The Allstate Sugar Bowl has recognized the top boys prep team from the Greater New Orleans area since 2013-14 – all high school teams based in the Greater New Orleans area are eligible for the honor. The honor is selected by the New Orleans Sports Awards Committee, which has been existence since 1957. The Committee selected an overall prep team of the year, regardless of gender, from Louisiana from 2010-13; that followed an overall team of the year, which was presented in 2008 and 2009-2010. All of the
Sugar Bowl annual awards were presented on a calendar-year basis until 2009 when the Committee changed to an academic calendar (July-June). The annual awards banquet is typically held in late July or early August.
The
Edna Karr football team, which was dominant in winning the LHSAA Division I Select State Championship, was selected as the Allstate Sugar Bowl’s
Outstanding Boys Prep Team for 2024-25.
Edna Karr wrapped up an undefeated season with a dominating performance in the LHSAA Division I Select Playoffs as they won their four games by a combined score of 172-47. The state championship victory over second-seeded Alexandria, who also came in undefeated, was the most impressive of all as Karr jumped to a lightning fast 14-0 advantage and continued to roll – the final 10:42 of the game was played with running time as mandated by LHSAA rules when one team gains a 42-point advantage.
Quarterback John Johnson was exceptional in the victory as he accounted for 358 of his team’s 512 yards and five of the offense’s six touchdowns with his running and passing.
Alexandria, the undefeated District 2-5A champions, coming from a league that featured reigning Division I non-select state champion Ruston and highly regarded Neville, managed only 194 yards of offense and 13 first downs compared to Karr’s totals of 24 firsts and 512 yards.
“The team motto this year was ‘reclaim,’’’ head coach Brice Brown said. “What are we trying to reclaim? We are trying to reclaim a sense of our identity, not just reclaim a state championship. Reclaim the sense that we are the best team in the state of Louisiana. Reclaim that we are the best high school in the state of Louisiana. We have the best character. We have the best students. We have the best teachers. We have the best principal. We have the best trainers. That’s what we’re trying to reclaim. Because when you are charged with leading a program with such a great magnitude as Edna Karr, the expectation is real. The expectation is to win. But how do you do it, though? That matters. It’s not what you do, it’s how you do it."
Outstanding Boys Prep Team, New Orleans
