Senior Alexis Gordon was upset in her speciality, the discus, but came back in the shot put to claim the iron ball throw by a mere one-half of an inch to highlight the Chalmette girls’ performance at the Northshore Invitational track and field meet at the Slidell-city school the second Friday in March.

Gordon missed the Chalmette inventional meet as the powerlifting team traveled to West Monroe. The
school’s powerlifting team traveled to West Monroe to compete in the state championship event on March
16. Like she did last year when she became a member of the track team, she competed in powerlifting
for the first time in her high school athletic career after transferring from Hammond High to Chalmette
in the fall of 2011.

Slidell won the girls’ division with 161 points and were followed by Northshore 119, Fontainbleau 94, Covington 48, Lakeshore 43, Chalmette in sixth with 34, First Baptist 20, Pearl River 20, Salmen 13 and Pope John Paul 2. Lakeshore captured the boys’ division with 109 points and were followed by Slidell 105, Fontainebleau 83, Covington 79, Northshore 72, Salmen 70, Chalmette in seventh with 29, Pope John Paul 6 and Pearl River 3.

The second meet of this track season for last year’s girls’ district double throwing champion will come at the highly competitive and prestigious Sugar Bowl High School Classic set for March 22/23 at Tad Gormley
Stadium. Balancing the two sports this spring, the senior thrower despite few throwing practices has impressed head coaches David Koontz and Tanesha Sanchez with her drastically improving marks in the discus.

In the only practice when the throwing coaches measured her marks, most of her flings approached 140
feet or better. At the Northshore meet, she foot-fouled on two throws that reached the 130 foot range. She tossed the plate a legal mark of 109-10, losing by just two inches to a girl thrower from Northshore.

In the shot put, Gordon heaved the 4kg iron ball, 35 feet, seven inches, winning by just one-half of an inch
to a Covington thrower. Leading the Lady Owls on the track was sophomore sprinter Chelsea Cazenave
who finished fifth in the 200-meter dash with a 28.44 second time.

The Owls’ top runner, senior Albert Brock, did not run in the Northshore event, having to fulfill a Friday
night academic obligatin by giving a performance in a fine arts class. The Chalmette’s best performance
on the track came from senior sprinter Kerry Trosclair who finished as the 100-meter dash runnerup with a 11.17 hand-held time.

Improving drastically from his first career meet in the 800-meter run, Anthony Deal not only shaved
nearly eight seconds off his first meet time by placing third at Northshore with a 2:11.30 clocking as compared to his 2:19.07 time at Chalmette in the season- opener when he placed seventh.

The best field event performance came from senior Curtis Winding who reached a personal record 43-5 in the shot put for a fourth, while placing sixth with a discus toss of 111-4. Sophomore Zeke Keirsey also achieved a PR in the shot put with his fifth place mark of 41-5, improving by nearly four feet from his first ever heave with the 12-pound ball when he opened his high school track career with a 37-9.25 measurement on the last day of February.

In the boys’ pole vault Donald Ellis also improved from his first meet as he cleared the bar at nine feet for a third place. Senior jumper (PV and HJ) Jermal Green who was unable to attend the meet. After Gordon’s top performances in two throwing events, sophomore thrower Gabby King who competes in all three throwing events also improved from her first career meet. In the discus she improved to 65-11 (60-4 last week), then increased her javelin throw to 79-9 (63-4 last week) and finished up in the shot put with another
increase by measuring 27-5 (26-2.25 last week).

In the javelin sophomore Loryn Harris improved to 69-4 from last week’s 60-4. Lady Owl Carmen Aguirre finished fourth in the pole vault with a six feet jump.

Our Lady of Prompt Succor School’s senior flag football team had a successful season. The team, coached by Johnny Balli and Travis Deano, finished the season first in district play, making it to the Final Four in citywide competition. The team’s record was 9-2-1.

Members of Prompt Succor’s senior flag football team are: Dallin Cook, Gavin Chimento, Teddy Treitler, John Dising, Johnny Scheuermann, Lance Resendez, Austin Ruiz and Connor Meyers.

Teddy Treitler was named the team’s most valuable player. The coach’s award, presented to the team member who exhibits good sportsmanship, leadership, dedication and athletic ability, went to Johnny Scheuermann.

Prompt Succor’s junior flag football team also worked hard this season for coaches Balli and Deano.

Members of Prompt Succor junior flag football team are: Michael Vogt, Hayden Manuel, Stephen Gurtner, Ethan Dupas, Zachary Thomas, Derrick Sandrock, Michael Ludwig, Gavin Schulz, Ethan Williams and Evan LeSage.

Gavin Schulz was named the team’s most valuable player, and the coach’s award went to Michael Ludwig.

cutlines:

Members of Our Lady of Prompt Succor’s senior flag football team are,

first row, from left: Johnny Scheuermann, Lance Resendez, Austin Ruiz

and Connor Meyers. Second row: Dallin Cook, Gavin Chimento, Teddy

Treitler and John Dising. Not pictured are: Coaches Johnny Balli and

Travis Deano.

Members of Our Lady of Prompt Succor’s junior flag football team are,

first row, from left: Derrick Sandrock, Michael Ludwig, Gavin Schulz,

Ethan Williams and Evan LeSage. Second row: Michael Vogt, Hayden

Manuel, Stephen Gurtner, Ethan Dupas and Zachary Thomas. Not pictured

are: Coaches Johnny Balli and Travis Deano.

St. Bernard Middle School announces its Volleyball Team for the 2012 – 2013 school year.  Pictured from left, Back Row:  Jerrinisha Gabriel, Elizabeth D’Antoni, Victoria Wilson, Naya Williams, Destiny Williams, Camryn Mauroner, Cassidy Couture, and Coach Diane Palmer.  Front Row:  Destiny Vosbein, Brissa Taylor, Aronisha Mickell, Teeyah Raybon, Allie Michon, Brenee Callais, and Diamond Tate.

Jean Lafitte Parkway in Chalmette came alive with the “Flame of Hope’’

on Thursday, May  17, during the St. Bernard leg of the Law Enforcement

Torch Run for Special Olympics Louisiana.

About 35 deputies from the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office, four agents

from the state Wildlife Department and associates of the new Arc center for

people with intellectual disabilities participated.

The Torch Run, which included adults on 3-wheel bicycles from the Arc

Center at 3700 Jean Lafitte – which is the rebuilt former rectory for

Prince of Peace Catholic Church – started and ended at the Arc.

The center, which opened in the last year, provides a support system

for intellectually disabled adults.

“The Flame of Hope’’ torch, symbol of the Special Olympics torch run,

was carried by children and adults from Arc. The Sheriff’s provided

an escort for the run.

The aim was to bring awareness to Special Olympics Louisiana and the

State Summer Games held each May in Hammond. The event in

St. Bernard raised in excess of $500 for Special Olympics.

The Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics

was celebrating its 29th year. More than 2,000 law enforcement officers

took part statewide.

Sheriff-elect James Pohlmann, who visited the Arc before the Torch Run to

congratulate participants.

The following St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office deputies took part in the Torch Run

or donated money:

Brian Clark, Scott Maitrejean, David Hebert, Robert Roger,

Tommy Duplessis, Mike Plaiscia, Jason Saltalmachia, Daniel Bostic,

Leander Morgan, Joseph Alfonso, Chris Cousins, Lisa Jackson, Richard

Jackson, Chip Englande, Ronnie Martin, Chad Clark.

Jessica Gernados, Wayne Babin, Andre Dominick, Brad Alfonso, Jacob

Ricourd, Robert Mire, David Culpepper, Jeff Babin, Ronnie Johnson,

James Harper, Chad Silcio, Adrian Chalona, Adolph Kreger, Justin Meyers,

Eric Eilers, Clinton Nation, Ryan Laylle, Katie Poche.

Taking part from the state Wildlife and Fisheries Department were Brett Nabors,

Jason Gernados and Scott Keller.

Tag’s Meat Market of Chalmette donated the food for the post-race lunch for the

participants from Arc and the law enforcement officers who took part

in the Torch Run.

Payton Adams

Brooke Lee

Two local girls play Varsity Softball for John Curtis and represented St. Bernard Parish proudly at the LHSAA 2012 Softball Tournament in Sulphur, LA.  They won the State Championship title in Class 2A.  John Curtis finished their 2012 Softball season with a 30 – 0 record.

Payton Adams, an eighth grader at John Curtis Christian School, is the daughter of Roxanne and Rickey Adams,  and sister of Rikki Adams of St. Bernard.

Brooke Lee is in the tenth grade, and is the daughter of Rachel and Donnie Lee of Meraux.

LSU Track & Field standout distance runner and Arabi native Cullen Doody was recognized by the Southeastern Conference on April 5 as the men’s recipient of the 2011-12 Brad Davis SEC Community Service Leader of the Year award.

Doody was selected for the award by a committee of Faculty Athletics Representatives from the league’s 12 member institutions, and is set to receive a $10,000 postgraduate scholarship provided by the SEC.

SEC Commissioner Mike Slive described Doody and the women’s award recipient, Alabama runner Leigh Gilmore, as “outstanding representatives of their families, their institutions, the Southeastern Conference and intercollegiate athletics.”

“The Southeastern Conference is proud to honor the efforts of Cullen and Leigh to make their communities a better place to live,” Slive added.

Doody’s community service goes back to his days in Arabi, where he was born and raised— he caught the volunteering bug in high school.

“In high school I did a two week project trip in Virginia, I also worked on the Operation Merry Christmas, which I really enjoyed,” said Doody.

Doody attributes his successful academic and athletic career to adhering to a schedule, and finding time within that set schedule to give back to his community. Doody was twice named LSU’s Cross Country Runner of the Year during a standout career in 2009 and 2011, while also serving as team captain during his senior season in 2011. He is also a two-time recipient of the Wally Pontiff Jr. Academic Excellence Award at LSU, as well as a Chancellor’s Award winner from 2009-11. He is also a three-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll during his career while maintaining a 3.93 cumulative grade-point average in Biological Sciences.

“My hours with running, school and volunteering are kind of like a job, in that I have to stick to a schedule, but it’s a job that I enjoy doing,” Doody explained. 

His dedication to service is evident through the initiatives he has taken a part of during his years at LSU. For three years, Doody has been a member of LSU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, and has played a primary role in the SEC’s “Together We Can” food drive, as well as Habitat for Humanity projects in Baton Rouge. He also volunteers with children at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital and Delmont Elementary School, helped LSU host children and families at “Thanksgiving with the Tigers” and volunteers with the “Geaux Givers” program as a campus leader in community service.

“We have government programs to take care of a lot of stuff, but the people running those organizations can only do so much, so they might not be as enthusiastic about their jobs,” Doody explained about the importance of volunteers, “But volunteers are there because they want to be there.”

 Doody has been accepted to LSU’s medical school and plans to attend this fall. He plans to use his $10,000 scholarship toward tuition.

St. Bernard Middle School Cheerleaders recently participated in the Worldwide Spirit Association or WSA competition at the New Orleans Convention Center.  The girls competed in the Level 2 small junior division and won first place Grand Nationals for 2012.  Each team member received medals and jackets to commemorate their hard work and winning performance. Pictured in the back, from left:  Emma Roussell, Madison Menesses, Kennedy Peters, and Destiny Vosbein.  Middle row:  Earl Dauterive (Tumbling Coach), Catherine Perez (Sponsor/Coach), Cali Latapie, Destinie Ancalade, Taylor Morales, Raven Salazar and Rob Gelpi (Tumbling Coach). Front row: Leeya Glass, Gabrielle Alphonso, Gabrielle Donnelly, Alexis Walker and Phoebe Locatto.

“CHS provides its students with an extensive athletic program.

Hurricane Katrina damaged many of the school’s athletic facilities, and joint recovery efforts remain underway to ensure these facilities are entirely repaired so the athletic program can fully operate,” said FEMA’s Louisiana Recovery Office Deputy Director of Programs Andre Cadogan. “Our most recent funding supports continued recovery efforts at both CHS’s baseball and football stadiums.”

New FEMA-funded work at CHS’s baseball field facility includes the replacement of the school’s concession/restroom building, dugout repairs, seating and fencing repairs. Recovery work funded at CHS’s football field facility includes both “home side” and “visitor side” repairs at the concession buildings and press boxes, as well as bleacher repairs.

“We appreciate the continued support of FEMA in funding the recovery work at the Chalmette High School athletic facilities,” said St. Bernard Parish Superintendent of Schools Doris Voitier. “FEMA has been a valued partner in our total recovery, and we look forward to a shared effort to complete all of our projects.”

Construction on the athletic field facilities began in April 2010 and is expected to be complete in 2012.

“High school sports tend to bring community members together. So in addition to the students, hopefully these restored athletic facilities will also be enjoyed by their families and friends too,” added Cadogan.

Including this grant, FEMA has provided approximately $438 million in total to the St. Bernard Parish School Board for Katrina and Rita related recovery work necessary to restore many of their storm-damaged facilities.

When FEMA approves projects through its supplemental Public Assistance grant, the funds are made available to the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness, who disburses them to the applicant for eligible work completed.

The Public Assistance program works with state and local officials to fund recovery measures and the rebuilding of government and certain private nonprofit organizations’ buildings, as well as roads, bridges and water and sewer plants. In order for the process to be successful, federal, state and local partners coordinate to draw up project plans, fund these projects and oversee their completion.

Arabi native Cullen Doody is making his home parish proud through both athletics and academics. This senior is a star runner on the Cross Country and Track teams at LSU, and for the third time, Doody has been named All-Louisiana in Cross Country.

He was recently nominated by LSU as the sole male athlete to represent LSU in Brad Davis’ SEC Community Service Scholarship, earning $5,000 for the nomination.  If he is chosen Scholar Athlete of the Year by the SEC he will be awarded a $10,000 scholarship for post-graduate work. 

 Doody has been admitted to LSU Medical School in New Orleans after he graduates in May.  He maintained a 3.93 average in Biology through the Fall 2011 semester. 

He is the son of Tim and Ellen Doody.

For more information and questions, you may contact Wayne Burgess at 504.908.9709 or Lauren Faust at 504.908.9711. The deadline for ordering tickets is Jan. 24, 2012.

Special 4-H Events
at the Hornets Game:

• 4-H Club members may submit their names on the ticket order form for random drawings to participate in the following Hornets Game programs. If you are selected, you will receive notification by letter with special instructions with your ticket.

• High 5 Team – 4-H members can High 5 the Hornets players as they are introduced on the court.

• Tunnel Group – 4-H members can High 5 players from each team as they run through the tunnel to the court.

• Hornets Player Photo – 4-H members can take a group photo with one of the Hornets players.

• Honey Bee Photo – 4-H members can take a group photo with the Honey Bees.

• Basketball Buddies – 4-H members stand in front of the Hornets team during the National Anthem.

• Baseline Bees – 4-H members can watch the Hornets team warm up from court-side.

• Half-Time Presentation – 4-H members can be on the court during the 4-H Half-Time presentation.

• Captains Program – One 4-H member will be selected to act as an honorary captain and present the game ball for the game. To enter the contest, you must submit an essay of 150 words or less on the topic of: “4-H: Why do I Belong” along with your ticket order by January 13, 2012.

• Ball Boy/Girl – 4-H members must be 13 years of age by Jan. 1, 2012. You can have the opportunity to sit on the bench with the team for the game. To enter the contest, you must submit an essay of 150 words or less on the topic of: “Being a Good Citizen through Community Service” along with your ticket order by January 13, 2012.

• Court of Dreams Game – Several 4-H members from the Metro New Orleans area will be selected to play basketball games on the Hornets court prior to the game. Parents will need to bring 4-H members to the New Orleans Arena by 2 p.m. on Feb, 10, 2012, in order to participate. Parents may stay and watch the games. Once the games are finished about 4:30 p.m. participants will need to exit the arena until the doors open at 6 p.m.

• National Anthem – One 4-H Member will be selected to sing the National Anthem at the start of the game. To enter you must submit an audio or video tape by January 13, 2012.