SSA wins Walker Shootout, LaBorde wins fourth race

St. Scholastica Academy junior Angela LaBorde captured the three-mile race in the Walker Shootout XC Meet with a time of 17:41.58 on Saturday to help lead her Doves to the team title with 63 points, which originally tied with Lafayette. The Doves were awarded the girl’s title as their sixth overall team finisher Ali Edwards (26th) came in ahead of the next highest Lafayette finisher Brooke Perry (33rd).

Mount Carmel (98) took third followed by Sacred Heart (130) and Episcopal (155) came in fifth.

Twenty-two teams qualified in the scoring with 178 girls’ runners participating.

LaBorde continued her strong performance capturing her fourth individual race of the season. In her other two races, she has finished in second place twice. LaBorde led the race from start to finish.

SSA cross country coach Chris Pool described LaBorde as an incredible talent.

“Angela has a superb work ethic. She is a very determined runner, always giving it her best,” Pool said.

“It was my favorite race of the year. The weather felt good, and it was a good course. Being in front, it was easy to follow the guy on the bike. I had also warmed up on the course so I knew where I was going,” LaBorde said.

“I wanted to start out fast. I was able to hold on.”

LaBorde said it was a fantastic team victory with everyone running a PR.

“Our coach (Pool) was proud of our performance. The state meet is coming up and I think our team is doing really well so far,” LaBorde said.

Fontainebleau’s Amy Deeble (18:41) came in seventh place to help lead the Lady Bulldogs to a sixth place finish (177).

Other local finishers:

11. Catherine Pereira, SSA, 19:13; 21. Melissa Hamel, SSA, 19:41; 23. Clare Ledoux, SSA, 19:48; 24. Lauren Salles, SSA, 19:57; 26. Ali Edwards, SSA, 20:15; 28. Mallory Stubbs, SSA, 20:18; 37. Megan Simon, FHS, 20:45; 48. Laura Keyes, FHS, 21:12; 49. Katie Folse, FHS, 21:12; 52. Natalie Martin, NHS, 21:31; 59. Hailee Rask, FHS, 21:40; 61. Brittni Thompson, SHS, 21:44; 67. Mallory Richardson, FHS, 21:49; 75. Brianna Thompson, SHS, 22:23; 94. Jenna Knoblach, NHS, 23:04; 103. Jessica LeBlanc, FHS, 23:21; 128. Alecia Meyers, NHS, 24:41; 146. Katie Borchert, SHS, 25:46; 164. Justine Sundrud, SHS, 26:56; 171. Rebekah Nethken, NHS, 29:44.

In the boys’ Walker Shootout, St. Paul’s Matt Mouton (15:33) was the top local runner earning a fourth place finish among the 238 runners. Mouton helped lead the Wolves to a third place finish (90) behind Catholic High (50) and host Walker (83).

Fontainebleau’s Zach Harris (15:45) came in seventh followed by Slidell’s Zach France (15:48) in the individual competition. Fontainebleau (232) finished seventh among the 34 qualifying teams.

Slidell (324) came in 11th. Northshore (594) was in 21st. Covington’s Lions (836) came in 30th.

Catholic High’s Phillip Primeaux (15:07) won the boys’ competitive three-mile race with St. Thomas More’s Alden Heaphy (15:17) second followed by Walker’s Paul Arthur (15:25).

Other local finishers:

12. Ethan Mizell, SPS, 15:54; 21. Scott Brewster, SPS, 16:15; 22. Matt Franszczak, SHS, 16:16; 26. Trent Wiedeman, SPS, 16:21; 27. Christian Bergeron, SPS, 16:22; 29. Corey O’Dell, FHS, 16:25; 39. Trey Weiss, SPS, 16:43; 56. David Gauthreaux, FHS, 17:05; 65. Sammy Fetter, FHS, 17:19; 75. Kevin Connelly, FHS, 17:35; 77. Patterson Haynes, SHS, 17:39; 78. Ryan Durr, SPS, 17:39; 79. James Rask, FHS, 17:40; 85. Romeo Carvin, NHS, 17:46; 87. Will Miller, SHS, 17:47; 105. Paul Dauterive, CHS, 18:07; 116. Troy Brouillette, NHS, 18:24; 117. Jean-Luc Deselle, NHS, 18:31; 127. Brennan Marque, FHS, 18:40; 133. Daniel Gill, SHS, 18:49; 140. Sam Voorhees, NHS, 18:55; 143. Nick Ferguson, SHS, 18:57; 145. Oliver Young-Hernandez, SHS, 18:58; 146. Winston Johnston, NHS, 18:59; 158. Sean Gancarcik, CHS, 19:16; 170. Julian Nunez, NHS, 19:35; 178. Harper Jones, CHS, 19:43; 190. Brant Bradley, NHS, 20:18; 209. Jeff Jordan, CHS, 21:38; 232. Tommy Seeger, CHS, 23:54.