Locals playing for state title
Published 2:24 pm Tuesday, February 23, 2021
- COURTESY PHOTO Pictured are the Pope John Paul II Jaguars, who are headed to the Division IV Championship Game. Top-seeded Pope John Paul II will face sixth-seeded Episcopal on Wednesday, Feb. 24 at 7:30 p.m. at Strawberry Stadium on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana University. The team has four players from Bogalusa, including Will Adams, George Arata, Landon Lott and Wilson Varnado. Varnado is second from the end of the second row. Varnado is next to him. Arata is No. 8 and Lott is to the right of Arata, wearing a sweatshirt.
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Pope John Paul II’s Jaguars boys soccer team is headed to the state championship game.
The Jaguars have four players from Bogalusa, including Will Adams, George Arata, Landon Lott and Wilson Varnado.
Pope John Paul II reached the finals after defeating Northlake Christian School, 2-0, in Saturday night’s state semifinal game.
Top-seeded Pope John Paul II will face sixth-seeded Episcopal Wednesday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. The game will take place at Strawberry Stadium on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana University.
The Jaguars, who are 17-4-2, have not allowed a goal in their three postseason games.
Pope John Paul II had a bye in the first round. The Jaguars won their game in the regional round, 7-0, over 16th-seeded Westminster Christian. Pope John Paul II followed that up with a pair of 2-0 wins over eight-seeded Isidore Newman and fourth-seeded Northlake Christian School.
Episcopal is 15-6-4 and has allowed just two goals in the postseason.
Like Pope John Paul II, Episcopal had a bye in the bi-district round. Episcopal defeated 11th-seeded Vermillion Catholic, 1-0 before winning against third-seeded Episcopal of Acadiana, 2-1, and 4-1 over 10th-seeded Ascension Episcopal.
