The polls have been closed and each vote has been counted. According to fans like you, the area’s Preseason High School Football Game of the Year is the Week 1 contest between E.D. White and Thibodaux.
The matchup between the Cardinals and the Tigers received 44.3% of the vote. Interestingly, a second E.D. White game — this one the Week 5 rivalry showdown against the Vandebilt Catholic Terriers — took home second place with 27.85% of the vote. Rounding out the top three was another rivalry game, between the Terrebonne Tigers and H.L. Bourgeois Braves in Week 9, which received 10.13% of the vote.
The last time EDW and THS played each other in football was a late-September clash in Week 5 of the 2023 season. In that game, the Cardinals pulled off a dominant road win, defeating the Tigers 45-0.
E.D. White and Thibodaux will face off on Friday, Sept. 4.
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