TWENTY YEARS AGO — Joe Montana completes 22 of 29 passes for 317 yards and five touchdowns to earn his third Super Bowl MVP award in San Francisco’s 55-10 thrashing of Denver in Super Bowl XXIV.

TEN YEARS AGO — Ferriday quarterback Aron Thomas, who threw for more than 1,000 yards during the 1999 season, joins Vidalia linebacker Leren Curry as the second Miss-Lou player to commit to Nicholls State.

FIVE YEARS AGO — Casey Gould scores 15 points and makes a go-ahead shot with just 37 seconds left in the fourth quarter as the ACCS Rebels hold on for a 50-46 win over the Parklane Academy Pioneers.