Softball playoffs to begin Monday
By Tom Dodge
Sports Editor
After fighting through the regular season, seven local teams earned a playoff spot in the LHSAA state softball playoffs.
By Tom Dodge
Sports Editor
After fighting through the regular season, seven local teams earned a playoff spot in the LHSAA state softball playoffs.
The Eunice Bobcats completed a two-game sweep of the Northwest Raiders in District 5-3A baseball action.
He was the only Blue Jay senior and Phillip Fontenot earned the spotlight as St. Edmund rolled to a 17-0 mercy-rule win over South Cameron.
Iota clinched third place in District 5-3A with a 16-4 win over the Eunice Lady Bobcats Tuesday.
The Lady Bulldogs (22-8, 11-3) jumped out to a 2-0 lead, begun when Makenzie Droddy singled and scored on a hit by Greta Fontenot.
The Eunice High Bobcats completed a two-game series sweep against the Mamou High Green Demons in District 5-3A baseball action at Bobcat Field on Tuesday. The Bobcats had taken a 17-4 victory in the first meeting at Mamou last week.
The celebration would have been bigger with a win, but St. Edmund captured its first district softball championship since 2004 Monday on Senior Day.
The Northside Christian Lady Warriors continued their dominance in District 7-C play Wednesday with a 17-1 thumping of Hackberry.
The Lady Warriors (15-4, 5-0) have now outscored their league opponents 82-22 in five games.
With both teams ranked in the top five of the NJCAA baseball and softball polls, LSU Eunice also leads the nation in several key categories.
The Blue Jays exploded for eight runs in the first inning as St. Edmund rolled to 13-5 District 4-1A win over Oberlin.
Payton Marcantel singled and scored on a hit by Brock Bieber.
Jack Miller singled and scored on an error.
Eunice High claimed a sweep of the Pine Prairie Panthers in District 5-3A baseball action played at Bobcat Field Thursday.
The game swung back and forth between the two teams for much of the game as the Bobcats earned an 8-7 victory.