Central City News

JIM DOUSAY’S BIG HIT. By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News It’s funny the things you remember and the things you forget about football.  In 1962, Istrouma won the State Championship, and 15 players received college scholarships. People said it was one of the greatest high school teams in state history.  I was in the […]

Friday, September 2, 2011 Central High School defeated Istrouma 43-0 on a rainy night at Wildcat Stadium in the City of Central, Louisiana Statistics compiled by Tyler Wales Photo: Central High cheerleaders in raincoats by Woody Jenkins of Central City News Central Wildcats 43, IHS Indians 0 Score by quarter 1 2 3 4 Total […]

Put on Your Traveling Clothes Next Week For Game Against St. Thomas More on Road in Acadiana by Woody Jenkins CENTRAL — Young but talented — that’s a pretty fair description of the 2011 Central High Wildcat football team. Last Friday night’s Jamboree game against East Feliciana was impressive.  The Wildcats made plenty of mistakes, but East Feliciana has […]

Central High Wildcats Head Coach: Doug Dotson (2nd year) Top Players: DB/WR Logan Metcalfe (5-11, 185, SR); DE Matt Edwards; WR Chaz King (6-0, 170, SR); DT Timothy Colomb (6-2, 255, SR); RB Zachary Evans (5-9, 175, SR); DE/LB Joey Jarreau (6-1, 225, SR); TE/DE Zach Hetrick (6-3, 235, SR); OG/OT Tyler Abadie; LB Antonio […]

Central Heavily Favored Over Istrouma Friday In First Game CENTRAL — The Central High Wildcats will make their season debut this Friday night at 7 p.m. when they host the Istrouma Indians at Wildcat Stadium. Both teams are fresh off victories in last Friday’s jamboree games. Central is aiming for its 4th straight District Championship in District 4-5A, […]

CENTRAL — Central Private will travel to Clinton for a game against arch-rival Silliman Academy at 7 p.m. Friday night at Silliman. This is Silliman’s best team in four or five years, but Central Private believes they can win.  CPS defeated Silliman 7-6 in the jamboree three weeks ago. Central Private began regular season play […]

CENTRAL — 28 Central area residents correctly picked 75% or more of last week’s games in the Oak Point Pick 12 Contest last week.  A listing of the contestants is below.  Corey Sharp of 18529 Loch Bend in Greenwell Springs is the winner of the first week of the Pick 12 Football Contest sponsored by […]

Wildcats Aim for 4th Straight Title At District Level, Chance for State CENTRAL — Central football coach Doug Dotson says his team has a “single focus” — building themselves into a winning team. With the talent exhibited by Central in its scrimmage against Thibodaux last Friday, that shouldn’t be difficult.  But what might be difficult is East Feliciana, […]

CENTRAL — Central High swimming coach Scott Osborne has announced the following swim meets for boys and girls: • Saturday, Sept. 10 at Crawfish Aquatics at 9:00 AM • Saturday, Sept. 24 at Crawfish Aquatics at 9:00 AM • Saturday, Oct. 8 at Crawfish Aquatics at 9:00 AM • Saturday, Oct. 29 at Crawfish Aquatics […]

CENTRAL — As storm clouds gathered on the horizon, Central Private’s season opener against Cenla Academy of Pineville made it to the coin toss before officials had to delay the game for bad weather. Some 35 to 40 minutes later, the game resumed with a late kickoff.  From that point on, the field looked as […]