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By Jim Henderson Sportswriter

The Lutcher Lady Bulldog Volleyball team began District 6-III play on a winning note after defeating Glen Oaks by set scores of 25-11, 25-13, 25-9.

Jaleah LaFargue led Lutcher firing 10 kills and one block. Haylee Brady contributed eight kills, two digs and two aces. Molly Mohon ended with five kills, four digs and five aces and Mackenzie Louviere delivered 27 assists, one dig, one kill and two aces. Caroline Schexnayder finished with five digs and five aces for the Lady Bulldogs.

Lutcher suffered a pair of non-district losses to Riverside and to East Ascension Catholic last week.

Against Riverside, the Lady 'Dogs fell by set scores of 25-21, 25-20 25-14.

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By David Reynaud Editor

Lutcher Bulldog head coach Dwain Jenkins knew last Friday’s non-district contest against the St. Amant Gators would be a challenge. Well, a challenge it was as the bigger, stronger and faster Gators beat the Bulldogs 40-20 at

“The Pit” in St. Amant. “You can’t take anything away from St. Amant,” said Coach Jenkins.

“Their big guys up front were better than our guys up front. And they took it to us defensively.

” The Gator’s offense could not be stopped as they racked-up 470 yards of offense, made 21 first downs, and converted 7 of 8 third downs.

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By Jim Henderson Sportswriter

The St. James Wildcat football team trekked to north Louisiana to take on the winless Wossman Wildcats and the Wildcat defense helped propel a 19- 0 shutout victory in a nondistrict contest played at Grady Jones Memorial Stadium in Monroe.

The five-hour journey to Monroe, and getting the victory to remain unbeaten after four games, proved to be worthy of their

Top 10 ranking in the Class 3A state poll. “We had a plan coming up here to the Monroe area,” said St. James head coach Robert Valdez. “We handled the trip well and the effort was great by everyone. Our guys on defense stepped up and are playing with a lot of confidence.

We did enough on offense to pull out a win, but our defense has been carrying us. Right now we’re doing enough offensively and the defense is getting us great field position to start our drives with.

By SCC Media Student

Last Friday night, the Comets hosted the Cajuns of Country Day. With a slow start, the Comets were able to come away with a 24-6 victory over the Cajuns.

The Comets move to 4-0 with the victory.

The Cajuns attempted a fake punt that failed, giving the Comets the ball on the Cajun 33 yard line. Four plays later, Cameron Fabre kicked a 35 yard field goal, giving the Comets an early 3-0 lead. Trey Joseph blocked a 21 yard field goal attempt, giving the Comets the ball at their 20 yard line.

Twelve plays later, the Comets score their first touchdown.

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By Jim Henderson

The St. James Lady Wildcat Volleyball team dropped to 1-4 on the season after dropping a pair of matches to White Castle and to Donaldsonville.

Against White Castle, the Lady 'Cats fell by set scores of 25 four as-15, 28- 26, 25-20.

Leading St. James were Alexis Keller with 26 assists and six aces. Teammate Kailah Vedol with three blocks and Brianna Emery led the team with 12 digs.

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By SCC Media Student

Last Friday night, the Comets traveled to Mississippi to take on the Wilkinson County Wildcats. After getting off to a slow start, the Comets were able to make enough plays on offense, defense, and special teams to win 20-0. It was another shutout for the Comet defense, which allowed them to advance to 3-0 on the season.

The Comets fumbled on their first possession giving the Wildcats good field position. The Comets defense stood their ground and forced the Wildcats to punt. A couple of drives later the Comets moved the ball down the field to score their first touchdown. Senior running back Narquez Jones rushed for 20 yards on the drive and scored a touchdown on a 5 yard run. Cameron Fabre added the PAT to give the Comets a 7-0 lead with 5:47 left in the second quarter.

By Jim Henderson

The St. James Wildcat Football team needed three overtimes to beat the E.D. White Cardinals 27- 21 and improve to a perfect 3-0 on the season.

The loss was the first for the visiting Cardinals and it was a game that saw both teams struggle offensively for two and a half quarters and then forced into three overtime periods to decide the outcome.

“Give E.D. White credit,” said St. James head coach Robert Valdez. “They played with heart and we knew we were going to get their best tonight. But we kept plugging away and for us to finish the way we did was big time.”

The first half was scoreless until the final minute of the second period.

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By David Reynaud

The Lutcher Bulldogs picked up their first victory of the 2017 football season when they beat the Marksville Tigers 35-12 last Friday in Lutcher.

Last Friday’s non-district matchup was, to say the least, a tale of two halves.

The first half featured a Bulldog team that struggled to not commit turnovers, struggled to make defensive stops, and a team that struggled to make plays on offense.

However, in the second half, Bulldog fans saw a totally different team as the defense forced several threeand- outs and shut out the Tigers. The offense found the end zone four times, and zero turnovers were committed.

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By Jim Henderson Sportswriter

The St. James Lady Wildcat Volleyball team suffered a pair of match losses to Donaldsonville and to West St. John. Against Donaldsonville, the Lady 'Cats dropped a 18-25, 25-16, 25-12, 25-11 decision. Alexis Keller delivered 10 assists. Kailah Vedol had six kills and DaLyasia Landry finished with three blocks.

Kaylor Ferchand delivered seven aces and Brianna Emery led the team with 14 digs. Against West. St. John, the Lady 'Cats fell by set scores of 25-8, 20- 25, 25-11

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By Jim Henderson Sportswriter

The Lutcher Lady Bulldog Volleyball team reached the finals of the annual Dutchtown Tournament losing to East Ascension in the championship match by set scores of 25-14, 25-13. The loss marked the second time that Lutcher finished as a runner-up in as many tournaments.

The Lady 'Dogs took second place in the Assumption Tournament two weeks ago. Lutcher began tourney play with victories over Dunham and Central of Baton Rouge. Against Dunham, the Lady 'Dogs came away with a 25-18, 25-16 win.

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