Mandeville over Northshore

In a key District 6-5A basketball game last night, the Mandeville Skippers downed the Northshore Panthers 69-51 at home sparked by Hunter Dugas' game-high 32 points and 18 from Logan Barragan to jump into a first place tie with Northsore. Mandeville and Northshore stand at 11-2 in the district race with one district contest remaining this week. Mandeville, 22-8,  plays the Covington Lions tomorrow at 5, while Northshore closes out district play with rival Slidell Friday night at 7. If both Mandeville and Northshore win they would tie for district since they split their two games. With that scenario a playoff game for seeding purposes would take place this Saturday at 3 o'clock at Lakeshore High  gym, a neutral site. Northshore's KJ Hopkins delivered 16 points for the Panthers followed by Will Claiborne and Brett McNeese with 13 points each.   

PJP Basketball

Pope John Paul II Jaguars downed Mt. Hermon 54-44 Friday at home to earn the District 8-2A basketball title. PJP's Joe Feraci topped the Jags with 23 points. Feraci also added three assists and two rebounds, while Marcus Rome delivered eight points with 10 rebounds. Codey Davie chipped in with eight points and four rebounds. PJP II, 11-13 overall, finished 6-2 in district play tied with Northlake Christian School, but the Jaguars win the district crown, by virtue of the tie breaker with the Wolverines.
NCS, downed Pine 51-43 Thursday with Josh O'Rear finishing with 20 points and 13 rebounds fashioning one of his patented double-doubles.  Matt Miller contributed 14 points, while Matt Whelan totaled seven points for the Wolverines. NCS finished 6-2 in the district race with PJP II, but finishes second based on the tie breaker with the Jaguars.   

Northshore and Mandeville basketball

Northshore's Panthers continued their winning ways and remained atop the 

District 6-5A standings following a 81-70 victory over the Fontainebleau 

Bulldogs. Northshore's Josh Calvin netted 17 points, connecting on 5-of-9 

three-point attempts. Will Claiborne registered a double-double with 14 

points and 11 rebounds, while KJ Hopkins finished with 14 points and four 

steals for the Panthers. Brett McNeese contributed eight points with four 

assists and Derrick McDonald added eight points with three assists. 

Northshore 12-11 after a 3-10 start, stand at 9-1 in district play. Northshore 

travels to St. Paul's tomorrow to battle the Wolves. 

In other District 6-5A boys' action, the second place Mandeville Skippers 

earned a 46-32 victory over arch-rival St. Paul's, setting a new district 

home attendance record with a crowd of over 1,000 fans. Logan Barrigan, 

a 1,000-point scorer for the Skippers, poured in 20 points followed by 

Hunter Dugas with 14. Mandeville upped its record to 19-8 and trails the 

district front running Northshore Panthers by one game at 8-2 in district play.