L’Observateur / January 18, 1999

Coaches, players, fans and parents: L’Observateur wants schedules, scores or any story ideas about sports and outdoor activities in the River Parishes. Contact Michael Kiral, staff writer, at 652-9545, drop by 116Newspaper Drive, or mail to P.O. Box 1010, LaPlace, LA 70069-1010. L’Observateur is looking for those interested in writing a column on fishing, hunting and other outdoors activity. If interested, contact MichaelKiral at 652-9545.

WCKW-1010 AM will broadcast River Parishes Sports Talk live from the Pizza Factory in Gramercy every Thursday night from 6:15-7 p.m. The River Parishes Fellowship of Christian Athletes Adult Chapter meets on the first Saturday of every month for breakfast at 8:30 a.m. at the Corner Cafe on Dominican Drive in LaPlace. For information callGary Zeringue at 869-3005 or Don Fernandez at 652-3029.

The St. Charles Catholic Athletic Association is holding a monthly$1,000 raffle. Only 100 tickets will be sold each month at a cost of $20per ticket. Drawings are to be held on the 28th of each month. For ticketinformation call coach Don Fernandez at St. Charles Catholic at 652-3029. S.P.A.C.E. (Supporting Parks and Children Equally), a non-profitorganization, will be hosting an instruction baseball clinic Jan. 23 at TheGlade School from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.The clinic will feature Treinadad Hubbard of the Los Angeles Dodgers, St.

James native Lenny Webster of the Baltimore Orioles, Riverside Academy’s Carl Schultz of the Chicago Cubs, East St. John’s DarrylNicholas of the Milwaukee Brewers and Thomas Pittman of the Montreal Expos along with the support of Aaron Lombard, Community Re-lations Director for the New Orleans Zephyrs and a host of other minor and major league athletes.

Registration will take place today from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Wal-MartShopping Center on Airline Highway in LaPlace.

The instructional clinic will be geared toward teaching the fundamental skills of baseball for children ages 8-16 years-old. The cost of the clinicwill be $20 per child. All proceeds will benefit parish recreation.Participants will be responsible for providing their own shoes and gloves.

The South Tangi Youth Soccer Association, in conjunction with the Louisiana Soccer Association, will host a Youth Module level coaching certification course for under six and under eight coaches. The course isopen to all coaches and will run from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today atSoutheastern Louisiana University. The course is $25 for coachesaffiliated to the state association and $35 for those non-affiliated. Forfurther details and to sign up for the course contact John Wong at (504) 345-3704 or Juan Planells at 542-3350.

The Carrollton Soccer Association, in conjunction with the Louisiana Soccer Association, will host a Youth Module level coaching certification course for under eight and under 10 coaches.

The course is open to all coaches and will run from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.today at the Audubon Zoo administrative building and the C.S.A. fields inNew Orleans.

The course is $25 for coaches affiliated to the state association and $35 for those non-affiliated. For further details and to sign up for the coursecontact Louie Smo-thermon at (504) 733-2120.

The Lafayette Soccer Association, in conjunction with the Louisiana Soccer Association, will host a Youth Module level coaching certification course for under six and under eight coaches Jan. 22-23 at Thomas Park inLafayette.

The association is also hosting a Youth Module level coaching certification course for under eight and under 10 coaches from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. onJan. 23 at Thomas Park. Both courses are open to all coaches and are $25 for coaches affiliated to the state association and $35 for those non-affiliated. For further detailsand to sign up for the course contact the Lafayette S.A. office at (318)261-5425.

The Bayouland Area Special Olympics Basketball Invitational Tournament will be held Saturday, Feb. 6 at Hahnville High School.Arrival time for all athletes and coaches is 8 a.m. Opening ceremoniesbegin at 8:30 a.m. with games running from 8:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. All athletesplanning to advance to state must play at the area tournament in order to qualify.

Lunch will be provided for all athletes and coaches. Concessions will besold throughout the tournament. Please bring spending money for anyconcessions.

Please make arrangements to pick up athletes by 2 p.m. Any questions canbe addressed to Bayouland Area director Theresa Theriot at 785-2961 or 1-800-276-3195.

St. Charles Catholic’s Double Diamond Club is hosting its secondannual Double Diamond Gala to benefit the baseball and softball programs Saturday, March 13, in the school gym and cafeteria.

The night begins with dinner served at 7:30 p.m. Dancing is scheduled from9 p.m. to 1 a.m. to the sounds of Summer Breeze. Door prize and cash prizedrawings will be held. Five $200 prizes will be drawn, with the grandprize award of $5000 to be picked at 11 p.m. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased from members of the Double Diamond Club or Frank Monica who can be reached at 652-3809.

Southeastern Louisiana University will begin its eighth season with the SLU Sports Radio Network this season. The Sports Network featuresflagship stations KSLU 90.9 FM along with two affiliates and globalaccessibility through the World Wide Web.

This year’s announcing team features play-by-play announcer Mark Willoughby and former Lions basketball player Duane Donald. Willoughbyhas been the voice of Lions basketball since the 1994-95 season.

Affiliates of SLU Sports Radio Network are WIBR 1300 AM in Baton Rouge and WSLA 1560 AM, Slidell. These stations will air a selection of gamesboth home and away. Check your local broadcast schedule for selecteddates.

In addition to the airwaves, KSLU can be heard world wide on the internet at www.selu.edu/athletics.Fans can also keep up with results and weekly schedule by calling the 24- hour information hotline at (504) 230-4444, extension LION (5466) for daily reports; and 5467 for the week’s schedule.

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