By DAVE WOODALL
Tammany West news
NEW ORLEANS — After the first day of action, the Northshore and Southshore were tied with five wins each at the Academy of the Sacred Heart Northshore vs. Southshore Tournament held on Friday, September 5th and 6th.
But on the second day the Southshore, led by undefeated squads from Mt. Carmel and Country Day, took the crown for the second straight year, defeating the Northshore 14 matches to 11.
Mandeville opened the first day by defeating host Sacred Heart (18-25, 25-21, 15-6). Chapelle followed up with a win for the Southshore, defeating Fontainebleau (23-25, 25-18, 15-6).
St. Scholastica defeated Newman in two straight sets of 25-15, 25-13 while Country Day did the same defeating Northshore 25-18, 25-19.
Top-ranked Mt. Carmel defeated Pope John Paul II (25-19, 25-19).
Mandeville ended the day by defeating Chapelle (25-23, 17-25, 15-13) and Fontainebleau took down Sacred Heart (25-22, 13-25, 15-13).
Country Day tied things up for the Southshore in defeating St. Scholastica (18-25, 25-17, 15-9).
The last two matches of first day action saw a Mt. Carmel win over Northshore (25-16, 25-16) and a Pope John Paul II win over Newman (25-9, 25-15) to finish the day with a tie of five wins each for both South and North shores.
The second day was competitive as well, but the Southshore was able to emege with the victory.
The 10-team, 25-match tournament was held for two days at Sacred Heart’s Rosary Gym.
Participating teams included Northshore, Pope John Paul II Fontainebleau and St. Scholastica, Mandeville from the Northshore with Mt. Carmel, Sacred Heart, Country Day, Newman and Chapelle representing the winning Southshore team.
Mt. Carmel and Country Day each went 5-0 for 10 of the Southshore’s 14 wins.
Mt. Carmel continued its hot play on Saturday, taking down Fontainebleau (25-10, 25-10) and St Scholastica (25-17, 25-13) before finishing its undefeated tournament with a straight victory over Mandeville (25-10, 25-10).
Country Day dispatched Mandeville (25-12, 25-11), Fontainebleau (25-17, 25-18) and Pope John Paul II (25-22, 25-22) on Saturday.