Central City News

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 […]

The 2019 Central High football season is now history, and for Coach Sid Edwards it is filled with fond memories. The Wildcats had a good year, finishing 8-3 but there’s more to it than that. “This is the finest group of seniors I’ve ever had,” Coach Sid said. “Before the season started, this team was […]

Under LSU quarterbacks coach Joe Brady and his offensive coordinator Steve Ensminger of Central, Joe Burrow has developed into the outstanding college quarterback in the country. He is the odds-on favorite to win this year’s Heisman Trophy. For Steve Ensminger, it is just one of a host of triumphs he’s experienced since entering coaching.  Steve […]

Matthew Bihm, an outfielder for the Central Private Redhawks, will attend Tulane University on a baseball scholarship in the fall of 2020. He is a four-year letterman and has been a member of the All-Metro Team and the 1st Team All-District in Mississippi. Matthew is also an honors student with a 3.9 cumulative grade point […]

The script had already been written. The Central High Wildcats, unbeaten against lesser foes, were supposed to arrive at A. W. Mumford Stadium at Southern University and be overwhelmed by No. 1 ranked Southern Lab. Instead, fans witnessed one of the outstanding football games they would ever see and a hard-fought Central victory. Central coach […]

 The Central High Wildcats are off to a fast start with high-scoring victories in the jamboree, a 28-6 win over Livonia, and the first game of the year, a 50-7 victory over Mentorship Academy. Central coach Sid Edwards was beaming this week over the start of the season but even more because of his new […]

All past, present and future Central Wildcat football players and supporters are invited to help kick off the 2019 season by coming out to the 1st Annual Kick-Off Dinner on Saturday, Aug. 17 in the Central Middle School Dining Hall. Doors will open at 6 p.m.  All former players, coaches, cheerleaders, band members, Silks, Kittens […]

The Central High football team, Coach Sid Edwards, and the Wildcat coaching staff helped bring varsity football back to Istrouma High School May 16 by participating in Istrouma’s Spring Game at the new Istrouma football field on Winbourne Avenue. It was the first varsity game or scrimmage for the Indians since 2013. Central’s Coach Sid […]