Over the weekend, Crusader athletics saw plenty action. The 9th grade football team started the weekend off with a 22-8 win over the St. Augustine Purple Knights at Farley Field. The young Crusaders played great on both sides of the ball to earn the victory.
The Cross Country team ran in the Catholic High Invitational and the Country Day Classic this weekend. The Junior High runners that participated in the Country Day Classic had a great race with many outstanding performances, including Top 10 finishes by Tyler Thompson, Michael Wilson and Andrew Jeffries. Almost all of our Jr. High runners in Baton Rouge set a personal best time at the Catholic High Invitational, including 8th grader Hayden Courrege’ who broke the 8th grade two-mile cross country school record with a time of 10:59 to win the prestigious meet at Catholic High. The previous record of 11:16, held by Steven Erath ’95, stood for over 20 years.
The Varsity struggled at Catholic High and tied St. Paul’s for a second place finish. The team dominated the Open Division event and would have won had the race been team scored. Avery Provenzano won the overall race in a time of 17:25.
The team will host the Jack Schommer Invitational this Saturday at City Park.
The Crusader football team played hard and trailed only 28-21 late in the third quarter against top ranked St. Augustine before falling 49-21.
The Purple Knights scored on their third possession to make it 7-0 with 4:30 to play in the opening quarter.
Brother Martin got even quickly as sophomore quarterback Broggi hit senior wide receiver William Douglass on a 43-yard touchdown pass, and it was 7-7 following Mitchell Boudreaux’s extra point with 3:54 to play in the opening quarter. A seven yard touchdown run by Jared West to make it 14-7 gave Brother Martin the lead at the end of the first quarter.
St. Augustine tied things up then stretched the lead to two scores prior to halftime with a nine-yard touchdown pass to make it 28-14 at halftime.
Freshman Bruce Jordan scored on a nine-yard touchdown run to make it 28-21 with 9:43 to play in the third quarter.
Boudreaux then missed a 46-yard field goal, ending Brother Martin’s momentum and St. Augustine took over from that point forward.
