Sports
Going pro; Forte selected by Chicago
Running back Matt Forté, a 2004 Slidell High graduate, was selected by the Chicago Bears in the second round of the NFL draft with the 44th overall pick Saturday after a stellar four-year college career at Tulane.
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Mandeville garners boys Class 5A state golf crown
Mandeville’s Skippers boys’ golf team, a mark of consistency all season long, did its thing Wednesday winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association Division I Class 5A State Golf title by two strokes over the Hahnville Tigers.
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Salmens Cloutet chooses Centenary College
Salmen senior swimmer Cassie Cloutet has signed a letter of intent to attend Centenary College in Shreveport for next school year on a swimming and academic scholarship.
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Salmens Margiotta decides on the University of Tampa
Salmen senior swimmer Emilee Margiotta has signed a letter of intent to attend the University of Tampa next fall on an academic and swimming scholarship.
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Slidell Hawks qualify for National Championships
The Slidell Hawks, a 16U Amateur Athletic Union traveling basketball team, qualified for the AAU National Championship by capturing the Disney Easter Classic Basketball Tournament with a 48-45 victory over Florida Union.
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Northlake Christian School continued its march to make a return trip to Bringhurst Park in Alexandria, the site of the 2008 Louisiana High School Athletic Association Class 1A Baseball Playoffs.
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PJP defeats Rosepine in playoffs
The ninth seeded Pope John Paul II Jaguars sent a message to all of the Class 2A baseball community last night by knocking off the visiting 24th seeded Rosepine Eagles in the bi-district round of the Louisiana State Baseball Playoffs, 9-0.
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Mandeville junior Garrett Cannizaro, the Skippers’ starting shortstop, got the call on the mound Thursday night and pitched his club to a 6-2 victory over the Ponchatoula Green Wave to secure third place in District 7-5A.
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Mandeville wins Regional Golf Title
Mandeville’s Skippers won the Division I Class 5A Region II golf title Tuesday with 301 total, 13 over par finishing seven shots ahead of Catholic High in the 18-team field at Santa Maria Golf Course in Baton Rouge.
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Pearl River comeback falls short
Pearl River trailed 6-0 heading into the sixth inning of Thursday’s bi-district round game in Alexandria, but the Rebels made a furious comeback before falling short, 6-5.
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FHS Simms signs with Mississippi College
Fontainebleau senior softball player Jessica Simms will attend Mississippi College in Clinton. The Lady Bulldogs’ catcher is a three-year starter. Simms has an academic and leadership scholarship. Simms said Millsaps College in Jackson, Miss., was also interested in her.
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Summers here, let the games begin!
The boys (and girls) of summer have arrived in Covington sporting new uniforms, a winning attitude and new fields and facilities at which to play.
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PJP II wins quarterfinal game in fast pitch 56
Pope John Paul II won 2-1 against Rosepine in the LHSAA Class 2A softball quarterfinals Friday afternoon.
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Slidell senior Lance Swearns is the starting catcher for the Tigers. On Saturday, he hit a grand slam with the score tied at 6-6 in the bottom of the sixth to help his team win, 10-6, over Hammond.
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Pope John Paul II’s Lady Jaguars completed a historic season Saturday with the school’s first softball state title with a 4-0 victory over district rival Doyle in the finals at Frasch Park in Sulphur.
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Pope John Paul falls in regional round against Oakdale Monday
Pope John Paul II’s baseball team had its season end Monday in the regional round of the LHSAA state playoffs, 6-1, to Oakdale on the road.
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Fontainebleau girls track wins Regional title
Fontainebleau junior sprinter Jamie Riles was a triple event winner Thursday sparking the Lady Bulldogs to the Class 5A Region II team title in the meet held at Catholic High in Baton Rouge.
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NCS bombs Logansport in bi-district victory
Northlake Christian School senior Jason O’Rear stroked a grand slam homer Thursday to lead the Wolverines to a 19-1 rout of the Logansport Tigers in the Louisiana High School Athletic Association Class 1A playoffs at NCS. The game was called in the fifth inning due to the 10-run mercy rule.
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Archbishop Hannan falls to St. Martin'€™s Episcopal in bi-district
St. Martin’s Episcopal Saints defeated Archbishop Hannan’s Hawks, 13-1, Sunday behind Jacob Martinez, who fired a two-hitter in the LHSAA bi-district round of the Class 1A baseball playoffs at Mike Miley Playground in Metairie. Martinez (6-1) recorded six strikeouts with two walks.
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MHS comes up short at Fast Pitch 56 in Sulphur
Mandeville’s season came to an abrupt end at the Fast Pitch 56 state softball tournament in Sulphur Friday as the Lady Skippers couldn’t overcome the outstanding one-hit pitching performance of Pineville senior Kelee Grimes as the Lady Rebels took a 1-0 quarterfinal victory.
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