A look back at last season's District 10-2A standings, plus five players to watch and five things to know about the district before the 2025 prep football season begins.
LOOKING BACK
Newman
Last year: 9-1 overall (reached quarterfinals), 5-0 in district
South Plaquemines
Last year: 11-3 (won state championship), 4-1
Country Day
Last year: 4-7 (first round), 2-3
Sarah T. Reed
Last year: 4-7 (first round), 2-1
Cohen
Last year: 1-8, 0-5
5 PLAYERS TO WATCH
DL/OL Henry Jackson, Newman, Sr.: The powerful 6-foot-1, 295-pound Cornell commitment will play on both sides of the line at nose tackle and guard. He is projected to play defense in college.
WR Curtis McAllister, Country Day, So.: The 6-foot-3 son of former New Orleans Saints great Deuce McAllister will play primarily on offense after he played mostly on defense last season. A basketball standout, he was the outstanding player selection in the state title game.
WR Tadell Mosley, Sarah T. Reed, Sr.: The returning all-district selection and fourth-year starter on varsity showed his surehandedness "anytime you need a first down" last season, coach Ethridge Foster said.
QB/LB Roderick Parker, South Plaquemines, Sr.: The fifth-year starter at QB had a hand in 29 TDs (20 passing, nine rushing) as the Hurricanes won a state title for the first time since 2008.
RB/LB Jake Randle, Newman, Sr.: The Tulane commitment (984 yards from scrimmage, 11 TDs) will be "our Swiss Army knife on offense," coach Aaron Vice said, while also playing on defense and special teams.
5 THINGS TO KNOW
1. Newman changed head coaches for the first time in nearly two decades when Vice, a former University High assistant, replaced Nelson Stewart, who left his alma mater to become the head coach at Westminster School in Atlanta.
2. Other 10-2A schools with new head coaches are Country Day with Ben Powell, who coached Haynes to an undefeated regular season last year, and Cohen with Robert Kelley, a former O. Perry Walker and Tulane standout who spent three seasons in the NFL.
3. Reigning Division IV nonselect state champion South Plaquemines graduated much of its skill-player production but returned two-way stalwarts Hilry Thomas on the lines and Josh Barthelemy and Dean Ancalade at running back and linebacker.
4. Country Day will have three basketball standouts from the team that won a state championship in March. Joining McAllister will be football newcomers Kellen Brewer, a junior wideout, and Hermon Dyson, a senior receiver/linebacker.
5. Reed reached the playoffs for the first time since the varsity program restarted in 2022 after a long hiatus following Hurricane Katrina. M.L. King, which went 2-3 in district last season, closed when the school year ended.