Congratulations to:

... More than half of St. Frederick's seventh graders, who qualified for the Talent Search sponsored by the Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP). Those students are Catherine Albano, Peyton Braswell, Seth Christian, Cullen Clark, Cecelia Coon, Michael Dickerson, Thomas Fields, Margaret Gerhardt, Shelby Kennedy, Mattie Kincannon, Michael Minor, Anna Nichols, Ryan Showers, Kristyn Smith, Brighton Thompson, Benjamin Walters, Laura Wells, Patrick Whipple, Katherine Woolridge and Mylinda Worthy.

... Karen Haynes, St. Frederick’s Teacher of the Year. Haynes received the award was announced at the Diocese of Shreveport Convocation in August. Haynes is a science and math teacher at St. Frederick.
... The Showstoppers, who won several awards and received much recognition at the Southeastern Louisiana University camp this summer.
Mercedes Mitchell, Keely Childress, Mallory Danna and Margaret Manning received an invitation to perform in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in November. Mitchell, Childress, Danna, Manning and McKenna Giovingo were all chosen to be All-Stars and perform in the 2009 Pre-game Performance at he Capital One Bowl in Orlando. The Showstoppers also received superior for their routine at camp and first place in Drill Downs.
... The Cheerleading squads, for their performance at camp at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches. All cheer groups received superior in all categories. Varsity received first in extreme routine, camp champs and overall superior squad. Four varsity cheerleaders were chosen as All-Stars: Annie Dollar, Alexis Guice, Lindsay Abshier and Jenny Farrar.
Junior Varsity received superior ratings in all categories. Three JV cheerleaders were chosen as All-Stars: Mary Elizabeth Nelson, Gabby Elkins and Rachel McDonald.
Two junior high cheerleaders were named All-Stars: Grace Monger and Laura Holland.
... Wayne Haire, who one a gold medal recently at The International TaeKwonDo Regional Tournament in Jackson, Miss. Haire won the gold in Free Form Design, a Silver Medal in Sparing, and a Bronze Medal in Traditional Forms. Haire is a First Degree, Level 3 Black Belt and trains at Jason Wegener’s Tae Kwon Do Academy in Monroe.
... Sarah Sampognaro, for her performance in the 2008 Cotton Country Open Horse Show Association show, where she was named Reining Class Champion. At the 2008 LSU Ag Center and FFA District Horse Show, she was named All Around Champion in the Senior Judged Event. At the 2008 District and State of Louisiana LSU Ag Center 4-H and FFA Horse Show, she was named Reining Class Champion.
... Randi Domingue and Natalie Domingue, 8th grader and junior, who attended the ADVANCE Program for Young Scholars at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, La., where they participated in a residential program for gifted youth and focused on Algebra and Physics. They are the daughters of Christopher and Szu-Wei Domingue.
... Laura Trichel, freshman, received the St. Francis Certificate of Achievement in recognition of her significant contribution of 47 hours to the St. Francis Junior Volunteer Program. She is the daughter of Don and Cathy Trichel.
... Ajibike Dorothy Lapite, junior, attended Future Leaders Summit on Medicine through Washington School of World Studies, where she completed following courses:Leadership for Future Professionals - Trimester Social Studies Course
Service Learning through Applied Leadership. She is the daughter of Beverly and Oladapo Lapite of Monroe.
... Five St. Frederick seventh grade boys, who were part of an 11-man roster, Team Monroe Bayou Blaze, that traveled to Cooperstown, NY. to play in the 99-team Cooperstown Dreams Park Baseball Tournament Aug.2-8.

Representing St. Frederick were Patrick Whipple, Seth Christian, Peyton Braswell, Patrick Kelly and Will Daniels.
The team finished pool play with a 4-2 record. After winning their first round game in the single elimination format, they were knocked out by the eventual No. 3 seed. The team finished with a overall record of 5-3 and totaled 27 homeruns in the eight games played. The Blaze finished with a overall seeding of 30th out of 99 teams.