Analysis Of The Trojans

About three weeks ago, the Packer Varsity baseball team beat Berkeley Carroll school for the first time in twelve years and in glorious fashion. Tears streamed down my face as our winning run crossed the plate in extra innings, dust flying up as my teammates and I mobbed each other at the plate. Yet a few short days later, our team was blindsided by the news that St. Ann’s had pulled off back to back upsets to squeak their way into the playoffs ahead of us - just as our season seemed to be looking up, it was over.

With the Christmas tournament aside, we entered the post-season without a loss. We had a plan for each playoff game from districts to regional. We never deviated from the plan, keeping our eye on the target –

You don't hear everyday a high school team winning state championships that often, but at Archbishop Wood it's sort of common. I proudly can say I am one of the few that has not one, but two state championship rings under my belt. As a sophomore AND a junior in high school, my basketball team accomplished being State Champions two years in a row. The first year we won was one of the best experiences of being apart of a team. After losing in the state championship the year before, we knew we had to somehow get back the next year and make sure we'd come out with the trophy. As the new season began in  November of 2016, we played in the Nike tournament of champions in Arizona. The trip was one of the most memorable trips ever with the best group of girls. We had a blast,

Tied at two after an inning in game one, the Ladies scored two in the second and two in the third to open up a 6-2 lead. With two outs and no one on in the second, infield singles by junior Payton LeBlanc and sophomore Haley Campbell put two on for senior Anna Dunn. Dunn doubled to left center to clear the bases and put Centenary up for good.

In game two, Centenary fell behind 3-0 before scoring two in the fourth because of a key error and one more in the fifth. With two down in the fourth, senior Lizzie Moran hit a groundball to first that was misplayed to allow her to beat the throw. Moran stole second and scored on sophomore Wendy Gillet’s RBI hit. While trying to gun down Moran at the plate, Gillet moved to second and scored on freshman Ashley Albright’s hit.

Up 5-4 after four innings, Zapata and Graham drew bases loaded walks to push the Centenary lead to three. Graham drew the walk after falling behind 1-2 in the count.

In the bottom half, Nick Dunn hit a solo home run to make it a three-run game. With runners at second and third, Sigman struck out the final two batters to seal the

Freshman Cody Crowder’s single put runners on the corners, and an error on a sacrifice bunt scored Zapata. Trinity then threw an error trying to turn a double play to allow another runner to score, and Guin’s two-out single put 11-0.

Trailing 5-3 in the sixth inning, freshman Ashlin Roach and senior Brianna Williams doubled and singled to put runners on the corners and end the day for the Centenary starter, Haley Miller. Then, after a foul out, Matulis singled through the left side to make it a one-run game, scoring Roach. Next,

In November of 2014, my team and I made it past the first round of the LHSAA Division AAAA playoffs after defatting the number twenty-eight seed, Belle Chase High School. After finishing a very good regular season with a record of 10-2, we went into the playoffs surprising everyone as the number four seed. After the winning the first round in style, we found ourselves matched up with defending state champs from the season before. On this defending state champ team, they possessed some of the top defensive backs in the state of Louisiana. In this nail biter of game, my team and I would face adversity, nervousness, and discipline. We got on the rented charter bus, and began our trip down to the heart of New Orleans to play the East Jefferson Warriors in what would be a very exciting high school football game full of hard hits and upsets.

Belmont's offense was back at work at the 3:37 mark of the quarter with Young running for eighteen-yards. Young would be sacked on the drive by #17(not on either roster I have)for a short loss at the 1:36 mark of the quarter. The drive ended on a 39-yard pass from Young to a wide-opened Ja'don Rucker-furlow with :52 showing on the clock. This time it would be Dorrick Conner converting the conversion run to make this a,48-6

With two down, an error and singles by Gillet, Smith and Ford scored the first run of the game in the top of the first. Texas Lutheran scored a pair in the bottom of the frame, but the Ladies answered right back in the second. Freshman Kylie Bradley singled to leadoff the inning and advanced to second on a bunt. Sexton and Moran followed with singles to tie the game.

The Horned Frogs (28-19, 9-10) jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Coby Boulware singled up the middle before stealing two bases. He scored on a groundout off the bat of Michael Landestoy.

To begin the fourth, freshman Cody Crowder walked and senior Michael Schimpf and junior Chris Zapata singled to load the bases. However, a strikeout and groundball double play failed to score a Gents run.

Freshman Darius Hill reach on shortstop Kevin Smith's fielding error. Hill stole second and was awarded third courtesy of a balk. Freshman Ivan Vera plated Hill with a fly ball to center field to tie the game.