Central City News

CENTRAL — Central Physical Therapy, 13111 Hooper Road, will again open its free Saturday morning Sports Injury Evaluation Clinic this fall.  Doors will be open to all athletes from Central and the surrounding area for evaluation and recommendations on how to care for their sports injuries.  Sports physical therapy specialists Erik Strahan, DPT, ATC; Richard […]

CENTRAL — Central High head football coach Sid Edwards was honored recently as a Louisiana Sports Legend, the only high school coach ever to receive the honor.  Two years ago, he was named Louisiana’s 5A Coach of the Year.  Ironically, this is a coach who rarely talks about football — even to his players.  He […]

CENTRAL — Jamborees are supposed to be “fun” — a good chance to size up your team and your talent.  But Friday night’s Jamboree in Denham will be a little more than that when Central High faces off at 6:30 against 3A East Feliciana, a team which would best be described as “disturbing.” The Wildcats […]

BATON ROUGE— LSU All-American and Heisman Trophy winner Billy Cannon led a group of 35 Louisiana Sports Legends honored at a banquet at the Lod Cook Center at LSU last month. The event was sponsored by BIC magazine, which has published Louisiana Sports Legends and Heroes. Cannon led the 1958 LSU Tigers to a national […]

CENTRAL — Central Intermediate School has moved to the new Central School Complex on Sullivan Road, leaving the community with a vacant building. The building was available for lease when Jo Jo Patterson had a vision of creating KATZ — the Kid’s  Athletic Training Zone. Now that vision is becoming a reality as he prepares […]

The Great One Accepts But with a Humorous Condition CENTRAL — When former LSU track star Eddie Kennison challenged the legendary Billy Cannon to a 100-yard dash, Cannon said nothing.  But when Kennison asked for Cannon’s autograph, the Heisman Trophy winner wrote, “To Eddie, I accept the 100 yard challenge!  In the year 2150!  Billy ‘20’ […]

If You Don’t Know, You’re Obviously Under 60 or From Outside Louisiana CENTRAL — For anyone who grew up in the 1950’s in Louisiana, there is no more famous name than Billy Cannon, perhaps the greatest football player in the history of the state.  But, as each new generation comes along, fewer and fewer people know the names […]

by Woody Jenkins BATON ROUGE— Central High head football coach Sid Edwards was honored Thursday night as one of 35 Louisiana Sports Legends at a banquet at the Lod Cook Center at LSU. The event was sponsored by BIC magazine, which has published Louisiana Sports Legends and Heroes. Edwards was the only high school coach […]

Falcons’ Great Returns to Roots at Central High to Delight of Youths CENTRAL — Atlanta Falcons’ star Todd McClure, the Iron Man of the NFL, returned to his alma mater, Central High School, this week to conduct the Todd McClure Football Camp on the Wildcat practice field on Wax Road. More than 280 youngsters and dozens of coaches […]

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Cody Hall, a closer for the Augusta GreenJackets, has earned a spot on the South Atlantic League’s Southern Division all-star team.  The 53rd annual all-star game will be played Tuesday, June 19 in Charleston, S.C. He is a former Central High School and Southern University baseball player.  Cody was a 2011 draft […]