For St. Charles Catholic, this is more like it.

The Comets had gone to the state finals five years in a row before last year’s downturn that ended with a 4-7 record. This season, top-seeded St. Charles (12-1) will take a near-flawless record back to the Caesars Superdome, where it will face No. 7 Shaw (9-4) in the LHSAA Division II select state championship set for 7 p.m. Friday.

“Last year, we lost the games that you were accustomed to seeing St. Charles Catholic come out and find a way to win, kind of like Friday vs. U-High,” St. Charles coach Wayne Stein said. “We were in a bunch of games and had opportunities and couldn’t get it done. We learned a lot from that experience.”

Few teams could grind out wins like St. Charles did during that five-year stretch that included two state cham

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