When his season ended with the Chicago Bears, Craig Steltz came back home. Then he ended up as a fan again in the stands at the Superdome supporting the Black & Gold... (More)
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BOYS AREA HOOPS SCORES FOR FRIDAY: 6-5A East St. John 56 St. Amant 52 Hahnville 50 East Ascension 39
7-5A Slidell 49 St. Paul’s 47
9-5A Chalmette 45 Higgins 44 (OT) John Ehret 62 King 36 West Jefferson 61 Bonnabel 57
10-5A Jesuit 67 Rummel 41 St. Augustine 67 Brother Martin 52
Fourth-seeded Ursuline, coming off of a first-round bye in the Division Two state playoffs, will play host to 13th- seeded Calvary Baptist Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 at Audubon Park Field.The Cavaliers are coming off of a 6-0 win over 20th-seeded West Ouachita in Shreveport in the opening round of the playoffs. Calvary Baptist is 14-7 on the season while Ursuline comes in with a record of 13-3-2. The winner will move on to face the winner of the Morgan City at Neville game in [Read More...]
On the strength of four champions and 10 wrestlers who placed, St. Paul's captured the St. Paul's Invitational for a record 20th time in a row.The 20-team tournament was the largest ever in the history of the event. While some of the top teams did not send their full complement of wrestlers or starters, it was a solid 54-point victory for the Wolves. Brother Martin finished second with Holy Cross third.Individual winners for the Wolves included Richard Stewart at 125 pound [Read More...]
Brother Martin, Newman and St. Paul’s were among the winners in the opening round of the boys soccer state playoffs on Saturday (See brackets here).In Division one, Fifth-seeded Brother Martin shutout 28th-seeded Terrebonne 4-0. The Crusaders will next face 12th-seeded Caddo Magnet, who edged 21st-seed Rummel 2-1.Also in Division One, third-seeded St. Paul’s crushed 30th-seed South Lafourche 9-0. The Wolves will next face a familiar foe in 7-5A rival Mandeville. The 14th-s [Read More...]
Top-seeded and defending Division One state soccer champion Jesuit advanced to the regional round of the boys state playoffs (brackets here) with an easy 6-0 victory over West Jefferson at Pan American Stadium.The Blue Jays, now 26-0-1 on the season, will face the winner of today’s battle between Central Lafourche and Baton Rouge next week in the regional round.Eighth-seeded Fontainebleau edged 25th-seeded King 1-0 to advance to the regional round to face the winner of the [Read More...]
It took four quarters and a period of overtime, but second-ranked Christian Life Academy (1A) went onto top-ranked Riverside Academy’s (2A) home court and pulled out a 75-73 win. The Rebel’s had an electric environment, but it still wasn&r [Read More...]
Belle Chasse, LA - Belle Chasse (15-10, 2-4) trailed Ellender (28-4, 5-1) for much of the game Friday night but came back to pull off a 73-67 victory to snap a three-game losing streak at the Belle Chasse gym.The Patriots lead 52-43 in the third quarter but the Cardinals went on an 11-0 run to take their first lead of the game at 53-52 going into the fourth quarter.Cardinals guard Terrel Corey scored four points with Joshua Rogers and Justin Oseguera each [Read More...]
Holy Cross benefited from double-figure scoring from Eugene Lawrence, Matt Poche and Joel Pichon in a 53-41 victory over De La Salle in a District 10-3A game at the Mount Carmel gym.With the victory, the Tigers take sole possession of first place in the district.Lawrence led the way with 11 second half points and finished with 13. Poche had 12 and Pichon finished with 11 for the Tigers (19-10, 3-0 and ranked 9th in the state).Stephen Gibson's three-point basket repres [Read More...]
Having grown up a New Orleans Saints fan, Craig Steltz understands the importance of the team's success and what it means to the city."I had the opportunity to see the Arizona and Minnesota games and witnessed the passion in the Dome. It was unbelievable. To see overtime was huge," said Steltz.Steltz was recognized a [Read More...]
National signing day for 2010 is just one day old and many schools already have broken unto a full sprint towards the 2011 class.The University of Virginia dipped into talent rich New Orleans to pluck a commitment from Edna Karr safety Matthew Bailey (5'10-184), who becomes the 2nd commitment for the Cavaliers' 2011 class joining wide receiver Adrian Gamble.
The state playoffs get underway with bi-district games Friday. While some of the boys games are Friday, all of the girls games are set for today:BOYS:DIVISION ONE:#32 West Jefferson @ #1 Jesuit @ Pan American Stadium—3:30 p.m.#25 King @ #8 Fontainebleau @ Lakeshore—6 p.m. DIVISION THREE:#27 Erath @ #6 St. Martin’s @ Tony Porter Field—5 p.m.#26 Fisher @ #7 Westminster Christian—5 p.m.&nb [Read More...]
Both teams are highly regarded and are capable of making a solid run in the state playoffs in their respective classes. Both felt that playing a tough non-district game prior to the playoffs was important.In an important non-district affair Thursday night in Slidell, Salmen edged Slidell 54-50 at the Tigers gym. The Spartans jumped out to a 10-point lead in the first quarter and then held on late to pick up the victory.T.J. Price scored more than half of the Salmen points, pu [Read More...]
Taurean Nixon of SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LABORATORY SCHOOL has been named a national Old Spice® Red Zone® Player of the Year!Nixon signed with University of Memphis on Wednesday, February 3, 2010. The Old Spice Red Zone High School Football Player of the Year program recognizes those high school football players [Read More...]
So National Signing Day has come and gone.Good riddance, I say.It wasn’t that long ago that Joe Paterno at Penn State started the trend of getting football players to verbally commit to the Nittany Lions in the summer before their senior seasons. Now, if you haven’t filled your class for next February by the summer, you’re behind the eight-ball.Les Miles welcomed a 27-player signing class, ranked among the top 10 nationally, on Wednesday – the [Read More...]