Episcopal quarterback Zach Hu (9) hands the ball off to Reid Chauvin (2) against Country Day, Friday, September 20, 2024, at Episcopal High School in Baton Rouge, La. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save This battle of eighth-ranked teams is becoming routine. Class 2A Episcopal (4-0) travels to Donaldsonville to take on 1A Ascension Catholic (2-1).
It marks the third straight year the teams have played Week 5. Once again, the game comes one week after ACHS played the Knights’ District 8-2A rival, The Dunham School. “The schedule worked out that way for all of us to play the same weeks,” Episcopal coach Travis Bourgeois said.
“We have a challenge on our hands. “I think coach Lowell Narcisse is doing an outstanding job. It just seems like they have not missed a beat on any aspect of the game with a new coach.
There is no drop off. In their level of play.” Bourgeois has an 180-90 career record, making him No.
2 on Baton Rouge’s list of active head coaches. A former ACHS quarterback, Bourgeois also is familiar with the school and Boutte Stadium, the site of the game. Episcopal has weathered a down to the wire finish and a game in which they trailed at halftime.
EHS also saw faced a team with larger physical size and speed. Narcisse, the former St. James, LSU and Texas-San Antonio QB, is framing things in terms of last week’s 21-18 loss to Dunham, now ranked fourth in 2A.
“When a team is just as good as you, the margin for error gets s.