Acadiana High School
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Acadiana High School is located in Scott, Louisiana
.
Acadiana High School opened in 1969 following the consolidation of Judice High School, located in Judice Community, and Scott High School, located in Scott.
Donald Aguillard, a former assistant principal at Acadiana High, was among those parties who challenged the Louisiana Balanced Treatment Act regarding evolution
and creation science
, a measure authored by then State Senator
Bill P. Keith
of Shreveport
, and signed into law by Governor David C. Treen
. The law was invalidated by the United States Supreme Court in 1987 in the case named for Aguillard, Edwards v. Aguillard
. As an original plaintiff
, Aguillard became the defendant
on appeal.
Acadiana has 3 appearances in the state semi-finals 1977,2001 and 2002.
December 2005 saw Acadiana make their first appearance in the State Football Championship Game. The game was played in Shreveport's Independence Stadium. This due to the damage done to the Superdome by hurricane Katrina. The Rams lost 28-7 to the West Monroe High School Rebels.
In December 2006, the Acadiana High football
team won the Class 5A State Championship. The match up between the Acadiana High Wreckin' Rams and the Sulphur High Tornadoes was held at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, LA
. The final score was 13-10. Kicker Drew Alleman completed a 32-yard field goal with four seconds left in the final quarter. Kip Jacob was named Most Valuable Player.
In 2007, AHS made it to the State Championship once again, but were beaten by Jordan Jefferson
and the undefeated Destrehan Wildcats.
2008 and 2009 saw the Wreckin' Rams make the quarter finals. Both games ended in heartbreaking defeat for the Rams. 10-7 to the Central Wildcats in 2008 and 35-28 to the Bears of Catholic High in 2009. The Rams spoiled a 28-14 halftime lead.
In 2010 Acadiana ripped off four wins by double digits. After a setback to St. Thomas More, the Rams won the next two games by a combine score of 110 to 28 including a 75-14 thrashing of Sulphur who they barely beat in 2006 for the State Championship. The following week, the Rams were informed by the LHSAA that they must forfeit four of their wins for using an ineligible player, including the 41-14 win over Northside, the 49-6 win over McDonogh 35, the 51-6 win over LaGrange, and the 75-14 win over Sulphur dropping their record to 3-5. Needing to win out to make the playoffs, the Rams won their last two games 63-0 and 56-33. With a 5-5 record, the Rams made the playoffs as the number 27 team. Throughout the playoffs, the Rams scored 177 points and only gave up 33. The semi-final game was a rematch with St. Thomas More who was the only team to beat the Rams on the field. Acadiana shut out STM 31-0 securing their fourth state final appearance in six years. Ironically, the game became a rematch of the 2005 final against the West Monroe Rebels. This time Acadiana stopped the Rebels and secured a second State Championship in a thrilling 21-14 win.
Acadiana High has a long-standing rivalry with neighboring Lafayette High School
. The rivalry is not only athletically based, but extends also to other extracurricular activities, including academic and speech tournaments.
Scott, Louisiana
Scott is the second largest municipality in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population rose to over 8,000 according to the 2010 census results.Scott is a suburb of Lafayette and is part of the Lafayette Metropolitan Statistical Area....
.
Acadiana High School opened in 1969 following the consolidation of Judice High School, located in Judice Community, and Scott High School, located in Scott.
Donald Aguillard, a former assistant principal at Acadiana High, was among those parties who challenged the Louisiana Balanced Treatment Act regarding evolution
Evolution
Evolution is any change across successive generations in the heritable characteristics of biological populations. Evolutionary processes give rise to diversity at every level of biological organisation, including species, individual organisms and molecules such as DNA and proteins.Life on Earth...
and creation science
Creation science
Creation Science or scientific creationism is a branch of creationism that attempts to provide scientific support for the Genesis creation narrative in the Book of Genesis and disprove generally accepted scientific facts, theories and scientific paradigms about the history of the Earth, cosmology...
, a measure authored by then State Senator
Louisiana State Legislature
The Louisiana State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is bicameral body, comprising the lower house, the Louisiana House of Representatives with 105 representatives, and the upper house, the Louisiana Senate with 39 senators...
Bill P. Keith
Bill Keith (Louisiana politician)
Billy P. Keith, known as Bill Keith , is an author of fiction and nonfiction in Longview, Texas, who served from 1980 to 1984 as a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate...
of Shreveport
Shreveport, Louisiana
Shreveport is the third largest city in Louisiana. It is the principal city of the fourth largest metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana and is the 109th-largest city in the United States....
, and signed into law by Governor David C. Treen
David C. Treen
David Conner "Dave" Treen, Sr. , was an American attorney and politician from Mandeville, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana – the first Republican Governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana since Reconstruction. He was the first Republican in modern times to have served in the U.S...
. The law was invalidated by the United States Supreme Court in 1987 in the case named for Aguillard, Edwards v. Aguillard
Edwards v. Aguillard
Edwards v. Aguillard, was a legal case about the teaching of creationism that was heard by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1987. The Court ruled that a Louisiana law requiring that creation science be taught in public schools, along with evolution, was unconstitutional because the law...
. As an original plaintiff
Plaintiff
A plaintiff , also known as a claimant or complainant, is the term used in some jurisdictions for the party who initiates a lawsuit before a court...
, Aguillard became the defendant
Defendant
A defendant or defender is any party who is required to answer the complaint of a plaintiff or pursuer in a civil lawsuit before a court, or any party who has been formally charged or accused of violating a criminal statute...
on appeal.
Notable alumni
- Jordan Bazile
- Gil MecheGil MecheGilbert Allen Meche is a former right-handed Major League Baseball starting pitcher. Shoulder and back problems caused the former first round pick to retire in at just 32 years old.-Early years:...
– Kansas City RoyalsKansas City RoyalsThe Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From 1973 to the present, the Royals have played in Kauffman Stadium...
pitcher - Jacob CutreraJacob CutreraJacob Arnie Cutrera is an American football linebacker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League. He was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2010. He played college football at Louisiana State....
– LSU Tigers, Free Agent Jacksonville Jaquars (NFL),Tampa Bay (NFL) - Kim PerrotKim PerrotKim Perrot , was an American basketball player. She played in the WNBA for the Houston Comets.Perrot attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana , and played four years there as a guard...
(January 18, 1967 – August 19, 1999), was an American basketball player. She played in the WNBA for the Houston Comets. - Cpl. Willie P. Celestine Jr. - Graduated 2004. Died April 26, 2007 serving during Operation Iraqi Freedom http://projects.washingtonpost.com/fallen/dates/2007/apr/26/willie-p-celestine-jr/ http://militarytimes.com/valor/marine-cpl-willie-p-celestine-jr/2719492
Sport
In the 1996-1997 soccer season, Acadiana High won its first ever Class 5A State Championship game beating Jesuit. They carried the title over for the '98 season by beating their hometown rival Lafayette High in the finals, reigning for two consecutive years as State Champs. They returned to the State Finals for a third consecutive year in 1999 but lost to Jesuit 3-0.Football
The Wreckin' Rams are well known for the offense they run. The vaunted "Veer Machine." This formation has been run at Acadiana since Coach Bill Dotson installed the offense circa 1974.Acadiana has 3 appearances in the state semi-finals 1977,2001 and 2002.
December 2005 saw Acadiana make their first appearance in the State Football Championship Game. The game was played in Shreveport's Independence Stadium. This due to the damage done to the Superdome by hurricane Katrina. The Rams lost 28-7 to the West Monroe High School Rebels.
In December 2006, the Acadiana High football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
team won the Class 5A State Championship. The match up between the Acadiana High Wreckin' Rams and the Sulphur High Tornadoes was held at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, LA
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
. The final score was 13-10. Kicker Drew Alleman completed a 32-yard field goal with four seconds left in the final quarter. Kip Jacob was named Most Valuable Player.
In 2007, AHS made it to the State Championship once again, but were beaten by Jordan Jefferson
Jordan Jefferson
Jordan Jamal Jefferson is an American college football quarterback with the LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference...
and the undefeated Destrehan Wildcats.
2008 and 2009 saw the Wreckin' Rams make the quarter finals. Both games ended in heartbreaking defeat for the Rams. 10-7 to the Central Wildcats in 2008 and 35-28 to the Bears of Catholic High in 2009. The Rams spoiled a 28-14 halftime lead.
In 2010 Acadiana ripped off four wins by double digits. After a setback to St. Thomas More, the Rams won the next two games by a combine score of 110 to 28 including a 75-14 thrashing of Sulphur who they barely beat in 2006 for the State Championship. The following week, the Rams were informed by the LHSAA that they must forfeit four of their wins for using an ineligible player, including the 41-14 win over Northside, the 49-6 win over McDonogh 35, the 51-6 win over LaGrange, and the 75-14 win over Sulphur dropping their record to 3-5. Needing to win out to make the playoffs, the Rams won their last two games 63-0 and 56-33. With a 5-5 record, the Rams made the playoffs as the number 27 team. Throughout the playoffs, the Rams scored 177 points and only gave up 33. The semi-final game was a rematch with St. Thomas More who was the only team to beat the Rams on the field. Acadiana shut out STM 31-0 securing their fourth state final appearance in six years. Ironically, the game became a rematch of the 2005 final against the West Monroe Rebels. This time Acadiana stopped the Rebels and secured a second State Championship in a thrilling 21-14 win.
Acadiana High has a long-standing rivalry with neighboring Lafayette High School
Lafayette High School (Louisiana)
Lafayette High School is a public four-year high school located in Lafayette, Louisiana.With an enrollment of 2279 students, Lafayette High is one of the largest schools in the state of Louisiana...
. The rivalry is not only athletically based, but extends also to other extracurricular activities, including academic and speech tournaments.
External links
- http://www.lpssonline.com - Lafayette Parish School System
- http://www.lpssonline.com/site45.php - Acadiana High School
- http://www.acadianaband.net -Acadiana Band