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Jesuit Fall Short Against St. Amant, 2-1, at Patterson Shootout

Blue Jays Play Two on Saturday at Shootout

Junior Dylan Richard (27) snags
a pop fly at a game earlier this season.
Jesuit’s varsity baseball team continues their slow start at the Patterson Shootout on Friday with a 2-1 loss to the host team St. Amant.
The game schedule for Saturday has changed to the following: Jesuit vs. Destrehan at St. Amant
for Noon and Jesuit vs. East Ascension at East Ascension High School for 7 PM.
Directions to St. Amant High School.
Directions to East Ascension High School.
Jays Slip 11-5 to Dutchtown in Opening Round Game at Patterson Shootout

Junior Johnny Morse gets his uniform
dirty at a game earlier this season.
At Thursday’s game against Dutchtown,
Johnny slugged three hits
for the Jays.
Jesuit’s varsity baseball team started the Patterson Shootout slowly on Thursday afternoon with an 11-5 loss to Dutchtown.
Junior designated hitter Johnny Morse
slugged out three hits for the Jays.

Jesuit Goes .500 at Umpires' Tournament

Blue Jays Send DeLaSalle Cavaliers Packing, 20-1

Gotcha! Senior short stop Ethan oddo (7) is ready to apply the tag to this
Cavalier base runner for an out. Jesuit dominated DeLaSalle
to win the Sunday afternoon contest, 20-1.
Jesuit-DeLaSalle Baseball Photo Gallery

Blue Jays Take Care of Business Against Central Lafourche Trojans, 18-2

Safe at Third! Junior infielder Jonathan Lee (6) sneaks under the Trojan tag
to reach third. Jesuit returned to the win column in a big way
Saturday afternoon when the Blue Jays racked up 18 runs
to defeat Central Lafourche, 18-2.
Jesuit-Central Lafourche Baseball Photo Gallery

Jays Fall Short Against Northshore, 13-7, at Umpires' Tourney

Great Job, John! Junior designated hitter John Morse (12) belts a grand slam
home run in Friday’s game against Northshore at the Southeast Regional
Umpires Association Tournament at Kirsch-Rooney Stadium and receives
a hero’s welcome from his teammates at home plate. After five innings,
the game was called due to darkness and the win chalked up
to the Northshore Panthers who led the Jays, 13-7.
Jesuit-Northshore Baseball Photo Gallery

Baseball Jays Stumble Against Fontainebleau, 12-4, in Umpires' Tournament Opening Game

In a game earlier this season, senior
Briggs Barrios (9) legs out a hit
for the Jays.
Jesuit fell 12-4 to Fontainebleau in the opening round of the Southeast Regional Umpires Association Tournament played
at Fontainebleau High School.
The Blue Jays continue tournament play Friday afternoon against Northshore at Kirsch-Rooney. The first pitch is slated for 3:30 PM.
Please note the 30 minute time change to the start of this game. This change was made to allow fans and athletes to attend the basketball quarterfinal at Jesuit.

"Hoot" and Run! Baseball Jays Take a 5-3 Win Over Chalmette Owls

Jesuit Returns to the Diamond Against Fontainebleau Thursday Afternoon to Open Umpires' Tournament

Safe at Second! Junior Dylan Richard (27) steals second base and later
scores one of Jesuit’s five runs. The Jays went on to a 5-3 win
over the Chalmette Owls on Tuesday evening.
Jesuit-Chalmette Baseball Photo Gallery

Jesuit Goes 3-0 Over the Weekend and Slams a Total of
8 Home Runs at St. Charles Catholic Tournament

Slugfest Sunday! Jesuit Tallies 27 Runs Against Sterlington in Marathon Game

Timing! Junior Luke Voiron keeps his eye on the pitcher's motion to make sure
he makes contact with the ball. On Sunday, Luke's timing was on target
scratching out four hits for the Jays. Joining Luke offensively is
junior Jonathan Lee with four hits, too. The Blue Jays continued
to crush the ball out of the park with juniors Bubby Riley
clearing the fences twice and Josh Faciane notching
another home run on Sunday. When the smoke
cleared, Jesuit outpaced Sterlington, 27-12.
Jesuit returns to the diamond Tuesday evening when the varsity Jays
travel to Chalmette High School for a pre-district contest.
The first pitch is slated for 5 PM.

Jays Rocket Three Home Runs to Defeat St. Charles Comets, 11-4

A Man for All Seasons...Above, Josh Faciane (10) shows a good eye at the plate
in an earlier tournament game. Josh earns a win from the mound in
Saturday afternoon’s contest against St. Charles Catholic and
helps out his cause offensively with three hits. However,
the Jays are not a one man team. Senior Briggs Barrios
slugged two homeruns for a total of five RBIs.
Senior David Kleinschmidt sent a ball over
the fence for a solo homerun, and sophomore
Armand Daigle chalked up two more hits
in the Jays’ 11-4 win over the Comets.
Jesuit Slugs Grand Slam and Solo Home Runs in 17-2 Opening Game Win Against Riverside

Celebrate Good Times! Blue Jays come out of the dugout to congratulate junior outfielder Brady Williamson (3) for his grand slam homerun. Later in the game,
junior Tony Fortier-Benson jacked a solo homerun over the left-centerfield fence.
Jesuit went on to win the game against Riverside, 17-2.
Jesuit-Riverside Baseball Photo Gallery

Baseball Jays Drop Pre-District Opening Game to Fontainebleau, 3-2

Junior infielder Josh Faciane
Jesuit’s varsity baseball team opened their pre-district season with a tough 3-2 loss at Fontainebleau on Monday evening.
The Jays’ offense was led by junior infielder Josh Faciane who had two hits and two RBIs.
Jesuit returns to action in the St. Charles Catholic Tournament against Riverside on Thursday. The first pitch is slated for 3:30 PM.

2009 District Champions! Blue Jays Shut Out Crusaders, 7-0, to Take Title

The Jays celebrate with senior second baseman Mason Katz (5),
after Mason slammed a solo homerun in the top of the first.

For details about Friday afternoon's district championship game against the Crusaders,
please visit Jay Watcher: Jesuit vs. Br. Martin (05/01).

Jesuit-Br.Martin District Championship Game Photo Gallery

Congratulations to Jesuit's varsity baseball team for winning the 2009 District Championship defeating the Br. Martin Crusaders, 7-0, at Privateer Park. Senior Jordan Rittiner pitched a complete game and chalked up another win. Senior second baseman Mason Katz slammed a solo homerun in the top of the first to give the Jays an early lead the team did not surrender.

(The following article is courtesy of The Times-Picayune and nola.com)

Jesuit Blanks Martin, Wins Title

Rittiner superb in regular-season finale

Saturday, May 02, 2009

By Bill Bumgarner

Staff

After Jesuit's 7-0 victory Friday against Brother Martin, the focus for the Blue Jays and Crusaders shifted to winning the final game of the postseason.

In the final game of the regular season, Jesuit won behind the shutout pitching of senior left-hander Jordan Rittiner (5-3), who allowed six hits and two walks. He struck out five and retired 11 on groundouts.

Jesuit (18-11) won its fifth District 10-5A baseball championship in seven seasons and set a school record with eight district titles in the school year.

Mason Katz had a solo home run and a single, and the Blue Jays took advantage of five Brother Martin errors.

Jesuit Coach Tim Parenton saw parallels in both dugouts at Maestri Field on Friday.

"This is the 14th time we have played Brother Martin in prep and American Legion in the past two years, and we are 7-7," Parenton said. "It was also the final day of school for both of us (the seniors), so that made it a tough day. But once we got on that bus, everything changed."

Katz homered in the first inning against left-hander Corey Thomas (5-2). The Blue Jays scored one run in each the fourth, fifth and sixth innings and three runs in the seventh.

In the fourth, Bubby Riley drove home a run with a sacrifice fly after singles by Evan Schiavi and Gary Langlois. Riley drove in another run in the seventh with a line-drive single to right. Catcher Derek Dunham had the final RBI in the seventh with a base hit.

Rittiner allowed consecutive hits by Hunter Boudreaux and Logan Riddell in the second and a leadoff double by Mason Montney in the fifth but wiggled out of trouble.

"He has done this for three years," said Parenton. "He is the best there is in big games."

"This championship meant a lot to us," said Katz. "It is the biggest game we have played all season. It was tough to focus because of what took place at school today. But I thought we did very well."

Brother Martin (22-9) and Jesuit finished in a first-place tie with 9-3 regular-season marks. Jesuit, Brother Martin and Rummel will enter the Class 5A playoffs next week. Jesuit plans to play its opener at Kirsch-Rooney on Thursday, Parenton said.