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DECEMBER 2016

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FOOTBALL SEASON RECAP

ELLENDER MEMORIAL HS

H.L. BOURGEOIS HS

9/2 | Terrebonne

48 – 19 L

9/2 | South Terrebonne

9/9 | H.L. Bourgeois

47 – 14 W

9/9 | Ellender

9/2 | H.L. Bourgeois

45 – 0 L

47 – 14 L

9/9 | Terrebonne

38 – 6 L

9/16 | Bonnabel

12 – 0 W

9/23 | Patterson

28 – 26 W

9/23 | East St. John

9/30 | St. Martinville

41 – 27 W

9/30 | Central Lafourche

10/7 | Assumption

44 – 40 L

10/7 | Westgate

27 – 20 L

10/7 | Vandebilt Catholic

41 – 19 L

10/14 | Morgan City

47 – 7 W

10/14 | Thibodaux

47 – 21 L

10/14 | Assumption

15 – 14 L 49 – 28 W

10/21 | South Lafourche

9/16 | South Plaquemines

SOUTH TERREBONNE HS

45 – 0 W 21 – 16 W 33 – 13 L 42 – 35 W

9/16 | Central Lafourche

20 – 0 L

9/23 | Dutchtown

30 – 0 L

9/30 | St. Amant

52 – 7 L

29 – 24 L

10/21 | Destrehan

48 – 27 L

10/21 | Morgan City

10/28 | South Terrebonne

69 – 43 W

10/28 | Hahnville

43 – 19 L

10/28 | Ellender

69 – 43 L

11/3 | Vandebilt Catholic

53 – 28 L

11/4 | Terrebonne

44 – 37 W

11/4 | South Lafourche

31 – 21 W

TERREBONNE HS 9/2 | Ellender 9/9 | South Terrebonne

SOUTH LAFOURCHE HS 48 – 19 W

9/2 | Bonnabel

38 – 6 W

40 – 24 W

9/9 | Carver Coll. Academy

28 – 27 L

9/16 | Assumption

30 – 21 W

9/16 | Thibodaux

26 – 17 L

9/23 | Thibodaux

34 – 23 L

9/23 | Central Lafourche

41 – 34 L

9/30 | Destrehan

44 – 17 L

9/30 | Plaquemine

29 – 13 L

48 – 0 L

10/7 | Morgan City

59 – 0 W 31 – 14 L

10/7 | Hahnville 10/14 | Lakeshore

47 – 45 L

10/14 | Vandebilt Catholic

10/21 | East St. John

40 – 37 L

10/21 | Ellender

29 – 24 W

10/28 | Central Lafourche

27 – 23 W

10/28 | Assumption

30 – 14 L

11/4 | H.L. Bourgeois

44 – 37 L

11/4 | South Terrebonne

31 – 21 L

THIBODAUX HS 9/2 | St. Charles Catholic

CENTRAL LAFOURCHE HS 27 – 19 L

VANDEBILT CATHOLIC HS

9/2 | Patterson

22 – 12 W

9/2 | E.D. White

41 – 7 W

9/9 | East Ascension

45 – 24 W

9/9 | Vandebilt Catholic

42 – 35 W

9/9 | Central Lafourche

42 – 35 L

9/16 | South Lafourche

26 – 17 W

9/16 | South Terrebonne

20 – 0 W

9/16 | St. Charles Catholic

14 – 10 W

9/23 | Terrebonne

34 – 23 W

9/23 | South Lafourche

9/30 | East St. John

38 – 28 W

9/30 | H.L. Bourgeois

10/7 | Central Lafourche

56 – 7 W

10/7 | Thibodaux

10/14 | H.L. Bourgeois

47 – 21 W

10/14 | Destrehan

10/22 | St. Augustine

38 – 20 L

10/28 | Destrehan

48 – 33 L

11/4 | Hahnville

44 – 27 L

HOUMA CHRISTIAN HS 9/2 | Highland Bap. Christian

42 – 35 L

9/23 | Covenant Christ Acad

38 – 0 W

9/30 | Newman

46 – 41 W

56 – 7 L

10/7 | South Terrebonne

41 – 19 W

49 – 21 L

10/14 | South Lafourche

31 – 14 W

10/21 | Hahnville

49 – 24 L

10/21 | Assumption

27 – 26 L

10/28 | Terrebonne

27 – 23 L

10/28 | Morgan City

62 – 0 W

11/4 | East St. John

48 – 29 L

11/3 | Ellender

COVENANT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY

53 – 28 W

EDW CATHOLIC HS

9/2 | Westminster Academy

20 – 14 W

9/2 | Vandebilt Catholic

35 – 14 L

9/9 | Archbishop Hannan

13 – 12 W

9/9 | Lakeshore

27 – 23 L

9/16 | Sacred Heart

53 – 19 L

9/16 | Gueydan

46 – 6 W

9/16 | St. James

40 – 28 L

9/23 | Benjamin Franklin

14 – 13 L

9/23 | Vandebilt Catholic

38 – 0 L

9/23 | Kaplan

34 – 18 L

9/30 | Ascension Christian

34 – 20 L

9/30 | Cat.of Pointe Coupee

9/30 | Franklin

42 – 16 W

10/7 | St. Martin’s Episcopal

41 – 34 L

10/7 | Ridgewood

34 – 0 W

10/7 | Thomas Jefferson

47 – 3 W

10/14 | Varnado

52 – 20 L

10/14 | Patterson

10/21 | St. Martin’s Episcopal

31 – 0 W

10/21 | North Vermilion

34 – 7 W

10/28 | Berwick

42 – 35 L

11/4 | Erath

40 – 28 L

9/9 | False River

10/14 | Ridgewood 10/21 | SCC

25 – 13 W

41 – 34 W

53 – 40 W

10/28 | CCA

34 – 7 L

10/28 | Houma Christian

11/4 | Varnado

26 – 0 L

11/4 | Grace King

28 – 21 W

35 – 24 W

41 – 7 L

59 – 0 W 38 – 14 L 52 – 28 W

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08 COVER STORY

COVER STORY| pg 8 | COMING HOME DISCOVER| LAGNIAPPE

13 GROW

pg 7 | These Totally Exist

20 EXPERIENCE

GROW| HOME + GARDEN

pg 13 | SPREADING HOLIDAY CHEER pg 16 | House to Home

EXPERIENCE| CULTURE

25 THRIVE

pg 20 | A FRESH START FOR A PIECE OF HISTORY pg 24 | Silver Screen

THRIVE| HEALTH + WELLNESS pg 25 | YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT, SO BE DELICIOUS pg 27 | What’s Cooking? pg 28 | Just For The Health Of It

QUEENY’S

INDULGE| DINING + NIGHTLIFE pg 29 | IT’S A PIECE OF CAKE pg 32 | A Little Taste

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