Capital City News

Istrouma High School played its first football in four years Wednesday night and did it in style, defeating Tara 32 to 7 at the Tara High field. It was an impressive showing for an Istrouma team that only received pads last week and jerseys the day before the game. Istrouma scored most of its points […]

The Chicago Cubs made history Wednesday, winning the World Series for the first time since 1908. They did it in style, beating the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in the 10th inning and carrying the series 4-3.

Catholic High head football Coach Dale Weiner, winner of more than 300 games, on Coach Boots Garland: “I’m here representing hundreds of athletes who were touched by Coach Garland. I never called him Boots because he was my coach. Some of the most important coaching occurs off the field, especially with young people.” “Coach Garland […]

Whole Foods at Towne Center is the closest thing Baton Rouge has to Main Street.  If you go to the coffee shop and sit long enough, you will see just about everyone you know or want to know.  One day last month, I was having coffee when I saw former Baton Rouge High, LSU, and […]

Was the 1955 Istrouma High football team the greatest in Louisiana history?  As long as football is played in this state, that will be debated. Louisiana has only had one Heisman Trophy winner — Billy Cannon — and he starred on the 1955 team, which went undefeated and won the State Championship. 2015 is the […]

When I was a child the first college football hero I remember having was LSU Heisman Trophy winner Billy Cannon. Back in those days there was no ESPN. No 50 plus games a week on TV, and being at that age, I lived in New York and California, it’s hard to recollect how Billy became […]

There are a few — a very few — sports teams that live on in the memory of fans all their lives and whose legends are passed down through the generations.  One is LSU’s national championship team of 1958 and another is the Chinese Bandits, the third-string defensive unit on that championship team, which so […]

Two Baton Rouge teams return to the Superdome to battle it out for the State Division II Championship when Parkview Baptist faces University High at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5. U-High (14-0), the state’s No. 1-ranked team, is favored over Parkview (10-3), which is ranked No. 7, especially in view of their meeting earlier in […]

The University High Cubs will take their seemingly unstoppable offense and a perfect 13-0 record to the Louisiana Superdome next Thursday for a showdown with the best football team in Louisiana history, the John Curtis Patriots of River Ridge.  U-High sealed their place in the championship game with an overwhelming victory over cross-town rival Parkview […]

Istrouma High School was founded in 1917, and the football program has been around for almost 80 years, but all that could be coming to an end very soon.  Last week, the Louisiana Recovery School District announced plans to close Istrouma High School at the end of the current school year.  Under the plan, current […]