Sports

BATON ROUGE — The high school regular season hasn’t even begun however the Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) playoff system is already in jeopardy.

As the regular football season comes one step closer, area teams are fine-tuning things before their week one opener with jamboree matchups. Jennings, Lake Arthur and Elton will all play their jamborees tonight, while the Greyhounds from Welsh will play theirs on Friday night.

WELSH — New head coach Ronnie Courville put his troops out for the first time here Friday night against the Oakdale Warriors and he came away satisfied with the effort of his team.

LAKE CHARLES — The Jennings Bulldogs and Barbe Bucs got together Thursday afternoon for their annual scrimmage on the campus of Barbe High School. The two sides went with a controlled 15-play format for two series’ then played a live portion at the end of the contest. The junior varsity sides played two series’ as well. Both the Bulldogs and Bucs would be held scoreless in the varsity-controlled portion, however the Jennings’ junior varsity was able to pop a TD in their action. In the 10-minute game, Barbe was able to push across a TD late in the contest. Junior running back ReJohn Zeno had a big night for the Bulldogs, as he rushed the pigskin for 108 yards on 16 carries.

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