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Gators Sweep Patriots

Belle Chasse sweeps Ellender in district soccer match

BOURG -- Belle Chasse swept a pair of District 6-II soccer matches away from Ellender Memorial on Friday night at South Terrebonne Memorial Stadium.

The Belle Chasse girls won 5-0, and the Belle Chasse boys won 2-1.

BELLE CHASSE 5, ELLENDER MEMORIAL 0 (GIRLS)

Belle Chasse (7-3, 2-1 in district) got out to a 4-0 halftime lead.

Amanda Altemus scored two goals and had two assists for the Lady Cardinals, Meagan Ziegla had two goals, Kayla Besmer scored a goal and had two assists and Jessie Finley had an assist.

"We played well," Belle Chasse coach Douglas Bourgeois said. "We controlled the ball, and we have shown improvement all season."

Belle Chase outshot Ellender (1-5, 0-1) 29-5 in the match.

"We didn’t show up on the field," Ellender coach Beth Guidry said. "And we didn’t control the ball."

Katie Belanger had 16 saves in goal for Ellender.

BELLE CHASSE 2, ELLENDER MEMORIAL 1 (BOYS)

Two second-half goals were too much for the Patriots to overcome.

After a scoreless first half, Zach Taylor and Christian Treadway each scored for the Cardinals (6-3, 2-1) for a 2-0 lead in the second half.

But Ellender’s Chad Wallis scored on a header off an assist from Eric Burgess to close the gap to 2-1, but Belle Chasse held on for the win.

Ellender goalie Carl Verdin had 18 saves.

"We didn’t play as well as we should have," Bourgeois said. "We allowed them to get back in the game late. Their goalie is outstanding. We should have had at least four more goals."

Belle Chasse outshot Ellender, 25-19.

"We played awful early on," Ellender coach Matt Dardar said. "But we have improved over our last few games, and Chad is our leader. We are going to play the way Chad plays."

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BOURG – South Terrebonne’s teams took out the brooms Thursday night by sweeping Ellender Memorial in non-district matches.

The Gators picked up a 5-2 win over the Patriots, and the girls’ team posted a shutout in a 2-0 victory.

SOUTH TERREBONNE 5, ELLENDER MEMORIAL 2 (BOYS)

After Tuesday’s double-overtime win over H.L. Bourgeois, the Gators continued their dominance against Ellender Thursday night.

“I thought we controlled the pace of the game,” South Terrebonne coach Randy Boquet said. “We had really good ball control.”

Both teams got off to slow starts. In the ninth minute, the Gators had an opportunity to score on Brock Hebert‘s header, but Patriots goalkeeper Carl Verdin made a diving save to keep South Terrebonne off the scoreboard.

“South Terrebonne’s a heck of a team,” Ellender coach Matthew Dardar said. “We played a lot better than we had so far and we made our first two goals of the year.”
South Terrebonne (8-1-2 overall) got something going toward the middle of the half when Ben Landry made his first of three goals. Shawn Champagne was credited with the assist.

“We got some goals early,” Boquet said. “We did a lot of good things.”

Kevin Echeverria scored on an assist from Hebert in the 28th minute to give South Terrebonne a 2-0 lead.

In the 31st minute, South Terrebonne’s Mark Coleman threw the ball inbounds and Landry dribbled down field for the score and a 3-0 lead.

In the 44th minute, Landry scored his third goal of the night making the score 4-0.

The Patriots finally got on the board when Pedro Cardenas scored in the 47th minute. Spencer LeBlanc was credited with the assist.

Hebert scored the Gators fifth goal of the match in the 46th minute.

“We’re 1-0 in district so far. We’re playing pretty good soccer right now,” Boquet said. “Our focus is doing the best with district and we’ll see what happens after that.”

Cardenas scored the final goal for the Patriots on a penalty kick inside the final minute.

South Terrebonne outshot the Patriots 27-6. Verdin had 13 saves for Ellender.

SOUTH TERREBONNE 2, ELLENDER MEMORIAL 0 (GIRLS)

The Lady Gators (2-6) dominated throughout the match. South Terrebonne’s Kassie Morales scored early in the first half, and Sadie Baudoin was credited with the assist.

“We got up pretty early on them,” Boquet said. “The girls played well.”

Later in the half, Morales and Baudoin moved the ball down field again. This time it was Morales assisting Baudoin for the score for a 2-0 halftime lead.

“We were able to get the young girls in,” Boquet said. “I was pleased with the win.”
Both teams played well defensively in the second half, with neither team scored.

“We played much better in the second half,” Ellender coach Beth Guidry said, “South Terrebonne definitely outplayed us mentally.”

South Terrebonne outshot Ellender 20-7. Katie Belanger had 13 saves for the Lady Patriots.

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