LONGVILLE – The No. 25 seed Lady Bobcats battled No. 8 South Beauregard, but the Lady Knights earned a 3-1 win over Eunice High in the opening round of the Class 3-A softball playoffs.
South Beauregard (25-1) grabbed a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning, begun when Emelie Price walked and scored on a sacrifice fly by Cassie Hutton.
Becca Hayes singled and scored on a hit by Morgan Eaves to push South Beauregard ahead, 2-0.
The Lady K’s added an insurance run in the bottom of the fourth when catcher Jaylen Coleman reached on a bunt and courtesy runner Xylia Fontenot scored on a double by Jaclyn Deason.
Eunice (11-21) closed the gap to 3-1 when McKenzie Guillory hit a solo home run in the top of the sixth inning.
Karina Simpkins earned the complete game win as she allowed one run on two hits with 14 strikeouts and one walk.
Jailyn Pavich suffered the loss as she allowed three runs on six hits with two strikeouts and four walks.
Guillory (1-for-3) and Hailey Sonnier (1-for-3) recorded the two Lady Cat hits.
South Beauregard will face No. 9 Crowley in the regional round as the Ladies rolled to a 15-0 win over No. 24 Madison Prep.
North Vermilion 16, Church Point 1
MAURICE – The Lady Patriots looked like the defending Class 3-A champions as No. 4 North Vermilion rolled to a 16-1 win over No. 29 Church Point.
North Vermilion will play the winner of the No. 13 Westlake/No. 20 Patterson winner.
North Vermilion got things started in the first inning as the Lady Pats scored one run on a stolen base.
North Vermilion tallied seven runs in the third inning.
Kaylee Lopez, Amie Vincent, and Jodi Broussard powered the big inning with RBIs.
Broussard led things off on the hill for North Vermilion.
She surrendered one run on three hits over four innings, striking out three and walking zero.
North Vermilion hit three home runs on the day. Lopez had a homer in the third inning, her 23 round tripper on the year.
Kylie Naomi went deep in the second inning, while Vincent had a long ball in the third inning.
North Vermilion tallied eight hits.
Vincent was 1-for-4 and she knocked in four runs. Naomi was 2-for-2 and she scored three runs. Gabby Dupre was 2-for-4 (2 RBI).
Lopez was 2-for-3, and she knocked in three runs.