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Parish track meet cancelled after some field events due to lightning

The Capital One St. Tammany Parish Track Meet got under way Friday at Slidell High, but then the rain came near the end of the field events and lightning in the area forced the meet to be cancelled.

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CHS rips homers to down Slidell

The District 7-5A race continued to heat up Monday as the Covington Lions traveled to Slidell and handed the Tigers their third league loss of the season.

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Mandeville blanks SSA in district finale, finishes in second-place tie

Mandeville senior Jennie Trepagnier silenced the St. Scholastica Academy bats Monday in the district finale with a one-hit, 13-strikeout performance as the Lady Skippers blanked the Doves, 6-0, at home.

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First Baptist names Reine assistant athletic director

First Baptist Christian School in Slidell, which will compete in the LHSAA for the first time next season, has named basketball coach Scott Reine assistant athletic director to Theresa Earhart.

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Two-mile race at Our Lady of Lourdes slated for April 26

Our Lady of Lourdes will be the site for the Henry J. Calamari Memorial two-mile Road Race on April 26 prior to the school’s fair.

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Lacee Gallardo

Covington senior Lacee Gallardo is a two-sport athlete for the Lady Lions. Gallardo hit .354 in district play and helped lead the Lady Lions’ softball team to the District 7-5A title with a 13-1 record. Gallardo starts at second base and is the Lady Lions’ leadoff hitter. She batted .460 on the season with 29 runs scored and drove in nine runs.

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Prep Baseball Roundup

St. Paul’s strolls past Mandeville

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Prep Softball Roundup

CHS blanks SHS with McDaniel, Stanga

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PJP chooses Jeanmard to lead football team

Chris Kinkaid
St. Tammany News

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Pearl River High holds on to beat Salmen

Pearl River played small ball early to get ahead then hung on late to defeat Salmen, 6-5, Tuesday at Fritchie Park on the Spartans’ senior day.

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NCS Wolverines capture District 7-1A title

Northlake Christian School’s Wolverines secured the District 7-1A title with a 7-4 victory in extra innings Tuesday over the Christian Life Academy Crusaders in Baton Rouge behind senior Sam Scheibal’s seventh homer of the year. Scheibal, the Wolverines top hitter with a .481 average, gave his club the lead with a solo homer in the top of the first. Scheibal, who is second on the team with 30 runs batted in, has also scored 28 times to lead the team in that category.

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Fontainebleaus Bernard signs with Louisiana Tech

Fontainebleau senior Jean Bernard, a three-sport athlete for the Lady Bulldogs, has signed her national letter of intent to attend Louisiana Tech University in Ruston. Bernard will receive a soccer scholarship along with a presidential scholarship for academics.

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Pope John Paul II sweeps at Gemstone

Pope John Paul II’s girls and boys won this week’s Northlake Golf League held Tuesday at Gemstone near Franklinton.

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Prep Baseball Roundup

Covington trims Ponchatoula

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FHS sweeps titles in Bulldog Invitational

Fontainebleau track continued its dominance Wednesday taking both titles in the Bulldog Invitational held at the Dawg Pound. Fontainebleau athletes excelled, taking most of the individual awards. Bulldogs’ senior runner Jeff Sanders won the boys’ overall MVP and Lady Dawgs’ junior sprinter Jamie Riles earned the girls’ overall MVP.

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Prep Tennis Roundup

Wednesday’s

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All District 9-4A girls basketball team named

The all-district team for 9-4A girls’ basketball was named with the Pearl River Lady Rebels and Salmen Lady Spartans getting two players each.

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Slidell blanks Mandeville

Slidell senior hurler Shane Riedie was in control from the start tossing a two-hit, complete game shutout as the Tigers whitewashed the Mandeville Skippers, 10-0, Tuesday in district play at MHS.

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PJP tennis teams head to regionals

Pope John Paul II’s girls’ and boys’ tennis teams are heading to the regionals at the Lamar Tennis Center in Baton Rouge Tuesday.

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Sports Notes

Hannan Golf Classic

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Four 7-5A teams advance

Covington’s Lady Lions, the District 7-5A champions, lead the field of four district teams that qualified for the Class 5A Louisiana High School Athletic Association softball playoffs.

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Hannan hosting NCS in Class A bi-district softball game

In a somewhat ironic twist of fate, Archbishop Hannan’s Lady Hawks, the second-place team in District 7-1A, will host the district champion Northlake Christian School Lady Wolverines Tuesday in the Louisiana High School Athletic Association bi-district round of the Class A state softball playoffs.

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Mike Manguno

Archbishop Hannan senior Mike Manguno is a three-sport athlete with the Hawks.

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School Board honors Carlin

With an overall coaching record of 629 wins and 248 losses, Salmen High School’s basketball coach Jay Carlin has been ranked Louisiana’s 13th all-time winningest coach. St. Tammany Parish School Board Deputy Superintendent Trey Folse, one of Carlin’s former assistants, introduced Carlin at the School Board meeting Thursday night and praised him for not only providing his players with a responsible role model, but also acting as a father figure for them on occasion.

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Looper helps lead Privateer golf team to fourth-place tourney finish

University of New Orleans freshman golfer Ken Looper III, a 2007 Fontainebleau grad, helped lead the Privateers to a fourth-place finish in the 16-team field Tuesday in the Arkansas State University Indian Classic at Sage Meadows Golf Course. UNO won the event in 2006 and was runner-up last year.

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