Sports
Midland one step away from Top 28
Rebels seek La. State Class B Basketball Title
Posted March 5th, 2010 by Mike Rizzuto
CROWLEY – It has been five years since Class B’s Midland Rebels last advanced to the Top 28 Basketball Tournament.
That brief drought can end tonight when the No. 2-seeded Rebels play host to No. 7 Hornbeck at 6:30 p.m. in a quarterfinal contest at the Midland gym.
“We get a quarterfinal game at home and I feel pretty good about it,” said Midland coach Todd Briley. “I think we will do well.
The kids are fired up and I’m pretty excited also. We’re looking forward to it and I expect it to be a pretty fun time.”
Sizing up the QBs in the NFL Draft...
Posted March 2nd, 2010 by Mike Rizzuto
By Mike Rizzuto
LSN Writer
If there’s anything anyone learned from this past year’s National Football League’s season, it’s that you need a pretty darn good quarterback to get to the Super Bowl.
The premiere matchup of the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints for all the marbles in sunny Miami, Florida pitted arguably the two best quarterbacks in the league against one another in Peyton Manning and Drew Brees.
Louisiana High School Athletic Association Girls' Quarterfinal Basketball Playoff Scores
Jennings Lady Dogs, Hathaway Lady Hornets advance with thrilling wins, Abbeville loses
Posted February 26th, 2010 by Mike Rizzuto
Quarterfinal results Thursday in the Louisiana High School Athletic Association girls basketball playoffs. The winners advance to the Ladies’ Top 28 Tournament in Hammond next week.
CLASS 5A
Natchitoches Central 57, Chapelle 43
Denham Springs 40,
Ponchatoula 36
Mandeville 57,
St. Thomas More 53
Southwood 36, Walker 24
CLASS 4A
Vandebilt 52, Ruston 29
Bastrop 87, Ursuline 66
Glen Oaks 54, St. Michael 50
Jennings 56, St. Louis 52
CLASS 3A
Carroll 58, Loyola Prep 45
Avoyelles 64, Abbeville 57
Baker 54, Loranger 47
Madison 69, St. James 58
CLASS 2A
ABBEVILLE WILDCATS EARN #5 SEEDING IN PLAYOFFS
Delcambre, Gueydan, Kaplan, VC also in
Posted February 22nd, 2010 by Mike Rizzuto
The Louisiana High School Athletic Association released the boys’ basketball brackets Monday afternoon and Vermilion Parish had five teams with opportunities to continue to play basketball.
Abbeville, Delcambre, Gueydan, Kaplan and Vermilion Catholic will all be in action in the bi-district round.
The Abbeville Wildcats (23-5) earned the highest seed in Vermilion Parish. The District 5-3A champions are the No. 5 seed in Class 3A. Abbeville will play host to No. 28 Patterson on Friday. Abbeville head coach Berwick Hamilton coached Patterson to a Class 2A title in 1998.
LHSAA Boys Prep Basketball Playoff Pairings
Gueydan Bears travel to Basile
Posted February 22nd, 2010 by Mike Rizzuto
BI-DISTRICT ROUND GAMES
Class AAAAA
No. 32 Acadiana @ No. 1 St. Augustine
No. 17 Thibodeaux @ no. 16 Slidell
No. 24 Lafayette @ No. 9 Brother Martin
No. 25 Ponchatoula @ No. 8 W. Monroe
No. 28 W. Jefferson @ No. 5 Hammond
No. 21 Southwood @ No. 12 Central
No. 20 Pineville @ No. 13 LaGrange
No. 29 S. Lafourche @ No. 4 Sulphur
No. 30 Byrd @ No. 3 Ouachita Parish
No. 19 Destrehan @ No. 14 STM
No. 22 Catholic-BR @ No. 11 Hahnville
No. 27 E. St. John @ No. 6 Jesuit
No. 26 C. Lafourche @ No. 7 Westgate
No. 23 Covington @ No. 10 John Ehret
No. 18 Natchitoches @ No. 15 Airline
WHO DAT?? WE DAT!!
New Orleans Saints beat Indianapolis Colts 31-17, win first ever Super Bowl Championship!
Posted February 8th, 2010 by Mike Rizzuto
By Mike Rizzuto
LSN Writer
Let me start this by saying that there is no justifiable cliche, catch phrase, or humorous way to start this column, for some things cannot be described by mere human verbiage. All that matters is this: New Orleans Saints 31 Indianapolis Colts 17, the final score of Super Bowl XLIV in Miami this past Sunday evening!
Yes, after 43 frustrating, heartbreaking years, the Black and Gold of the Crescent City has laid claim to the biggest prize in the world of professional football.
