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Knights 17/18s fall in game

The Louisiana Knights 17/18s turned in their best performance of the summer going 3-2, making it to Sunday’s championship game of the Louisiana World Series held in Abbeville.

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CHS trims Peake on walk-off homer

Covington High’s Payden Lynch delivered a walk-off, two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning Thursday to lift the Lions to a 5-4 come-from-behind victory over Peake BMW (St. Paul’s) in a game played at Jimmy “Doc” Davis Field.

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Golf championship a success in Slidell

The 31st annual Greater Slidell Golf Championship was a success as local golfers survived the relentless, unforgiving heat and battled the terrain of three different courses Friday through Sunday to put another event in the books.

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Louisiana Knights 18s momentum halted

The Louisiana Knights 18s hit their first road bump of the summer while competing in the Louisiana World Series at Acadian Ball Park in New Iberia June 24-26 as the Knights finished 1-3 in the tournament.

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Madisonville

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Roundup: summer prep baseball

Ponstein’s downs

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Laneco Construction beats Capital One

Laneco Construction (Pope John Paul II) fought back Tuesday night from a five-run deficit to take a 7-6 victory in American Legion Sixth District East Division action at PJP.

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Women’s Self-Defense Classes upcoming

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CHS takes victory in season ender

Covington High’s Lions pounded out 10 hits Tuesday on the road downing Tangi Animal Clinic (Loranger High) 13-2 in five-innings behind Dexter Thompson’s 3-run homer and Payden Lynch’s solo blast.

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Capital One beats Post 16 in doubleheader matchup

Capital One Bank (Fontainebleau High), the champion in the American Legion Sixth District East, closed out the regular season Wednesday taking a doubleheader from Post 16 (Archbishop Hannan).

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Big leagues

Former Fontainebleau High Bulldogs’ baseball player Chandler Laurent of Lacombe has signed with Major League Baseball’s Colorado Rockies, moving one step closer to fulfilling his boyhood dream of becoming a major leaguer.

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Slidell Scrappers capture state title

The Slidell Scrappers, a 6-year old T-ball Slidell Bantam Baseball Association team, took home the United States Specialty Sports Association All-Star State Tournament after downing Livingston Parks Recreation 18-10 in Livingston Parish Sunday.

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NHS' Ledet hits single for win

Northshore’s Nick Ledet hit a walk-off single on a full count, helping the Panthers defeat Thomas Pump (Slidell High) 5-4 in a Northshore Summer League Baseball game held at Ned Eades Field Thursday.

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Slidell Sluggers take state

The Slidell Sluggers, a nine-year old Slidell Bantam Baseball Association team, won its second-straight state championship in the United States Specialty Sports Association All-Star State Tournament held last weekend in St. Francisville.

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Roundup: prep baseball

Salmen defeats

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Slidell Titans erase big deficit for title

The Slidell Titans, a 10-year old Slidell Bantam Baseball Association team, came back from being down 7-1 to capture the United States Specialty Sports Association All-Star State Tournament with a 12-11 victory over the Livingston Parish Recreation Tigers. Max Meeker’s RBI groundout in the bottom of the sixth inning pushed the Titans over the top.

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Sheriff and Slidell police on the hunt for armed robber

The armed robber, who is suspected of two armed robberies last week on Brownswitch Road and Robert Boulevard in Slidell, is also suspected for the robbery of the Blockbuster Video store at the corner of Gause Boulevard and Military Road Wednesday afternoon.


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