RedZone Posted May 22, 2019 Report Share Posted May 22, 2019 One of the best teams NOT to win state in Louisiana.The Catholic-Baton Rouge Bears. That team had 21 players sign college scholarships. Too many to list. West Monroe was led by FB Tommy Banks (LSU) and had 4-5 sign with LSU off that 1996 team.. West Monroe Rebels 21 vs Catholic (BR) Bears 14 1996 LHSAA semifinal playoffs Catholic was #1 in the State and #10 in the nation with Major Applewhite and Travis Minor. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sausmann9 Posted May 22, 2019 Report Share Posted May 22, 2019 3 hours ago, RedZone said: One of the best teams NOT to win state in Louisiana.The Catholic-Baton Rouge Bears. That team had 21 players sign college scholarships. Too many to list. West Monroe was led by FB Tommy Banks (LSU) and had 4-5 sign with LSU off that 1996 team.. West Monroe Rebels 21 vs Catholic (BR) Bears 14 1996 LHSAA semifinal playoffs Catholic was #1 in the State and #10 in the nation with Major Applewhite and Travis Minor. that was a fun watch as usual. I have a copy of the 96' ECA v St James game; did WM and ECA play that season at all??? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted May 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2019 1 hour ago, sausmann9 said: that was a fun watch as usual. I have a copy of the 96' ECA v St James game; did WM and ECA play that season at all??? Nope, not in 96'. That was probably Major Applewhite's worst game that season. Travis Minor showed his stuff. Just too much FB Tommy Banks. Catholic had NO answer. Banks claim to fame at LSU was scoring a TD when we upset #1 Florida in 97'. He was used mostly as blocker his 4 years, but did catch some ball out of the backfield. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted May 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2019 That 1996 Catholic-BR squad had some major talent in the senior, junior and sophomore classes.... That would be stacked in 2019. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reb72 Posted May 23, 2019 Report Share Posted May 23, 2019 8 hours ago, RedZone said: Nope, not in 96'. That was probably Major Applewhite's worst game that season. Travis Minor showed his stuff. Just too much FB Tommy Banks. Catholic had NO answer. Banks claim to fame at LSU was scoring a TD when we upset #1 Florida in 97'. He was used mostly as blocker his 4 years, but did catch some ball out of the backfield. Tommy Banks was a stud... started all 4 years at West Monroe and was never tackled for a loss... just keep feeding him the ball and move the chains he was also a stud off the field, graduated 4.0 from WM, on to LSU Medical School, now Dr Banks has a successful practice back in his home town 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted May 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2019 Banks was a beast! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty4024 Posted May 25, 2019 Report Share Posted May 25, 2019 On 5/22/2019 at 11:17 PM, Reb72 said: Tommy Banks was a stud... started all 4 years at West Monroe and was never tackled for a loss... just keep feeding him the ball and move the chains he was also a stud off the field, graduated 4.0 from WM, on to LSU Medical School, now Dr Banks has a successful practice back in his home town He had a brother that played too right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reb72 Posted May 25, 2019 Report Share Posted May 25, 2019 6 hours ago, Frosty4024 said: He had a brother that played too right? he did... unfortunately best known for the failed 2 pt conversion attempt vs Evangel in the State Title game. But what most folks don't know is Tommy Banks' son is about to come through West Monroe 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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