St Paul's Holiday Invitational results (1984-2014)

[Scott Crawford]

St. Paul's Holiday Invitational is widely regarded as the top high school soccer tournament in Louisiana. And there's good reason why. The results, compared to the playoff results, are quite similar. In the 20 years since the 1992 St. Paul's Tournament, 18 of the 42 St. Paul's Tournament Finalists won a State Championship. 5 more were State Runners-up. For the last eight seasons, one of the Finalists at St. Paul's has won State.

I started comparing old newspaper reports to the St. Paul's Tournament website, and found that there were few correct results. So I decided to use the newspaper and LAprepSoccer results rather than the tournament website.

St. Paul's Holiday Invitational Championship Game results:

1984: unknown
1985: unknown
1986: unknown
1987: Catholic BR 4 Rummel 3 (PKs)
1988: Catholic BR beat Northshore
1989: unknown
1990: Mandeville 3 St. Paul's 1 (at Skipper Stadium)
1991: Catholic BR 3 De La Salle 0
1992: Catholic BR 2 De La Salle 1
1993: Bishop Sullivan
1994: Catholic BR 2 Jesuit 0
1995: Mandeville 3 St. Paul's 0
1996: St. Paul's 4 Baton Rouge 3
1997: Northshore 1 St. Paul's 0 (5-4 PKs)
1998: Jesuit 4 Vandebilt 1
1999: Jesuit 2 Northshore 0
2000: Jesuit 2 Caddo 0
2001: Vandebilt 3 Jesuit 1
2002: Ben Franklin 1 Vandebilt 0
2003: Vandebilt 4 Catholic BR 1 (played at Vandebilt due to weather cancellation)
2004: St. Paul's 1 Vandebilt 0
2005: Jesuit 5 St. Paul's 2
2006: Jesuit 5 Caddo 0
2007: Caddo 2 Brother Martin 1 (10-9 PKs)
2008: Jesuit 4 Caddo 0
2009: Jesuit 3 St. Paul's 1
2010: Jesuit 1 St. Paul's 0
2011: Jesuit 3 Brother Martin 0
2012: Jesuit 3 Catholic BR 2
2013: St. Paul's 2 Acadiana 0
2014: St. Paul's 2 Catholic BR 0

[Scott Crawford]

1984 St. Paul's Invitational Championship Game: unknown
1985 State Champ: Slidell
1985 Runner-up: Mandeville

1985 St. Paul's Invitational Championship Game: unknown
1986 State Champ: Slidell
1986: Runner-up: Ben Franklin

1986 St. Paul's Invitational Championship Game: unknown
1987 State Champ: Jesuit
1987 Runner-up: Rummel

1987 St. Paul's Invitational Championship Game: Catholic BR 4 Rummel 3 (PKs)
1988 State Champ: Slidell
1988 Runner-up: Comeaux

1988 St. Paul's Invitational Championship Game: Catholic BR beat Northshore
1989 State Champ: Slidell
1989 Runner-up: Northshore

1989 St. Paul's Invitational Championship Game:
1990 State Champs: Catholic BR, Episcopal School of Acadiana
1990 Runners-up: De La Salle, Vandebilt

1990 St. Paul's Invitational Championship Game: Mandeville 3 St. Paul's 1
1991 State Champs: Catholic BR, Woodlawn BR
1991 Runners-up: De La Salle, Episcopal School of Acadiana

1991 St. Paul's Invitational Championship Game: Catholic BR 3 De La Salle 0
1992 State Champs: Slidell, Vandebilt
1992 Runners-up: Catholic BR, St. Thomas More

1992 St. Paul's Invitational Championship Game: Catholic BR 2 De La Salle 1
1993 State Champs: Catholic BR, Newman
1993 Runners-up: Slidell, St. Thomas More

1993 St. Paul's Invitational Championship Game: Bishop Sullivan
1994 State Champs: De La Salle, Bishop Sullivan (now St. Michael's)
1994 Runners-up: Jesuit, Vandebilt

1994 St. Paul's Invitational Championship Game: Catholic BR 2 Jesuit 0
1995 State Champs: Jesuit, Newman
1995 Runners-up: Catholic BR, Episcopal Acadiana

1995 St. Paul's Invitational Championship Game: Mandeville 3 St. Paul's 0
1996 State Champs: Mandeville, Loyola, Vandebilt
1996 Runners-up: Jesuit, Baton Rouge, Newman

1996 St. Paul's Invitational Championship Game: St. Paul's 4 Baton Rouge 3
1997 State Champs: Acadiana, St. Paul's, St. Louis
1997 Runners-up: Jesuit, Baton Rouge, St. Martin's

1997 St. Paul's Invitational Championship Game: Northshore 1 St. Paul's 0 (5-4 PKs)
1998 State Champs: Acadiana, St. Paul's, St. Louis
1998 Runners-up: Lafayette, Baton Rouge, Newman

1998 St. Paul's Invitational Championship Game: Jesuit 4 Vandebilt 1
1999 State Champs: Jesuit, Woodlawn, Newman
1999 Runners-up: Acadiana, St. Paul's, Parkview Baptist

1999 St. Paul's Invitational Championship Game: Jesuit 2 Northshore 0
2000 State Champs: Brother Martin, St. Paul's, Parkview Baptist
2000 Runners-up: Jesuit, Woodlawn BR, Loyola

2000 St. Paul's Invitational Championship Game: Jesuit 2 Caddo 0
2001 State Champs: Brother Martin, St. Thomas More, Newman
2001 Runners-up: Acadiana, Parkway, St. Martin's

2001 St. Paul's Invitational Championship Game: Vandebilt 3 Jesuit 1
2002 State Champs: Jesuit, Vandebilt, St. Martin's
2002 Runners-up: Brother Martin, South Terrebonne, St. Louis

2002 St. Paul's Invitational Championship Game: Ben Franklin 1 Vandebilt 0
2003 State Champs: Jesuit, Vandebilt, St. Louis
2003 Runners-up: Lafayette, Neville, St. Thomas Aquinas

2003 St. Paul's Invitational Championship Game: Vandebilt 4 Catholic BR 1 (played at Vandebilt) (Rest of the tournament scores)
2004 State Champs: Lafayette, Ben Franklin, St. Louis
2004 Runners-up: Jesuit, Vandebilt, St. Martin's

2004 St. Paul's Invitational Championship Game: St. Paul's 1 Vandebilt 0
2005 State Champs: Jesuit, Vandebilt, Newman
2005 Runners-up: Lafayette, Ben Franklin, St. Martin's

2005 St. Paul's Invitational Championship Game: Jesuit 5 St. Paul's 2
2006 State Champs: Carencro, Vandebilt, St. Louis
2006 Runners-up: Fontainebleau, East Ascension, Teurlings

2006 St. Paul's Invitational Championship Game: Jesuit 5 Caddo 0
2007 State Champs: Jesuit, Vandebilt, St. Louis
2007 Runners-up: St. Paul's, East Ascension, Teurlings

2007 St. Paul's Invitational Championship Game: Caddo 2 Brother Martin 1 (10-9 PKs)
2008 State Champs: Caddo, Teurlings, St. Thomas Aquinas
2008 Runners-up: Woodlawn BR, Vandebilt, Newman

2008 St. Paul's Invitational Championship Game: Jesuit 4 Caddo 0
2009 State Champs: Jesuit, Teurlings, Newman
2009 Runners-up: Captain Shreve, Loyola, University

2009 St. Paul's Invitational Championship Game: Jesuit 3 St. Paul's 1
2010 State Champs: Jesuit, St. Louis, Newman
2010 Runners-up: Lafayette, Vandebilt, University

2010 St. Paul's Invitational Championship Game: Jesuit 1 St. Paul's 0
2011 State Champs: St. Paul's, St. Louis, Northlake Christian
2011 Runners-up: Jesuit, Vandebilt, Ben Franklin

2011 St. Paul's Invitational Championship Game: Jesuit 3 Brother Martin 0
2012 State Champs: Jesuit, St. Louis, Country Day
2012 Runners-up: St. Paul's, Ben Franklin, Northlake Christian

2012 St. Paul's Invitational Championship Game: Jesuit 3 Catholic BR 2
2013 State Champs: Jesuit, St. Louis, Episcopal BR
2013 Runners-up: St. Paul's, Beau Chene, Newman

2013 St. Paul's Invitational Championship Game: St. Paul's 2 Acadiana 0
2014 State Champs: St. Paul's
2014 Runners-up: Grace King

2014 St. Paul's Invitational Championship Game: St. Paul's 2 Catholic BR 0
2015 State Champs:
2015 Runners-up:

[R&B Dawg]

I have the 1990 participants and score.

Mandeville 3
St. Paul's 1

The reason why the information may be unknown is because the tournament was co-hosted with Mandeville in the early 90's. This particular final was played in Skipper Stadium. How can I confirm? I played in the game and recall watching the game on VHS tape. That tape is probably sitting on my mom's shelf still.  We recorded all the big games in those days. The fact that I played in the game may not be all that interesting for the general public, but my teammate Jason Kreis had a good game. I just may have to go and dig up that old tape.  I do not recall anything about the tournament in 1989, I was just a freshman and playing JV. I would like to brag about having participated in the game prior to the final. We played Catholic BR in the Semi-Final, winning 4-3 in OT. Now that was one for the ages. I recall truly phenomenal goals. Scott Yerby (BR) scored on a bicycle kick in the first half and we (MHS) scored on a set play I believe I have seen pulled off at the World Cup (I am thinking Argentina vs England in 98). The deciding goal came from a solo dribble from a true team player, Zach James, which started behind midfield. The talent on the field at that time was inspiring, not just the goal scorers, but also the defenders who had the impossible job of keeping up with such awesome attackers.

[Scott Crawford]

Anyway you could upload that VHS tape to Youtube so the rest of us could see it?