Basketball: Ellender downs St. Aug, Riverside-LW, Jesuit-Rummel highlight Tuesday slate

Always good in basketball, it has been a tough season for Ellender, at least to this point.

Perhaps the direction of the season changed for the Patriots Monday night with a solid 59-52 home victory over St. Augustine at Houma.

The Purple Knights (12-9) led 12-10 after one quarter but Ellender rallied to take a 28-24 halftime lead. The Patriots led 40-39 going to the fourth quarter before outscoring St. Aug 19-13 in the final frame for the win.

Marquie Mosley scored 17 points while Jamire Mott had 13 to lead the Patriots (6-12). Ze’ Muse led St. Augustine with 16 points while Bryson Celestine had 12 for the Purple Knights.

Ellender returns to action Friday night, hosting H.L. Bourgeois at 7 p.m. while St. Augustine returns to District 9-5A action against Archbishop Rummel Friday night.

In top games tonight, unbeaten Riverside (22-0) travels to defending state champion Landry-Walker (16-5). The Rebels defeated the Chargin’ Bucs at the Country Day tournament on Dec. 21.

In Catholic League play, Jesuit (12-3, 1-0) travels to Metairie to take on Rummel (14-6, 2-0) at 7 p.m. for the early lead in Distrtict 9-5A.

Area Prep Basketball Results from Monday, Jan. 8

Boys

New Orleans Area

Carver 75, Sci Academy 44

Houma Christian 61, Grand Isle 44

McDonogh 35  63, Warren Easton 51

Baton Rouge Area

Livonia 76, Ascension Catholic 37

Maurepas 46, Ascension Christian 43

Mentorship Academy 59, St. Helena 55

Bayou Area

Ellender 59, St. Augustine 52

Girls

New Orleans Area

Carver 60, Sci Academy 29

Country Day 49, Newman 45

East Jefferson 39, West Jefferson 24

Warren Easton 62, McDonogh 35  32

McGehee 44, South Plaquemines 38

Pearl River 43, Varnado 29

Baton Rouge Area

Ascension Christian 57, Maurepas 49

Ascension Episcopal 49, West St. Mary 22

East Iberville 62, Tara 26

Holden 32, Maurepas 11

Mentorship Academy 45, St. Helena 35

St. Amant 40, St. Joseph’s Academy 27

White Castle 45, Brusly 31

Bayou Area

Assumption 50, E.D. White Catholic 44

New Iberia 42, Central Catholic 36

Area Prep Basketball Schedule for Tuesday, Jan. 9

Boys

New Orleans Area

Bonnabel at KIPP-B.T. Washington, 7:15 p.m.

Brother Martin at Archbishop Shaw, 7 p.m.

Cohen at St. Martin’s Episcopal, 7:15 p.m.

Covington at St. Paul’s, 7:30 p.m.

East Jefferson at Ben Franklin, 7:15 p.m.

East St. John at Destrehan, 7:30 p.m.

Ecole Classique at Ridgewood, 6 p.m.

Fontainebleau at Hammond, 7:15 p.m.

Higgins at McMain, 7:15 p.m.

Holy Cross at John Curtis Christian, 7 p.m.

International at Phoenix, 6 p.m.

Jesuit at Archbishop Rummel, 7 p.m.

Grace King at John Ehret, 6:45 p.m.

KIPP Renaissance at Chalmette, 7 p.m.

Lake Area New Tech at Helen Cox, 6 p.m.

NOMMA at Belle Chasse, 6:30 p.m.

Ponchatoula at Slidell, 7:15 p.m.

Riverside at Landry-Walker, 7 p.m.

Salmen at Warren Easton, 7:15 p.m.

St. Charles Catholic at St. Thomas Aquinas, 6 p.m.

Baton Rouge Area

Archbishop Hannan at Jewel Sumner, 7:30 p.m.

The Church Academy at Brusly, 7 p.m.

Denham Springs at Episcopal, 7 p.m.

Dutchtown at Walker, 7 p.m.

False River at Catholic (NI), 7 p.m.

Holden at Albany, 7 p.m.

Karr at Scotlandville, 7 p.m.

Live Oak at Broadmoor, 7 p.m.

Livonia at St. John, 7 p.m.

Lusher at Newman, 7 p.m.

Mentorship Academy at St. Michael, 6:30 p.m.

Mount Hermon at Kentwood, 7 p.m.

Northeast at Central, 6:15 p.m.

Northlake Christian at Independence, 7:30 p.m.

Pine at Varnado, 7 p.m.

Port Allen at West Feliciana, 7 p.m.

Riverside at Landry-Walker, 7 p.m.

Tara at Glen Oaks, 6 p.m.

University at Zachary, 7:15 p.m.

West St. John at Donaldsonville, 6 p.m.

Bayou Area

Erath at Berwick, 5:30 p.m.

Franklin at Delcambre, 7 p.m.

South Lafourche at Covenant Christian, 6 p.m.

South Plaquemines at South Terrebonne, 7 p.m.

St. Amant at Assumption, 7 p.m.

Girls

New Orleans Area

Amite at Pope John Paul II, 6 p.m.

John Curtis Christian at Carver, 5 p.m.

De La Salle at Ben Franklin, 5 p.m.

Dominican at Haynes, 6:30 p.m.

East St. John at Destrehan, 5 p.m.

Fontainebleau at Hammond, 6 p.m.

Karr at McDonogh 35, 6 p.m.

Lusher at St. Martin’s Episcopal, 5 p.m.

Mount Carmel at Academy of Our Lady, 5:30 p.m.

NOMMA at Belle Chasse, 5 p.m.

Riverside at Ursuline, 5:30 p.m.

Salmen at Franklinton, 6 p.m.

St. Amant at Riverdale, 5:30 p.m.

St. Mary’s Academy at Parkview Baptist, 6 p.m.

St. Scholastica at Lakeshore, 6 p.m.

Patrick Taylor at Country Day, 5 p.m.

Vandebilt Catholic at Academy of The Sacred Heart (NO), 5:30 p.m.

Baton Rouge Area

Archbishop Chapelle at St. Joseph’s Academy, 5:30 p.m.

Broadmoor at McKinley, 6 p.m.

Cecilia at Livonia, 6 p.m.

False at Catholic (NI), 6 p.m.

Glen Oaks at Southern Lab, 6 p.m.

Holden at Albany, 6 p.m.

Houma Christian at Central, 5 p.m.

Morgan City at Plaquemine, 5:30 p.m.

Mount Hermon at Kentwood, 6 p.m.

Northeast at Baker, 6 p.m.

Port Allen at West Feliciana, 5 p.m.

Runnels at St. John, 5 p.m.

Springfield at French Settlement, 6 p.m.

West St. John at Donaldsonville, 6 p.m.

Bayou Area

Grace King at Houma Christian, 6 p.m.

South Plaquemines at South Terrebonne, 6 p.m.

Thibodaux at Terrebonne, 5 p.m.

E.D. White Catholic at Assumption, 6 p.m.  (Ken Trahan)

Despite losing a match out-of-state, St. Paul’s remains the top-ranked team in the latest Division I boys Louisiana High School Soccer Coaches Association rankings released this morning.

The Wolves (15-2) are the unanimous choice for No. 1. Baton Rouge area teams follow closely with St. Amant (17-1-1) up to second. Dutchtown (11-1-1) is third and Catholic (9-2-1) is fourth. Lafayette (11-1-7) is fifth. Northshore is sixth with Jesuit seventh and Brother Martin tenth.

In Division II, Holy Cross (9-2-1) is the unanimous choice at No. 1 with Beau Chene (12-5-4) second. East Jefferson (8-6) is third with unbeaten Riverdale (11-0) fourth and Lakeshore (3-7-2) fifth. Ben Franklin is seventh.

E.D. White Catholic (9-4-3) is the unanimous top-ranked team in Division III with Vandebilt Catholic (8-5-4) second University Lab (6-3-6) is third, Loyola Prep (7-8-5) is fourth and St. Louis Catholic (3-8-6) is fifth.

In Division IV, unbeaten Episcopal of Acadiana (12-0-1) is the unanimous top-ranked team with Northlake Christian (8-1-2) second. Episcopal (11-2-6) is third with Newman (9-2) fourth and St. Thomas Aquinas (7-5-4) fifth. Country Day is seventh.

Here are your LHSSCA top ten rankings for Jan. 9, along with results from Monday and today’s schedule for boys and girls:

LHSSCA Rankings

Division I

1 St. Paul’s [10] 150 (10-0)
2 St. Amant 134 (17-1-1)
3 Dutchtown 125 (11-1-1)
4 Catholic – B.R. 114 (9-2-1)
4 Lafayette 114 (11-1-7)
6 Northshore 95 (8-3-3)
7 Jesuit 74 (6-3-2)
8 Denham Springs 72 (8-4-4)
9 Acadiana 62 (5-4-4)
10 Brother Martin 58 (7-4-4)

Others receiving votes:

Alexandria 54 (12-3-4)
Byrd  51 (12-2-2)
Grace King 39 (9-1-3)
Captain Shreve 33 (11-1-2)
East Ascension 9 (11-6-2)
Sulphur 7 (13-6-3)
West Jefferson 4 (8-3-1)
Barbe 3 (12-4-3)
Pineville 1 (12-5-1)
Bonnabel 1 (6-5-2)

Division II

1 Holy Cross [10] 150 (9-2-1)
2 Beau Chene 126 (12-5-4)
3 East Jefferson 122 (8-6)
4 Riverdale 116 (11-0)
5 Lakeshore 96 (3-7-2)
6 Woodlawn – B.R. 93 (7-3)
7 Ben Franklin 81 (6-4-2)
8 Caddo Magnet 62 (6-5-2)
8 Terrebonne 62 (12-6-6)
10 Neville 47 (6-6-8)

Others receiving votes:

Benton 45 (12-6-7)
Ruston 44 (9-1-2)
St. Thomas More 44 (2-9-7)
Ouachita Parish 32 (9-10-2)
Live Oak 29 (5-8-5)
Central Lafourche 25 (5-10-4)
Westgate 14 (9-3-4)
Destrehan 6 (4-3-2)
Carencro 4 (5-8-2)
Central – B.R. 2 (6-5-1)

Division III

1 E.D. White Catholic [10] 150 (9-4-3)
2 Vandebilt Catholic 138 (8-5-4)
3 University Lab 129 (6-3-6)
4 Loyola Prep 122 (7-8-5)
5 St. Louis Catholic 98 (3-8-6)
6 Holy Savior Menard 93 (9-8-3)
7 Teurlings Catholic 91 (3-6-5)
8 Parkview Baptist 90 (11-3-3)
9 North Vermillion 58 (9-6-1)
10 DeRidder 52 (13-5-2)

Others receiving votes:

Bolton 51 (4-5-3)
Leesville 40 (6-9-2)
St. Michael 28 (10-9-2)
St. Martinville 22 (10-9-5)
Cecilia 16 (10-6-4)
Haynes Academy 6 (2-7-4)
Lutcher 5 (5-6-2)
Archbishop Hannan 4 (5-4-1)
Lusher Charter 3 (0-7-1)
St. Charles Catholic 3 (2-4)
Morgan City 1 (3-7-2)

Division IV

1 Episcopal of Acadiana [10] 150 (12-0-1)
2 Northlake Christian 134 (8-1-2)
3 Episcopal 132 (11-2-6)
4 Newman 123 (9-2)
​5​ St. Thomas Aquinas 109 (7-5-4)
6 Catholic – N.I. 102 (7-5-5)
7 Country Day 83 (4-3-1)
8 Christ Episcopal 73 (6-1-5)
8 Dunham 73 (4-6-3)
10 Glenmora 56 (10-4-3)

Others receiving votes:

St. Frederick 49 (4-4-3)
Sterlington 33 (9-8-1)
Westminster Christian 13 (2-9-1)
Ascension Christian 12 (3-6-1)
Covenant Christian 12 (4-4-2)
Evangel Christian 9 (2-7-3)
Pope John Paul II 9 (2-11)
Runnels 8 (2-8-1)
Calvary Baptist 5 (4-4-1)
Houma Christian 5 (7-3-1)
Lafayette Christian 5 (3-6-1)
St. Martin’s Episcopal 4 (5-7)
Opelousas Catholic 1 (5-8-2)

Area Prep Soccer Results from Monday, Jan. 8

Boys

New Orleans Area

Belle Chasse 10, Thomas Jefferson 2

East Jefferson 3, Carver 0

Riverdale 4, Lusher 1

Baton Rouge Area

The Church Academy 2, Catholic (NI) 2

Girls

Baton Rouge Area

West Feliciana 4, Episcopal 1

Area Prep Soccer Schedule for Tuesday, Jan. 9

Boys

New Orleans Area

Archbishop Hannan at International High, 5 p.m.

Archbishop Rummel vs. Jesuit, 3:30 p.m. at John Ryan Stadium

Archbishop Shaw at Brother Martin, 3:30 p.m.

Fontainebleau at Northshore, 7 p.m.

Holy Cross at Salmen, 5:30 p.m.

Lakeshore at Franklinton, 6 p.m.

Landry-Walker at Ben Franklin, 3:30 p.m.

Lusher at Pearl River, 7 p.m.

Lutcher at St. James, 6 p.m.

Newman at Haynes, 6 p.m.

NOMMA at McMain, 6 p.m.

Northlake Christian at St. Thomas Aquinas, 7 p.m.

Pine at Pope John Paul II, 7 p.m.

Ponchatoula at Covington, 7 p.m.

Slidell at Covington, 7 p.m.

St. Paul’s at Hammond, 5:30 p.m.

Baton Rouge Area

Baton Rouge at Catholic (BR), 6 p.m.

Breaux Bridge at St. Michael, 6 p.m.

Brighton at Livonia, 4:30 p.m.

Denham Springs at McKinley, 6 p.m.

Plaquemine at Catholic (NI), 6 p.m.

St. Mary’s Academy at Parkview Baptist, 6 p.m.

University High at West Feliciana, 6 p.m.

Zachary at Walker, 6 p.m.

Bayou Area

Morgan City at E.D. White Cathoilc, 6:45 p.m.

Girls

New Orleans Area

Academy of Our Lady at Lakeshore, 5:30 p.m.

Archbishop Hannan at Haynes, 4 p.m.

East Ascension at Hahnville, 5:30 p.m.

Cabrini at Pearl River, 5 p.m.

Fontainebleau at Northshore, 5:30 p.m.

Lusher at International High, 4 p.m.

Baton Rouge Area

Plaquemine at Lee, 6 p.m.

Walker at St. Joseph’s Academy, 6 p.m.

Zachary at Denham Springs, 6 p.m.

Bayou Area

Central Lafourche at South Lafourche, 5 p.m.

Covenant Christian at Houma Christian, 6 p.m..

East St. John at H.L. Bourgeois, 5:30 p.m.

St. Amant at Thibodaux, 5:30 p.m.