Central City News

CENTRAL HIGH HOMECOMING festivities will be held Friday, Sept. 26 and Saturday, Sept. 27. The Wildcats will host McKinley at 7 p.m. on Friday, and the Homecoming Dance will be held from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. on Saturday. Students attending the dance will have to follow strict dress guidelines. Seewww.centralcss.org. Quarterback Tyler Sansone created a sensation […]

Defending District 4-5A champion Central High (2-0) begins a five-game run that will test its mettle Friday, when the Wildcats travel to Jesuit in New Orleans. After that, Central will face, in succession, McKinley, Scotlandville, Denham Springs, and Zachary. Jesuit, ranked No. 8 in State 5A football, is “the real deal,” according to Wildcats head […]

City Park in N.O. Will Be Setting for Shootout Between Central and Jesuit. The Central Wildcat football team and Wildcat fans will enjoy their only out-of-town game of the regular season this weekend when Central travels to New Orleans to face the Jesuit Blue Jays. Coach Sid Edwards, who coached at Jesuit for one year, said the Central […]

The Central Private Rebels return to action this Friday, hosting Trinity Episcopal School of Natchez in a Mississippi Association of Independent Schools game.  The game starts at 7 p.m. Central Private plays its schedule two weeks ahead of schools in the Louisiana High School Athletic Association.  So it has already played in a jamboree and […]

After a slow start at the Zachary Jamboree against Baker last Friday, the Central Wildcats glided to a 21-0 victory.  Starting quarterback Gabe Brown threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to James Schoppe in the first half. In the second half, quarterback Ralph Moore threw a 15-yard TD pass to Schoppe and a 32-yard pass to […]

Thomas Eddlemon, graduate of Central High School and former All District Linebacker for the Wildcats, has been selected to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2013 Semester at Hendrix College in Conway, AR. The list included students “who, completing no fewer than four whole credit courses in the semester for a letter grade, have received […]

Dylan Rathcke is a 6’3”, 210-pound Class of 2019 offensive tackle, defensive end, and defensive tackle at Central Middle School.   He played Southern Louisiana Youth Football before playing for Central Middle last season.  He is a youth and middle school All-American who represented the South in the National Prep and Youth Football Association Top […]

Victory was within Central’s grasp with one minute left in last Friday’s quarterfinal 5A playoff game against Covington.  The Wildcats were behind 20-14 but were marching toward the goal line.  Then, with 3rd down on Covington’s 20 yard line, Central’s Jarrad Hayes threw an interception, which stopped the drive and ended the Wildcats’ hope for […]

Jarrad Hayes, a senior transfer student at Central High, said Wednesday that faith and prayer do work.  His dream of playing for Central, which had appeared shattered, will be realized after all.  For the Wildcat team, the addition of Hayes, a star athlete, is a major breakthrough. The Louisiana High School Athletic Association’s Executive Committee […]

Central High School has filed an appeal with the Louisiana High School Athletic Association, disputing its ruling that Central High quarterback Jared Hayes is ineligible to compete for the Wildcats in this, his senior season. He played for McKinley High last season but only started part-time for the 3-7 Panthers. LHSAA president Kenny Henderson told the […]