French Settlement scored two runs with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning to grab a 3-1 win over Springfield in the District 10-2A finale for both teams Wednesday in French Settlement.

When the season started, Doyle coach Tim Beatty figured his team would be in pretty good shape if it could win two of three games in each of the Tigers’ District 10-2A series.

WALKER – Live Oak freshman distance runner Kylie Zeller didn’t know what to think when she began hearing outcries, ‘one more lap, one more lap’.

ALBANY – Getting the third out can often be the toughest, and it was for Albany in its showdown with Loranger for the District 7-3A title Wednesday night at Albany High.

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CENTRAL - Despite losing a chance to move into a tie for first place in District 4-5A one day earlier, Live Oak displayed showed some resiliency in its regular-season finale at Central on Wednesday night.

LIVINGSTON – There was a point during the regular season that Doyle's softball team had figured out how to win close games late.

DENHAM SPRINGS – Four pitchers combined on a two-hit shutout and Denham Springs’ offense erupted for 14 runs over the first three innings en route to a 14-0 mercy-rule victory Tuesday over Scotlandville in District 4-5A play.

Zac Wild grounded into a bases-loaded fielder’s choice with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning lifting Springfield to a 6-5 win over French Settlement on Tuesday, giving the Bulldogs the District 10-2A series victory.

Doyle struck early, and Andrew Yuratich hurled a complete-game five-hitter in Doyle’s 5-3 win over St. Thomas Aquinas on Tuesday to even the District 10-2A series between the teams.

Albany has made a habit of scratching out some close wins in District 7-3A play, but Loranger turned the tables Tuesday.

Maurepas didn’t leave any doubt it’s headed to the quarterfinal round of the Class B softball playoffs.

DENHAM SPRINGS - A combination of small-ball, aggressive base-running, and a desire to not repeat the agony of a tough loss early in last year’s playoffs was enough to earn the No. 6 seed Denham Springs a 5-2 Class 5A regional playoff win Tuesday over No. 11 Pineville at North Park.

HOLDEN – It’s not often Holden’s Olivia Lackie outshines herself in the circle.

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ERATH – After a stunned and crushed crew of Lady Hornets from Albany High School met for a teary-eyed postgame huddle Tuesday, coach David Knight had a flashback to the end of his team’s postseason in 2018.

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WATSON – Zachary catcher Alex Milazzo hadn’t hit a home run all season. But when his team needed a run, he provided.

SHREVEPORT – Walker High School was a small-ball team with a big blast on Tuesday as the No. 8 Wildcats defeated No. 24 Captain Shreve, 10-2, to advance to the Class 5A softball quarterfinals.

WALKER – Walker High entered Tuesday still having a chance of winning the District 4-5A championship.

HOLDEN – Kenny Almond took the Holden boys basketball coaching job almost two years ago with the intent of turning the program’s fortunes around.

DENHAM SPRINGS – Two days before he wound up signing with a Division III school to continue his football career, Denham Springs cornerback Caleb Young was entertaining a career path entirely unrelated to athletics.

LIVINGSTON – Doyle softball coach Amanda Decell is hoping what she’s seen out of her team since the playoffs began is the start of something big.

BATON ROUGE – Denham Springs junior Paige Duncan remembers the unmistakable feeling associated with winning her first state singles championship last year.

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HAMMOND – All was not lost for the Doyle after dropping a 10-5 decision at St. Thomas Aquinas in a battle of District 10-A co-leaders.

Colby Penalber had a two-run double in the 10th inning, lifting Maurepas to a 5-2 win over Runnels in District 7-B action Thursday.

(Through games of April 13)

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Doyle rallied for five runs in the top of the eighth inning for an 8-5 win over Springfield to sweep the District 10-2A series Friday.

Yeah, it’s OK to call it a bounce-back win.

HAMMOND -- The Southeastern Louisiana football team had highlights on both sides of the ball in a 40-minute scrimmage to close out spring drills Saturday at Strawberry Stadium.

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DENHAM SPRINGS – Denham Springs’ Dalton Diez won the pitcher’s duel against Live Oak’s Branson McCoy and gave his team a much-needed district 4-5A win Saturday afternoon.

HOLDEN – The best way to sum up Saturday’s game between Albany and Holden and how it went for both teams, take for instance Joey Smith’s at-bat during the fourth inning.

Springfield softball coach Ashley Ledet knows this feeling all too well.

WALKER – Walker’s Lainee Bailey came this close to throwing a no-hitter in the LadyCats’ first-round Class 5A playoff game with East Ascension.

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ST. AMANT – The easy inclination after Live Oak’s 2019 season ended Friday evening with an 8-1 loss at fourth-seeded St. Amant in the first round of the Class 5A state playoffs was one of disappointment.

DENHAM SPRINGS – Behind a lights-out performance from pitcher Natalie Parker, six-seed Denham Springs opened their playoff run with an emphatic 10-0 victory Friday over No. 27 Ruston in five innings at North Park.

DENHAM SPRINGS – The ‘Lit Milly Classic’ turns five years old with this weekend’s annual tournament hosted by ISpotUp at three different gyms on the Denham Springs High School campus.

St. Thomas Aquinas’ Luke Sweeney pitched a perfect game in an 11-0 win over French Settlement on Thursday to wrap up the series win for the Falcons in District 10-2A action.

Tyson Stewart went 3-for-3 with a two-run home run while driving in six runs, helping Doyle to an 11-1 win over Springfield, helping the Tigers clinch the District 10-2A series Thursday at Johnny Sartwell Park.

WATSON – Neither coach had seen anything like it.

ZACHARY – Denham Springs coach Mark Carroll set up the situation to get out of a bases-loaded jam of a tie game in the bottom of the seventh inning against Zachary on Thursday.