Louisiana Top 28: Class 2A Preview
1. Madison Prep vs. 13. West St. Mary
Look, all of the analysis that I should need for this game is that one of these two teams is Madison Prep, and the other is not. But for your sake, I will go a bit deeper on this one. Madison Prep has been the most dominant team in the state so far these playoffs, including an opening round win by a grand total of 102 points, 134-32. The only hope that West St. Mary had was keeping their head down and praying that Madison Prep overlooked them. But that plan went out the door when a West St. Mary player @ed the Madison Prep twitter personally, and the Madison Prep players seem to have taken that personally, promising a 60+ win. If any team in the state could win every single game in the playoffs by 60+, it’d be Madison Prep.
PHLA Pick: Madison Prep
Players to watch
Madison Prep
Josh Anderson 2017 G (WKU commit)
Josh Leblanc 2018 F
Kobe Julien 2018 G
West St. Mary
Dunante Cambell 2017 G
2. Rayville vs. 6. North Caddo
From the beginning of the season, it has seemed like a Madison Prep-Rayville championship finale was going to be inevitable, but North Caddo might be the perfect team to bring Rayville’s championship dreams to an end. North Caddo nearly has an equal amount of talent. The talent aspect is still in Rayville’s favor, but it is closer than they would have liked. What worries me about Rayville is that three of their top four scorers are all sophomores that have never played on a stage this big before. On the other end, this is the second straight appearance for North Caddo in the Top 28. Now I realize that Robert Williams isn’t going to be walking out the tunnel with North Caddo this season, but they will be carrying the experience that last year’s team had with them. Junior standout Chris Thomas and senior leader Cherrod Hill both gained valuable expereince, even if it was in a loss. I still think that Rayville is going to get the win, but it’ll come tough, and I wouldn’t be surprised by and upset.
PHLA Pick: Rayville
Players to watch
Rayville:
JaMarkus Wilson 2019 F
Mylik Naylor 2019 G
Michael Williams 2017 G
North Caddo:
Cherrod Hill 2017 G
Chris Thomas 2018 F