Top 100: No. 34 Acadiana wins second straight Louisiana 5A title

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Posted By: Jeff Fisher December 31, 2020

Acadiana, ranked No. 34 in the High School Football America 100 national rankings powered by BlackMP Living Water, edged Alexandria 35-34 to win its second straight Louisiana 5A state football championship.

After Alexandria took a 7-6 lead, the Rams took the lead for good with four minutes to go on a Tyvin Zeno touchdown run a two-point conversion.

Acadiana retakes the lead with a short touchdown run!

Acadiana 14 • ASH 7

4:00 remaining until half pic.twitter.com/2DDxQd8HwC
— LHSAA (@LHSAAsports) December 31, 2020

The Rams opened-up a 35-21 lead with just over three minutes to go in the game on an Omari Wiggins 35-yard touchdown run.

Touchdown Rams! Acadiana goes up 14 with 3:10 to play

Acadiana 35 • ASH 21 pic.twitter.com/hRgm043p2P
— LHSAA (@LHSAAsports) December 31, 2020

Alexandria closed 35-34, but their two-point try for the win was intercepted.

LATERRANCE WELCH

The junior intercepts the two-point conversion in his second game back from injury.#Acadiana clings to this 35-34 lead with 1:00 remaining. pic.twitter.com/RVCZLuqJXD
— Jerit Roser (@JeritRoser) December 31, 2020

Acadiana now owns six overall high school football state championships. Alexandria was playing in its first-ever state title game.

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Jeff Fisher

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.