Lacassine earns first state title since 1964 behind dominant showing

LAKE CHARLES — Since 1964, John Juneau Gymnasium hasn’t seen a boy’s state championship banner go up in the rafters after many near misses. That all changed Friday night when the Cardinals took down two-time state champion Avoyelles Public Charter in a showdown of No. 1 and No. 2 at Burton Coliseum in front of a packed house. The Cards shook off some first quarter jitters and ran away from the Vik…