Southern Lab wins Louisiana Division IV high school football championship

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Posted By: Jeff Fisher December 10, 2021

For the first time in a quarter century, Southern Lab is a Louisiana high school football champ. Friday, at the Caesars Superdome, home of the New Orleans Saints, the Kittens beat Ouachita Christian, 38-14 for the Division IV state title.

Senior quarterback Angelo Izzard was awesome with his arm and legs. He rushed 12 times for 63 yards with three touchdowns. Izzard completed 21-of-31 passes for 340 yards and two scores that earned him the Most Outstanding Player honors for Southern Lab.

Southern Lab starting to pull away. Kittens up 26-7 over Ouachita Christian with 3:51 in the 3rd pic.twitter.com/g9nvo14erz
— 14-0 Productions (@14_0productions) December 10, 2021

Southern Lab won consecutive state titles in 2015 and 2016, but they were stripped of those championships by the Louisiana High School Athletic Association.

Postgame comments from the Division IV state champions Southern Lab: pic.twitter.com/KdO1cWMdz4
— GeauxPreps.com (@GeauxPrepsLA) December 10, 2021

Read game recap from GeauxPreps.com

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Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.