May 8 Southwest La. prep baseball scores and stats
Thursday
Baseball
Semifinals
Best-of-3 series
Non-select
Division I
Sam Houston 2
Barbe 1
SHHS 100 100 0 – 2-2-0
Barbe 000 010 0 – 1-3-0
PITCHING: W – Owen Galley (7ip, 3h, 1er, 4k, 2bb). L – Lawton Littleton (7ip, 2h, 2er, 8k, 5bb)
TOP HITTERS: Sam Houston – Ashton Bultron 1-2 (run, RBI, HR), Haden Peshoff 1-3 (run, RBI, HR). Barbe – Jordin Griffin 1-3 (RBI).
NOTE: Sam Houston leads the series 1-0.
RECORDS: Sam Houston – 31-7. Barbe – 34-5.
Division III
Sterlington 6
Westlake 2
WHS 000 110 0 – 2-5-2
SHS 000 600 x – 6-3-1
PITCHING: W – Landon Johnston (4.2ip, 4h, 2er, 2k, 5bb). L – Hadley Hardesty (3ip, 1h, 4er, 1k, 2bb).
TOP HITTERS: Westlake – Bradyn Spears 1-3 (run, RBI). Sterlington – Tre Burch 1-2 (run, 2 RBI).
NOTE: Sterlington leads the series 1-0.
RECORDS: Westlake – 26-11. Sterlington – 32-7.
Single elimination
Non-select
Division IV
DeQuincy 10
Vinton 0, 5 inns.
VHS 000 00 – 0-3-6
DHS 230 41 – 10-8-0
PITCHING: W – Carson Rainwater (5ip, 3h, 0er, 5k, 2bb). L – Gage Guidry (4ip, 8h, 6er, 4k, 4bb).
TOP HITTERS: Vinton – Gage Guidry 1-2, Kortlin Kyle 1-2. DeQuincy – Nolan Schrader 1-2 (run, 2 RBI), Turner Rodriguez 1-3 (run, 2 RBI).
RECORDS: Vinton – 17-12. DeQuincy – 24-11.
Mangham 12
Oakdale 1, 5 inns.
OHS 100 00 – 1-4-4
MHS 800 4x – 12-10-0
PITCHING; W – Lane Almond (4.2ip, 4h, 1er, 7k, 4bb). L – Braeden Strother (3.2ip, 7h, 3er, 2k, 2bb).
TOP HITTERS: Oakdale – Kylar Ballard 2-3. Mangham – Lane Almond 2-3 (run, RBI, double), Jacoby Young 2-2 (2 runs, RBI, HR), Carson Mooney 2-3 (2 runs, 4 RBI, HR).
RECORDS: Oakdale – 19-13. Mangham – 14-15.
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