Sports

The Jennings Lady Bulldogs Softball team turned a close game into an 11-1 win against the visiting Class 1A Grand Lake Lady Hornets Monday. The win snapped a three-game losing streak for Jennings.

LAKE ARTHUR – The Lake Arthur Tigers built an early 5-0 lead over the Crowley Gents, and held off a late surge to claim a 5-3 win here at Dickie Chapman Memorial Complex. With the win, the Tigers moved to 12-8 overall on the season and welcomed in district foe Lafayette Christian in on Tuesday for a 6-2A contest.

JDP Jr High Softball team finished their season with 10 wins, 1 tie, and 1 loss to earn a second place league finish.

WELSH – The Welsh Greyhounds used a 7-run outburst in the fourth inning last week to claim a 7-2 win over the Eunice Bobcats in a non-district clash at Sportsman’s Park. The Hounds also got a huge lift from junior Cale Navarre on the mound, as the right-hander tossed six in nings of 5-hit ball. Jode Janise came in and finished things off on the mound in the seventh by throwing a clean slate to leave the Greyhounds with a big win.

Rice City Gymnastics had 12 of their gymnasts in Xcel Silver and Gold compete at the upper-level state meet in Westwego, last weekend. Of these 12, nine gymnasts qualified to advance on to the regional competition, where Louisiana will compete against all other southeastern states of the United States. In each level, Louisiana chooses the top eight gymnasts to represent the state team in the regional competition. Rice City Gymnastics had two of their gymnasts selected to represent Team Louisiana in Xcel Silver. These gymnasts were Addison Toups and Brooklyn Bellon, the latter of which was ranked No.1 in the state for Xcel Silver. Both Bellon and Toups are from Iota, and will move on to the Regional Competition.

On Friday, March 26, the Jennings High School took on Alexandria Senior High School for the second time this season away. Overall, the Lady Bulldogs tied, coming very close to adding another victory to their record. Morgan Futch beat Amelia Marlowe scoring 8-5, while Addison Vanhook and Jill Fontenot competed against Grace Blackman and Ava Hankins winning at 8-2. Lastly, Olivia Vanhook and Julia O’Brien played against Julia Harrington and Avery Hankins, also almost completely shutting them out with a final score of 8-2. On the boys side, Logan Mier took on Sahil Akbar in singles and won with an astounding score of 8-1. Tidus Keiser and Michael O’Brien played hard against Juan Colorado and Jackson Rubin and had a final score of 4-8.