Hunt Robert (51) and Justin Helm (14) corner this Patriot and tackle him for no gain.

On the ensuing kickoff, Jakirai Wiley (4) returns it 17 yards, and the Jays go to work on their own 29.

On first down,. Trey LaForge has to scramble just to pick up 2 yards.

Charles Jackson is given the ball on four consecutive downs, gaining 10 yards, 6 yards, 21 yards, and two yards.

On Charles Jackson's third carry of this series, he skirts end and turns upfield...

... Charles Jackson is wrestled down after a 21-yard gain.

On second and 13 from the Patriots' 35-yard line, Trey LaForge takes the snap in the shotgun position and heaves a perfect strike to Kalija Lipscomb, who's a step ahead of his defenders. The fans in the stands are already erupting...

... When Kalija Lipscomb has one step on you, might as well save your breath because he won't get caught. And such is the case here as Lipscomb races towards the goal line...

... The Jays go wild as Kalija Lipscomb puts the Jays on the scoreboard. It is also Lipscomb's 13th touchdown of the season.

Coming into the game, Kalija Lipscomb led all Blue Jay receivers with 60 catches for 893 yards. His average catch nets 15 yards.

Corey Dublin (74), the only sophomore starter on the offensive line, lifts a buoyant Kalija Lipscomb in the end zone to celebrate the Jays' score.

With Harrison Daste holding and Foster Moreau (82) slowing down a red and white infiltrator, Crew Jacobs evens the score with his kick.

The Jays' touchdown takes six plays covering 71 yards in 3:46. Crew Jacobs kicks off to the Patriots with just over four minutes left in the first half.

The Patriots field the kick on the 24-yard line and run it back 18 yards. That's when Jacob Pesquié (19), a senior who plays on the special teams, makes a great stop by tripping up the Patriot ball carrier.

The Patriots waste little time running the ball. Six consecutive running plays, including a back-breaking 53-yard scamper, have the Jays a little disoriented. One of the early runs (above) in the drive has Justin Helm (14) bringing down the Patriots' quarterback. Curtis, however, gets on the scoreboard first, capping a six-play, 75-yard drive with a 3-yard run into the Jesuit end zone.

On second down, the Patriots complete a 15-yard pass to the Jesuit 43, where the receiver is dropped by Jakirai Wiley (4), Dillon Knight (28), and Mitchell Melito (38).

On first down at Jesuit's 43, Dillon Knight comes up from his cornerback position to impede the progress of this Patriot, who is brought down for a 2-yard loss. A holding penalty against Curtis pushes the Patriots back further to their own 45 where it's first and 22.

The Patriots' quarterback picks up 5 yards before linebackers Mitchell Melito (38) and Robert Lobrano (55) stop him cold. On third and 12 from Jesuit's 45, the Patriots complete a 16-yard pass play for a first down. The next two plays yield 8 yards and suddenly, the Patriots are sitting on the Jays' 21-yard line.

Facing third and 2, Curtis calls a time out with the clock showing 48 seconds remaining in the first half. The Jays need a rest as well and Coach Mark Songy (left) comes off the sideline to personally deliver a message to one of the referees in regard to facemasking.

The Robert Brothers - senior Hunt (51) and junior Zack (92) - have played ferociously on defense during the entire season. Coming into the championship game, Hunt is credited with 89 tackles, including 48 solos. He also has 5 sacks, one fewer than younger brother Zack, who is credited with 60 tackles, including 32 solos. Hunt also plays in the fullback position on offense, especially when the team faces a critical short yardage situation, or is deep in the red zone and close to the goal line. Those scenarios explain why Hunt finished the year with 9 touchdowns on 14 carries for 66 yards. He scored all but one or two touchdowns standing up.

In his linebacker position, senior Mitchell Melito has an insatiable appetite playing defense, as evidenced by the 106 tackles this season, including 44 solos. In terms of the number of tackles made, Melito holds down the runner-up slot, second only to his teammate Robert Lobrano.

Jonathan Giardina is a senior who holds down the third linebacker slot. He finished the season with 79 tackles, including 38 solos.

Senior Stephen Brown, who anchors a defensive tackle slot, had 42 tackles this season, including 11 solos.

Mark Beebe, a junior who plays safety, enjoyed a productive season with 93 tackles, including 47 solos, and 3 interceptions.

Ten seconds remain in the first half and the Patriots have first down and 20 on Jesuit's 20-yard line. The Patriots' quarterback floats a perfect pass into the right corner of the end zone that finds the hands of Curtis' top receiver. Defending the nearly impossible is Justin Helm (14), who makes a valiant effort to swat the ball away,..

... Justin Helm, who had 12 deflections for the season to go with his 80 tackles (55 solo), just misses getting a glove on the ball. The Patriots kick the extra point and take a 14-7 lead with 5 seconds left on the clock.

Charles Jackson returns the ensuing kickoff 19 yards as time expires in the first half. A quick look at the halftime stats gives the Patriots the edge in just about every category: 8 first downs to 6 for the Jays; 130 yards rushing on 24 carries for the Pats vs. 87 yards on 15 attempts for the Jays; 4 of 5 completions for the Patriots that yield 59 yards; 3 of 6 passes for 45 yards for the Jays; 189 yards in total offense for the Patriots vs. 132 for the Jays; 4 of 5 third down conversions for the Patriots vs. 1 of 4 for the Jays; time of possession for the Patriots was 12:04; for the Jays, 8 fewer seconds at 11:56. Each team had 4 penalties, which cost the Jays 24 yards vs. 35 for the Patriots. Jesuit's Jakirai Wiley had the one interception.

... Trey LaForge, stunned by the impact, is momentarily orbiting somewhere in the solar system. Notice that he maintains a vice grip on the ball...

Official attendance for the game was 25,900. As for the number of Jesuit fans, the Blue Jay side of the Superdome sure looked as if more people were there than the other side. This is a reasonable estimate based on photos and "eyewitnesses." Jesuit sold out its allotment of 6,700 advance game tickets. The school keeps $1 for each of the $13 advance sale tickets that were sold.

The Blue Jays make their entrance with seniors Jonathan Legier (58), Chris Mills (25), Hunter Robert (51), Justin Helm (14), and Foster Moreau (82) leading the bunch.

Arms locked in solidarity (as they were in the 13 previous games), the senior captains stride toward midfield for the traditonal coin toss ceremony. Underneath the helmets are, from left, Foster Moreau, Dillon Knight, Hunter Robert, and Trey LaForge, whose faces paint a picture of a thousand words, including determination, confidence, grit, fun, and excitement, to name but a few.

Since the Jays are the visitors, they have the honor of selecting the coin toss. Quarterback Trey LaForge chooses heads. He chooses wisely as Jesuit wins the toss, electing to receive the opening kickoff. The Patriots designated only one player as captain.

The Jays take up virtually the entire sideline for the invocation and National Anthem.

Assistant coaches Dan DeVun '08 (left) and Troy Baglio stand in front of the players during the National Anthem. The Jays last played a game in the Superdome in September 2013, against St. Paul's. The Jays lost, 24-21.

As the visiting team, the Jays wore their white uniforms.

Jesuit's Student Council planned a "white-out" for the game inside the Dome. The "Gizzard," the name that refers to the student section, was a sea of white.

After a 10-yard return on the kickoff, the Blue Jays start on their own 32-yard line. From the shotgun position, quarterback Trey LaForge looks for an open receiver, but they're all covered...

... Trey LaForge makes a run toward the Jesuit sideline, protecting the ball as the Patriots close in...

... Trey LaForge and a Patriot defender collide head-on, and the sickening sound that carbon fiber and Kevlar make when pounded together is heard in the stands...

... Trey LaForge, who is 6-4 and weighs 200, takes a huge hit - back and front - from this Patriot trio...

The 2014 LHSAA Allstate Sugar Bowl Prep Classic game between Jesuit High School and John Curtis Christian High School officially began Friday, December 5 at 9:36 p.m. Two hours and 30 minutes later, at 12:06 a.m. on Saturday, the game ended with the Blue Jays winning the Division 1 State Championship, 17-14. This is the eighth state title for Jesuit football and its first since 1960. The Jays last played in a state championship game 36 years ago. That was when the 1978 Jesuit team lost to St. Augustine, 13-7, in the Superdome before some 40,000 fans from both schools.

... To borrow the title of a current pop music hit, Trey LaForge shakes it off. He looks to the sideline to reassure the coaches that he's ok. His 11-yard run is good for a first down at the Jesuit 43.

Chris Mills came into the game having rushed for 1,098 yards on 156 carries, On first down, he nets two yards. On his second carry, shown here, Mills darts through a hole opened by senior offensive linemen Emerson Wenzel (79) and sophomore Corey Dublin (74), picking up 10 yards and a first down at Curtis' 45.

Charles Jackson, who came into the game against Curtis with 995 yards rushing on 137 carries, picks up three yards. The drive stalls when quarterback Trey LaForge is sacked for a loss of 4 yards, back to the Curtis 46. Crew Jacobs, a junior who has handled Jesuit's punting and kicking duties since Week 2 of the season, puts his foot into the ball, kicking it 33 yards to the Curtis 13-yard line.

On second and 8 from their own 15-yard line, the Patriots fumble when their quarterback is hit hard behind the line of scrimmage by Dillon Knight (28) and Robert Lobrano (55)...

Hunt Robert (51), Jonathan Giardina (43), Dillon Knight (28), and Justin Helm (14) react quickly, but the ball takes a couple of crazy lucky bounces before falling neatly back into Patriot hands.

The Jays force a 3 and out, but the Patriots reciprocate on the next series. For the second time, Crew Jacobs punts, this one a 38-yarder to Curtis' own 14.

On second and 6 from their own 18, the Patriots' runner is stuffed by defensive linemen Zack Robert (92) and Stephen Brown (88), who is on his back looking up at the hand on his face mask.

After a couple of first downs, the Patriots are near midfield. On second and 9, Curtis goes for the bomb, which is picked off at the goal line by defensive back Jakirai Wiley (4). With Mark Beebe (22) leading the way, Wiley returns the interception to Jesuit's 30-yard line.

It takes four tries, but Trey LaForge completes his first pass of the game, a short and quick 5-yard strike to wide receiver Kalija Lipscomb.

On third and 2, Chris Mills gets the call and the ball, running through the right side and picking up 14 yards and a first down at the Patriots' 48...

... The run by Mills ends the first quarter with two goose eggs still up on the scoreboard. Time of possession for the Jays: 6:31; Patriots: 5:29.

Jesuit fullback Alex Rabalais catches a short pass and Chris Mills picks up a yard, and soon enough, the Jays are facing fourth and 1 on the Patriots' 39. Coach Mark Songy says go for it, but the Jays can't get the snap off in time and are hit with a 5-yard delay of game penalty. Crew Jacobs comes in for the third time to punt and gets off a 26-yarder, which is fielded on Curtis' 18-yard line. Curtis' special teams are known to be explosive and the Jays give up 18 yards on the return. Hunt Robert (51) loses his helmet on the play while Robert Lobrano (55), Mark Beebe (22), Dillon Knight (28), and Justin Helm (14) gang up to bring the Patriots' returner down at the Curtis 35.