Calvary Baptist stuns St. Charles: Live updates, score from Louisiana (LHSAA) high school football state championship
In a battle of unbeaten and top-ranked teams, St. Charles (13-0) and Calvary Baptist (13-0) meet Saturday in New Orleans for the 2023 Louisiana Select Division III high school football state championship.
You can follow all of the LHSAA state final matchups on SBLive Louisiana, including live Louisiana high school football scores, game recaps, top performers, photo galleries and much more.
This is the fifth consecutive season St. Charles has advanced to the LHSAA state title game. Calvary Baptist's last state title appearance was in 2020.
SBLive will bring you live updates from Calvary Baptist vs. St. Charles showdown, starting with the opening kick at 3:30 p.m. CT.
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4TH QUARTER UPDATES
FINAL: CALVARY BAPTIST 34, ST. CHARLES 28
Calvary Baptist completes an improbable fourth-quarter comeback to deny St. Charles a three-peat.
TOUCHDOWN CALVARY BAPTIST! Abram Wardell throws a 20-yard touchdown pass to Kolby Thomas with 18 seconds left to give Calvary Baptist the lead. What a comeback. The two-point conversion is good and Calvary Baptist leads 34-28.
St. Charles has the ball and the lead (28-26) and is trying to run out the clock. They have a 4th-and-1 at midfield with 50 seconds left in the game. They go for it and QB Brady St. Pierre is stuffed. Calvary Baptist takes over at its own 48-yard line with 44 seconds to play.
ST. CHARLES 28, CALVARY BAPTIST 26: Abram Wardell throws a long touchdown pass to Aubrey Hermes to pull Calvary within two points with 2:47 left in the game. The PAT is good.
MISSED FIELD GOAL! St. Charles hits the left upright on a field goal attempt. Calvary Baptist is still alive with 4:20 to play, trailing 28-19.
St. Charles still leads 28-19 with 6:30 left in the game.
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3RD QUARTER UPDATES
ST. CHARLES 28, CALVARY BAPTIST 19: END OF 3RD QUARTER
ST. CHARLES 28, CALVARY BAPTIST 19: James Simon scores his third rushing touchdown of the game to pull Calvary Baptist closer. The two point conversion fails. 2:55 left in the third quarter.
ST. CHARLES 28, CALVARY BAPTIST 13: Jeremiah Wills scores on a 4-yard touchdown run with 6:16 left in the third quarter to extend St. Charles' lead.
The teams have traded punts and St. Charles still leads 21-13 with 6:27 left in the third quarter.
Calvary Baptist will have the ball to start the second half.
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2ND QUARTER UPDATES
HALFTIME: ST. CHARLES 21, CALVARY BAPTIST 13
ST. CHARLES 21, CALVARY BAPTIST 13: Brady St. Pierre connects with Daniel Joseph on a touchdown pass with 16 seconds left in the half to extend St. Charles' lead. It's the second TD catch for Joseph in the first half.
INTERCEPTION! St. Charles' safety Brayden Bertucci picks off a tipped pass with just over a minute to play in the first half. St. Charles will try to tack onto their one-point lead before halftime.
ST. CHARLES 14, CALVARY BAPTIST 13: James Simon scores his second touchdown of the game, this one on a six-yard run with 3:05 left in the first half, to cut St. Charles' lead to one.
ST. CHARLES 14, CALVARY BAPTIST 6: Jeremiah Wills explodes for a 46-yard touchdown run to extend St. Charles' lead with 9:55 left in the first half.
ST. CHARLES 7, CALVARY BAPTIST 6: James Simon scores on a 3-yard run on 4th-and-goal on the first play of the second quarter to put Calvary Baptist on the board. The PAT is blocked. 11:58 left in the first half.
Calvary Baptist has a 4th-and-goal to start the second quarter.
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1ST QUARTER UPDATES
ST. CHARLES 7, CALVARY BAPTIST 0, END OF 1ST QUARTER
ST. CHARLES 7, CALVARY BAPTIST 0: St. Charles strikes first on a 68-yard touchdown pass from Brady St. Pierre to Daniel Joseph. Just over 4 minutes left in the first quarter.
After St. Charles goes three-and-out, Calvary Baptist turns it over on downs. Still 0-0 with 6:47 left in the first quarter.
This game is finally underway from the Caesers Superdome in New Orleans. St. Charles has the ball to start the game.
PREGAME UPDATES
The kickoff has been pushed back to 4;10 p.m. CT. Stay tuned for live updates.
