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By Jim Henderson

The St. James Wildcat football team saw its season come to an end when the visiting Kaplan Pirates registered a 39-22 Class 3A state quarterfinal playoff victory played at Wildcat Stadium in Vacherie.

The No. 5 Pirates (10- 3) advance to the semifinals and will host No. 6 Richwood on Friday. A win over Richwood will give Kaplan its first trip to the Superdome for the Class 3A championship game. Meanwhile the No. 4 Wildcats ended the year with a 9-4 mark.

“They outplayed us along the offensive and defensive lines,” said St. James Coach Robert Valdez. “We knew they (Kaplan) put together long drives and limit your possessions with ball-control. They have a real good program and ran stuff that we normally don’t see.”

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By Pam Folse

One member of the St. James Parish School Board Tuesday voiced her anger and frustration with this publication for a small headline and story regarding the improved school test scores.

District 5 School Board member Dianne Spencer said the Board has taken a lot of criticism by parents and the press in the past months.

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As it has done for the last 15 years, the St. James Parish community gathered to celebrate Veterans Day to honor, remember, and say thank you to our local and the Nation’s veterans.

Hundreds attended the celebration sponsored by St. James Parish President Timmy Roussel (a Marine Corps veteran), the St. James Parish Council (Councilman Eddie Kraemer, a Marine and Desert Storm veteran), and the St. James Parish Economic Development Board.

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By Pam Folse

Opportunities break into life sometimes when we aren’t looking or don’t even know we need them.

That’s what happened to Lisa Poché Calhoun. A native of Union, just upriver from Convent and downriver from the Sunshine Bridge, she worked in the film industry. Her job was to scout various television and film locations and manage them while crews were in production. Just when she was preparing to go to work on a big budget movie, in a moment of carelessness, she fell on a flight of stairs, hurting a hip and shoulder.

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By this time next year, Brenn Ursin will have gone from being a Bulldog to a Jaguar!

The Lutcher High School standout softball pitcher made it official last week, as she signed on the dotted line and committed herself to play softball for Southern University.

“I have been waiting for this day since I was five-years old,” said Brenn. It is nice to see all the hard work I have put in finally pay off. I feel very fortunate this day has finally arrived.

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