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The Town Talk, Alexandria-Pineville, La. Friday. March 26, 1999 B-3 HIGH SCHOOLS Cenla teams head to NSU, Mustang Relays the gap," Jeansonne said. Pineville's Jess Lloyd (400 meters and 100- ASH brings one of the deeper teams to the field, with solid distance runners such as Dwayne Rax, T.J. Landry and Gavin Filasek complimenting sprinters such as Walter Chark and Tim Brass.

Chark posted an area-best time of 10.8 seconds in the 100-meter dash earlier this year. Bolton brings sprinters Robert Etheridge and Adrian Mitchell, who anchor the Bears' relay teams. Etheridge will also be among the favorites in the long jump and 400 meters. In addition to Bolton and ASH, Johnson singled out Bossier and Diboll as having particularly strong teams. Other top athletes competing at the Northwestern Relays include Pineville's Chris Cook (area-best 14 feet in the pole vault), Leesville's Keith Smith (area-best 49.01 in 400 meters), ASH's Shamika Thomas (100 and 200 meters), and Town Talk sports services Some of the top area teams and individual track performers will compete at the Northwestern State High School Relays and the Rapides Relays today.

Thirteen schools will compete in the Northwestern Relays at Northwestern State University, including powerful area teams such as Alexandria Senior High and Boltoa "I think it's a good field," said NSU track coach Leon Johnson. "We're pleased. There should be some really good competition." Boys teams from Airline, ASH, Benton, Bolton, Bossier, Byrd, Diboll (Texas), Leesville, Natchitoches Central, North Iberville, Pineville and Evangel will all compete at the relays. Ten schools will send girls teams ASH, Benton, Bolton, Byrd, Diboll, Leesville, NCHS, North Iberville, Pineville and Rusk. Rapides will rely on athletes such as Michael Sykes (long jump, triple jump, hurdles), Broderick Allen, Josh Shahan (mile, half-mile, two mile) and Reginald Langford.

Jeansonne said Allen will attempt the "very tough triple" of the 800, 400 and 3200. He also said he may pull Shahan off the two mile and put him on the 4x400 relay team. Buckeye is led by T. J. Burlew (43-6 in shot put, 134-2 in discus) and John Ryland (11-6 in pole vault).

On the girls side, Buckeye will be favored, Jeansonne said, but Rapides may not be too far behind. Rapides is led by Courtney Ray (area-best 2:39.23 in 800), Adrienne Baxter (12.89 in 100, 27.41 in 200) and Sheritha Simmons (32-2 in triple jump, 15-5 in long jump). meter hurdles). The field events will start at 2:45 p.m. and the running events will begin at 3 p.m.

"It looks like the weather is going to cooperate," Johnson said. "That's the best thing." Mustang Relays Eight of the smaller schools in the area -Rapides, Hicks, Buckeye, Northwood, Jena, Grace Christian, Oak Hill and Glenmora will head to Rapides, where field events start at 3 p.m. and running events begin an hour later. The Rapides and Buckeye boys should battle for first, Rapides coach Harold Jeansonne said. Rapides beat Buckeye by 20 points at the Buckeye Relays last week.

"But I'm sure (Buckeye coach Ed Newman) has made some changes to close Cenla BattingPitching Leaders ASH beats Pineville in 16-10 homer derby EDITOR'S NOTE: Schools wishing to participate in the Town Talk's weekly baseball and softball leaderboard ma do so by faxing (487-6488) or e-mail-ing (Sportsthetowntalk.com) statistics for your players by no later than Thursday at noon. Softball statistics were not available this week as only five schools (Buckeye, Oak Hill, Tioga, Grant and Oakdale) sent in their information. A minimum of 10 schools must participate for the Town Talk to publish leaders each week. For further information contact Bruce Viergutz at 487-6367. HITTING By Bruce M.

Viergutz Staff reporter There wasn't a lotto ticket in sight, but that didn't stop Pineville and Alexandria Senior High from playing a little powerball Thursday night. The two teams combined for six home runs in the first three innings, but it was ASH that was able to come out with a 16-10 victory over Pineville in District 3-4A action. The game was originally scheduled to be played on the Rebels' home field Thursday "The difference was like I told our kids -(Boniol) had a few more gorillas on his side than what we had," said Pineville coach Steve Rachal. "They just literally crushed the ball. But, at times, we hit the dadgum ball hard, and that's the main thing that I was looking for.

"I wanted to see if we could come over here, put the ball in motion, and hit the ball hard. We were able to do that." What the Rebels weren't able to do is play sound defense. Pineville committed seven errors, including three in it afternoon, but rainy conditions caused officials to move the game to ASH in the evening. The two teams will play at Pineville April The difference was -like I told our kids 12. With the win, ash (Boniol) had a few improved its overall record m0re gorillas Oil his iu 11- uveiau aim i-u in uia- wt trict.

Pineville falls to 9-7 side than we had. They the fourth, that led to three ASH runs. Jordan Faircloth later stroked an RBI single in the fourth to put the Trojans up 13-6. "Those were just throwing errors and that's something we're going to have to do a better job of," said Rachal. "We had been doing a good job of that up until that one damn inning." ASH, which had three errors, continued to hit the ball, getting RBI singles each from Gatlin and just literally crushed the ball.

Steve Rachal Pineville baseball coach and 1-1. "This was a big-time slugfest," said ASH coach Don Boniol. "(Pineville) hit the ball well. They had us going for a while. We were Name School AB HP.

RBIs BA Derrick Veal, Peabody 24 17 2 12 .708 Ryan Ingles, Grant 38 23 7 26 .622 Kendrick Rosenthal, Peabody 28 16 0 13 .571 J.C. Holt, Oak Hill 43 24 5 16 .558 Toby Wilson, Block 32 17 1 14 .531 DeMarcus Hardison, Peabody 27 14 0 9 .519 Harvey Mitchell, Oak Hill 39 19 4 24 .487 B.J. Crain, Buckeye 31 15 4 12 .484 Jacob Buchanan, Avoyelles 29 14 0 4 .483 Wesley Mayeaux, Vidrine 45 21 2 16 .467 Jeremy Fletcher, Grant 40 18 6 21 .450 Roy King, Block 25 12 0 5 .444 Derek Fredieu, Oak Hill 38 16 2 13 .421 Rick Mitchell, Grant 38 16 3 7 .421 Justin Stuart, Bolton 29 12 0 7 .414 Donovan Duke, Marksville 39 16 0 12 .410 Jade Lambert, Avoyelles 23 9 2 10 .391 Chuck Knight, Tioga 36 14 0 5 .389 Derrick Cantu, Grant 39 15 1 5 .385 Cliff Wilson, Block 24 9 0 6 .375 Blake Knoll, Marksville 44 16 2 9 .364 Chris Rogers, Grant 31 11 0 6 .355 Dusty Edwards, Block 37 13 0 5 .351 Shawn Harvey, Marksville 37 13 1 9 .351 Scott Smith, Block 29 10 0 8 .345 Seth Marcantel, Vidrine 53 18 3 13 .340 Dusty Vercher, Tioga 21 7 0 -333 Billy Lonsberry, Tioga 27 9 1 -333 PITCHING Name School IP ER SO WL ERA Derrick Lofton, Grant 19 4 24 2-2 1.47 Derald Lachney, Marksville 14 4 11 2-1 1.71 Brandon Willis, Buckeye 30 11 40 2-2 2.57 Wesley Mayeaux, Vidrine 16 6 23 3-2 2.63 Travis Glenn, Block 33 14 46 4-2 2.91 Jeremy Fletcher, Grant 23 10 24 4-0 2.96 Daniel Rachal, Grant 25 11 37 2-1 3.08 J.C. Holt, Oak Hill 28 14 34 5-0 3.50 Jeremy Lachney, Marksville 24 14 10 3-2 3.50 Central Louisiana Track Bests BOYS FIELD EVENTS SHOT PUT 1. Cameron Robinson, Natchitoches Central, 49-5; 2.

Josh Marien, Alexandria Senior High, 49-1; 3. Vic Williams, Tioga, 47-6; 4. Treveon Fulton, Bunkie, 46-10; 5. Jared Nelson, Grant, 46-0; 6. T.J.

Burlew, Buckeye, 43-6 DISCUS: 1. Justin Swanson, Alexandria Senior High, 136-0; 2. T.J. Burlew, Buckeye, 134-3; 3. Michael King, Natchitoches Central, 133-10; 4.

Justin Jarred, ASH, 125-10; 5. Vic Williams, Tioga, 124.0; 6. Terry Jacobs, Jena, 121-2 JAVELIN: 1. Adam Gatlin, Alexandria Senior High, 177-5; 2. Russell Dorton, Jena, 175-9; 3.

Bradley O'Quinn, Rapides, 167-9; 4. Kowono Greene, Many 161-7; 5. Jonathan Guillot, Alexandria Senior High, 159-9; 6. Grant Ogard, Rapides, 151-2. LONG JUMP: 1.

Robert Etheridge, Bolton, 22-9; 2. Michael Sykes, Rapides, 21-4; 3. Jimmy Bonnier, Grant, 21-1 4. Frank Perry, Peabody 21-1 5. Dale Veal, ASH, 20-9; 6.

Lenon Johnson, Bunkie, 20-6 Vi. TRIPLE JUMP: 1. Terry Captain, Mamou, 44-3. 2. Dale Veal, Alexandria Senior High, 44-1; 3.

David Williams, Bolton, 43-5; 4. Cedric Scott, DeRidder, 43-2 Sean Piper, DeRidder, 43-2 Vi, 6. Michael Sykes, Rapides, 43-0 HIGH JUMP: 1. William Dudley, Leesville, 6-2; 2. Andre Anderson, Leesville, 6-2; 3.

Cedric Scott, DeRidder, 6-1; 4. Andrew Davey, Alexandria Senior High, 6-0; 5. Justin Steiner, Pineville, 6-0; 6. Recie Medlock, Bolton, 6-0 POLE VAULT: 1. Chris Cook, Pineville, 14-0; 2.

Todd Alberes, Alexandria Senior High, 12-0; 3. Steven Funderburk, 11-6; 4. John Ryland, Buckeye, 11-6; 5. Michael Tassin, Rapides, 11-0; 6. Ben Bogard, East Beauregard, 10-3.

RELAYS 4X100: 1. Bolton, 43.27; 2. Pineville, 44.34; 3.NCHS, 44.35; 4. ASH, 44.5; 5. Rapides, 47.58; 6.

Menard 47.78;. 4X200: 1. ASH, 2. Pineville, 3. Bolton, 4.

Northwood 5. Menard 1:38.85, 6. Leesville, 1:31.58. 4x400: 1. ASH, 2.

Bolton, 3. East Beauregard, 4. Leesville, 5. Buckeye, 6. Pineville, RUNNING EVENTS 100: I.Walter Chark, ASH, 10.8; 2.

Henry McSheppard, NCHS, 10.99; 3. Milton Hopkins, Leesville, 11.03; 4. Derrick Beebe, Leesville, 11.06, 5. Curtis Jones, Northwood, 11.07; 6. Beau Maggio, East Beauregard, 11.11.

200: 1. Beau Maggio, East Beauregard, 22.5, 2. Derrick Beebe, Leesville, 22.62; 3. Walter Chark, ASH, 22.7; 4. Brent Peart, Pineville, 23.0; 5.

Terry Captain, Mamou, 23.0; 6. Adrian Mitchell, Bolton, 23.1 400: 1. Keith Smith, Leesville, 49.01; 2. Robert Etheridge, Bolton, 51.50; 2. Phil Bowie, ASH, 51.5; 3.

Curtis Jones, Northwood, 52.47; 4. Matt Deville, Buckeye, 52.55; 5. Broderick Allen, Rapides, 52.75 110 Hurdles: 1. Larry Quinney, Pineville 14.6; 2. Sean Piper, DeRidder, 15.25; 3.

Adrian Mitchell, Bolton, 15.34; 4. Michael Sykes, Rapides, 15.54; 5. Tim Brass, ASH, 15.56; 6. Chris Cook, Pineville, 15.63 800: 1. Broderick Allen, Rapides, 2:08.33.

2. Fabian Avenaut, ASH, 3. Edwin Reliford, NCHS, 4. Mitch Atteles, Pine Prairie, 5. Alan Allen, ASH, 6.

D. Pate, NCHS, 2:12.06. 1600: 1. Dwayne Rax, ASH, 2. T.J.

Landry, ASH 3. James Hawkins, NCHS, 4. Gavin Filasek, ASH, 5. Bill Prestridge, Pineville, 6. Josh Shahan, Rapides, 5:07.54 3200: 1.

James Hawkins, NCHS, 2. Gavin Filasek, ASH, 3. T.J. Landry, ASH, 4. Chris McPeters, Pineville, 5.

Michael McCart, NCHS, 6. Sam Sebastian, Pine Prairie, 11:39.0 GIRLS FIELD EVENTS SHOT PUT 1. Amanda Simmons, Bolton, 34-9; 2. Takema Dials, ASH, 33-7; 3. Ayana Slaughter, Pineville, 33-4: 4.

E. Preston, DeRidder, 30-11 5. Emily Nolan, Jena, 29-4; 6. Kathryn Vandersteen, Rapides, 28-1 0 DISCUS: 1. Requitta Street, NCHS, 105-0; 2.

Seini Tonga, Leesville, 101-2; 3. Chaleta Mills, Peabody, 100-8; 4. Alicia Price, Buckeye, 83-7; 5. Serena Murray, Jena, 81-11; 6. Kathryn Vandersteen, Rapides, 78-8 JAVELIN: 1.

Erica Bradley, Bayou Chicot, 109-8; 2. Erin Watson, ASH, 103-1; 3. Ashley Thompson, ASH, 101-5; 4. Kathyrn Vandersteen, Rapides, 99-7; 5. Carletha Walker, Peabody, 93-1; 6.

Sarah Newman, Buckeye, 87-9; LONG JUMP: 1. Bertina Fontenot, Mamou, 17-9; 2. Stephanie Sowell, NCHS, 16-9 3. Adrienne Baxter, Rapides, 16-9; 4. Brandy Sibley, Tioga, 15-6; 5.

Sheritha Simmons, Rapides, 15-5 6. Margrek Futch, Bolton, 15-5 Vi TRIPLE JUMP: 1. Stephanie Sowell, NCHS, 34-0; 2. Amaris Davidson, Leesville, 33-5; 3. Sheritha Simmons, Rapides, 32-3; 4.

Rebecca Anderson, Pineville, 31-4 34; 4. Katrina Hackney, Pineville, 31-4 SA; 6. Ashley Linzay, Buckeye, 31-6 HIGH JUMP: 1. Amaris Davidson, Leesville, 5-2; 2. Bertina Fontenot, Mamou, 5-0; 3.

Donesha Green, Pineville, 4-10; 4. Naomi Woods, Bolton, 4-8; 4. Shannon Blalock, ASH, 4-8; 4. Cedrina Charles, DeRidder, 4-8. RELAYS 4X100: 1.

DeRidder, 52.2; 2. ASH, 52.25; 3. Leesville, 52.41; 4. Pineville, 53.40; 5. Mamou, 53.96; 6.

Peabody, 54.52, 4X200: 1. ASH, 2. NCHS, 3. DeRidder, 4. Peabody, 5.

Mamou, 6. Menard, 2:01.77 4x400: 1. Pineville, 2. Bolton, 3. NCHS, 4.

Sacred Heart, 5. DeRidder, 6. Jena, 5:01.59 RUNNING EVENTS 100: 1. Shamika Thomas, ASH, 12.38; 2. Frenita Allen, Grant, 3.

Adrienne Baxter, Rapides, 12.89; 4. Brandy Sibley, Tioga, 13.06; 4. Bertina Fontenot, Mamou, 13.06; 6. Ashleigh Kelly, DeRidder, 13.34;. 200: 1.

Shamika Thomas, ASH, 26.88; 2. Mays, DeRidder, 27.27; 3. Alexis Clark, NCHS, 27.32; 4. Adrienne Baxter, Rapides, 27.41; 5. Sophie James, ASH, 27.79; 6.

Groves, DeRidder, 28.14 400: 1. Jess Lloyd, Pineville, 2. Darnisha Price, ASH, 3. Beth McDaniel, Bayou Chicot, 4. Courtney Ray, Rapides, 5.

Darnetta Joesph, Bolton, 6. Cedrina Charles, DeRidder, 1:07.59 100 Hurdles: 1. Amaris Davidson, Leesville, 15.69; 2. Jess Lloyd, Pineville, 16.94; 3. Lisa O'Leary, Buckeye, 17.61 4.

Kattina Raymond, NCHS, 17.65; 5. Natasha Beard, Jena, 18.03; 6. Charlie Ryland, Buckeye, 18.84,. 800: 1. Courtney Ray, Rapides, 2.

Andi Reed, Pine Prairie, 3. Michella Milford, Bolton, 4. Hannah Elder, Pineville, 5. Megan Breaux, ASH, 6. Elizabeth Landreneau, Menard, 2:53.0.

1600: 1. Beth McDaniel, Bayou Chicot, 2. Allison Morton, Menard, 3. Andi Reed, Pine Prairie, 4. Ashley Ware, Pine Prairie, 5.

Keri Jones, Buckeye, 6. Elizabeth Landreneau, Menard, 6:22.78 3200: 1. Beth McDaniel, Bayou Chicot, 2. Allison Morton, Menard, 3. Claire Vidrine, ASH, 4.

Kim Knox, ASH, 5. L. Humphries, Menard, 6. Brittany Deville, Buckeye, 15:36.03. EDITOR'S NOTE: The top track and field performances in Central Louisiana are taken from track meets staffed by a member of the Town Talk or (hose meets called into the paper.

Verifiable changes can be called in (800-292-0578), faxed (487-6488) or e-mailed to sporhthelowntalk.com attention Philip Timothy. Cenla's track best will be published each Friday. fortunate that we kept hitting the ball." The Trojans overcame an early deficit after Pineville's Brent Peart put the Rebels on top with a two-run homer in the top of the first. ASH scored three times in its first at-bat and tacked on five more runs in the second, plus one in the third to lead 9-6. Clint Welch belted a two-run homer and Jonathan Guillot a solo home run in the first for ASH.

Jeremy Moreau chipped in with a two-run triple and Adam Gatlin blasted a two-run homer in the second to put ASH in command 8-2. Pineville answered with another two-run homer by Peart in the third, a laser shot, and later got run-scoring doubles from Chase and Trey Crump to pull within 8-6. A solo homer by Derrick Husser in the bottom of the third gave the Trojans a three-run lead. Guillot in the fifth to lead 15-7. But Pineville didn't fold.

The Rebels loaded the bases twice in the seventh, but only scored two runs, one on a single by Shane Jones. ASH reliever Chris Herron ended the threat by getting Adam Howington to ground out to short for the third out. ASH starting pitcher Jason Hickox picked up the win and improved to 3-1. "Pineville scared the devil out of us tonight," said Boniol. "They scare you anyway because they hit the ball so well.

I mean, Peart's two home runs were bombs. "But I thought Hickox did a good job. I don't know if we didn't put the ball in the right places or what? They hurt us where we were trying to pitch them. We're going to have to learn a new angle, I guess." Ingles Ghoate-led Mansfield tops Jena, 7-6 Softball Roundup went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a triple while Kayla Johnson added two RBIs and a double as Marksville defeated District 4-3A rival Bunkie (4-9, 2-2). Tiffany LaCour picked up the win as Marksville improves to 8-7 and 4-0.

Kristina Villemarette had a double for Bunkie. Montgomery 8, Northwood 1 Sherri Trichell went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, a double and scored two runs as Montgomery defeated Northwood (2-3 in district). Kristen Walker had two RBIs and Brittany Brumley added a run-scoring triple as Montgomery improved to frO and 4-0. Melinda Graves picked up the complete-game win. Jessica Knight scored Northwood's lone run.

Pitkin 2, Evans 0 Jessica Maddox threw a complete-game no-hitter, striking out six, to lead Pitkin over Evans in a District 7B game. Elizabeth Pollard had an RBI and scored a run as Pitkin improved to 53 and 1-1. Lacy Kay allowed two hits and no earned runs as Evans fell to 0-2 in district Sacred Heart 3, St Edmunds 1 Mandy Mullins pitched a complete-game two-hitter with six strikeouts as Sacred Heart defeated St Edmunds in a District 5-A game. Mullins was 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored while Dee Reed added two RBIs and run scored as Sacred Heart improved to 17-3, 7-0. MANSFIELD Jessica Choate went 2-for-3 with a homer and a double and Laquacious Jones went 2-for-3 with two RBIs, two doubles and a run scored as Mansfield slipped by Jena 7-6 in a District 3-3A contest Tara Fruge pick up the win as Mansfield improved to 96-1, 1-0.

Sarah Townsend went 3-for-3 with an RBI and a triple and Jessica Swayze added two RBIs, a double and a run scored for Jena (8-8, 0-1). Pineville 12, Peabody 0 Alayna Qinningham went 2-for-4 with a double, a RBI and three runs scored to help Pineville shut out Peabody (0-11, 0-5) in District 34A Emily Campbell picked up the win for the Rebels (13-8, 4-1) by striking out seven and allowing only two hits. Campbell also had an RBI and scored a run. Bayou Chicot 5, Vidrine 4 Holly Blood's double in the bottom of the sixth knocked in Bridgette Blood to give Bayou Chicot (10-7, 2-0) the win over Vidrine in District 9B. Jade Mays led Bayou Chicot Scorn the plate by going 3-for-4 with a double and a Beth McDaniel also went 3-for-4 with a RBI and scored two runs.

Natalie Manuel led Vidrine by going 2-for-4 with a RBI. Ashley Johnson (10-7) picked up the win, while Allison Fontenot (11-3) struck out six in a losing effort for Vidrine (11-3, 1-1). Natchitoches Central 4, Airline 0 Brooke Bennett struck out six and allowed only one hit as she led Natchitoches Central (124-1, 5-1) to the shutout victory in District 1-5A. Forest Hill 5, Hicks 4 Tiffany Holloway had a three-run triple in the bottom of the seventh inning to score Ellen Broussard, Candi Ray and Lacy Martin as Forest Hill edge Hicks. Ray had a run-scoring double as Forest Hill won for the first time mis season in five tries.

Erica Lowe picked up the win. Charity Williams went 4-for-4 with an RBI and three runs scored. Anacoco 6, Hornbeck 0 Ashley McGee pitched a shutout and struck out eight as she led Anacoco (50) over Hornbeck (9-2). Amanda Burns (2-0) led Anacoco from the plate as she went 2-for-3 with a RBI and scored a run. Jessica Wise (9-2) took the loss, giving up six runs and six hits.

Grant 11, Winnfield 0 Emillie Collins (8-5) fired a three-hitter and fanned seven to pick up the win for Grant in their 3-3A opener. Meagan Duffel went 2-for-3 with a double and three RBIs, while Elissa Dubois went 2-for-2 with an RBI to lead Grant (13-7, 1-0). Lindsey Spangler went 2-for-2 to lead Winnfield. Marksville 8, Bunkie 2 Lovie Lachney continued from B-l Hitting grand slams can do the trick, but that wasn't Ingles' intention when he approached the plate Monday against Jena with the bases juiced. "I got two strikes on me, so I choked up on the bat and just tried to meet the ball," said Ingles.

"I made contact and the ball went out It wasn't anything I planned." Hitting a home run is rarely something planned, said Ingles. "You just have to get in there and make up your mind that you're going to hit the ball and be ready," said Ingles. Seward said any time Ingles can make contact in his sweet spot a pitch on the inside part of the plate mid-thigh to belt-high, the ball will fly out of almost any ballpark. "If you get the ball up to where Ryan can handle it he hits it a long way," said Seward. "He has the ability to really crush the baseball The kids ahead of him are getting on base and giving him those opportunities.

"And the kids behind have started to hit the ball well, too. People have stopped pitching around him, which they did earlier in the year. Now they have to throw to him, and when they do, he can cause you a lot of problems." Ingles isn't sure why he can hit a baseball so efficiently. "It just comes natural I guess," said Ingles. "Hitting has always been my thing.

I don't look for any particular pitch, I just try to make contact" Ingles, who plays second base, hopes to hit over .600 this season. In 12 games, he has already accomplished his goal of increasing his RBI and home run production. "We feel like he's on track to play baseball or football on the next level," said Seward. "He has to improve his arm strength and will have to make a position change in college. "But Ryan is real sharp, he's a 4.0 (GPA) student so his chances of playing on the next level are there if he wants to." Stuart pitches Bolton past Peabody, 5-2 Baseball Roundup Bazile also picked up the win, giving up two hits and fanning nine in five innings.

The game was called after five. Glynn Firmin went l-for-2 with a run scored for Avoyelles. Grant 12, Winnfield 0 Rick Mitchell went 3-for-4 with two doubles, three RBIs and three runs scored to help Grant (9-4, 2-0) blank Winnfield in District 3-3A. Ryan Ingles also added a home run, three RBIs and two runs scored. Derrick Lofton (3-2) picked up the win, striking out seven and gave up two hits and no runs.

Lofton also scored twice. Daniel Peterson took the loss for Winnfield Westminster 13, Gueydan 3 Jason Champagne went 2-for-3 with a double, three RBIs and a home run to lead Westminster over Gueydan in District 7-1A. Colby Lafleur contributed with a 4-for-5 RBI performance, including a double. Mike Kulbeth also scored three runs. Justin Stuart pitched a one-hitter and fanned 10 as Bolton topped Peabody 5-2 in District 34A action.

Mark Chaudoir led the Bears (3-8, 1-1) at the plate going 2-for-2 with an RBI and a double. Pete Covin added two RBIs as welL Terrance Phillips took the loss for the Warhorses (5-7, 0-2), striking out three in five innings of work. Pine Prairie 18, Plainview 4 Pine Prairie pounded out 19 hits, including seven home runs to lead the Panthers over Plainview. The game was called after five innings due to the 10-run rule. Tim Rodriguez and Shay Ware each went 3-for-4 with two homers to lead Pine Prairie.

Mitch Ardoin, Toby Ware and Logan Fontenot each belted home runs for the Panthers (11-2). Bill Johnson (4-2) gave up two bits and struck out two in four innings to pick up the victory. St Mary's 10, LaSalle 0 Josh Fredier allowed two hits and four walks while striking out three as St Mary's squashed LaSalle in a District 3-A game. Tony Salim went 3-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored and Joey Berry added two RBIs. St Mary's improves to 7-3 and 3-0.

Dustin Johnson and Derek Steen each had singles for LaSalle. Sacred Heart 7, St. Edmund 3 Beau Fontenot went the distance giving up five hits and striking out eight to lead Sacred Heart in District 5-1A baseball action. Lucas Soileau went 4-for-4 with two runs scored, while Jamie Deshotel went 2-for-4 with three RBIs to pace the Trojans (14-4, 40). Luke Chapman belted a two-run double and Josh Ortigo pounded out two hits for Sacred Heart Bunkie 11, Avoyelles 1 Nick Glorioso went 3-for-3 with a three-run homer and five RBIs to lead Bunkie in District 4-3A action.

Lukey Welch scored two runs, while Damien Bazile had a run-scoring double for Bunkie..