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LORANGER FOOTBALL
Loranger Wolves collect post-season honors.
2011 District 8-3A Selections
AMITE—The 2011 Loranger Wolves turned in one of their most impressive regular seasons in recent history posting
a 9-1 mark and earning District Runner-up honors and advancing to the Regional Round of the LHSAA State Playoffs. With
this year’s success comes numerous post-season honors as the Wolves collected five first team selections to the 8-3A
All-District Team along with 11 selections to the second team and six Honorable Mention selections.
Senior Jonathan King, who led Loranger in pass receptions and grabbed 11 interceptions,
was named to the first team as a receiver and the second team as a defensive back. Junior running back Jeryl Brazil
also received a pair of selections earning first team honors as a running back and second team as a defensive back.
Senior linebacker Brennan “Cat” Catalano was named to the first team defense and senior Waylan Prevost earned
first team selection as an offensive lineman. Defensive lineman Shaquille McCain rounded out the list of
first-teamers earning his selection as a sophomore.
The second team offensive selections included Jake Ingraffia as a wide receiver and senior BJ Rainey at quarterback.
On special teams, Luke Ingraffia was named second team return specialist. Earning spots on defense were junior Santos Stevens, senior Cody Navarro, and junior Curtus Lamb.
Six Loranger players earned Honorable Mention selection including Trey Sharpe, Vincent Jones,
Kendrick Sibley, Cody Smith, Cole Dubert, and Garrett Adams.
FOOTBALL REGIONAL PLAYOFFS
Port Allen rally ends Wolves playoff run.
Despite a 13-0 lead, the Pelicans rally with 14 points to upset the Wolves.
LORANGER—Loranger Nation did not want the good times to end as the Wolves entertained Port Allen for the
Class 3A Regional Round of the state playoffs, but the Pelicans would prove to have other plans as Port Allen
rallied from an 0-13 deficit to claim a 14-13 upset of the third-seeded Wolves.
Defense dominated all but the final 41 seconds of the first half as both teams made big stops
and miscues and penalties stalled drives. The Wolves would make the most of those 41 seconds. Starting on their 35, senior
quarterback BJ Rainey hit junior Jeryl Brazil for 14-yard gain on first down. Rainey found senior Jonathan King for 20
more yards on the next play, but the play was called back on a down field holding penalty. Undaunted Rainey hooked up
again with Brazil on a screen pass and Brazil escaped around the left side for a 74-yard touchdown crossing the goal
line with four seconds before intermission. The Wolves again ran into penalty troubles getting penalized 15 yards
on the point after attempt. No worries. Gavin Oldman nailed a 37-yard extra point and the Wolves led 7-0 at the half.
Loranger picked up where it left off to start the second half sending the Pelican offense back
to the bench after their opening drive and then marching 76 yards in nine plays scoring on a Rainey pass to senior
Mark Cox with the 7:05 still showing in the third quarter. The point after was blocked, but the Wolves had a 13-0
advantage. It would be the last score of the season for Loranger as Port Allen rallied with 14 unanswered points to
upset the Wolves.
James Pollard started the Pelican comeback when the senior picked up a Loranger fumbl
and scampered 14 yards for a touchdown to close the gap to 13-7 with 1:39 left in the third.
Junior quarterback Darian Claiborne, who accounted for 182 of the Pelican’s 209 total yards, would finish
the miracle rally with a 74-yard touchdown run with just 1:06 left in the contest escaping a seemingly sure
sack by a pair of Loranger linebackers. Senior Ricky Decuir booted the extra point for the
win and senior Anthony Coleman sealed it for Port Allen intercepting a pass to stall Loranger’s final drive.
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REGIONAL PLAYOFFS
Area Teams
Home team on bottom.
Class 3A
(14) Port Allen 14
(3) WOLVES 13
(4) Amite 22
(20) Westlake 13
Class 5A
(13) Barbe 41
(29) Ponchatoula 27
Class 2A
(2) Winnfield 41
(18) Saint Thomas 0
Class 1A
(10) Westminister 16
(7) Kentwood 15
Season Standings
Amite 11-1
Finished Season
Loranger 10-2
Independence 7-4
Sumner 5-5
Albany 5-5
Bogalusa 1-9
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