Advocate staff photo by LIBBY ISENHOWER LSU's Adrienne Webb shoots as Bianca Lutley looks on Thursday night at the Pete Maravich Center.

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIGEstelle Rome, second from right, receives ashes from Rev. Sam Maranto, right, at the OLOL hospital chapel in Baton Rouge on Wednesday.

Advocate staff photo by Travis SpradlingUpendedTy Wheeler, 5, gets upended by a flashy 'tackle' by his father, Jermaine Wheeler, as they play a game of front-yard football Wednesday at the Vienna Avenue home of Jermaine's parents, Johnny and Marie Wheeler. After chasing his son around for while and giving up a lot of touchdowns, Jermaine smiled when asked what the hardest thing about playing football with a kindergartner was. 'Well, I never get the ball!' he said.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Brian 'Baby Sha' Fields whips up the crowd as he leads the 90th annual Community Center Carnival parade in New Roads Tuesday.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Mardi Gras revelers reach for trinkets and beads being tossed from passing floats Tuesday along Main Street in New Roads during the 90th annual Community Center Carnival parade. They are, from right, Katherine Bergh, 13; Makayla Manuel, 8; Madeson Arnold, 7; Chyann Calendar, 10; and Kaleight McKenzie, 9.

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG Sophie Gibson shows the Etoile DuBard Award of Excellence she received in November 2011 from the International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council, or IMSLEC, for her work with reading disabilities.

Advocate staff photo by Travis Spradling Episcopal High School tenth grader Aly Dellinger, left, talks with Kelly Han, 15, right, an exchange student living with her family, after a Manderin Chinese class. Between them are eighth-grader Anna Reilly,14, left, and seventh-grader Katherine Ann Andreeff, 13. Episcopal is piloting a new Mandarin Chinese course in real-time from a teacher in China.

Advocate staff photo by BRYAN TUCKKrewe of Xanadu members and Queen's Parade riders Larayn Guidroz, left, Judy Arabie and Katie Barrilleaux play around while unloading their throws Monday evening before the start of the Lafayette Mardi Gras parade. The King's Parade is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLINGFormer WorldTeach volunteer Brooke Payne, left, helps St. Aloysius Catholic School students, left to right, Zachary Brewer, 10, Esten Fuselier, 10, Mary Salmon, 10, and Caroline Webre,9, at a tree planting ceremony Friday to honor James de Brueys. Behind them are, from left , Webre's father, Theo Webre, school receptionist Mary Harris and Mary de Brueys, James de Brueys' mother. James de Brueys was lost at sea in 2010.

Advocate photo by April Buffington -- A crowd of people wave and scream for beads as the floats pass by at the Mardi Gras parade in Port Allen on Sunday.

Advocate photo by April Buffington -- From left, Victoria Jeffery, 6, Vikky Triola, Kristin Jeffery and Janet Jewell wave for beads Sunday as the floats pass by at the Mardi Gras parade in Port Allen.

Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- Cathy Landry, left, and Sue Rainier model some of the sportswear and show off the 'Better Gifts' that will be available at the Inner Wheel Club's Attic Trash & Treasure Sale March 2-4.

Advocate staff shoto by HEATHER MCCLELLANDMatthew Campbell, front, and his wife, Erica, just behind him, beg for beads during the Spanish Town Mardi Gras Parade on Saturday.

Advocate staff photo by LIBBY ISENHOWER LSU's Raph Rhymes and Mason Katz greet Beau Didier at home plate after Didier hit a home run Saturday night against Alcorn State in Alex Box Stadium.

Advocate staff photo by RICHARD ALAN HANNONWoodlawn High School after-school robotics team member Brandon Gautreau, top right, tosses a basketball to engineer Hugo Salom as fellow Panthrobotics members, from left, Willie McKee, Megan Skinner, Max Saltz and Miles Corder work to build their team's robot for regional and national competition. Robot basketball players will go against one another in the 'Rebound Rumble' in Kenner and St. Louis.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Baton Rouge High's Mikiah Brisco, left, races to first place against West Jefferson's Alexia Fortenberry, right, in the Division I 55-meter hurdlesat the LHSAA Indoor Track Championship on Saturday at LSU's Maddox Field House.

Advocate Staff Photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND St. Michael's Glynn O'Neill drives past Broadmoor's Honchea Thornton to score Thursday during the Class 4A girls regional playoff game at St. Michael High. Broadmoor won, 49-48, in overtime.