delta Charter, Ouachita Christian, River Oaks, Sicly Island, St. Frederick, Tensas.

District 3-1A: Block, LaSalle, Logansport, Montgomery, Northwood-Lena, Ringgold, St. Mary’s.

District 4-1A: Basile, East Beauregard, Elton, Gueydan, Hamilton Christian, Merryville, Oberlin.

District 5-1A: North Central, Opelousas Catholic, Sacred Heart, St. Edmund, Vermilion Catholic, Westminster Christian.

District 6-1A: Centerville, Central Catholic, Covenant Christian Academy, Hanson, Highland Baptist, Jeanerette.

District 7-1A: Ascension Catholic, Ascension Christian, East Iberville, St. John, Thrive Academy, White Castle.

District 8-1A: Catholic-Pointe Coupee, Central Private, False River, Kentwood, Slaughter Charter, Southern Lab.

District 9-1A: Cohen, Crescent City, Ecole Classique, McGehee, Ridgewood Prep, Riverside Academy, St. Katharine Drexel, St. Martin’s Episcopal, Varnado, West St. John.

Class B

District 1-B: Castor, Doyline, Quitman, Simsboro, Weston.

District 2-B: Choudrant, Downsville, Forest.

District 3-B: Anacoco, Converse, Florien, Negreet, Stanley, Zwolle.

District 4-B: Elizabeth, Hicks, Oak Hill, Pitkin.

District 5-B: Avoyelles Public Charter, Country Day University, Grace Christian, Harrisonburg, Monterey, Rapides.

District 6-B: Sacred Heart-G.C.; Bell City, Episcopal of Acadiana, Hathaway, J.S. Clark, Lacassine, Midland.

District 7-B: Christ Episcopal, Cristo Rey-Baton Rouge, Holden, Maurepas, Mt. Hermon.

Class C

District 1-C: Claiborne Christian, Epps, Family Community, Gibsland-Coleman, Kilbourne, New Living Word, Summerfield.

District 2-C: Atlanta, Calvin, Central-Jonesville, Dodson, Georgetown, Saline.

District 3-C: Ebarb, Evans, Hornbeck, Pleasant Hill, Simpson.

District 4-C: Hackberry, Johnson Bayou, Singer, South Cameron, Starks.

District 5-C: Fairview, Northside Christian, Plainview, Reeves, St. Joseph’s-Plaucheville.

District 6-C: Baton Rouge International, Family Christian, First Baptist Christian, Jehovah-Jireh, La. School for Deaf, La. School for Visually Impaired.

District 7-C: Grand Isle, Lutheran, Phoenix, St. Therese Academy.

Reach Chris Singleton at 985-857-2213 or [email protected] and on Twitter @courierchris.

Lacassine is the lone area boys team hosting a quarterfinal game tonight as a trio of Southwest Louisiana teams look to punch their ticket to next week’s state basketball tournament at Burton Coliseum.

The Cardinals, the No. 4 seed in Class B, will host No. 5 Doyline at 6 p.m. today. Hitting the road are Iowa, which will play at Donaldsonville in Class 3A, and Elton, which visits Delhi in Class 1A.

Lacassine (31-6) is looking to play in the state tournament for the first time since 2007, the second of back-to-back appearances.

Doyline (29-2) is on a 14-game winning streak which features 11 double-digit wins. Their two losses, to Converse and C.E. Byrd, were by a combined six points. The Panthers won the 2020 state title and are led by returning first-team all-state player Jamaria Clark, who averaged 31 points per game last year.

The Cardinals have won 20 of their last 21, the lone loss coming at J.S. Clark after Lacassine clinched the District 7-B title. Lacassine beat Singer 75-58 in the regional round behind Kane Broussard’s 40 points.

Cardinals coach Micah Rasberry said defense has been his team’s calling card.

“We’ve done a good job defensively, that is the thing we have been able to hang our hat on,” he said. “As for scoring, we have generally been able to spread it around and have a different guy step up every night. That speaks to the guys being selfless.”

Rasberry said Clark, and preventing second chances, will be the two areas of focus against Doyline.

“Clark is phenomenal, a great athlete,” he said. “We are going to try to make him take tough tough shots and make them go one-and-done by getting rebounds. They are bigger than us so we are going to have to be scrappy. Rebounding will decide the game.”

Elsewhere

No. 5 Iowa (26-4) will be looking to make its first trip to the semifinals. No. 4 Donaldsonville is 29-4 and has won 12 consecutive games. The Tigers are led by 6-foot-4 forward Troy Cole, who averages 18 points and 10 rebounds per game.

Iowa has won 17 straight with a deep rotation. Reserve guard Deshawn Ceaser has emerged as a scoring threat over the past few weeks and scored a team-high 26 in Iowa’s regional win over Lutcher.

No. 7 Elton (20-7) is in the quarterfinals for the first time since 2005. No. 2 Delhi (24-5) reached the semifinals in 2019 and avenged an upset loss to Merryville last year in the regional round.

Elton advanced with a 52-28 win over Oak Grove in the regional round.

Longtime Doyline coach James Roach, 84, who directed the Panthers to the 1967 state basketball championship, died Saturday, according to his family.

Rachel Roach Rambo said her father had on-going heart issues.

“I told the nurses here that he loved so many for so long that his heart just gave out,” Rambo said. “All the former players who have called or texted us or posted on Facebook are a testament to my dad’s involvement in their lives.”

The LHSAA Hall of Famer coached Doyline to a 41-6 record and an 18-game winning streak that season, according to a 2017 Shreveport Times article by Shawn White, who played for Roach at Doyline.

“Coach Roach was just a basketball general on the court,” White said. “He was a beloved person of the Doyline community. Many families in Doyline had both their sons and their fathers coached by Roach. He will be missed in the Panther community.”

Roach coached some of the greats in Doyline history, including former Louisiana Tech and Auburn men’s basketball coach Tommy Joe Eagles and former Northwestern State standout and Doyline principal Jimmy Stewart, both of whom preceded him in death. He also coached All-American Jerry Walker and Florida Tech Hall of Famer Brandon Palmer.

Roach had continued to live in Doyline and was an associate of current Doyline coach Michael Normand.

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“I don’t really have the words to say what this man means to the town of Doyline,” Normand posted on Facebook. “Coach, you left a legacy of respect, love and excellence by all who knew you! Your school and village will be forever thankful for being blessed to be able to call you our coach!”

The school had plans to recognize him in a special way at the 2022 basketball jamboree Oct. 27.

“Coach Roach was a Hall of Famer but an even better man,” Normand said.

That 1967 team was forced to go to overtime to defeat state basketball power Florien 55-53. Roach would coach the Panthers for 30 years, winning 835 games and making the state title game four more times. He retired following the 1993-94 season.

Jimmy Watson covers Shreveport-Bossier area sports. Email him at jwat[email protected] and follow him on Twitter @JimmyWatson6.

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WHAT THEY’RE SAYING

Angela Neal: “I'm heartbroken. Mr. Stewart was an amazing man. He was well respected, admired and our trusted coach and principal. He was so much more than even that. I got to watch him be a wonderful dad to my high school friend Jamie Stewart Gressett.”

Shawn C. White: “Jimmy was my principal at Doyline. He was a great mentor to us. He will be missed in the Doyline community. He pushed us to be our best and saw the potential of the kids at the school. He was also on the last state championship team that Doyline had.”

Jack Thigpen: “So sad to hear this. Really a nice guy and a good coach that had a positive influence on many. He will be missed! Prayers go out to his family.”

Connie Eagles : “So many special memories of watching Jimmy, Tommy Joe, Steve Causey, and the rest of their wonderful teammates win the Class C State Championship in 1967!! Jimmy was a special friend!! Loved to hear him get tickled and laugh out loud!”

The tall drink of water known as Jimmy Stewart lived virtually his entire life on the same piece of rural property outside Doyline his family has inhabited for about 100 years.

Quiet and stately with a dry sense of humor, often portraying the same persona the “other” Jimmy Stewart exhibited on-screen, Doyline’s Stewart was a man loved and respected by many.

I first met the Doyline principal in the early 1990s when I was recruiting his daughter, Jamie Gressett, to pitch on my travel softball team. In order to secure Jamie, I was required to drive to the Stewart homestead and convince the 6-foot-5 Stewart that I was worthy of coaching his daughter. In 10-plus years of recruiting softball players, Stewart remained the only father who forced me to pass his observation test.

“My dad was really quiet but he was funny, and he always taught my brother (Ryan) and I to do the right thing,” Gressett said. “He told us to get involved in something, and his guiding principal was to love God, love your family, love your church, school and country.”

The 68-year-old Stewart, who had a stroke in 2011 and was in declining health since that fateful day, passed away Saturday after a long battle with the byproducts of the stroke, according to Gressett.

“After the stroke, it wasn’t long before he couldn’t read or write and it progressively got worse,” Gressett said. “It got to where he was forgetting words and where he couldn’t drive. For the last couple of years, his mind was still good, but he couldn’t say anything. He understood the conversation that was going on, daddy just couldn’t contribute.

“He went in the hospital in November when he got really sick, and he had been in hospice care since December.”

Services have been set for the former Northwestern State baseball and basketball standout and Doyline principal, who served the school for 20 years. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at Roseneath in Minden with a memorial service slated for 1 p.m. Wednesday at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Minden. The family will hold a private graveside ceremony in Sibley.

“My dad was my softball coach and I rode to school with him from the seventh to the 12th grades, so we got to know each other pretty well,” said Gressett, who married former Louisiana Tech baseball player Dan Gressett. “Even though he was big on NSU, especially Mike McConathy’s basketball team, my dad was OK with me attending Tech and marrying a Tech guy. Technically, he was a Tech graduate too because he received his master’s there.

“And, he liked Dan. Heck, I pretty much married the same person. Dan is a coach and now an assistant principal/coach.”

Stewart earned All-Gulf States Conference honors as a Demon in 1971 for coach Herbie Smith. During his senior year Stewart was 7-4 with a 1.69 ERA. He started 23 games in his NSU career and completed 22 of them.

After graduation, Stewart signed with California Angels organization and eventually advanced to Triple A. He was reportedly considered one of the Angels’ top pitching prospects until a shoulder injury ended his career.

Shreveport Captains’ manager Norm Sherry initially signed the then 23-year-old Stewart to play for the Captains, according to The Times files. He played for Quad City, El Paso, Salt Lake City and Hermosillo, Mexico, during the winter.

“I got tickled thinking of my dad living in Mexico,” Gressett said. “But he liked it there. He always said they treated the baseball players like gods.”

Stewart taught mathematics and coached basketball and baseball before becoming principal at Doyline and serving from 1985-2004. He also coached at Minden leading the basketball team to the state finals and won three state titles as the pitching coach on the Tide baseball team coached by Marvin Jones.

He played on the last Doyline basketball team to win a state title (50 years ago), playing with the late Tommy Joe Eagles, who played at Tech. Stewart was signed by Tynes Hildebrand at NSU.

As a softball coach at Doyline, he guided the team to the state playoffs four times.

Jimmy Stewart retired in 2004 after 32 ½ years in public education. Stewart and his brother, Bill, have an endowed basketball scholarship at NSU.

Twitter: @JimmyWatson6

7 Dec 13:54 UTC: First to report: USGS after 11 hours.

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