It was a pretty good opening week of the 2012 LHSAA High School football playoffs for Acadiana teams. Teams like St. Thomas More, Teurlings Catholic, Notre Dame and Acadiana were expected to win. But then there was a nice surprise or two, like St. Martinville pulling off a big upset in 4A.
Courtesy GMC Buick in Lafayette has teamed up with Lafayette parish high schools to launch an innovative campaign to award one school with a new SUV valued at over $25,000. Terrain Giveaway will give students the opportunity to sing, dance or cheer their way to winning a 2013 GMC Terrain for their school.
Hurricane Isaac did minimal damage in Acadiana, which is a great thing. For the most part not too many events were cancelled. Other than a couple of postponed high school football games, the schedule did not change too much.
Lady Antebellum has chosen Henryville High School in Indiana as the winning school for their Own the Prom Night contest. The town was devastated earlier this month by a rash of tornadoes. The faculty and staff of the school banded together to make sure the prom went on as planned for the students.
Tonight at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Cajunfield some of the most respected names in music will be performing. They are the elite marching and musical units of Drum Corps International, marching music's major leagues. Drums Across Cajunfield is their annual stop in South Louisiana...
This video is from a high school baseball game in Detroit. If I would've ever tried this, there would have been a trip to the emergency room right afterward. The crazy part is that because of silly high school rules, the kid was out! Check it out:
I just love whacky soccer goals. You can't get a whole lot better than this one from a high school game recently in Arkansas. Check out the confusion after the jump here.
When I was in middle school and high school I guess it was the cool thing to bring your own lunch to school, right? Many times I would watch guys and girls not eat the cafeteria food just because their friends weren't eating it.