Ascension Athletics for May 4, 2017 – The Advocate

Dutchtown, East Ascension, St. Amant and Donaldsonville compete in regional track meet

In Class 5A, Region 2 boys field events, Jerome Turner, of St. Amant, took third place in the high jump. In track events, Dutchtown High took third place in the 4x200-meter relay with a time of 1:28.89. In the 800-meter run, Parker McBride, of Dutchtown, took first place with a time of 1:55.68.

In the 4x100 relay, St. Amant ran for a second-place finish with 42.55, and East Ascension took third with 42.57. Bryce Moore, of Dutchtown, took third place in the 400-meter race with a time of 48.88.

In the girls field events, the Dutchtown Griffins most consistent performer, Leah Scott, took a pair of first places with a 19-6 leap in the long jump and a 37-11 in the triple jump. Morgan Tidwell, of St. Amant, was third in the javelin with a toss of 118-08.

In the track events, Tara Stuntz, of the Dutchtown Griffins, placed third in the 1,600-meter race with a time of 5:21.34. The St. Amant Gators took second place in the 4x100 relay with a time of 49.74. In the 300-meter hurdles competition, Regan West, of St. Amant, won first place with a time of 46.87. In the 3,200-meter race, Tara Stuntz, of Dutchtown, was second with a time of 11:36.81.

In Class 3A, Region 3 track action, the Donaldsonville girls finished third in the 4x100 relay with a time of 50.85. In the boys division, Donaldsonville took second place in the 4x100 relay with a time of 43.17. Davon Wright, of Donaldsonville, was second in the shot put with a toss of 51-11.50.

The Lady Gators ended up with a 22-4 season record and a 9-0 district run but fell short in the playoffs with an upset win going to the Live Oak Eagles 6-4 in a quarterfinal match at the Allstate Sugar Bowl/LHSAA softball tournament. The big-hitting St. Amant team had two impressive wins in its playoff run: a 17-0 win over John Ehret and an 8-1 win over Northshore.

The Lady Griffins finished their season with a 20-14 record over and 8-2 in district play. After opening the playoffs with a 9-4 win over Destrehan, the Griffins lost to Alexandria 10-0.

The Lady Bulldogs of Ascension Catholic finished the season with a 16-13 record and an 8-0 district record going into the playoffs. They shutout the St. Edmund Fighting Blue Jays by 10-0, then lost to Vermillion Catholic 10-5 to end their season.

The Lady Lions of Ascension Christian finished the season with a 12-12 record and 4-4 in district play. They lost in the first round of the playoffs against Cedar Creek by 15-0.

The St. Amant Gators baseball team finished the season 17-16 and 7-3 in district play. The Gators began their playoff action with an 8-6 win over Ruston and advanced to regional play to face Sam Houston in a best-of-three competition. The Broncos took the first game 3-0 and the second game 4-3 to end the Gators season.

The Dutchtown Griffins finished their season 21-13 and 7-3 in district play heading to the playoffs. They faced Ouachita Parish in the opener and lost 7-6 in eight innings to end their season.

The East Ascension Spartans finished their season at 17-18 overall and a 5-5 district mark and made it to the playoffs. The Spartans faced New Iberia in the opening round and lost a squeaker 2-1 to end their season.

The Ascension Catholic Bulldogs are 17-11 on the season thus far and have a 9-3 district mark. The Bulldogs defeated St. Marys 7-2 in the regional round playoff action and will have played Catholic Pointe Coupee by press time.

The Ascension Christian Lions are 19-8 and 9-2 in district play. In regionals playoff action, the Lions beat St. Fredricks 10-5. Ascension Christian was set to taken on the No. 1 seed Central Catholic in the quarterfinal round.

Summer camp opportunities are available to learn football the Gator way. St. Amant coach David Oliver and his staff are offering four football camps over the summer.

The noncontact camps for athletes of all skill levels offer opportunities for students in first through eighth grades.

Gator Football Camp I for grades one through five is 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. June 5-8, and Gator Football Camp II for grades six through eight is 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. June 6-9; cost is $90. Campers will learn positions on the offensive and defensive side in addition to kicking game.

The St. Amant Rising Stars Camp is designed for any student, boy or girl, of all skill levels who wants to improve their speed, agility, quickness and strength and is enrolled in grades six through eight. Cost is $75 by June 1 and $100 after. This camp will be held June 6-29 on Tuesdays and Thursdays (no session June 16) from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

St. Amant Gator O-Line Academy is a development academy for offensive linemen. This academy will include fundamentals and techniques for lineman, mental aspects of the game, zone and gap blocking schemes, alignment rules and film evaluation. This academy will be instructed by St. Amant High offensive line coach Hunter Crowder. Camp is for grades three through eight and will be held Mondays and Wednesdays June 6 to July 21 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Cost is $100.

St. Amant Elite Tackle Instruction Camp is for youth football players at any level. This camp includes up-to-date tackling techniques taught by trained youth and high school coaches. This camp includes skills and drills that make tackling fun and safe. Required equipment is shorts and cleats. Camp is for grades one through six and runs from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. June 9. Cost is $25.

Call Oliver at (225) 284-3623 or email david.oliver@apsb.org with questions and to obtain registration forms.

St. Amant High School seniors Andres Barletta and Sam Bergeron were the highest-placing Ascension Parish angling team in the 2017 Louisiana High School Bass Tournament. The pair finished in sixth place out of 86 boats in the tournament that was held April 29.

The 86 boats had the choice of fishing either Lake Verret or the Atchafalaya Basin. Barletta and Bergeron opted for the basin side of the levee, even with the high water. That high water actually turned out to be to their advantage as the team worked over the water hyacinths around cypress trees with a spinner bait and a Missle D Bomb to catch most of their fish.

After filling their limit of spillway bass with those two baits, the decision to throw a Senko plastic paid off in spades as a 4.62 lunker made its way to the live well and took third place honors for big bass. The team weighed five bass for 11.72 pounds and a sixth-place finish for the day.

Lyle Johnson, a writer and host of the Ascension Outdoors cable TV show, covers sports and the outdoors for The Ascension Advocate. He can be contacted at reelman@eatel.net or ascension@theadvocate.com.

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