Sports Report March 27, 2024

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Many thanks to the following Green N White Club corporate sponsors for their support this year:

Bollinger Shipyards

LaFleur & Laborde

Tulane Doctors

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The Chloe

CMS's Services LLC

Dawn Services

First Horizon Bank

Landry & Swarr LLC, Attorney-at-Law

Manning Passing Academy

Ashley and J.T. Nesser

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C. Collection, Betsy and Gary Laborde,

Marquette Transportation, Midway Pizza,

K. Miller Gem and Jewelry Brokerage,

Moses Engineering, NOLA Chill, Seatrax,

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Vendisco Culinary Services, Villere & Co.

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Black Bay Energy Capital,

The Chicory House | The Garden District Book Shop,

Deirdre and Hal Moffett, Entablature - Design/Build,

Amy Farnsworth Designs, Lovell and Company

Baseball

The Diamond Greenies dropped 4 games over the last week, losing to Riverdale (1-4), St. Charles Catholic (4-12 and 0-8) and Willow (1-6). Over the four games, Senior Captain Peter Loop led the Greenies with 4 hits, Sophomore Christian Sauska had 3 hits, and Senior Jack Nesser picked up his first home run in game 1 against St. Charles Catholic with a deep shot over the left field fence at Mike Miley. Sauska, fellow-Sophomores Charles Wilson and Jack Falgoust, Seniors Brendan Blackburn, Ethan Dulitz, and Clayton Stevens, and Juniors Tyler Zweifler, Henry Cook, and Fulton Price all contributed from the pitcher’s mound. 

The Diamond Greenies are now 9-9 on the season, and are ranked 13th in the Louisiana Select Division III power ratings. After a brief break for Easter, the Varsity Greenies return to action with a five game slate next week against Ascension Episcopal (Monday), Riverside Academy (Tuesday), Warren Easton (Thursday), Ben Franklin (Friday), and St. Martin’s (Saturday). 

The Junior Varsity Diamond Greenies also had an eventful week at the ballpark picking up a big win against program-nemesis St. Charles Catholic (SCC), dropping a close game to Haynes, and tying SCC in a second game. In the win against SCC, Freshman Malcolm Schairer led the Greenies going 2-3 at the plate, while Juniors Alex Dulitz and Fulton Price, Sophomore Collier Villere, and Freshman Benjamin Singer picked up base hits for the Greenies. Villere was the winning pitcher, and fan favorite Wrigley Stewart knocked in the game deciding run on his 4th inning 2 RBI single. In the second game against SCC, Freshman Atticus Lafleur hit a solo homer and Falgoust, Schairer and George Loop each contributed two innings of excellent work on the pitcher’s mound. 

Lacrosse

On Friday evening, the No.1 ranked Cougars from St. Thomas Moore High School in Lafayette traveled to Lupin Field to take on Newman Lacrosse. Originally scheduled for Thursday, the matchup was moved to Friday night in light of impending storms that were threatened to roll through Orleans Parish. Unfortunately for the Cougars, the Greenies brought the noise when they walked onto the field Friday evening and unleashed the thunder on St. Thomas Moore from the first whistle. While the game remained close through the initial quarter of the game, the Greenies struck first and never trailed for the remainder of the contest. When the final horn sounded, Newman celebrated a 10-8 victory, a revitalization of their season and an extremely manageable remaining regular season schedule leading into the final state playoff push.

As has been constant all season, Newman saw meaningful contributions on the offensive and defensive sides of the ball, and up and down the roster sheet. On offense, Sophomore Price Demeyers led the attack line - putting 3 in the back of the cage, with additional contributions around the crease from Junior William Mahfouz (1 goal; 2 assists) and Senior Coalter McCall (1 goal). Junior Max Kukuy led the midfield with 4 goals and 2 assists, and while Junior Eli Friend only found the back of the net one time, he added 3 assists, 4 ground balls and 2 caused turn overs.

On defense, the goal likely looked half its size to the visitors from Lafayette as Senior McCall “YOUUUU - SHALLLL - NOTTTT - PASSSSS!!!!” Engelhardt stuffed STM on 18 of their 26 shots. Junior Patrick Landry caused 6 of the Cougars’ turn overs and vacuumed up 3 ground balls, and Senior William Darragh added 5 ground balls and 2 turn overs.

Prior to spring break, Newman Lacrosse will host the Chaos Lacrosse Club from the Northshore on Lupin Field at 6:30 on Wednesday night.

Softball

The Softball Greenies went 3-3 this week playing six very tough games against six high-quality opponents. 

Starting with a 16-0 victory over St. Martin’s with yet another no-hitter. This time by Sophomore Sydney Able as she pitched 4 innings, striking out 4. When you score 16, you are going to have a lot of contributions. Big hitters for this game were Seniors Maddie Herbert and Ella Faliveno, and Sophomore Able. 

Senior Night was Tuesday, March 19 and the Greenies didn’t disappoint. They easily defeated Edna Karr 16-1 with Senior Emma Passler getting the win as starting pitcher. Also, Senior Maddie Herbert showed up on Senior Night blasting a 3 run home run to break the game open. Other big hitters were Jesse Lambert and Madison Able with multiple RBI and extra base hits. 

Newman’s 8-game winning streak came to an end Friday Night as they were defeated by Catholic New Iberia in Newman’s first road softball tournament. The girls traveled to New Iberia on Friday, and stayed over to play 2 more games Saturday going 1-2 for the weekend against some very tough teams. The overnight road trip was a great experience for our young team, and allowed for some quality team building while playing in a hostile environment. At the end of the season, we hope to look back at this weekend as a true turning point in our overall growth as a softball program.

Newman returned to the diamond on Monday, March 25 and was narrowly defeated by Thomas Jefferson, 6-2. This contest was a tough 7-inning game in which Newman had several chances to win. Thomas Jefferson’s Senior Pitcher kept Newman off balance all game with her changeup and fastball. Freshman Felicity Drake homered in the 2nd inning with a blast to left field, clearing the 25’ fence. 

The Greenies are now 9-3 on the season and ranked #15 in Division III. They will face #7 Country Day on Wednesday,  March 27 at 4:30 at the JPRD Softball Complex in Metairie. We hope to see you there.

Tennis (Boys)

Last Tuesday, March 19, the Greenies were back out at the UNO Lakefront Tennis Facility facing the Division I Jesuit Blue Jays.  The boys battled hard but lost 7-1.  In Singles, Sophomore Jai Bansal was defeated by Leo Congeni 8-0; Sophomore Michael White lost to John Costello 8-0; Sophomore Evan Sosa lost to Tate Dupre 8-4; Freshman Baldwin Key was defeated by Oleksandr Stradomskyi 8-2; and Sophomore Daniel Taylor beat Christian Ehrensing 8-6.  In Doubles, Senior Simms Hardin and Freshman Pierce Cunningham lost to Vitalii Stradomskyi and Cody Martinez 8-0; Senor Ian Todd and Junior Paul Richard were defeated by Andrew Cavallino and Jude LaForge 8-1; and Junior Amar Walia and Sophomore Evan Sosa lost to Tate Dupre and Matthew Bohnet 8-3.

On Thursday, March 21, the Greenies met St. Martin's at the Green Acres Country Club and tied 2-2.  In Singles, Senior Archer VanDenburgh was defeated by Patrick LaForge 8-2 and Senior Simms Hardin lost to Max LaForge 8-6. In Doubles, Seniors Archer VanDenBurgh and Simms Hardin beat Max LaForge and Patrick LaForge 8-3; and Juniors Paul Richard and Amar Walia defeated Tucker Manning and Cooper Odom 8-2.

Tuesday, March 26, please come cheer on the boys against Ben Franklin out at the UNO Tennis Facility at 4pm.

Track & Field (Boys & Girls)

On Friday, March 22^nd, the Newman Varsity Track & Field attended the Rummel High School Meet, “Ronnie Doyle Meet”, held at East Jefferson Stadium. 

It was another exciting week for the Greenies with 22 individuals scoring the top 6 of their respective events, 13 career PR's, 4 Seasonal Bests, and 1 New School Record! Congratulations to those who paced the way with 1st place finishes: Claire Charpentier in the Long Jump and 400 Meters, Sam Haber in the 3200 Meters, Ava Hartman, Avery Summerour, Markie Batten and CC Eustis in the 4 x 800 Relay Team, and the school record setting performance by Ava Hartman in the 3200 Meters.

Meet results are as follows:

4 x 800 Relay: 

Avery Summerour, CC Eustis, Markie Batten, Ava Hartman – 10:31 – 1^st Place

Myles Barnett, Rivers LeLong, Jack Hance, Logan DeGruy – 8:50 – 2^nd Place

100 Hurdles:

Remi Cousin 16.33 – 2^nd Place

Alex Ducote 18.86 – 6^th Place

110 Hurdles:

Parker Davis – 16.28 – 3^rd Place

4 x 200 Relay:

Hannah Plaisance, Lili Arjamnd, Kingsland LeBourgeois, Ella Aucoin – 1:53 – 3rd Place

1600 Meters:

Adrianne Zura – 6:28 – 5^th Place

4 x 100 Relay:

Remi Cousin, Genevieve Plaisance, Lili Arjmand, Madeleine Long – 54.13 – 4^th Place

Parker Davis, Jake Randle, Seth Perilliat, James Reiss –45.46 – 4th Place

400 Meters:

Claire Charpentier – 1.00 – 1^st Place

Ava Zander 1:07 – 5^th Place 

300 Hurdles:

Parker Davis – 42.44 – 4^th Place

800 Meters:

Avery Summerour – 2:34 – 3^rd Place

200 Meters:

Claire Charpentier 26.25 – 3^rd Place

3200 Meters:

Ava Hartman 10:58 – 1^st Place – School Record!

Sam Haber – 9:43 – 1^st Place

FIELD EVENTS:

Long Jump:

Claire Charpentier – 17' 7.5"– 1st Place

Remi Cousin – 16' 8" – 2^nd Place

Parker Davis – 19' 5" – 6^th Place

Triple Jump:

Lili Arjmand – 30' 10" – 3^rd Place

Madeleine Long – 29' 7" – 6^th Place

High Jump:

Ella Aucoin – 4' 10" – 3rd Place

Genevieve Plaisance – 4' 8" – 5^th Place

For more race results:  Ronnie Doyle Results

JV participated in the Brother Martin JV Meet on Tuesday, March 19^th.  We are still awaiting these results and will publish with next week’s update. 

Come celebrate our 22 Seniors, Wednesday, March 27^th at The Keefe Hecker Newman Invitational at Tad Gormley, beginning at 3:00.

Congratulations to our Seniors – Myles Barnett, Gabi Cousin, Paker Davis, Xavier Drouin, Ella Faliveno, Sara Francis, Alyce Gordon, Isaiah Grant, Sam Haber, Ava Hartman, Anthony Jones, Lauren Klebba, Madeleine Long, Camille McCann, Kate Parrino, Seth Perrilliat, Hannah Plaisance, Felipe Suazo, Drew Sykes, Marie Wilder, Anaya Yunusah, and Ava Zander.

We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday.  Go Big Green!!!

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