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Bishop Noland Episcopal Day School athletics mission is to teach leadership, self discipline, and sportsmanship, to a diverse group of student athletes, in a growth centered environment. Being part of EDS athletics provides student athletes the opportunity to learn important life skills such as goal setting, self-confidence, decisiveness, passion, and enthusiasm.

Approximately 80% of students in fifth through twelfth grades consistently participate in pom squad, cheerleading, esports, football, volleyball, cross country, basketball, golf, tennis and track & field.

Our 5th-8th grade students participate in the Calcasieu Catholic Athletic League (CCAL) and our high school student athletes compete in the Association of Christian Educators of Louisiana (ACEL). The ACEL league offers opportunities to compete in both junior varsity and varsity level sports with other high schools in the state. We look forward to continuing to grow our program into the future.

Please click on the links below to find out more about each sport.

Cross Country - 5th - 12th Grade

2022-2023 marked our third season for our Cross Country program. Led by coaches Duane Clemmons and Ryan Patin, our girls and boys teams won the ACEL JV State Championship. We began our cross county program in 2020 with one athlete and since then, our teams have grown tremendously at both the North and South campuses, with no signs of slowing down. We look forward to an exciting season in 2023-2024.

Middle & High School Head Coach: Duane Clemmons
Lower School Head Coach: Ryan Patin

**2023 - ACEL JV Girls State Champions
**2023 - ACEL JV Boys State Champions
**2020 - Began Cross Country Program

eSports 5th - 12th Grade

Students in 5th - 12th grades are eligible to compete in eSports through the High School Esports League (HSEL). Students are able to compete on their own time, from their own homes, against schools from all over the country. High school students are eligible to earn scholarship money by winning tournaments, while middle school students are eligible to compete and win prizes.

This season, the majority of our students participated in Minecraft and Fortnite.

Volleyball - 7th - 12th Grade

The 2023 season will be our second year as a High School team. Our Varsity Lady Eagles compete in the ACEL league and our Middle School girls compete in the CCAL or play an independent schedule depending on the amount of players for that year. In our first season of Varsity volleyball, our girls made it to the first round of the Division 2 State Playoffs, had one of our freshman named to 2nd Team All State and Coach Lee McBride was named Division 2 Coach of the Year.

Head Coach: Lee McBride
Assistant Coaches: Stephanie Savoie & Katie Stream

Football - 6th - 8th Grade

Our middle school (6th-8th grade) football team competes in the CCAL league and combine with St. Margaret and Hamilton Christian schools.

If you have questions or would like to join this season, email Coach Gabe Fontenot, Athletic Director, at [email protected]

Basketball - 5th - 12th Grade

Our fifth through eighth grade basketball teams compete in the CCAL league. Our high school (ninth - twelfth grade) teams complete in the ACEL league.

High School Boys Basketball

In the 2021-2022 season, we completed our first high school boys basketball season with an overall record of 9-7, third place finish in District and finished 9th overall in the state in ACEL standings.

In the 2022-2023 season, we finished 5th overall in the state and had our first playoff appearance in school history. Moving into next season, we will return our entire team and have our first Senior class. To keep up with our team, visit our MaxPreps page HERE

Head Coach: Gabe Fontenot
Assistant Coaches: Kade Brashear and Martin Yokum

5th-8th Grade Basketball
We are very pleased with the overall progress of our lower and middle school basketball program. Our teams compete in the CCAL and have shown much growth and improvement this past season. All of our lower and middle school coaches have many years of experience in playing or coaching the game of basketball. Half of the coaching staff are also EDS alumni!

5th-8th Grade Coaching Staff:
Amberly Farque
Martin Yokum
Kade Brashear
Andre Ledet
Gavin Ledet
Kelvin Henry
Duane Clemmons
Sullivan Turner
Jeffery Williamson

Cheerleading - 7th - 12th Grade

This season our Varsity Cheerleaders did a fantastic job providing school spirit and cheering for our basketball home games. We had six cheerleaders for the 2022-2023 season and look forward to growing our team into next school year.

Head Coach: Darian Planchard

Pom Squad - 5th & 6th Grade

Our Pom Squad offers our 5th-6th grade girls an opportunity to learn and incorporate the basics of cheerleading and dance to perform at school basketball games and pep rallies. The goals of these school spirit-leaders are to encourage fan spirit and student participation. The Pom Squad participates in North Campus events and some designated South Campus events.

Coaches: Paula & Natalie Clemmons

Tennis 5th - 12th Grade

This is our second year for our tennis program led by Coach Lee McBride. The ACEL league has now sanctioned the sport due to the increasing number of schools interested in participating and will now offer Regional and State tournaments for our tennis players. All 5th-12th grade students are eligible to participate in tennis.

Head Coach: Lee McBride

Golf 7th - 12th Grade

We are excited for the future of our golf program at EDS. We have hosted our first golf events for Middle & High School this season and are looking forward to ACEL sanctioning the sport for our athletes to compete in for High School. We currently have two high school golf team members and look forward to growing that number in the years to come.

Our Middle School players are eligible to compete in the Calcasieu Parish golf league, which allows teams and individuals to play against other public or private schools in the area. Our Middle School students at the South Campus are able to work with our Coach Willie Bellard every Tuesday during PE to develop skills and proper etiquette prior to getting on the golf course.

Middle School Coach: Willie Bellard

High School Coach: Herb Piert

Track and Field - 5th - 12th Grade

Our student athletes compete in the CCAL and ACEL league for track & field. In the 2022 season, we had two of our 6th grade girls be named as Outstanding Athletes at the CCAL meet and our JV Boys High School team were State Runner-Up.

High School Girls Head Coach: Duane Clemmons
High School Boys Head Coach: Gabe Fontenot
5th-6th Grade Head Coach: Ryan Patin
Middle & High School Assistant Coach: Kade Brashear

**2022 ACEL Boys JV State Runner Up

Have Questions?

Contact Gabe Fontenot, Athletic Director
[email protected]