Eye-catchers from St. Augustine vs. Archbishop Rummel

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Archbishop Rummel hit a big run early to set up a field goal, but could manage little else against a stout St. Augustine defense.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Purple Knights shut out the Raiders the rest of the way and set themselves up with a few short fields to pull away, 26-3, in the hard-fought New Orleans Catholic League battle.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here's a look at some of the eye-catching standouts from the contest. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1348424' first='Vashaun' last='Coulon'] — 5-11, 160 QB — St. Augustine (2026)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Purple Knights' senior continues to — somewhat quietly outside of New Orleans — consistently be one of Louisiana's most productive quarterbacks this season as the field general for one of the state's top teams. "Tig" minimizes costly mistakes and hurts opposing defenses with both his arm and his legs as in his four-score performance against the Raiders: a pair of runs and a pair of passes to juniors <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1323402' first='Miguel' last='Whitley']</strong> and <strong>Derrick Bennett</strong>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1618856' first='Darren' last='Coates Jr.'] — 6-1, 205 EDGE/LB — St. Augustine (2028)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Purple Knights' defense gave a typically powerful Rummel line and running game fits and got into the backfield for some disruptive plays as well. Asked what the group did that presented problems, Raiders coach Nick Monica pointed to how active St. Augustine was — with the quick, explosive sophomore edge rusher among the standouts who was consistently in the mix for plays at and behind the line of scrimmage. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1237618' first='Chad' last='Jones Jr.'] — 6-0, 220 LB — St. Augustine (2026)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The son of former LSU star and NFL draftee Chad Jones is known for his hard-hitting physicality. And in addition to his role in St. Augustine's stout run defense where that toughness showed up, the younger Jones made his biggest highlight play in coverage as he snatched an interception and returned it for a touchdown — though the score would be called back on a penalty with which his coaches and team clearly disagreed.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>ArMon Allen — 5-10, 165 DB — St. Augustine (2028)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jones' pick was far from the only highlight to St. Augustine's strong coverage efforts. Allen appeared to have a highlight-reel leaping and stretching interception in the end zone just before halftime before the play was negated by a roughing-the-passer call. But the sophomore came back after the break and stepped up for another interception that would stand and help the Purple Knights start opening up a lead. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Cohann Davis — 5-10, 190 RB — St. Augustine (2029)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>St. Augustine's offensive line of <strong>Jaden Taylor</strong> (2028), <strong>Christian Strickland</strong> (2026), <strong>Elijah Menville</strong> (2027), <strong>Gregory Shields</strong> (2027) and <strong>Landen Kelly </strong>(2026) was effective throughout the night slowing down a good Rummel defensive front. And late in the game, the Purple Knights' freshman running back got behind them and sliced his way down the field with the team's biggest run plays of the night to set up Coulon's final score.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1610133' first='Coryan' last='Hawkins'] — 5-10, 195 RB — Archbishop Rummel </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>and <strong>Jaden Terrance — 5-9, 165 RB/ATH — Archbishop Rummel</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Hawkins popped the 62-yard run early — an explosive run for the thunder of the Raiders' talented backfield duo — that set up a Robert Montalvo Vargas field goal. He finished with 84 yards on five carries, while Terrance provided a few nice runs along the way as well on his way to 67 yards on 15 touches. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Gavin Cooper — 6-0, 190 EDGE — Archbishop Rummel (2027)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='401942' first='Carlin' last='Kinchen Jr.'] — 5-10, 185 LB — Archbishop Rummel (2026)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>and <strong>Russ Lewis — 6-2, 255 DL — Archbishop Rummel (2027)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Rummel did not give up much in the middle of the field with a good, sure-tackling group reliably keeping the ground game in check even as the defense was admittedly focused more on slowing down the perimeter passing game and almost daring the Purple Knights to run at times — do in no small part to the reliability of their upperclassmen in the box such as Lewis in the middle of the front, Cooper setting the edge and Kinchen weaving his way through traffic.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->