Crusader Sports Weekend Recap
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.
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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.
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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.
