Sports2-A-Days: Southern Lab

BATON ROUGE – The Southern Lab Kittens took home the Division Four state football title last year, thanks in part to a large senior class that helped push them over the top.

Now, in 2024, those seniors are gone and the next batch of Kittens must prove that they are capable of meeting the standard set for them.

Head Coach Darrell Asberry will be breaking in a new quarterback in junior Jerry Botley. Botley has learned in the system under last year’s starter Marlon Brown, who graduated along with 21 other seniors.

Coach Asberry believes the offense will run well under Botley’s leadership and with their two tackles returning to the offensive line along with the entire receiving corps, the Kittens should have no problem moving the ball down the field.

Defensively, the Kittens return their entire defensive line, a strength of the team according to Coach Asberry.