The squads played a pair of 35-minute halves and there was no overtime. Teams received six points for a win, three for a tie, one for a shutout and another for each goal scored up to three. There were four brackets, A, B, C and D. The squad with the most points from each bracket moved on to play in the semifinals and those victors made it to Sunday’s finals. The matches following bracket play were 40-minute halves.
FHS (12-2-1) opened the event by suffering its first loss of the season, 2-0, to the Captain Shreve Gators in a heartbreaker Friday at CYSA.
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Randel talked about the goal.
“I was trying to go around the keeper (Matt Harris). I was hoping he would come out for the cross and it slipped right by him,” Randel said.
Fontainebleau coach Budd Ditchendorf credited Randel for the goal.
“He made a good play. You leave it 0-0 till the end, you leave yourself open to a high-quality goal or maybe a little bit of luck involved too,” Ditchendorf said.
Captain Shreve added one more in the 69th minute as Connor Randel dribbled in and scored to finish things at 2-0.
Both teams had opportunities to score, but the defenses stepped up and Fontainebleau goalkeeper Matt Harris and Captain Shreve’s Matt Green were on their game.
Later on Friday, the Bulldogs suffered another, 2-0, loss. This time it was to Vandebilt Catholic, a Division II state finalist last season.
Vandebilt’s Ethan Himel scored the opening goal off a corner kick in the 43rd minute to give the Terriers a 1-0 lead.
Himel talked about his goal.
“I didn’t think I had it, then I dove in for it and it went in,” Himel said.
FHS had a chance to net the first goal in the 41st minute when Andrew Paulsen sent a shot from near midfield that Vandebilt goalkeeper Mason Smith barely got a hand on.
Then the Bulldogs missed a chance to tie the match in the 58th minute as Blake Forest dribbled in, while juking defenders along the way. He made a pass to Dakoriye Charles, whose shot went wide right.
The Terriers scored one more in the 61st minute when Matt Robichaux made a centering pass to T.J. Freeman, who hit the back of the net.
FHS coach Ditchendorf said he was happy with the way his team competed.
“They played hard. I put in some young guys. I revamped it and thought it was a good chance to play them. We played with them right up until the goal came, and from that point, it’s hard to change momentum. But that would happen in any tournament game,” Ditchendorf said.
On Saturday, Fontainebleau got back on the winning track with a dominating, 3-0, victory over Baton Rouge High School at Hunter Stadium.
The Bulldogs got on the board in the third minute as Forest made a centering pass to Bavido, who put his team ahead, 1-0.
FHS added another one in the 14th minute as Brett Duncan sent in a shot on goal, but it was dropped by Baton Rouge back up goalkeeper Jonguk Lim. FHS’ Dolapo Ogunniyi was standing right in front and nailed the back of the net. Lim was playing for Varun Chalasani, who got hurt earlier in the match.
The score went to 3-0 in the 26th minute as Duncan dribbled, but his shot hit the cross bar. Charles, from point blank range, gave the Bulldogs a 3-0 advantage.
FHS also had a pair of goals waived off because they were offsides.
Duncan talked about the match.
“We just played well in the beginning and we just took it from there,” Duncan said. “We started real quick. We were (hitting) our passes, making the other team run and it just worked out for us.”
Harris and EJ Valentine combined on the shutout. Valentine, the backup keeper, came in during the 52nd minute. Harris said it was like redemption after the losses on Friday.
“It was just a matter of coming in here, playing hard and putting some more shots on goal,” Harris said. “That’s the main thing after getting shutout twice (Friday), trying to come out here and prove that we can put the ball in the net.”
Mandeville
Mandeville (9-7) lost all three of its matches, but went toe-to-toe with some of the best from last season.
MHS opened by suffering a 2-0 loss against Division I semifinalist Jesuit on Friday morning.
Neither team scored until the 24th minute when Jesuit’s Mark Reuther put a shot inside the right post to make it, 1-0.
Reuther talked about the tally.
“We were playing pretty bad and we were just trying to get passes together. I just fired it to the net and it was a pretty easy goal,” Reuther said.
MHS coach John Moss said a defensive mistake led to the goal.
“It was back passed. It didn’t go where it was supposed to go. It went right passed out man it was being passed to, so stuff happens,” Moss said. “They were keeping the pressure on and sooner-or-later, when you keep the pressure on, a mistake happens.”
Both teams had chances to score in the first half as MHS’ Hall Lyons made some nice saves to keep his team in it.
In the 14th minute, Stephen Cabos got one-on-one with Lyons. His shot was on goal and Lyons made a sliding save.
Lyons was back on his knees again as Charles Kleinschmidt made a pass to Robert Emmett, but Lyons was there once again to keep the match scoreless.
Mandeville also had opportunities to score. In the 10th minute, Beau DeGruy got in close, but sent a shot over the goal.
In the 23rd minute, Logan Sullivan sent a shot from the rightside of the field wide left. MHS had a player coming in, but he couldn’t get there in time.
Jesuit made it 2-0 in the 55th minute when Jordan Schwartz tallied on a header off a free kick. Zach Correa got the assist.
Mandeville then lost its second match on Friday, 5-0, against the Acadiana Rams in a match that began in exciting fashion.
In the fourth minute, an Acadiana player received a pair of yellow cards and tossed. Two minutes later, the Rams took a 1-0 lead when Austin Clause scored on a cross from Jean Breaux.
In the 10th minute, Acadiana coach Jan Richard was kicked out.
Then things settled down, but Mandeville had trouble scoring. In the 25th minute, Acadiana’s Joey Morvant made it 2-0 when he put the ball inside the right post off an assist from Clause.
The match stayed that way through halftime, but in the 47th minute, Trevor Credeur added another goal on a penalty kick.
Chris Knight came in for Lyons in the 49th minute.
Credeur nearly registered his second goal. He kicked it from midfield and it hit in front of the goal, but Knight tipped it out.
In the 61st minute, Credeur made an unbelievable shot. He took a shot from the midfield stripe. The ball bounced over Knight’s head and into the net to make it 4-0.
Credeur talked about the tally.
“It was pretty much a fluke goal. I played the ball, tried to get it to my teammates, but luckily it took a bounce in front of the goalie and just had a nice bounce right over him,” Credeur said.
The Rams added one more by Zachary Prejean on a corner kick.
Mandeville finished the competition by falling, 2-1, against St. Louis, a school out of Lake Charles and a Division III semifinalist from last season.
Mandeville got on the board in the 10th minute when Sullivan dribbled up the field, passed to Aaron Noelke and he made another pass to DeGruy, who gave MHS a 1-0 advantage.
Mandeville had chances. Sullivan and Noelke nearly connected for a score in the fourth minute, but Noelke’s shot was wide left.
In the 21st minute, Carter Knight’s shot hit the right post. Sullivan overran the rebound and St. Louis knocked it out.
Mandeville also played tough defense. In the 12th minute, St. Louis’ Zach Drouillet got one-on-one with Lyons, but MHS’ Antoine Bouchard caught up with him and was able to kick the ball out of bounds, helping keep MHS’ 1-0 lead.
The Saints came back and tied the match in the 25th minute on a penalty kick by Drouillet.
St. Louis went ahead for good in the 66th minute as Droulliet headed in a free kick for the winner.
Droulliet talked about the winning goal.
“It was a good ball and I just headed it and it went in. It was late in the game, so it’s always good to get a winner at the end of the game. We had two losses earlier in the tournament, so it was good to get a win,” Droulliet said.
MHS goalkeeper Lyons said the competition in the tournament is good for the Skippers.
“We kind of get to see what they’re doing, what they’re throwing out and we get to prepare for it,” Lyons said.
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