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St. Augustine Mauls Edna Karr: Purple Knights, QB Jaelle Noble Ignite Running Clock in Third Quarter of 52-14 Win

Top-ranked Karr Dougars put 35-game winning streak on the line vs. St. Augustine in Catholic League showdown of unbeaten teams that met in the 2025 Division I Select finals
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After falling twice to Edna Karr last season, No. 2-ranked St. Augustine hosts the top-ranked Cougars at Tad Gormley Stadium in New Orleans at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31.2

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FINAL: St. Augustine 52, Edna Karr 14

TOUCHDOWN, KARR. Marlon Jones QB keeper. St. Aug 52, Karr 14 under three minutes left.

St. Aug stops Karr's offense again. Clock ticking down near the eight-minute mark. St. Aug 52, Karr 8.

Fourth Quarter

Running clock in effect. 2:54 and counting in the 3rd Quarter. Purple Knights up 52-8.

TOUCHDOWN, ST. AUG! Jaelle Noble with incredbile keeper of 27 yards. St. Aug 52, Karr 8 3:26, 3rd.

St. Aug driving at the Karr 39. A touchdown here will trigger a running clock. Purple Knights up 45-8. 4:52, 3rd.

Big Play! Interception, St. Aug. 7:32 3rd.

Big Play! St. Aug recovers the kickoff at the Karr 6. TOUCHDOWN, St. Aug. Noble another TD pass to Whitley. St. Aug 45, Karr 8, 8:55 3rd.

TOUCHDOWN, ST. AUG! Noble finds Kamari Narvarre. St. Aug 39, Karr 8 9:43, 3rd.

Big Play! Karr muffs the punt and St. Aug recovers at the Cougars 31. 9:48, 3rd Quarter. Purple Knights 33, Cougars 8.

TOUCHDOWN, St. Aug .... negated by ineligible player downfield. Whitley took it in from Noble on a short pass to the right flat but flag wiped it out.

St. Aug starts the second half throwing, first down pass to Lucas Jefferson. Noble finds Jefferson again for another first down.

Still a couple of minutes away from getting the 2nd half started. St. Aug will get the football first.

Third Quarter

Hafltime: St. Augustine 33, Edna Karr 8

St. Aug backed up to its 49 following a Karr sack of Noble. 3rd and 27. Timeout, St, Aug.

Big Play! Louis Brown, freshman DB, intercepts Karr again. St. Aug at the Karr 33. First down, 25-point lead, 1:34 2nd.

4th down again for Karr. 4th and 12 at the St. Aug 20. There was a penalty for intentional grounding. INTERCEPTION and TOUCHDOWN, ST. AUG. 99-yard pick-six. St. Aug 33, Karr 8 2:30 2nd. 2030 DB Louis Brown with the TD.

First down, Cougars. Kamal Martin catch at the St. Aug 18. Johnson at QB. Macklin down to the St. Aug 14. 3:51, 2nd.

First down, Purple Knights. Noble keeper on 3rd and 9. St. Aug first down at its 35. 6:45, 2nd.

Karr calls timeout ahead of 4th and 5 in the red zone (at St. Aug 18). 27-8, St. Aug. 7:58 2nd. Big Play! St. Aug gets the ball back following 4th down stop (incomplete pass).

Karr gets into St. Aug territory on a long keeper by Forest Johnson. Ball at the St. Aug 45. Macklin gains eight. 2nd and 2 at the St. Aug 37. Macklin again to the 24.

Facemask, Karr. St. Aug to the Cougars 16. TOUCHDOWN, ST. AUG! Noble pass to Miguel Whitley. 10:39, 2nd. Purple Knights 27, Cougars 8. Four TDs for Noble, three passing and one rushing.

Big Play! Karr tries a little trickery on fourth down and it results in a huge loss. St. Aug first down at its 39. 11:55, 2nd. On first down, Robinson rambles to the Karr 37. First down, Purple Knights.

Second Quarter

Marlon Johnson pass to Jace Johnson gets Karr to the St. Aug 35. 3rd and long at the Purple Knights 34. Johnson keeps, slides and takes a hard hit. Short of the first down. Karr will go for it. End 1st Quarter St. Aug 20, Karr 8

TOUCHDOWN, ST. AUG! Noble to Lucas Jefferson for an explosive play of 69 yards. St. Aug 20, Karr 8 2:03 1st. PAT failed.

Big Play! Karr's Macklin dropped for a loss on 3rd and short. Cougars to punt from their own 42. Purple Knights take over at their 27. 3:15, 1st. St. Aug 14, Karr 8

TOUCHDOWN, ST. AUG! Scoop and score, Dylan Davis for St. Aug, but hold up ... never mind, the officials rule that progress was stopped. Timeout, St. Aug. 4:14, 1st.

St. Aug going for its second win ever (2020) over Karr, according to VK Jones. Marlon Jones in at QB, runs for 3 on first down for Karr.

TOUCHDOWN, ST. AUG! 63-yard pass from Noble to Ray'Quan Williams on first down. Run fails on 2-point try. Purple Knights 14, Cougars 8

Johnson came back in at QB and threw incomplete pass after timeout. Cougars to punt. 5:31 1st

3rd and 11 for Karr after pass loses yardage. Marlon Jones in at quarterback now. Timeout, Karr 5:35, 1st Karr 8, St. Aug 8

Karr starts at its own 10 after holding penalty. First down, Cougars. Johnson pass to Kamal Martin. Macklin runs for 2. 2nd and 8 from the 23.

Jaelle Noble keeps for the tying two-point conversion. Karr 8, St. Aug 8 7:41, 1st

St Aug at the Karr 10. Long run by Noble of nearly 30 yards on scramble around the left side after a pass interference penalty on the Cougars. TOUCHDOWN, ST. AUGUSTINE! Noble fakes the handoff and keeps from 10 yards out. Karr 8, St. Aug 6 pending extra point. Offside on Cougars on PAT. Purple Knights will go for two now.

Lucas Jefferson brings the kick to the St. Aug 46. 1st and 10, Purple Knights 8:05, 1st

Punt Block! KARR TOUCHDOWN! Ball rolled all the way to the end zone as the slippery football evaded the grasp of multiple Cougars. Karr 8-0 after two-point conversion 8:14, 1st.

St. Augustine will begin its first possession at its 30. Noble sacked for four-yard loss on first down. Short run makes it 3rd and 10. Noble's pass in the flat to a running back is deflected. Each team goes 3 and out on first possession.

Cougars will punt on their first possession after Johnson's third down pass is incomplete. 3 and out for the St. Augustine defense.

Forest Johnson to 2029 Brenan Reid for a short pass on first down. Jermond Macklin carried for an apparent Karr first down, but a hold will negate it and back up the Cougars to their own 22.

St. Augustine will kick to Karr.

First Quarter

St. Augustine takes the field in gold jerseys and pants with purple helmets, 18 minutes until kickoff, per Jarryd Boyd of The Hash It Out Show.

Karr has taken the field in its road white jerseys with black pants and black helmets. Warmups are underway.

Per Jerit Roser of Louisiana vs. All Y'all, kickoff will be delayed until at least 7:45 p.m. and possibly later. Regardless, we will have updates here whenever the game does get started.

Per The Hash It Out Show, the game is in a weather delay with kickoff expected at 7:15 p.m. Rain was a factor in the earlier Catholic League game in Kenner, a Jefferson Parish suburb of New Orleans, as John Curtis defeated Holy Cross 26-0, per Spencer Urquhart of The New Orleans Advocate.

Pregame

The Edna Karr Cougas have had St. Augustine's number, but let's be fair ... coach Brice Brown's team has had everybody's number for 35 games.

Both Karr and St. Aug come into tonight's Halloween battle with overall 8-0 records. The Cougars are No. 1 and Purple Knights No. 2 in the Louisiana High School On SI rankings. The Catholic League rivals are flip-fliopped on the LHSAA's Division I Select power ratings, which determine playoff seeding: St. Aug is No. 1, with Karr No. 2.

The Catholic League (District 9-5A) makes up the top four and five of the top six positions in the Division I select power ratings. Jesuit and Archbishop Rummel are Nos. 3 and 4, while Brother Martin is No. 6.

Karr, which finishes next week at home vs. Jesuit (7-2), has used two quarterbacks successfully in Forest Johnson and Marlon Jones.. The Cougars, who won by four points over Brother Martin and seven vs. Archbishop Rummel, have an excellent running game powered by Jermond Macklin, whose 247 Sports profile lists offers from the likes of Florida State, Houston, Arkansas State, Troy and Ole Dominion,

Karr also defeated preseason No. 1 Ruston in Week 3 in New Orleans 27-21.

St. Aug, which has gotten brilliant performances all season from dual-threat QB Jaelle Noble (6-3, 210, Jr.), has been more dominant than Karr. Coach Robert Valdez's club won by a minimum of 10 points vs. John Curtis and by 14 last week vs. Brother Martin. Next week, St. Aug takes on Rummel (7-2), which lost to Jesuit on Friday.

Noble has completed 116 of 169 passes for 1,733 yards and 23 TDs with no interceptions for St. Aug, which is also No. 1 (and No. 44 nationally) on MaxPreps. He has rushed for 416 yards and six touchdowns on 64 carries. Patrick Robinson leads the ground attack with 67 carries for 705 yards and seven scores.

Noble has an excellent cast of receivers, led by Miguel Whitley (26-389, seven TDs), Ray'Quan Williams (23-414, nine TDs) and Lucas Jefferson (23-393, three TDs). Whtiley is committed to Ole Miiss, Williams to Tulane.

Tonight's contest was No. 5 on the preseason list of Top 25 games in Louisiana but has shaped up to be a more prominent matchup with both programs perfect on the year.

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Mike Coppage is a Louisiana-based veteran reporter with decades of experience covering recruiting and high school sports for Scout, Rivals, The Acadiana Advocate and The Daily Iberian. He has been freelancing for High School On SI since 2024.

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