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"He did it for us - why not do it for Him"; stated Cheryl Louque, Chairwoman of "The Way of the Cross Walk". On Friday, March 30, 2018. (Good Friday) this group of Christian men, women and children, began their procession at 10:00 a.m. They departed walking from Sacred Heart Church, Gramercy, LA and then proceeded to walk across Hwy. 44, then walked up to the top of the Levee viewing the Mississippi River. The group began to pray the "Station of the Cross" as they stopped walking to read each station.

The Stations ended near St. Joseph's Church, in Paulina, LA. Once they were on the grounds, they proceeded to walk to the large "Cross" located in the St. Joseph's Church Cemetery. Together the group prayed the Holy Rosary. "I

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The Tramonte family sure is proud of one of their own as Brennan Tramonte, a senior linebacker at Ascension Christian, signed on the dotted line recently to play football for the Louisiana College Wildcats.

Brennan will leave Ascension Christian as one of the school’s most decorated football players, as well as, a record holder in several statistical categories.

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Congratulations are in order for Louisiana College center fielder Sully Martin, who is also a Paulina native and Lutcher High standout, for being named the American Southwest Conference hitter of the week.

This is the first weekly award for the allconference player during his career at LC.

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By Jim Henderson
Sportswriter

The Lutcher Bulldog Baseball team captured three straight victories last week over St. James and a pair of District 6-4A wins over St. Michael.

Against St. James, the Bulldogs came away with a convincing 11-1 victory over their Parish rivals.

Three pitchers teamed up to throw a nohitter against the Wildcats. Joshua Oubre earned the mound win. He went two innings, allowing zero runs on zero hits, striking out two and walking one. Landon Lambert and Kyle St. Pierre entered the game out of the bullpen and helped close out the game in relief.

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By Jim Henderson
Sportswriter

The All-District 6-4A basketball team was announced recently and both the Lutcher boys and girls squads had several make the elite team.

On the girls' side, the Lady Bulldogs had three named to the first team in junior forward Jeyla Smith, sophomore guard Jaleah LaFargue and senior guard Chyna Ambrose.

Smith averaged 20 points, five rebounds and three steals per game. LaFargue averaged 17 points, 10 steals and six rebounds and Ambrose averaged six points, four steals and four rebounds.

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By Jim Henderson
Sportswriter

The St. James Track & Field teams participated in the annual Derbigny Relays held at Lutcher High School.

In the Girls' Division, the Lady 'Cats chalked up 102 team total points to outdistance second place Mentorship Academy (79) points and third-place Woodlawn - Baton Rouge (66) points.

St. James swept the field and track MVPs at the meet. Korri Martin was named the girls' field MVP with a second place finish in the long jump (17 feet, 3 inches) and high jump (5-06) and a third place finish in the triple jump (34-05).

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St. Charles Catholic High School’s annual Ray Laiche Memorial Golf tournament will be held Friday, April 6, at Riverlands Golf and Country Club. The entry fee for the tournament is $100.00 per player, $400.00 per team, or $500 per team, which includes a hole sponsorship. Format for the tournament is a scramble limited to a maximum of 32 players or 100 per team. Put together a team today!

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