Raintree Elementary School in Baldwin was among the schools chosen to host as a way point, Pedaling 4 PE, a 337-mile bicycle ride celebrating and promoting physical education. The participating cyclists are journeying through south Louisiana sponsored by Eat Move Grow and US Games to provide the Online Physical Education Network resource and curriculum to schools, enhancing physical education and health classes.
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Berwick High School’s Lady Panthers won their first game of the season with a 40-27 victory against Westgate.
Madison Carline led Berwick with 19 points, while Maci Broussard added seven.
Berwick (1-6) will return to action Wednesday when it begins play in Hanson’s tournament with a rematch against Westgate set for 4:30 p.m.
Berwick High defeats Lutcher (boys)
Berwick High School defeated Lutcher High School 49-43 on the road Monday.
The Panthers outscored Lutcher in three of four quarter, taking a 12-8 lead after a period of play, a 24-14 halftime advantage and a 41-25 lead after three quarters. Lutcher outscored Berwick 18-8 in the fourth period.
Travis Whitehead led Berwick with 13 points, while Josh Carver also reached double figures with 11. Other Berwick scorers were Reggie James, eight; Tavaris Howard, six; Patrick Robertson and Donald Tillman, four each; Don’Quan Tillman, two; and Dayton Clark, one.
Berwick (3-4) will return to action Tuesday when it hosts Morgan City.
LCA routs CCHS
Lafayette Christian Academy routed Central Catholic in girls basketball action in Lafayette 60-21 Monday.
Taylor Picou and Aaliyah Poole led Central Catholic with six points apiece.
Central Catholic (4-4) will return to action Tuesday when it travels to face Vermilion Catholic in a 6 p.m. contest.
The University of New Orleans‘ Fall Commencement will feature four student-athletes as women’s basketball’s Randi Brown, cross country/track and field’s Emily Martinez, men’s tennis’ Luis Albuquerque and baseball’s Jay Robinson will earn their degrees.
Shattering the record book, Brown, a Central Catholic High alum, is the University of New Orleans’ all-time three-point leader and is less than 160 points away from second place on the scoring chart. An exercise physiology major, she is averaging 20 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.6 steals and 2.4 assists in the midst of her senior campaign.
Capping her University of New Orleans career, Martinez was a four-year distance runner for the track and field and cross country programs. Martinez majored in marketing.
A Peru native, Albuquerque exhausted his eligibility in the spring and teamed with senior Giacomo Adoncecchi to earn second- team all-conference doubles honors last season. Albuquerque majored in business administration.
Returning for his senior season in 2018 is outfielder Jay Robinson, who appeared in 25 games last season, starting 22. The right-hander finished with two doubles, a triple, four stolen bases and 11 walks. The business administration major is entering his fourth season on the diamond.
Baseball’s Dakota Dean (IDS) and Riley Hodge (business administration) and volleyball’s Takierra Boughton (IDS) received their degrees in the summer.
Senior Hannah Cook earned her first double-double of the season and fifth of her career with 20 points and 10 rebounds to propel the Alabama women’s basketball team to a 73-49 win against Grambling State Sunday afternoon in Coleman Coliseum.
“I think the thing today was that we just stayed the course, and it was a little ugly at times, but I loved the way our team stayed together and had a big third quarter,” Alabama Head Coach Kristy Curry said in a news release. “We had nearly five in double figures, which is huge, and also outrebounded them by 19, with 32 points off our bench. We dominated on the boards, and it was just an overall great team win today.”
The Crimson Tide (6-3) is 7-0 all-time in games against the Tigers (3-4).
After her 20-point performance, Cook moves to 15th all-time in career points at the University of Alabama with 1,184 in four years. Senior Ashley Williams added 12 points and seven rebounds, while sophomore Jordan Lewis tied her career-high with eight assists to go along with nine points. Meo Knight, a Central Catholic alum, added seven points, two rebounds, one assist, one block and two steals.
The Tide started slow before pushing its lead to 14-6 at the end of the first quarter.
In the second period, Grambling State hung around and cut the Alabama advantage to two points, capitalizing on the Crimson Tide turnovers.
Alabama responded by closing the half on a 5-0 run to take a 34-23 lead into halftime.
Halfway through the third quarter, the Tide started to put the game out of reach when Cook and Knight knocked down back-to-back three-pointers to extend the lead to 44-28.
From then on, the Crimson Tide led by double-digits for the remainder of the contest, building its largest lead at 59-30 with nine minutes left in the fourth quarter.
Alabama dominated the inside, outrebounding Grambling State 51-32 while blocking nine shots.
The Tide will return to action Sunday at 2 p.m. when it hosts Southern Methodist University in Coleman Coliseum. The game will air live on SEC Network+.
The Louisiana College men’s basketball team erased a double-digit first-half deficit Monday night to pick up its first win of the season 96-86 against Birmingham-Southern College.
The sophomore duo of Taylan Grogan, a Patterson High alum, and Nick Burks combined for 38 points along with a 16-point, 16-rebound effort from big man Devon Washington.
In Monday’s win, Birmingham-Southern came out shooting early in the game, knocking down several shots from long range that helped it build an early double-digit advantage. Four of the first five shots the Panthers converted were behind the arc and gave them a 14-6 lead through the game’s first six and a half minutes.
Louisiana College got within a couple of possessions at the under 12-minute media timeout, but a 9-2 run by the Panthers stretched their lead to 25-13 by the next break.
Still down by double figures with 3:40 left in the half, the Wildcats began to erase the Birmingham-Southern lead. A three-ball by Timothy Stokes and a fast-break layup from Torrian Lee quickly cut the lead to six with just under three minutes remaining. A steal from Stokes on the next possession and another three from freshman Lashard Powell made it a 35-32 game at the 2:26 mark of the half.
Birmingham-Southern converted two jumpers in the final two minutes, but two clutch three-point shots in the final 70 seconds from Lee, including a halftime buzzer beater, made it a 41-38 game at the half.
Louisiana College carried its momentum into the second half, taking the lead for the first time with four straight points on a layup from Rex Hollis and two free throws from Devon Washington to go on top 42-41 just 30 seconds into the second half.
The Birmingham-Southern pressure would lead to three straight Louisiana College turnovers and a stretch of 10 straight Panther points to turn the game back to the home team’s favor less than a minute later.
The Wildcats settled themselves after the point blitz and began working their way back to the lead.
Solid shooting during the next six minutes led to a 23-7 Louisiana College run that put them ahead 65-58 at the midway point of the second half. The Wildcats went 9-of-14 from the floor during that stretch, including 2-for-2 from the free throw line, to put themselves in good position to pick up their first win of the season.
The Wildcats had the lead, and with by far their best free-throw shooting performance of the season, Louisiana College iced the game from the line during the final two minutes. The Wildcats went 11-for-12 from the line in the final 1:42 of the game and 22-of-23 for the night, compared to an 11-for-20 effort from Birmingham-Southern.
Washington had one of his best games for Louisiana College with his first double-double of the season. Grogan led the Wildcats with 23 points, Burks finished with 15 points on 5-of-8 shooting, and Lejawon Leblanc was the fourth Wildcat in double digits with 10 points on 5-of-6 shooting. Stokes added seven points and seven assists. In addition to his point total, Grogan had two rebounds, three assists and three steals.
The Wildcats return to American Southwest Conference play later this week at Rapides Coliseum, facing Sul Ross State University Thursday at 7:30 pm. They then host Howard Payne University Saturday at 4 p.m. in their final game before Christmas. This weekend’s games are the last home games for the Wildcats until Jan. 18.
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A 56-year-old Morgan City man was charged with his second DWI and no driver’s license after registering a blood alcohol content over twice the legal limit, Morgan City Police Chief James Blair said in a news release.
—Leonard A. Yarborough, 56, of Egle Street in Morgan City, was arrested at 11 p.m. Monday on charges of DWI second offense, no driver’s license and no turn signal.
A patrol officer in the area of Federal Avenue and Onstead Street observed a vehicle fail to use its turn signal while turning on to Federal Avenue. A traffic stop was conducted and the driver, Yarborough, did not have a valid driver's license, Blair said.
Yarborough appeared intoxicated and performed poorly on a field sobriety test, Blair said. Yarborough registered 0.187 grams-percent blood alcohol content on a chemical test for intoxication. Yarborough was jailed.
Blair reported that officers responded to 45 calls and reported the following arrests:
—Alexis L. Robertson, 33, of 11th Street in Morgan City, was arrested at 2:40 p.m. Monday on a warrant charging her with theft less than $1,000 and on a fugitive warrant for the state of Texas.
Robertson was located in the area of Martin Luther King Boulevard. A warrant check revealed that Robertson held an active warrant for the Morgan City Police Department. The warrant stems from an incident in June in which Robertson is alleged to have taken items from a business without paying.
Also, Robertson held an active warrant through the state of Texas for a parole violation. Robertson was jailed.
—Chance J. Boudreaux, 23, of Railroad Avenue in Patterson, was arrested at 3:09 p.m. Monday on a warrant charging him with failure to pay fines.
Boudreaux was transported from the Patterson Police Department to the Morgan City Police Department on a Morgan City Court warrant. Boudreaux was jailed.
St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert reported that deputies responded to 41 complaints in the parish and reported the following arrests in east St. Mary Parish:
—Brandi Lacoste, 34, of St. Peter Street in Patterson, was arrested at 3:21 p.m. Monday on a warrant for failure to appear on charges of possession of hydrocodone, failure to signal, and operating a vehicle with a suspended driver’s license. A deputy located Lacoste at her home on the warrant and transported her to parish jail. Bail is set at $15,000.
—Ashley Jones, 32, of Bowman Street in Morgan City, was arrested at 6:42 p.m. Monday on charges of turning movements and required signals violation, child passenger restraint system required and possession of Xanax.
—Jina Mingo, 52, of Bowman Street in Morgan City, was arrested at 6:42 p.m. Monday on charges of resisting an officer by giving false information and on a warrant for failure to appear on a charge of theft.
Narcotics detectives conducted a traffic stop near the intersection of Fifth and Everett streets in Morgan City after observing the driver fail to signal a turn. Detectives identified the driver as Jones and a passenger as Mingo. They also observed a toddler in the vehicle who was not in a child safety seat.
While speaking with Jones, detectives observed a pill bottle in her purse and found that it contained a Xanax pill. Jones was unable to provide a prescription for the drug, Hebert said.
Mingo attempted to give detectives false information about her identity. After positively identifying Mingo, detectives located the active warrant for her arrest. Jones and Mingo were jailed with no bail set.
Berwick Police Chief James Richard reported no arrests.
Patterson Police Chief Patrick LaSalle reported no arrests.
May 25, 1936- Dec. 9, 2017
Hilton “Teeny Boy” Barrilleaux, age 81, passed away Dec. 9, 2017, at Teche Regional Medical Center.
Hilton worked for Tidewater Marine for 36 years as a boat captain and later as a port captain and he loved his job. He loved woodworking, shopping at Hobby Lobby for his craft materials he was working on, fishing, watching old western movies and telling stories of his around the world travels.
He is survived by two daughters, Rosalind Meranta and husband Dante, and Rhonda Harp and husband Bobby; one son, Randy Barrilleaux and wife Lemoyne; six grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; his companion and caregiver, Brenda Guillory; and two lifelong friends, Harry and Ruth Wiggins.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Jeanne; his parents, Noah and Norma Barrilleaux; and his brother, Jimmy Barrilleaux.
A Mass of Christian Burial will take place Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017, at St. Bernadette Catholic Church in Bayou Vista at 10 a.m. Burial will take place at a later date.
There will be an after gathering of friends and family following the Mass at 600 Fairview Drive in Berwick. A private burial for will take place at a later date.
Arrangements are under the direction of Hargrave Funeral Home.
JINGLE RACE
Tri-City Track Club’s Amazing Jingle Race rescheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, Front Street to Lawrence Park, Morgan City. Ages 4-12 accompanied by an adult do a fun series of challenges. Registration required prior to event. Call Race Director Dee Hymel 985-518-6118 or email dhymel@cox-internet.com.
FREE CANTATA
Pharr Chapel United Methodist Church, Federal Avenue, Morgan City, hosting a free Christmas Cantata 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17. Features traditional Christmas carols and a brass ensemble. Fellowship and refreshments follow.
Public menorah lightings for the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah are planned around the world in locations ranging from ski towns and Caribbean islands to famous landmarks and sports arenas.
Hanukkah begins Tuesday night and lasts for eight days.
If you’re traveling or vacationing during the holiday, there may be a menorah lighting near you. The Jewish outreach organization Chabad-Lubavitch plans Hanukkah events in hundreds of cities, from the 50 U.S. states to 100 countries.
Celebrations in Vail, Colorado, will include menorahs made from skis. In New Mexico, organizers hope to create a one-of-a-kind menorah made from hot-air balloons on Dec. 17 in Albuquerque’s Balloon Fiesta Park, which hosts the International Balloon Fiesta each October. Vacationers in destinations like Cancun, Mexico, and Aruba will also have menorah lightings to attend, along with one in Curacao, home to the oldest synagogue in the Western Hemisphere dating to 1732.
Many ceremonies will take place in front of landmarks, including the White House in Washington, D.C., Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Kremlin in Moscow and Germany’s Brandenburg Gate. London’s Trafalgar Square will host a 30-foot menorah outfitted with specially designed environmentally friendly bulbs, commissioned by the London Climate Change Agency.
The world’s largest menorah, standing 36-feet high, will be lit just outside Central Park in New York City across from the Plaza Hotel at Grand Army Plaza. That menorah lighting began in 1977 and marks its 40th consecutive year this month.
Sports arenas are also hosting Hanukkah events, including the NBA arenas of the Brooklyn Nets, Orlando Magic, Miami Heat, Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks, Golden State Warriors, Phoenix Suns and Atlanta Hawks; the NHL arenas of the Arizona Coyotes, New York Islanders, Nashville Predators, Tampa Bay Lightning, New Jersey Devils and Columbus Blue Jackets; and the NFL stadium of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Thousands of people are expected Dec. 18 for a Hanukkah concert and menorah lighting at Gulfstream Park, the horse racing track in Hallandale Beach, Florida, near Miami.
Elsewhere around the world, events are expected in countries ranging from Australia to Laos to Uganda to Argentina.
Listings by location may be found at www.Chabad.org/Hanukkah Events.
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