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Jamborees still a go in JP; OP undecided

With all the talk about Gustav, I thought it would be prudent to get some information out there about the jamborees and whether they're still scheduled.

I just talked with Ron Gearing with the Orleans Parish school board's athletic department. The St. Augustine Jamboree that included St. Aug, Edna Karr, O.P. Walker and McMain has been canceled. He also said Friday's RSD Jamboree, including Cohen, Carver, Rabouin and Reed is still on, but there's a decent potential that it could get called off. Stay tuned to find out about that one.

I also spoke with Manny Barocco with the JP district. As of 11:20 a.m. Thursday, all JP jamborees are a go. Should this change, I'll update as soon as I find anything out.

Rummel's jamboree game against Bonnabel and Jesuit's game against Grace King, scheduled for tonight at Yenni, are still on. Brother Martin's jamboree is scheduled for Friday at Yenni, and as I discussed earlier, all JP games are still a go. Holy Cross is still scheduled to go to Mandeville Friday night for a jamboree.

I do know that Curtis and Mandeville are still planning on going to Dallas to play their season openers. Both schools are scheduled to leave by bus no later than Sunday morning.

No area team ranked in top 75 nationally

One thing that became clear through watching the "polls" a year ago was that Louisiana gets very little credit for its high school teams. What I don't get is why this is so. I mean, how often do we hear about how loaded Louisiana is in regard to talent?

Well, here we are again, the season knocking on the door. Jamborees are this week and if the preseason "polls" are any indication, teams best start off quickly, including in the jamboree to move up in national stature.

Now, let me explain why I have polls in parentheses. I'm using USA Today and MaxPreps.com once again. And while I think they're reputable sites, I just can't give them credit to be able to correctly guess the rankings nationally. Too many schools. Not enough people seeing all the schools. (Continue reading...)

Jamborees

I'm looking for a list of jamborees for New Orleans-area schools. The time is upon us for high school football and I'd like to compile a list to put online.

Please email me any jamborees that you know of so we can get coverage started for the 2008 season. bhandwerger@wwltv.com

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