SLOW START TO SEASON FOR DEFENDING 5A CHAMPS:

The news is good for two former Catholic League schools while not so good for another on the diamond.

Rummel and Brother Martin remained unbeaten on the season with wins at the Crescent City Umpires Tournament Friday.

The Raiders got a strong pitching performance from Justin Sinibaldi and Andrew Papadopolous in a 4-2 victory over Fontainebleau at Kirsch-Rooney Stadium.

With the win, Rummel moved to 2-0 on the season. The Bulldogs fell to 1-2 in the tournament. The Raiders will take on talented Ruston Saturday morning at 11 a.m. at Chalmette before facing De La Salle at 2 p.m.

Ruston rallied to beat Jesuit 6-5, dropping the defending 5A state champions to 0-2 on the season. Jesuit faces East St. John at Kirsch-Rooney Stadium Saturday at 2 p.m.

Meanwhile, Brother Martin moved to 2-0 on the season with a solid 11-3 victory over West Ouachita at UNO's Maestri Field.

The Crusaders will take on Riverside at noon Saturday at UNO before facing Fontainebleau at 3 p.m.

West Ouachita defeated Shaw 7-3 to drop the Eagles to 1-1 in the event. Shaw faces St. Paul's at 5 p.m. at Kirsch-Rooney. The Wolves lost to Ruston 11-7 Thursday night but came back to handle Riverside 11-1 on Friday at Chalmette.

In the other game to be played, De La Salle battles Chalmette at 5 p.m. at Chalmette.

AREA BASEBALL RESULTS FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24

CRESCENT CITY UMPIRES TOURNAMENT

BROTHER MARTIN 11 WEST OUACHITA 3

RUMMEL 4 FONTAINEBLEAU 2

RUSTON 6 JESUIT 5

ST. PAUL'S 11 RIVERSIDE 1

WEST OUACHITA 7 SHAW 3

FISHER TOURNAMENT

HIGGINS 7 HAYNES 6

MORGAN CITY TOURNAMENT

CENTRAL LAFOURCHE 12 MORGAN CITY 1

VANDEBILT CATHOLIC 15 BERWICK 10

PEARL RIVER TOURNAMENT

PEARL RIVER 14 HANNAN 0

PONCHATOULA TOURNAMENT

JOHN EHRET 15 AMITE 3

JOHN EHRET 5 HAMMOND 4

READSOFT CHALLENGE @ BONNABEL

COVINGTON 36 KING 0

RIDGEWOOD 11 BONNABEL 10

NORTHSHORE TOURNAMENT

NORTHSHORE 12 JOHN CURTIS 3

PONCHATOULA TOURNAMENT

PONCHATOULA 6 SACRED HEART 5

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS 11 COMEAUX 1

ST. CHARLES COMET CLASSIC

EVANGEL 19 NORTHLAKE CHRISTIAN 1

MANDEVILLE 6 STERLINGTON 5

STEVEN RICHARDSON MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT

DESTREHAN 4 EAST ASCENSION 2

HOLY CROSS 11 AIRLINE 2

OTHER GAMES:

WARREN EASTON 25 MCMAIN 7

AREA BASEBALL SCHEDULE FOR SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25

CRESCENT CITY UMPIRES TOURNAMENT

RUMMEL vs. RUSTON--11 a.m. @ Chalmette

RIVERSIDE vs. BROTHER MARTIN--Noon @ Maestri Field

RUMMEL vs. DE LA SALLE--2 p.m. @ Chalmette

EAST ST. JOHN vs. JESUIT--2 p.m. @ Kirsch-Rooney

BROTHER MARTIN vs. FONTAINEBLEAU--3 p.m. @ Maestri Field

ST. PAUL'S vs. SHAW--5 p.m. @ Kirsch-Rooney

CHALMETTE vs. DE LA SALLE--5 p.m. @ Chalmette

FISHER TOURNAMENT

HAYNES vs. WEST JEFFERSON--9 a.m.

POPE JOHN PAUL II vs. FISHER--2 p.m.

CRESCENT CITY vs. HIGGINS--4:30 p.m.

LORANGER TOURNAMENT

BELLE CHASSE vs. COMEAUX--10 a.m. @ Hammond

JOHN EHRET vs. ST. THOMAS AQUINAS--12:30 p.m. @ Loranger

BELLE CHASSE vs. JOHN EHRET--4 p.m. @ Ponchatoula

READSOFT CHALLENGE @ BONNABEL

HELEN COX vs. BONNABEL--11 a.m.

RIDGEWOOD vs. COVINGTON--1:30 p.m.

RIDGEWOOD vs. GRACE KING--4 p.m.

STEVEN RICHARDSON MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT @ DUTCHTOWN

HOLY CROSS vs. OUACHITA PARISH--12:30 p.m.

DESTREHAN vs. HOLY CROSS--3 p.m.

DESTREHAN vs. DUTCHTOWN--5:30 p.m.

SLIDELL TOURNAMENT

SALMEN @ NORTHSHORE--1 p.m.

JOHN CURTIS @ SLIDELL--4 p.m.

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ST. CHARLES COMET CLASSIC

MANDEVILLE vs. NORTHLAKE CHRISTIAN--8 a.m.

LUTCHER vs. STERLINGTON--10:30 a.m.

MANDEVILLE vs. EVANGEL--1 p.m.

ST. CHARLES CATHOLIC vs. EVANGEL--3:30 p.m.

OTHER GAMES:

MCDONOGH vs. WARREN EASTON--11 a.m.--Kirsch-Rooney

SOUTHERN LAB @ WEST ST. JOHN--3:30 p.m.