It seems like Charlie McClendon vs. Bear Bryant, again. The LSU Tigers are good. The Alabama Crimson Tide is better. It goes deeper than the obvious. LSU fans watched another subpar performance by their quarterback, this time Danny Etling, in a 10-0 loss to the Crimson Tide last Saturday.

Last Saturday night at Tiger Stadium, it was like the good old days – the days when LSU ran the football with authority, then turned the game over to the defense, which harassed opposing quarterbacks.

On Saturday, Oct. 15, Nicholls State University snapped an eight-game losing streak at the hands of Stephen F. Austin. A big reason why? A snowstorm. Last January, the University of Maryland made a big push to sign Archbishop Rummel quarterback Chase Fourcade.

The Allstate Sugar Bowl CYO Boys’ Basketball Tournament will begin play on Wednesday, Nov. 30, continuing through Saturday, Dec. 3. The opening rounds of the tournament (Wednesday and Thursday) will be played at Brother Martin, Holy Cross, Jesuit and St. Paul’s with the semifinals and finals (Friday and Saturday) being played at Jesuit.

My thoughts have been centered a lot lately about the subject of mothers and daughters. Why is it that some mothers and daughters have what seemingly appears to be a great relationship, while others struggle to just speak nicely?

Roamin Catholic Sites of Interest: New Orleans and Mississippi published August 20, 2016 in the Clarion Herald Click here for the article published to this site Click here for the center spread. It ran in the Clarion Herald on August 20, 2016 Click here for the center spread.

Maybe by now you’ve seen the latest video craze – the so-called “Mannequin Challenge”  – in which large numbers of people, usually dancing or running in every direction, suddenly stop and turn into latter-day pillars of salt.

There were conspicuous signs that their singing at Mass was not just “background music” but had touched hearts: • There was the thunderous ovation that erupted after fourth grader Celeste Pizzati’s strong rendition of the vocally challenging and tongue-twisting “Ave Maria.” • There was the applause the whole choir received after singing nearly the entire Mass in Latin – from the “Sanctus” (Holy, Holy), to the “Agnus Dei” (Lamb of God) to the Communion hymn, “Panis Angelicus” (Bread of Angels).

Year 4 of the convoluted “separate but equal” football playoff system has been friendly to most of the local Catholic schools. But because the non-public schools are fewer in number than their public counterparts, the largest brackets will hold just 16 teams in two of the four divisions.

When Lou Brownson took over as the head coach of all Holy Cross sports in 1942, he wanted to strengthen his football players by placing them in a wrestling program. He called upon Brother Melchior Polowy, a religion teacher, to run the program when Brownson discovered the brother had wrestled in his home country of Poland.

Archbishop Rummel was one of three local Catholic schools to hold Hall of Fame inductions. Above are, from left, David Stokes (Class of 1976), Tim Nugent (1978), Daris Wilson (2001) and Craig Steltz (2004).