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In a battle of the Lady Bulldogs, it took 10 innings for Iota to score two runs to break a 4-4 tie and take a hard-fought 6-4 win over Jennings. Iota scored the tying run in the top of the 7th inning. Jennings had their chances in the 8th inning with a runner on third and bases loaded in the 9th inning, but couldn’t score. With Iota leading 6-4 in the 10th inning, Jennings had runners on first and second but couldn’t score.

The Jennings Lady Bulldogs improved to 15-4 on the season by picking up a 13-3 win over the Welsh Lady Hounds on Monday night at Tom Precht Field. The Lady Dogs were back in action on Tuesday night when they took on the Iota Lady Bulldogs in a non-district clash. The Lady Bulldog bats continued to stay hot at the plate as they pounded out 13 hits in the win, while pitcher Jenna Morvant hurled a complete game in which she only allowed one earned run over six frames and struck out seven. Ryleigh Daigle and Emma Venable had the big bats for the Lady Dogs as they both went 3-4 at the plate.

S TATE CHAMPIONS

The Jennings Bulldog baseball team has gotten off to a hot start to the 2024 season, but they got some great news off the field this week when senior pitcher Tyler Daigle inked a scholarship to play baseball at John Melvin University in Crowley. The Millers are a second year program that is already tasting success at the collegiate level, and play their home games at Historic Miller Stadium in Crowley. Daigle explained that this was a dream come true to further his playing career.

The Jennings Bulldogs made it four in a row here yesterday by sweeping a doubleheader from the David Thibodeaux Bulldogs at Danny Reed Field. The Dogs won both games via the 10-run rule at 10-0 and improved their record to 10-5 on the season. The Dogs were back in action again on Friday when they traveled to Lafayette to face the same Bulldogs in the third game of their series.

CROWLEY — The Jennings Bulldogs baseball team picked up their second win in a row on Tuesday as they defeated the Crowley Gents by a final of 15-3 at Miller Stadium. The Dogs pounded out 12 hits and played error –free baseball the entire contest. Colson Mack swung the magic stick for the Dogs in the big win as he collected four hits in five trips to the plate. He also drove in four, while John Mason Futch picked up the win on the mound by going three innings and not allowing a hit or a run. Addison Finley tossed three innings out of the bullpen and only allowed three runs, while Tyler Guidry came in to finish things off with a scoreless inning.