The Chapelle-Mount Carmel softball quarterfinal is one of 8 with New Orleans area ties

Chapelle and Mount Carmel will meet for the second time this season when the schools face each other in a softball state quarterfinal, 5 p.m. Friday on Mount Carmel’s home field at Muss Bertolino Playground. Chapelle, seeded fifth in Division I select, won the first meeting 1-0 in a District 9-5A game on Chapelle’s home field at Butch Duhe Park. Chapelle senior Kayla Giardina struck out 11 in that game, including one for the second out in the seventh inning with the potential tying run at third base. Giardina, a...