Central City News

After a disappointing scrimmage before the regular season began, the Central Wildcats have played superb football in their first two games of the regular season.  They beat Belaire 59-6 and Southern Lab 47-7. Is Coach Sid Edwards ready to declare that Central has a powerhouse offense this year? “Well, not yet,” he said with a […]

If one man can kill a state, the Fool Governor, John Bel Edwards, is well on his way.  Through his draconian, illegal orders, he stopped people from shaking hands, hugging people’s necks, going to their favorite coffee shop or restaurant without a hated mask, opening their busineses, going to work, going to church, or going […]

 Central High head football coach and athletic director Sid Edwards said it will be devastating to many young men if sports are suspended this fall. In an interview with Woody Jenkins of Central City News, the much-loved coach said. “So many of our kids need to be with their other dad, our coaches.  So many […]

The Central Wildcat softball team took their game in dramatic walk-off fashion, thanks to a single at the end of the game to topple the Barbe Buccaneers. The game was tied at 9-9 with Central batting in the bottom of the seventh when Bella Barnes singled on a 1-0 count, scoring one run. Both offenses […]

Four hits from Kylie Chauvin helped lead the Central Wildcats past Riverside Academy 13-3 on Thursday. Chauvin singled in the second, singled in the fourth, singled in the fifth, and singled in the sixth.  Central got things started in the first inning. An error scored two runs for Central. The Wildcats scored four runs in […]

CENTRAL HIGH VARSITY CHEERLEADERS –– The Central High School varsity cheer team completed their competition season in February in Orlando at the National High School Cheerleading Championships. The team returned after back-to-back wins the past two years. This year they came home with 4th place in the large NT Gameday Division and advanced to semi-finals […]

Todd Lasseigne, a star on Central High’s 2017 and 2018 State Championship baseball team, has joined Woody Jenkins on the Central City News broadcasts of Central High baseball. The TV coverage on Facebook averages 14,000 viewers a game. Jenkins said Lasseigne is a outstanding addition to the broadcast team. “I haven’t seen or heard a […]

Central High School’s new head baseball coach is no stranger to Central. A Central High graduate of 1973, Leo McClure has spent much of life as a player and coach in Central. And his sons are some of the most successful athletes in Central history. After finishing at Central High, Leo played basketball at SLU […]

The Central City News will resume its live coverage of Central High baseball this spring and plans to broadcast at least 21 regular season games in February, March, and April. The newspaper began its coverage of live sporting events with live coverage of Central High’s State Championship game in May 2017. That game, which was […]

The Central High School Varsity Cheerleaders have successfully launched their competition season by winning a 2019 Louisiana High School State Spirit Championship.  In addition to cheering for the Central High School basketball programs, they are preparing for a return to the National High School Cheerleading Championship (NHSCC) Feb. 7-9 in Orlando to defend their back-to-back […]