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Hornets trade Armstrong to Mavericks. Page 40 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2004 CONTACT SCOn FERRELL 459-3299 or sferrellgannett.com p- HI' llpr.HI.,ll IMiuUIUJU.iJl,JW A 5 v. -J Barry Bonds testified to a grand jury that he used a substance and cream not knowing they were steroids, a report said. Report: Bonds says he unknowingly used steroids QfheSimes AYO FFS 4 Notre Dame 23, Lutcher 13 Class 2A St. Helena 12, Mamou 6 West St John 12, Northeast 6 Class 1A Oak Grove 40, Boothville-Venice 15 Dunham 12, Kentwood 7 shame it has to end.

We're just excited we have the opportunity to play them one more time." Even though Slidell (9-5) scored on its opening possession, the game was never in doubt After the early field goal, Duron led the Eagles to three big gains in their first three plays. The senior quarterback capped the opening drive with been a prime weapon this season, showed what he can do on Friday, just as he did at East St. John. The senior son of the head coach caught a 21-yard Eass against the Wildcats, and leapt higher than should have been possible in the back of the end zone this week to snag a Duron pass for a 12-yard score late in the first quarter. The best of the bunch is Jeff Hulett, by trade a baseball catcher but a football player with the same something-you-can't-put-your-finger-on that Jacob Hester had.

All their work is winning games for the Eagles, not by producing lots of touchdowns directly, but by opening up the running game that should have been anem vi fey The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO -Barry Bonds testified to a grand jury that he used a clear substance and a cream given to him j. by a trainer who was indicted in a ring, but said he didn't know they were steroids, the San Francis- Bonds co Chronicle reported Friday. Bonds told the federal grand jury last year that Greg Anderson, his personal trainer and childhood friend, told him the substances he used in 2003 were the nutritional supplement A STATE Semifinal results Class 5A Evangel 45, Slidell 5 West Monroe 49, Fontainebleu 17 Class 4A John Curtis 24, Neville 21 Northside 28, St. Thomas More 22, 2 OT Class 3A Amite 48, St, James 20 some time. While the Rebels will remain in 5A next season, tlie Eagles will drop to 1A "I don't know how you can make the game much bigger, Evangel and West Monroe in the Superdome," Dunn said.

"But it will have a little extra umph to it I can promise you that. "Ifs been a great rivalry through the years and ifs a started it off on Friday. On the first play from scrimmage, he went over the middle, fought off a grabby defender and stuck up one hand to snag a 32-yard pass from Duron. In the middle of the second half, he brought back shades of older brother Thomas, who pivoted and pranced his way to Class 5A MVP in 2001 while leading the Eagles to their second state title at the highest level of play in Louisiana Bachman again took a pass over the middle, this one just a few yards from the line of scrimmage, but he wove his way to the end zone, doing a swing dance with a defensive back and landing in me end zone for a 24-yard touchdown and a 21-3 lead. Derek Dunn, who has not i Sham BvelThe Times Evangel's Denny Duron (7) stiff-arms Slidell's Nick Schwaner during the semifinal game in Shreveport.

Go to shreveporttimes.com for more photos. Evangel stomps Slidell for chance at championship in New Orleans irh kdil are fired up. We can talk about it now. We didn't mention it too much during the week." Quarterback Denny Duron had a hand in Evangel's (10-3) first five touchdowns of the evening and wound up 19of-27 passing with three touchdowns, while adding two touchdowns and 92 yards on the ground. The line was blocking great and everything was working for us," said Duron, who found six differaitreceivers.

"You just have to love it when that happens." Motivation against the Tigers heavy underdogs was the only worry most Eagles fans had coming into Friday. They can thank Hahn-ville for solving that problem. This team beat Hahnville; that was a motivating factor," Dunn said. "So we didn't overlook them." Next Saturday's state cham- Eionship game could be the ist time the Eagles and West Monroe face each other in quite Brian -f 1 A McCallum yS'H COLUMNIST bmccallumgannett.com catch, and they are making the catch itself much more reliably. The receivers have played great" Evangel coach Dennis Dunn said.

"It was special that the seniors, Jason (Bach-" man) and Derek (Dunn) and Renaldo, had big nights. I just think we've done a good job of balancing things and taking what they give us." And, this year, making fantastic catches. Bachman 1 V. 4 1 i T4 More prep coverage. a 3-yard quarterback sneak.

On the Eagles' next possession, Duron floated a 12-yard pass to Derek Dunn, who made a beautiful catch in the right corner of the end zone. The rout was on. They won the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball," Slidell head coach Wayne Grubb said. "When you do that you can pretty much do what you want to do run the ball, throw it They did it all." Two more touchdowns to two different receivers gave the Eagles a 28-3 halftime lead. Evangel spent a lot of the second half running trick plays and unusual formations most of them worked too.

"We were showing some things so (West Monroe) would have to work on them next week," Dunn said with a smile. ic with Hester's graduation. "We started out rough this year, but we just rallied together," Bachman said. "If they load the box, we're going to be able to throw the ball" Billy Barefield and Duron have turned in big rushing numbers this season and 34 touchdowns on the ground, but neither is going to frighten anybody with a massive physique. They need lanes.

Maybe another year of the dropsies would have lessened the respect opponents have for Evangel's passing game and allowed defenders to crowd the line and make the team normal. That hasn't happened, and if the Eagles can make it work one more weekend, they leave 5A with another trophy. MSRP $38,895. CLOSE OUT $28,047.10 Crucial day in college football arrives today AP flaxseed oil and a rubbing balm for arthritis, according to a transcript of his testimony reviewed by the Chronicle. The substances Bonds described were similar to ones known as "the clear" and "the cream," two steroids from the Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative at the center of the steroid scandal.

Bonds' attorney, Michael Rains, said Friday that the leak of grand jury testimony was an attempt to smear his client Grand jury transcripts are sealed and the Chronicle did not say who showed them the documents. Rains described Anderson and Bonds as close friends who had been training together for about the last four years. See STEROIDS 6C Pivotal games 3:30: Southern Cal at UCLA (ABC) 5: SEC Championship, Auburn vs. Tennessee at Atlanta (CBS) 6:45: California at Southern Miss (ESPN) 7: Big 12 Championship, Oklahoma vs. Colorado at Kansas City (ABC) The MAC is filling in after the Southeastern Conference failed to have enough qualifiers for its bowl slots.

South Carolina took itself out of bowl consideration after a brawl last month against Clemson. If the Big 12 gets two teams in the BCS, men Iowa State would be headed to Shreveport Since Iowa State and Northern Illinois have already played this season, the Cyclones would play MAC runner-up Miami of Ohio. Several BCS bowls will also have their matchups come in focus after today's play. If both No. 1 Southern California and No.

2 Oklahoma win, then those two would likely meet on Jan. 4 in the FedEx Orange Bowl for college football's national championship. If those two win and Auburn defeats Tennessee but doesn't finish in the top two in the BCS rankings, then Auburn will be headed to the Nokia Sugar Bowl to play the Virginia Tech-Miami winner. By Roy Lang III rflanggannett.com The only tiling that didn't work for Evangel on Friday night was its cheerleaders' CD player, which caused the halftime show to come to a screeching haft. It certainly was not indicative who didn't during a well-balanced, 4S 5 thrashing of Slidell in the Class 5A semifinals at Rodney Du Duron ron Field.

The victory sets up a final showdown with West Monroe for the state championship next Saturday. The game will be the Eagles' swan song in 5A. "When they see that W.M.,' it doesn't take too much preparation," Evangel head coach Dennis Dunn said. "Our kids EGA receivers are catching on in due time Bowl picture should clear after key final regular-season games. By Scott Ferrell sferrellgannett.com College football's postsea-t son picture should clear up dramatically after todas final day of the NCAA Division I-A football regular season.

The LSU Tigers will know where they are headed in the postseason after today's SEC Championship Game between Auburn and Tennessee. If Auburn wins, then LSU is headed to the Capital One Bowl in Orlando, Fla. If Auburn loses, LSU is going to the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. Both games will be played on New Year's Day. The Independence Bowl will also have a better idea of its matchup after today.

The California Bears will likely wrap up their spot in the Bowl Championship Series if they win tonight at Southern Mississippi. likely have just one team playing in the BCS. Thus, Oklahoma State would be the probable Big 12 entrant in the Dec. 28 1-Bowl at Independence Stadium. There is a chance Texas Tech could come to Shreveport if it is passed over by the Alamo Bowl With either Oklahoma State or Texas Tech coming to Shreveport then the Northern Illinois Huskies would represent the Mid-American Conference in the game.

is While we're handing out Elaudits to the Evangel foot-all team this week, it occurs to me that one group has gone unrecognized. After the season they had in 2003, they deserve credit for drastic improvement They are the Eagles receivers. Sticky fingers they were not last year, and Denny Duron's move to quarterback took the best hands out of the mix and put them in the backfield. Evangel lacked a deep threat last season until Renaldo Graves showed up in the playoffs. The passing game is still mainly a short attack this season, but the running of the receivers is turn-ingin some big plays.

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