Falcon Soccer hosts annual Summer Camp.
Soccer Camp slated for July 7-11 at STA.
HAMMOND—The St. Thomas Aquinas summer soccer camp is set for July 7-11 to be hosted
at the STA campus and features instruction from Falcon head coach John Cox, coach Charlie
McEwan, and former MLS star Ivan McKinley.
The camp is for players ages 7-17 and offers both team and individual training. The camp fee is $75 per player. Camp time runs from 8:30-11:30 a.m. The deadline to sign up is July 1. For more information, call Karin Petz at (225) 567-2839 or John Cox at (985) 981-0702.
Falcons dominate spring football scrimmage.
Falcons roll up 411 yards of offense and score six touchdowns.
by Gary Lee
HAMMOND—The St. Thomas Falcons and the Sumner Cowboys showed off their early
gridiron progress on Monday afternoon as the two parish schools closed out spring
football drills with a spirited controlled scrimmage hosted by the Falcons. St. Thomas,
the defending District 9-2A Champs, showcased their senior laden roster by scoring six
touchdowns while holding Sumnerto just two. The Falcons rolled up an unofficial 411 yards of
offense while limiting the Cowboys to 185. St. Thomas also collected a pair of
turnovers with a fumble recovery and an interception.
“This group of seniors is very tight and we preach to them all the
time about stepping up and being leaders,” said St. Thomas head coach John White.
“We hope that this group will determine to work together and develop into the kind
of young men that can push this team to reach its goals.”
The Cowboys are looking to improve on a 2-8 finish last season and Sumner head
football coach Mark Catalanotto reinstalled his version of the Wing-T during spring drills in
hopes of sparking a turnaround. “We spent the spring reinstalling our version of the Wing-T. We needed to be in better
shape and that hurt us some on defense. We worked on teaching our kids both sides of the ball
and in the process neglected our defense some and it showed in the scrimmage today.”
The Falcons scored three of their touchdowns through the air with
senior starter Raymone Andrews passing for a 39-yard touchdown to senior Zach Reed and a
REED RUMBLES—Senior Josh Reed ran six times for 67 yards. |
41-yard strike to senior Ryan Gambel. Andrews also rushed for a pair of scores on runs of
seven and two yards. Junior backup Ethan Bleakley tossed an 11-yard pass to fellow junior Trey Marino.
“Offensively I feel real good especially with regards to our passing game.
We are much further along than I thought we would be. We have some new people on our offense
and they contributed,” said White. “Defensively we swarmed to the ball well and did not
give up many big plays. Our tackling was not solid at times, but that is going to
happen in the spring. We have just got to get better and keep working hard to improve.”
Sumner’s Tyrone Norman completed a 16-yard pass to Jordan Giffin
for the first of the Cowboys two scores. David Walker dashed seven yards to
pay dirt for Sumner’s second touchdown.
“Offensively we were able to move the ball and make plays, but we still
need to work on finishing drives and sustaining our momentum. To win football game you have
to able to drive the distance and score. We are not there yet, but we made some strides and
the kids are getting more comfortable with the new scheme,” said Catalanotto.
Sophomore Brent Crump and senior Jarred Morales collected turnovers
for St. Thomas with a fumble recovery and interception respectively.
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