Thursday prep capsules
Mandeville game to show 2-1 EAHS how it’s progressing
East Ascension
at Mandeville
7 p.m. at Mandeville High
RECORDS: East Ascension 2-1; Mandeville 1-1.
LAST WEEK: East Ascension beat Walker, 49-0; Mandeville beat Jewel Sumner, 28-13.
PLAYERS TO WATCH: EAST ASCENSION: RB Michael Sparrow, WR Tyler Briley, LB Jaz Smith, CB Tyler Green, S Garrin Dunbar; MANDEVILLE: LB Preston Winget, NG Delawrence Johnson, DE Patrick West.
NOTEWORTHY: EAHS has scored 111 points in two straight wins. ... Mandeville plays a Baton Rouge team for the second time in three weeks. The Skippers lost to Catholic High, 26-14, in Week 2. ... The game is the New Orleans Saints/LHSAA Game of the Week and will be televised on CST. ... Mandeville was a Class 5A semifinalist last season, losing to state champion West Monroe. ... Sparrow scored two TDs last week for EAHS and leads the Spartans with 196 yards on 10 carries for the season. ... Layne Trahan has 259 passing yards for the Spartans.