SCHOOL FAIR
Presented by Word of Life Family Church, 108 Ryan St., Patterson, 9 to 10:30 a.m., Saturday, July 29. Children must be present to receive a free school uniform, shoes and school supplies (while supplies and sizes last). Public invited.
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An 18-year-old Bayou Vista man was charged with pornography involving a juvenile after Berwick police found inappropriate files of a 16-year-old girl on a device, Police Chief James Richard said.
—Toby Everage, 18, of Clarke Road in Bayou Vista, was arrested at 12:15 p.m. Thursday on warrants charging him with pornography involving a juvenile, contributing the delinquency of a juvenile and misdemeanor carnal knowledge of a juvenile.
Police arrested Everage after conducting an unrelated investigation, during which investigators found inappropriate multimedia files on a device, Richard said. Everage’s bail was set at $50,000.
Richard reported the following arrests:
—Waynisha Navy, 31, of Aucoin Street in Morgan City, was arrested at 11:52 p.m. Thursday on charges of possession of hydrocodone and disturbing the peace intoxicated. Navy was awaiting bail to be set.
—Chet Williams, 50, of Two Sisters Court in Bayou Vista, was arrested at 6:59 a.m. Friday on a charge of driving under suspension. Williams posted $1,000 bail.
Morgan City Police Chief James Blair reported responding to 44 complaints in the parish and reported the following arrests:
—Areana C. Candanedo, 26, of Park Road in Morgan City, at 12:25 a.m. Thursday on warrants for three counts of failure to appear to pay fine and two counts of failure to appear for arraignment. Candanedo was located and arrested at the Morgan City jail.
—Jessica B. Hue, 34, of Sixth Street in Morgan City, was arrested at 9 a.m. Thursday on a warrant charging her with probation violation.
Hue was located and arrested at the Assumption Parish Detention Center on a Morgan City court warrant. Hue was transported to the Morgan City jail.
—Joey P. Levron, 34, of Second Street in Lockport, was arrested at 9:30 a.m. Thursday on a warrant charging him with distribution of methamphetamine.
Patrol officers responded to the area of Aycock Street in regard to a crash. During the investigation, Levron was identified as one of the people involved in the crash.
Levron was found to have active warrants for his arrest through the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office. Levron was jailed.
—Niki D. Freia, 34, of Laurel Street in Morgan City, was arrested at 7:16 p.m. Thursday on a warrant for failure to appear for revocation hearing.
Freia was located and arrested in the area of Leona Street on active arrest warrants held by the 16th Judicial Court. Freia was jailed.
—Jordan Granger, 28, of North Everett Street in Morgan City, was arrested at 9:07 p.m. Thursday on a charge of possession of marijuana and on a warrant for failure to appear for arraignment.
Officers with the Morgan City bike patrol came in contact with Granger in the area of Federal Avenue. Granger had an active warrant for his arrest. Granger was also found to be in possession of suspected marijuana. Granger was jailed.
—Varice K. Richardson, 23, of Friendship Alley in Amelia, was arrested at 10:06 p.m. Thursday on a warrant for failure to appear to pay fine and a warrant for probation violation. Richardson was located and arrested at the Morgan City jail on a warrant.
—Anthony Arizmendi, 21, of Eighth Street in Morgan City, was arrested at 11:44 p.m. Thursday on charges of DWI first offense, no driver’s license and open container in a motor vehicle.
Officers with the Morgan City Bike Patrol were investigating a complaint in the area Ditch Avenue. While doing so, a vehicle pulled up behind an unmarked police unit and blew the horn for the vehicle to move, Blair said.
Officers attempted to direct the subject around the unmarked police car but they did not move, Blair said. Contact was made with the operator of the vehicle, Arizmendi.
Arizmendi was found to be in an intoxicated state, Blair said. Arizmendi performed poorly on a field sobriety test, Blair aid. Arizmendi didn’t have a valid driver’s license, and police also found an open container in the vehicle, Blair said.
Arizmendi refused to submit to a chemical test for intoxication, Blair said. He was jailed.
—Blaze A. Guerrero, 17, of Brashear Avenue in Morgan City, was arrested at 1:18 a.m. Friday on charges of possession of marijuana second offense and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Officers came in contact with Guerrero in the area of Second Street. Guerrero was found to be in possession of suspected marijuana and drug paraphernalia, Blair said. Guerrero was jailed.
St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert reported responding to 47 complaints in the parish and reported the following arrests in east St. Mary Parish:
—Phillip Dehart, 32, of Muriel Street in Morgan City, was arrested at 1:32 p.m. Thursday on a warrant for failing to appear to court on charges of possession of drug paraphernalia, operating a vehicle with a suspended license and operating a vehicle with an unlit license plate.
Dehart turned himself in to the St Mary Parish Law Enforcement Center in Centerville. He was later released after posting a $2,500 bail.
—Varice Richardson, 23, of Friendship Alley in Amelia, was arrested at 5:51 p.m. Thursday on a warrant for simple battery issued by the Morgan City Police Department and a warrant for probation violation.
A deputy patrolling the Amelia area responded to a complaint of a fight on Friendship Alley. The deputy located Richardson and learned of the warrants. Richardson was jailed with bail set at $2,002.50.
—Stephanie Rogillio, 31, of Village Lane in Morgan City, was arrested at 12:27 a.m. Friday on a warrant for failing to appear to court for charges of operating a vehicle with a suspended license.
A deputy assigned to work the Amelia area located Rogillio and learned of the active warrant. Rogillio was jailed with bail set at $1,500.
—Daniel Ramirez, 41, of Arlington Street in Bayou Vista, was arrested at 6:07 a.m. Friday on a charge of driving under suspension.
A deputy patrolling the Amelia area responded to a report of a stranded motorist. The deputy made contact with the driver, Ramirez, and learned that his license was suspended, Hebert said. Ramirez was arrested and later released on a summons to appear to court Oct. 11.
—Nathan Mclain, 35, of Palmer Lane in Franklin, was arrested at 2:23 a.m. Friday on charges of no driver’s license and reckless operation.
A deputy assigned to patrol the Bayou Vista area attempted to stop a vehicle that was speeding on U.S. 90. The vehicle increased speed as the deputy followed. The driver, Mclain, ultimately came to a stop at an intersection in Morgan City.
Contact was made with Mclain, and it was learned that he did not have a driver’s license. Mclain was arrested and later released on a summons to appear to court Oct. 11.
—Gordon Jones, 34, of La. 400 in Napoleonville, was arrested at 4:19 p.m. Thursday on a warrant for failing to appear to court for charges of possession of synthetic cannabinoids and failure to signal 100 feet prior to turning.
—Derek Gaskins, 36, of South Hollywood Road in Labadieville, was arrested at 4:19 p.m. Thursday on charges of possession of marijuana, possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute and transactions involving drug proceeds.
Detectives with the narcotics section conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for failing to signal a turn in Morgan City. The Sheriff’s Office K-9, Buddy, alerted to odor coming from the vehicle and a search was conducted.
Crack cocaine and marijuana were found where the passenger, Gaskins, was seated. Detectives also located financial proceeds believed to have been derived from illegal narcotics transactions, Hebert said. Contact with the driver, Jones, was also made. Detectives learned of an active warrant for Jones’ arrest.
Both Jones and Gaskins were arrested and transported to the parish jail. No bail is set for Jones. Gaskins was released after posting $6,000 bail.
Patterson Police Chief Patrick LaSalle reported no arrests.
CENTERVILLE — The St. Mary Parish School Board became the target audience of Fit, Fun, and Fabulous in Franklin Inc. Thursday, when the organization pushed for youth activities.
Dawn Kaiser-Melancon, president of Fit, Fun, and Fabulous in Franklin, asked the school board to host events in parish schools leading up to the annual Health and Awareness Fair. The goal of the organization is to educate the youth of the parish to make better health choices for their future.
For the past two years, Fit, Fun, and Fabulous in Franklin hosted the fair, in which local schools and over 40 health care providers participated in education and activities to address the health concern of the community.
Fit, Fun, and Fabulous in Franklin, which is in its third year, is now looking to take its health and awareness campaign parish wide. The health campaign focused mainly on the west side of the parish for the first couple of years to test the acceptance.
Board member Pearl Rack said that the fair has been a success for the past two years and that she hopes to see continued growth.
Kaiser-Melancon said Franklin Foundation Hospital did an assessment of St. Mary Parish and found that the top six health concerns of the parish are mental health, education and prevention, cancer, obesity, diabetes, and accessibility and affordability. The annual event, which is held in October, will address these six issues this year.
Fit, Fun, and Fabulous is a collaborative effort of Franklin Foundation Hospital, Teche Action Clinic, Community Action Agency, Chez Hope, Louisiana Initiative for Tobacco Free Living, and Franklin and Morgan City health care facilities.
St. Mary Parish schools beat the state average in the growth of mastery scores in LEAP testing released Wednesday.
St. Mary Parish in-creased its mastery LEAP scores by 6 percentage points, from 29 percent scoring mastery in English, math and science in 2015 to 35 percent in 2017.
Statewide, in 2015, 29 percent statewide LEAP test-takers scored mastery and above. In 2017, scores improved statewide by 4 points to 33 percent.
The LEAP test was first implemented for fourth- and eighth-graders in 1999 and has grown to include students from third- to eighth-grade.
The percentage of LEAP test-takers who achieved mastery in 2017 at St. Mary schools:
—At J.S. Aucoin Elementary, 38 percent, down 1 point from 2015 and down 10 points from 2016.
—At Bayou Vista Elementary, 58 percent, up 13 points from 2015 and down 4 points from 2016.
—At Berwick Elementary, 49 percent, up 8 points from 2015 and down 4 points from 2016.
—At Berwick Junior High, 45 percent, up 2 points from 2015 and up 4 from 2016.
—At Centerville High, a school that combines all grades, 32 percent, up 4 points from 2015 and up 1 point from 2016.
—At W.P. Foster Elementary School, 25 percent, up 6 points from 2015 and down 2 points from 2016.
—At Franklin Junior High, 21 percent, down 1 point from 2015 and down 2 points from 2016.
—At LaGrange Elementary, 22 percent, up 7 points from 2015 and down 1 point from 2016.
—At Julia B. Maitland Elementary, 22 percent, down 2 points from 2015 and down 4 points from 2016.
—At Morgan City Junior High, 34 percent, up 4 points from 2015 and down 1 point from 2016.
—At Patterson Junior High, 27 percent, up 5 points from 2015 and up 1 point from 2016.
—At Hattie Watts Elementary, 42 percent, up 12 points from 2015 and down 3 points from 2016.
—At Wyandotte Elementary, 50 percent, up 17 points from 2015 and down 4 points from 2016.
—At M.E. Norman Elementary, 51 percent, up 17 points from 2015 and up 3 points from 2016.
—At B. Edward Boudreaux Elementary, 21 percent, no change from 2015 and down 1 point from 2016.
—At Raintree Elementary, 25 percent, up 8 points from 2015 and down 1 point from 2016.
State Superintendent John White said in a conference call that 2015-17 growth is important because 2015 was the first year that testing for the LEAP reflected national stand-ards.
“We must celebrate our successes, but be candid with our challenges,” White said.
He also said that statewide, English scores are increasing, math scores are decreasing, and science scores remained stagnant.
Since 2015, St. Mary Parish has continuously seen a growth in mastery scores with an 8 percent growth in English, 5 percent growth in math, and 6 percent growth in science.
White said economically disadvantage students and minority students are keeping step with other students but are not closing the achievement gap.
He said the state has a 10-year plan to raise mastery scores to the level of A schools by 2025 and increase ACT scores and graduation rates.
In the 2017-18 school year, short courses will help teachers tailor practices to fit each individual student.
Testing will be limited to less than 2 percent of instruction time, but teachers will have a tool called LEAP 360 with which they can evaluate students against expected standards on the LEAP test.
White also said that the science curriculum will get a complete overhaul across the state.
Science will be improved with more high-quality curriculum and more extensive training of teachers.
Pre-engineering courses will also be piloted in the 2017-18 school year across the state in which students will take eight courses over two years in high school and possibly earn college credit.
An expert panel of scientists says the U.S. Food and Drug Administration should review the safety and effectiveness of all opioids, and consider the real-world impacts the powerful painkillers have, not only on patients, but also on families, crime and the demand for heroin.
In a sweeping report Thursday, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine pushed the FDA to bolster a public health approach that already has resulted in one painkiller being pulled from the market. Last week, the maker of opioid painkiller Opana ER withdrew its drug at the FDA’s request following a 2015 outbreak of HIV and hepatitis C in southern Indiana linked to sharing needles to inject the pills.
“Our recommendation is for a much more systematic approach, integrating public health decision-making into all aspects of opioid review and approval,” said Dr. Aaron Kesselheim of Harvard Medical School, a member of the report committee. “It would be an ambitious undertaking.”
The report details how two intertwining epidemics — prescription painkillers and heroin — led to the worst addiction crisis in U.S. history and provides a plan for turning back the tide of overdose deaths.
Prescribed, legal drugs are a gateway to illicit drugs for some, the report says. Other users start with pills diverted to the black market. Crush-resistant pills and other restrictions have unintended consequences, shifting use to heroin and illicit fentanyl.
The epidemic’s broad reach into rural and suburban America “has blurred the formerly distinct social boundary between use of prescribed opioids and use of heroin and other illegally manufactured ones,” the report says.
The authors say it will be possible to stem the crisis without denying opioids to patients whose doctors prescribe them responsibly. But long-term use of opioids by people with chronic pain should be discouraged because it increases dangers of overdose and addiction.
Requested by the FDA last year under the Obama administration, the report was greeted by FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a Trump appointee. Gottlieb said in a statement that the opioid epidemic is his “highest immediate priority” and he “was encouraged to see that many of (the) recommendations for the FDA are in areas where we’ve already made new commitments.”
Still, no immediate review of opioids as a class of drugs is planned by the FDA, other than the agency’s routine safety surveillance. Gottlieb said the FDA re-evaluates the safety of approved drugs with post-market information required from drugmakers and other sources.
“We will continue to consider what additional information is needed to ensure we have the right data to make important, science-based decisions,” he said.
Beyond the FDA, the report recommends:
—Better access to treatment for opioid addiction, including use of medications such as buprenorphine, in settings including hospitals, prisons and treatment programs.
—Year-round programs that allow people to return unused opioids to any pharmacy at any time, rather than only at occasional events. Some pharmacies, including Walgreens, have installed kiosks where people can get rid of pills.
—Insurers pay for pain control that goes beyond opioids to include non-drug treatment. The report doesn’t specify which treatments insurers should cover, but does outline what early evidence exists for acupuncture, physical therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy and mindfulness meditation, calling them “powerful tools.”
—More research on the nature of pain and dependency on opioids and development of new non-addictive treatments.
The following are the radio dispatch logs from the Morgan City Police Department. To report unlawful or suspicious activity, call the police department at 985-380-4605.
Thursday, July 13
6:15 a.m. 1000 block of La. 70; Stalled vehicle.
9:05 a.m. 6000 block of Railroad Avenue; Animal complaint.
9:15 a.m. 200 block of Aycock Street; Vehicle accident.
10:12 a.m. 2400 block of Hemlock Street; Animal complaint.
10:17 a.m. 800 block of Walnut Drive; Theft.
10:55 a.m. 300 block of Greenwood Street; Alarm.
11:47 a.m. 1100 block of Marguerite Street; Theft.
11:53 a.m. Sixth Street; Complaint.
12:04 p.m. 500 block of Terrebonne Street; Criminal trespassing.
12:26 p.m. 800 block of Marguerite Street; Vehicle accident.
12:43 p.m. Victor II Boulevard; Reckless driver.
1:12 p.m. 300 block of Second Street; Com-plaint.
1:48 p.m. U.S. 90 West; Traffic incident.
2:15 p.m. U.S. 90 West; Complaint.
2:45 p.m. 600 block of Martin Luther King Boulevard; Complaint.
3:36 p.m. 7200 block of La. 182 East; Medical emergency.
4:18 p.m. 100 block of Headland Street; Fire.
7:11 p.m. 1100 block of Marguerite Street; Complaint.
7:13 p.m. Leona Street; Arrest.
7:30 p.m. 7200 block of La. 182; Civil matter.
7:36 p.m. 400 block of Federal Avenue; Alarm.
8:16 p.m. Federal Avenue; Complaint.
8:32 p.m. 1200 block of Victor II Boulevard; Alarm.
8:46 p.m. Morgan City; Complaint.
9:05 p.m. General McArthur street; Arrest.
9:12 p.m. Federal Avenue; Complaint.
9:51 p.m. 700 block of Myrtle Street; Arrest.
11:04 p.m. 6500 block of La. 182; Complaint.
12:07 a.m. 800 block of Palm Street; Disturb-ance.
12:25 a.m. 500 block of Hilda Street; Welfare concern.
1:12 a.m. 200 block of Brashear Avenue; Ar-rest.
1:13 a.m. 1100 block of Marguerite Street; Assistance.
1:20 a.m. Ditch Avenue and Ninth Street; Traffic stop/arrest.
3:08 a.m. Berwick; Assistance.
The biopsy shows cancer, so you have to act fast, right? Not necessarily, if it’s a prostate tumor.
Men increasingly have choices if their cancer is found at an early stage, as most cases in the U.S. are. They can treat it right away or monitor with periodic tests and treat later if it worsens or causes symptoms.
Now, long-term results are in from one of the few studies comparing these options in men with tumors confined to the prostate. After 20 years, death rates were roughly similar for those who had immediate surgery and those initially assigned to monitoring, and surgery had more side effects.
“Many men, when they hear the word cancer, you want to do something about it,” said one study leader, Dr. Gerald Andriole, urology chief at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. “The reality is, if you have a low-risk cancer, like the study shows, you don’t need treatment, certainly not urgently.”
It’s not all black and white, though. Early stage doesn’t necessarily mean low risk. Some results in the study lean in favor of surgery, and it does have some advantages. It also may improve survival for certain groups. Here’s what this and other studies tell us about who does and doesn’t benefit from surgery.
WHY NOT TREAT EVERYONE?
Start with a fact many find hard to accept: Not all cancers are destined to kill. Some prostate tumors are deadly, but most grow so slowly that men will die of something else.
Treatments — surgery, radiation or hormone therapy — can cause impotence, incontinence, infections and other problems, and sometimes do more harm than the disease ever would.
Monitoring doesn’t mean do nothing. Men can get frequent tests, and there are more and better ways to detect disease progression now than there used to be, so there’s usually still a chance to treat and potentially cure it if it starts to worsen, Andriole said.
WHAT THE EVIDENCE SAYS
Only a few studies have tested monitoring versus immediate treatment. One found no difference in death rates after more than 20 years; another found surgery improved survival odds, but only for men under 65.
Those were done before wide use of PSA blood tests, back when more tumors were found because they caused symptoms, which often means more advanced disease.
Researchers wondered: Would the results be the same with modern screening and treatments?
The new study, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, aimed to answer that. Doctors assigned 731 men to observation or surgery. After a decade, survival rates were similar, but doctors wanted longer follow-up.
Now, after 20 years, two thirds of these men have died and the original conclusions still stand, though the numbers leaned in surgery’s favor. Fewer men died in the surgery group, but the difference was small enough that it could have been due to chance. Only about 9 percent of men ultimately died from prostate cancer, showing how relatively seldom the disease proves fatal.
Results are in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine.
DID SURGERY DO ANY GOOD?
Yes. Fewer men in the surgery group later had treatment because there were signs the disease might be worsening — 34 percent, versus 60 percent of the group assigned to monitoring. In many cases, it was prompted by rising PSA levels, but surgery also clearly prevented more cases from spreading throughout the body.
Half of the group assigned to monitoring wound up getting some sort of treatment within five years. In one quarter of those cases, men “just got fed up” with monitoring and thinking about cancer, Andriole said. The rest were prompted by signs of progression.
Surgery also may have improved survival for men in the middle range of risk, with PSA levels between 10 and 20, and a Gleason score (a measure of how aggressive cancer cells look under a microscope) of 7. Only about one quarter to one third of men in the U.S. fall in this category, though. Most men are early stage and low risk.
“Surgery is right for the right person, and it’s somebody with intermediate-risk disease,” Andriole said.
SIDE EFFECTS
Surgery had more side effects — 15 percent of men in that group later sought treatment for trouble having sex, and 17 percent, for incontinence. The numbers were 5 percent and 4 percent, respectively, of men assigned to observation.
“You can’t divorce quality of life outcomes from cancer outcomes because they both count for patients,” said Dr. David Penson, Vanderbilt University’s urology chief, who had no role in the study.
“Some guys will look at this and say, ‘I don’t want to be impotent, I don’t want to be incontinent,’” and will forgo surgery even if there’s a chance it will help them live longer, he said. “In the end, each man’s going to make his own decision.”
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Four Tri-City Area All-Star baseball teams — two each in the 10-year-old and 12-year-old divisions — will continue postseason play beginning Friday in regional action in north Louisiana. In 10-year-old action, District 3 champion Patterson will travel to Ruston for the Louisiana Dixie Youth South Regional, while District 3 runner-up Morgan City will make the road trip to West Monroe for the Louisiana Dixie Youth North Regional.
Meanwhile, in 12-year-old action, District 3 champion St. Mary Central will travel to Ruston to participate in the Louisiana Dixie Youth South Regional, while District 3 runner-up Morgan City will travel to West Monroe to participate in the Louisiana Dixie Youth North Regional.
The tournaments in each age group will continue through Tuesday. The winners of each regional in the 10-year-old division will play each other for the state championship in a best, two-of-three series beginning July 21 in Alexandria, while the winners of the 12-year-old regionals also will meet for the state championship in a best, two-of-three series, also beginning July 21 in Alexandria.
St. Mary Central 12s
The St. Mary Central 12-year-old All-Stars will continue postseason play in Ruston at the South Regional where it will meet host Union Parish in a 1 p.m. contest Friday.
The winner of the St. Mary Central-Union Parish game will meet the winner of the contest between Loranger and District 8 runner-up (Alexandria-Pineville area) Saturday at 5 p.m., while the losers of the two first-round games will meet Saturday at 1 p.m.
St. Mary Central cruised through the District 3 tournament, outscoring opponents a combined 37-1 en route to the district title. St. Mary Central finished 3-0 as it defeated Morgan City, 17-0; Thibodaux, 10-0; and Franklin, 10-1.
Team members are Rhett Ratcliff, Dawson Richard, Hayden R o b i n s o n , J u d e Guarisco, Jayden Milton, Aaron Askew, Zack Gonzales, Luke Thomas, Brett Bearb, Zane Griffin, Evan White and Rhett Thomas. The team is led by head coach Ronnie Ratcliff and assistant coaches Joey Richard and Scott Thomas.
Other teams in the South Regional are Rayville, Girard, Springhill and Ville Platte.
Morgan City 12s
The Morgan City 12-year-old All-Stars will continue postseason play in West Monroe at the North Regional where it will face Little Farms (New Orleans/ Harahan area) in a 5:30 p.m. contest.
The Morgan City-Little Farms winner will meet the winner of the Minden-Gonzales Nationals game Saturday at 7 p.m., while the losers from the two first-round games will play Saturday at 3 p.m.
Morgan City finished 2-1 at the District 3 Majors Tournament as it bounced back from a 17-0 defeat to St. Mary Central in its opener to defeat Franklin, 7-5, and Thibodaux, 15-3.
Morgan City team members are Dominic C a s e , J a m e s Richardson, Caleb O’con, Drew Miller, Ben Miller, Brennan Sauce, Blake Peterson, Dylan Duval, Anibal Quinones, Angelo Viscardi, Karson Nelson and Bryson Dupuy. The team is led by head coach Mike Nelson and assistant coaches Tommy Duval and Glen Peterson.
Other teams in the North Regional include the District 8 champion, host West Monroe, West Carroll and Mamou.
Patterson 10s
The Patterson 10-year-old All-Stars will continue postseason play Friday when it faces the Monroe Americans at 1 p.m. in the Louisiana Dixie Youth South Regional in Ruston.
The Patterson-Monroe Americans winner will meet the Pineville-Ruston winner in second-round action Saturday at 5 p.m., while the losers of the two first-round games will play Saturday at 1 p.m.
Patterson won the District 3 title after finishing 4-0 in tournament play. The squad outscored opponents by a combined 43-4 margin. Patterson defeated St. Mary Central, 9-0; F r a n k l i n , 1 7 - 2 ; Thibodaux, 13-0; and Morgan City, 4-2.
Members of the Patterson 10-year-old all-stars are Hayden Rebardi, Zach Landry, Landon Bernadou, Braden Mouton, Holden Leblanc, Parker Jennings, Drew Dinger, VJ Byrd, Landon Lipari, Brylon Jennings and Dylan Richard. The team is led by coaches Willis Dore, Vinnie Byrd and Brett Dore.
Other teams in the south regional include Gonzales Nationals, Westwego, Blanchard and Ville Platte.
Morgan City 10s
The Morgan City 10-year-old All-Stars will continue postseason play Friday at 1 p.m. when it faces Haughton in first-round action at the Louisiana Dixie Youth North Regional Tournament in West Monroe.
The Morgan City-Haughton winner will meet the winner of the West Carroll-Gonzales American winner Saturday at 5 p.m., while the losers of the two first-round games will play Saturday at 1 p.m.
Morgan City finished 3-1 in district play as the squad outscored opponents 44-7. Morgan City defeated St. Mary Central, 5-3, and after falling to Patterson, 4-2, the squad bounced back with wins against Thibodaux, 16-0, and Franklin, 21-0.
The Morgan City team members are Benjamin Case, Landon Aucoin, Gregory Hamer, Bodie Hoffpauir, Shamus LaCoste, Brandon Cordero, Bryce Solar, Carter Whipple, Kyle Stansbury, Roderick Bennett and Thomas Mancuso. The team is led by head coach James Stansbury and assistant coaches Heath Hoffpauir and Andrew Mancuso.
Other teams in the north regional include Alexandria, Oakdale, Girard and West Monroe.
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