2024 GF Media Day Preview: West St. John High School (Edgard, Louisiana)

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Coming into his second season as head coach of the Rams, Derron Thomas, is looking to improve his team, after their final game in 2023, Coach Thomas wanted to build off of what he saw in that game against Jeanerette. This offseason he established the five foundation and team is bought in on it.

“Biggest thing is that we have the five foundation, trust, faith, commitment, discipline, and sacrifice. So if we repeat that everyday, we say it everyday, we try to honor those five foundations, then if we can honor those five foundations consistently we’re gonna improve as a program.”

West St. John Head Coach Derron Thomas

Logan Graffia interviews West St. John Head Coach Derron Thomas

Head coach, Derron Thomas, spoke about some of the Rams top players such as 2026 WR Jakari Milton which got a large about of praise from coach about how he has not missed workout or a practice since he has met him, and also high praise for 2026 WR J’Kyren Morris. He boasted heavily about freshman OL Aubrey White, who is going to help put this team in the right track.

West St. John WR Jakari Milton (Photo taken by Andy Bryson)
West St. John WR J’Kyren Morris (Photo taken by Andy Bryson)

Luckily for the Rams, they only lost four seniors this past season, so not much is changing when it comes to team dynamics. Also going into this season as well the Rams get some new challenges when it comes to new teams to go against such as Houma Christian and East Iberville.

“I can’t wait to play them all, because we got a lot of built up that we have to make right from last year.”

West St. John Head Coach Derron Thomas

The community has came around West St. John athletics since Coach Thomas is the athletic director of West St. John. The community has given him a lot of trust, to build West St. John to what the potential the school has, and to make a name for them in Louisiana.

“We working, we coming, we doing everything that we gotta do to improve and turn the corner on everything we need to do to make Edgard and Ram Nation proud.”

West St. John Head Coach Derron Thomas

Jace LeJeune interviews two of West St. John’s top players!

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