John Curtis open the season Friday with its longest road trip in program history.
The Patriots kick off 2025 in Los Angeles against a Cathedral (1-1) squad that finished last season 10-1.
The game marks the fourth straight season coach J.T. Curtis and company have faced and out-of-state opponent and their first out-of-state road game since beating Oak Grove (Miss.) in 2022.
John Curtis is 2-1 during its current run of out-of-state competition following a 2023 win against Santaluces Community (Fla.) and 2024 loss to Rabun Gap (N.C.), both of which matchups hosted in Louisiana.
Friday’s contest will be broadcast by the John Curtis Christian Patriots Broadcast Team with coverage scheduled to begin at 5:45 p.m. (Central), just ahead of a 6 p.m. kickoff.
In 2024, John Curtis stumbled through some early ups and downs and a late three-game slide in the gauntlet of Catholic League district play before clicking to three straight playoff wins and a Division-I Select semifinal appearance.
The 4-5 regular-season record marks the program’s first below-.500 mark since 1969 before becoming the lowest seed — No. 19 in the bracket — to reach the Division-I Select semifinals since Louisiana instituted division in 2013.
The Patriots enter this season considered among the state’s top contenders once again with a strong returning core of talent and experience, including young standouts who earned early playing time last season,
John Curtis is the No. 10 team in Class 5A in the LSWA preseason polls and the No. 6 team in Louisiana vs. All Y’all’s “Preseason Top 50” rankings of all classifications.
