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SOCCER WOLVES
Wolves face Jesuit for chance to REPEAT
COVINGTON — The Wolves are making a return trip to the Division I State Championship game after defeating the Brother
Martin Crusaders 2-0 in the semifinals. St. Paul's will be facing a #1 seeded Jesuit Blue Jays for the second consecutive year.
As the #2 seed, St. Paul's has accumulated an overall record of 27-1-2 with a division record of 23-1-1. The Wolves only loss of the season
was to Brother Martin in the semifinals of the St. Paul's Invitational Tournament. St. Paul's defeated Ruston 8-0 in the bi-district round, Zachary 5-0 in
the regional round and Acadiana 2-1 in the quarterfinals befeore avenging their only loss to reach the Championship game.
Jesuit reached the final by defeating Walker, Rummel (in overtime), New Iberia and St. Thomas More.
The Wolves and Jays have not faced each other this season.
Kick-off is scheduled for 7:30pm, following the St. Scholastica/Mt. Carmel game, at Tad Gormley Stadium in City Park. Tickets for the game are $10 and will be available at the gate.
SOCCER WOLVES
Wolves defeat Acadiana 2-1, Brother Martin up next
Story courtesy of Ted Lewis, The Times-Picayune
COVINGTON — It didn’t matter than Acadiana had ended St. Paul’s football and baseball seasons last year.
“This is soccer,” senior fullback Doug DURAND said of the Wolves’ 2-1 Division I quarterfinal victory against the Wrecking Rams Tuesday at Hunter Stadium. “Nobody even mentioned it.”
And it hasn’t mattered all year that St. Paul’s is the defending state champion.
“We’ve put it out of our mind,” said DURAND, whose penalty kick goal in the 59th minute provided Tuesday’s winning margin. “We don’t wear our rings any more.
“Last year was last year. This year is this year.”
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Wolves roll to 5-0 victory over Zachary
Story courtesy of Charles Salzern, The Advocate
Zachary — Defending state champion St. Paul’s School of Covington struck from long distance to take control of its second-round Division I playoff match at Zachary.
The second-seeded Wolves (25-1-2) used three first-half laser shots to build a comfortable lead, and then added two late scores to pull away from the Broncos for a 5-0 win.
Zachary (18-8-3), the No.18 seed, had advanced to the contest with a 2-0, first-round win at 15th-seeded Westgate. Against St. Paul’s, it was the Broncos who were searching for ways to score.
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SOCCER WOLVES
Wolves remain undefeated in District
COVINGTON — St. Paul's defeated Fontainebleau 1-0 in double overtime Friday at the Dawg Pound. The Wolves enter the final week of the
regular season undefeated in District play and travel to face Covington on Tuesday before returning home for Senior Night against Mandeville on Friday.
The Wolves' defense has recorded five consecutive shutouts and posted 6 consecutive wins since falling to Brother Martin in the semi-finals of the St. Paul's Invitational.
SOCCER WOLVES
Wolves hosts 29th Annual Holiday Invitational
Updated 12/26/11 11:00pm
COVINGTON — The St. Paul’s Varsity Soccer team will host the 29th Annual Holiday Invitational. The Wolves will be amongst 16 teams, 13 are ranked in the top 15 teams in
their division, who will compete in one of the most prestigious tournaments in the State.
Teams will begin pool play on Tuesday, December 27th at Hunter Stadium on St. Paul's campus as well as two of the CYSA fields. wednesday,
December 28th will see more pool play action in the morning and the tournament semi-finals in the late afternoon. All games on December 28th will
take place on St. Paul's campus at either Hunter Stadium or the Varsity Field. The tournament finals are schedule for Thursday, December 29th at
11:00am in Hunter Stadium.
SOCCER WOLVES
Wolves score late to defeat #5 ranked Acadiana
COVINGTON —Possession was back and forth in the first half. Acadiana was able to penetrate the Wolves defense on several occasions but
could not come up with a goal. St. Paul's shots were from distance. Will Barnett had three great saves, two on point blank rockets and another on a looping shot to
the top corner that he leaped to make a one handed stab.
Acadiana came within inches on a corner kick that was volleyed over Barnett but hit the the bottom half of the cross bar and was cleared out.
Second half was a complete opposite with St. Paul's getting the upper hand in possession while Acadiana played the counter-attack. Acadiana's
goallie saved several aggressive chances.
Marc Robertson scored the games only goal with 6 minutes to play on a diving header past an outstretched goallie. The assist goes to Kannon Otillio on a nice cross.
The Wolves now travel to Northlake Christian tomorrow night in a battle of defending State Champions. Kick-off is set for 6:00pm. The game will be the
Wolves third game in four days against some of the State's top ranked teams. St. Paul's defeated #3 St. Thomas More 5-0 in Lafayette on Saturday afternoon.
SOCCER WOLVES
Wolves shut out cross-town rivals
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COVINGTON —St. Paul’s controlled possession throughout the game and put a number of shots toward the Covington goallie. Four of those shots found the back of the net.
Andrew McInnis scored first for the Wolves in the 7th minute of the first half. McInnis headed in a rebounded Seth Hagan shot off the crossbar.
Michael Booth put the Wolves up 2-0 with a hard driven goal from 22 yard out in the 27th minute.
St. Paul's score two goals in the second half. The first by Kannon Otillio of a cross by Daniel Garraway. Cameron Robinson scored the final goal of the match past a diving
goallie. Michael Booth got the assist.
Wolves face three big foes this week as they travel to #3 St. Thomas More on Saturday, host Acadiana on Monday evening and travel to Division III #1 Northlake Christian on
Tuesday. Come out a support your defending Division I State Champions.
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