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Cabrera’s walk-off 3-run bomb gives Tigers sweep of Tenn.

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Mainieri earns 1,400th win of career

BATON ROUGE – With LSU Head Coach Paul Mainieri chasing down another milestone in his coaching career on Sunday by seeking his 1,400th career win as a skipper, the celebration appeared it may be saved for another evening when his Tigers entered the bottom of the ninth inning trailing Tennessee 7-3.

However, his evergelling squad earned Mainieri his milestone with an amazing 6-run ninth frame, including a walk-off 3-run bomb by freshman designated hitter Daniel Cabrera, to earn a series sweep over the visiting Volunteers.

Bulldogs, Lady Bulldogs end tennis regular season on high note

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The Jennings High School Tennis Team wrapped up their regular season in impressive fashion by winning split-squad matches over Eunice High School and Welsh High School. The Jennings Bulldogs defeated the Bobcats 3-1 in their match, while also claiming a 2-0 win over the Greyhounds. The Lady Dogs followed suit by disposing of Eunice 5-1, and also dumping the Lady Hounds 2-0 as well. Both teams will turn their sites towards regional announcements that were paired on Monday.

Bethel drops slugfest 19-18 to Assembly Christian

NEW IBERIA - The Assembly Christian Lady Lions used a nine-run sixth inning to erase an early deficit and rally past Bethel for a 19-18 victory in an ACEL (Association of Christian Educators of Louisiana) shoutout that saw the two teams combine for 31 hits.

Bethel (5-4) erupted for six runs in the second inning and took a 12-8 advantage after five frames before the Lady Lions’ late charge.

The Lady Lions strung together eight of their 21 hits in the bottom of the sixth and took advantage of one walk and two errors to snag the lead (17-12) and the momentum.

Late rally not enough for Cardinals

The theme for the Lacassine Cardinals Baseball Team in 2018 has been the setback of giving up one big inning to allow teams to pull away in tight ball games. The same held true in Thursday night’s hard-fought contest against the Episcopal School of Acadiana (ESA) Falcons here at Jennings American Legion Field.

The Falcons used a 7-run fourth inning to pull away from the Cardinals despite a furious comeback by the home team to claim a 13-9 District 6-B win to dampen Senior Night for Lacassine.

Smith turns in sparkling meet for Iota

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CHURCH POINT – Chloe Smith didn’t run her best times of the season on Wednesday, but the times she turned in were good enough.

The sophomore tallied 30.5 points by sweeping the distance events to lead the Lady Dogs to a fourth-place showing in the Bear Paw Relays hosted by Church Point High School.

Crowley High claimed the team title on the girls side with 104 points, one point ahead of runnerup Eunice (103). Cecilia rounded out the topthree with 71 points.

Hounds return favor with 10-4 win over LA

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WELSH - Jeff Davis Parish rivals Welsh and Lake Arthur battled it out on the diamond Thursday night in a key 6-2A battle of Top-10 teams, but the Greyhounds were able to avenge an earlier loss to the Tigers with a 10-4 win this time around at Sportsman’s Park.

After Welsh starter Samuel Hoffpauir retired the side in the top of the first inning, the Hounds struck first in the bottom half when Zach Hayes roped a triple into deep rightcenter to get Welsh going. Catcher Austyn Benoit followed that up with an RBI double to plate Hayes and give Welsh a 1-0 lead after one complete.

Errors, walks lead Saints to 10-1 win over Dogs

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LAKE CHARLES – Walks and errors have been the Jennings Bulldogs’ Achilles heel all season long and the two cost them once again Thursday evening in their District 4-3A matchup at St. Louis.

The Bulldogs actually outhit the Saints 6-3, but five errors and six free passes (five walks and one hit batter) proved to be the determining factor in a 10-1 loss for the visitors.

The Saints broke a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the fourth inning with a sevenrun outburst despite logging just two hits in the frame.

Five local schools garner bids to LHSAA Softball Playoffs

The LHSAA released postseason pairings for the start of the softball playoffs yesterday and 5 local schools qualified for the tournament. Jennings High School, Welsh High School, Lake Arthur High School, Lacassine High School and Iota High School all qualified for postseason play when the pairings were announced on Thursday afternoon.

No.3 Iota keeps on rolling with thrashing of Pine Prairie

PINE PRAIRIE – The wins just keep coming for the Iota Bulldogs.

Iota (24-3), Class 3A’s No. 3-rated team in the most recent power ratings, banged out 19 hits and scored seven runs in the final inning to cruise past Pine Prairie, 15-4, Thursday evening in a District 5-3A matchup on the Panthers’ home field.

The victory kept Iota unbeaten in league play at 11-0 and it marked their 20th straight win dating back since a 7-6 loss to Jennings in the Crowley High Tournament in early March.

It was Iota’s 12 victory by 10 or more runs this season.

Jennings Netters sweep through Notre Dame

The Jennings Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs Tennis squads picked up a pair of wins over Notre Dame on the courts Tuesday by downing the Pios and Lady Pios by a final of 3-2 in each match. Both squads were back in action on Thursday at home against Eunice to celebrate Senior Night Festivities.

In girls’ action, Maddie Futch claimed a 6-3 victory over Meaghan Thibodeaux, while Caroline VanHook alos topped Grace Bernard by a final of 8-4 in the only other singles match.