COVINGTON

AWAY (NON -DISTRICT) 7 PM

15

FOUNTAINEBLEAU

HOME (NON -DISTRICT) 7 PM

DENHAM SPRINGS

AWAY (NON -DISTRICT) 7 PM

BELLE CHASSE

AWAY (NON -DISTRICT) 7 PM

The first thing I told those guys was that I'm here because Coach Shane Smith wants to win a state championship That's the hardest part; making them understand and defining what winning is. Last year, they were four points away from being undefeated district champions -- a two-point loss to Salmen and a two-point loss to Lakeshore. They understand winning, they just don't understand the concept of championship-winning, and that is the hardest part Talking about winning the state championship -- let's be vocal about it, let's work towards it, and let's make that our mindset.

# 3

Franklinton made the playoffs a year ago but still looked a bit away from contending for a state title as they did in 2010 As a coach who’s been there, how far does this team have to come?

ARCHBISHOP HANNAN

AWAY (DISTRICT) 7 PM

08 29 OCT

06 27

PEARL RIVER

HOME (DISTRICT) 7 PM

0CT

19

13 03

SALMEN HOME (DISTRICT) 7 PM

LORANGER HOME (DISTRICT) 7 PM

LAKESHORE AWAY (DISTRICT) 7 PM

Well, I guess I'll know a little bit more when we get a real game under us, but I don't think it's that far off. I've maintained a philosophy as a coach my entire career that if you can run the football and your sound in the kicking game, then you're going to win Our offensive line is extremely talented. I don't think I've ever had an offensive line this good We have a great group of backs behind us, and our kicking game is really sound and solid, so I don't think we're that far away

They’ve been looking really good We have been having probably one of our better years since I've been here as far as workout attendance goes, and it's really paying off for the kids They've really bought into the summer program this year, and I've seen a lot of improvement