Recent Events US Youth Soccer Association Region III Tournament June 17-23, 2010 BREC's Burbank Soccer Complex Western Rugby Football Union Division I & II Collegiate Championships March 27-28, 2010 The Western Rugby Football Union Division I & II Championships brought 16 of the best men's and women's rugby teams from the Western part of the country to Baton Rouge for two days of competition at LSU University Recreation's Sport and Adventure Complex. Teams competed at both levels to advance to the Sweet 16 of the USA Rugby College Rugby Playoffs. The Division I teams that competed were as follows: Texas A&M (Men's and Women's), Colorado (Men's and Women's), LSU (Men's), Colorado State (Men's), Air Force Academy (Women's) and New Mexico (Women's). Division II teams included Texas Tech (Men's and Women's), men's teams from Northern Colorado, St. Louis University, and Colorado School of Mines and women's teams from Wayne State, Wyoming, and Truman State University. The Texas A&M Men's and Women's team both won their respective Division I brackets, while the St. Louis University Men and the Texas Tech Women won the Division II championships. Special thanks to LSU University Recreation and the LSU Rugby Club for a job very well done in hosting this event here in Baton Rouge; it is the first time this event had ever been hosted east of the Mississippi River or in the state of Louisiana. Louisiana Youth USBC Tournament March 13-28, 2010 The Greater Baton Rouge USBC Association hosted the Louisiana Youth USBC Tournament at Circle Bowl and Don Carter’s All Star Lanes in Baton Rouge over three weekends in the month of March. 459 bowlers partici-pated in this tournament which concluded on March 28th. Special thanks goes out to Mr. Ed Campbell, Cecilia Santegelo and the staffs at Don Carter’s and Circle Bowl, and the Greater Baton Rouge USBC Association for putting on such a successful tournament. Red Stick Recreational XIX March 12-14, 2010 The Baton Rouge Soccer Association hosted the Red Stick Recreational XVIII Soccer Tournament at BREC’s Burbank Soccer Complex in Baton Rouge. 84 boys teams and 82 girls teams participated in this three day tournament which concluded on Sunday. Special thanks goes out to Team Automotive Group for sponsoring the tournament and Gary Buete and the staff at BRSA for putting on such a great tournament. 2010 Amedisys Mardi Gras Mambo February 20, 2010 On February 20th, the Baton Rouge Area Sports Foundation along with our race partner Club South Runners hosted the 13th Annual Amedisys Mardi Gras Mambo 10k and 1 Mile Fun Run and, for the 2nd straight year, over 1,000 runners registered for the race. The skies were clear and the race conditions could not have been any better. The spirit of Mardi Gras was definitely in full swing as par-ticipants “Mamboed” their way through the streets of downtown Baton Rouge and the campus of Louisiana State University. Congratulations to our overall male winner, Ted Zderic ,who fin-ished with a time of 35 minutes, 7 seconds; and to our overall female winner, Shima Ito who crossed the finish line at 39:49. The Baton Rouge Area Sports Foundation sincerely thanks every-one who participated in this year’s race. A very special thanks to Amedisys Home Health Services for their continued support of the Mardi Gras Mambo 10k. Louisiana Women’s USBC Championship January 30-February 28, 2010 The Louisiana USBC Women’s Bowling Association hosted the 62nd Louisi-ana Women’s USBC Championship at Don Carter’s All Star Lanes in Baton Rouge over four weekends during the month’s of January and February. Over 1,200 bowlers participated in the month long tournament which con-cluded on February 28. Thank you to the Baton Rouge USBC and Don Carter’s for hosting this wonderful event once again in our community.