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The Welsh Greyhounds left little doubt in their contest with the Beau Chene Gators Saturday morning on a frigid day at Danny Reed Field. The cold weather did nothing to deter the Welsh bats, as the pounded their way to a 12-2, mercy-rule win over the Gators in five innings. Freshman Cohen Cormier was magnificent on the mound for the Hounds by tossing 5 frames, allowing only four hits, two runs (one unearned) and walked 3 and struck out 3. The freshman right needed only 75 pitches to complete his mound time. Despite temperatures being in the mid-30’s, the Welsh bats warmed up to collect 10 hits of Gator pitching to secure their 12 runs. Caleb Miller, Grant Daigle and Casey Cormier all collected two knocks for the Hounds at the dish.

The Jennings Bulldogs rebounded nicely from a pair of losses by knocking off 5A power Southside High School at Danny Reed Field on Saturday by a final of 2-1. It was Clay Broussard at it again on the mound for the Bulldogs, and after tossing a nohitter in his last start, he fired a complete game that saw the Sharks only plate a single run. Both teams pounded out seven hits each, but the Dogs scored the eventual winner in the bottom of the fifth to claim the big win.

The Jennings Bulldogs ran into a buzzsaw on the mound Thursday night, as Britt Cope and the Rayne Wolves bested the Dogs by a final of 6-1 at Danny Reed Field. Cope tossed a complete game 3-hitter to send the Dogs to their third straight defeat. The loss dropped the Dogs to 3-7 overall on the season, and they were back in action at home on Saturday when they welcomed in 5A power Southside High School for a 1:30 pm contest. The Dogs got off to a quick start by picking up a run in the top of the first inning, but it was all Cope after that. The big righty fanned 12 Jennings hitters over the final six frames, and Rayne scored runs in the second, third, sixth and seventh innings to earn the win. Seth Benoit was the tough-luck losing pitcher for Jennings, as he allowed four runs, with none being earned, and struck out seven on only three hits through five innings. The Bulldogs made six errors in the contest that helped Rayne score the bulk of their runs. Jennings was also able to only muster three hits off of Cope in the contest.

LAKE ARTHUR – The Lake Arthur Tigers got out to a quick start in Thursday’s home contest against the Kaplan Pirates, however the guests rallied in the later innings to claim an 8-4 non-district tilt. With the ball game knotted at 4-4 going into the top of the sixth frame, Kaplan pushed across three runs in the inning and another in the seventh to earn the victory. The loss drops the Tigers to 5-3 on the season, and they were scheduled to be back in action Friday when they took on Gueydan and Saturday against Grace Christian.