Evangel head coach Denny Duron talks to his team during a timeout in the game against Captain Shreve on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, at Lee Hedges Stadium in Shreveport, La. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Thomas Bachman knows it’s impossible to run from the depth of emotion surrounding Friday’s second-round Select, Division I matchup set to take place in Alexandria when his second-seeded Trojans host the Evangel Eagles, seeded 18th.
Alexandria head coach Thomas Bachman (center) led the Trojans to an undefeated season in 2024. “I owe so much of who I am and a lot of what’s been poured into me to Evangel,” said Bachman, a former superstar receiver at Evangel near the turn of the millennium, also served as an assistant for the Eagles. “From coach (Dennis) Dunn to coach Denny (Duron), coach (Chris) Tilley, coach A (Ronnie Alexander) -- you start listing them, it’s some pretty incredible people.
“It’s amazing how much you call on that foundation of life, but Friday’s going to get here and it’s going to be about a football game.” Bachman, whose 3,480 career receiving yards and 214 catches at Evangel ranked fifth and fourth respectively in Shreveport-Bossier City area high school football history entering this year. He's also a former Louisiana Class 3A Player of the Year (2001).
Consciously looking back doesn’t happen often as it’s “been a long time” since Bachman spent time in Shreveport. Plus, he’s got one heck of a .