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Jennings set to travel to No. 1 Lutcher in round two

DERIDDER — Members of the Elton High track team competed Wednesday at the 2024 LHSAA District 5-1A track meet held at East Beauregard High School. Those placing in the top four in each event will advance to the regional meet to be held later this month.

The No. 8 Jennings Lady Bulldogs hosted the No.9 Iota Lady Bulldogs in the regional round of the playoffs Wednesday at Tom Precht Field. For the first five innings, the game was close as Iota led 2-0. In the 6th inning, Iota would score seven runs and go on to win 9-1 to advance to the quarter final round.

IOWA — Members of the Jennings High track team competed Tuesday at the 2024 LHSAA District 3-3A track meet held at Iowa High School. Those placing in the top four in each event will advance to the regional meet to be held later this month.

Three area baseball teams saw their names called when the 2024 LHSAA playoff brackets were released yesterday. Jennings, Welsh and Lacassine all received bids to postseason play, and games will kick off today. The three teams are vying for a trip to the LHSAA State Tournament in Sulphur in the beginning of May. Jennings will travel to open the playoffs, while both Welsh and Lacassine both received byes and will host a second round game.

The No. 8 Jennings Lady Dogs Softball team hosted the No. 25 Bastrop Lady Rams in the first round of the playoffs Friday night at Tom Precht Field.

CROWLEY — The Jennings Bulldogs went through a tumultuous day on Monday, not knowing what the status of their final regular season contest against Lake Arthur would be because of issues involved with an incident that closed school. The game was originally scheduled to be played at Jennings High School and serve as senior night for the Bulldogs. The game was moved to the Jennings Recreation Department but scheduling conflicts and safety concerns also dampened that idea. Finally, it was determined that game would be played at Heritage Park in Crowley and the Bulldogs and Tigers were able to strap it on. Jennings capitalized on the opportunity and beat their parish rival by a final of 8-1. Jennings rode the dominant pitching performance of senior Tyler Daigle, who only allowed one run and struck out 13 in a complete game win over the Tigers. The Jennings offense was held to only four hits in the contest by Lake Arthur pitchers Cameron Bonin and Aleck O’Nellion, but used a big six run inning to catapult them to the win. With the win, the Bulldogs moved to 16-11 overall, and will now await the playoff announcement later this week. Lake Arthur capped off their season with a record of 4-19.

BATON ROUGE — An Elton High School senior recently competed at the 2024 USA Powerlifting High School Nationals held at the Crowne Plaza in Baton Rouge. Danerian (D.D.) Actlis returned home with two new American records and a World record after obliterating the competition.

LONGVILLE — The Jennings Bulldogs split a pair of games in the district tournament on Thursday night, beating the St. Louis Saints by a final of 7-5, but losing to South Beauregard 16-0 in the following contest. The Dogs currently sit at 14-11 overall and will wrap up their regular season on Monday with a game against Lake Arthur. In the first game, Jennings rallied after falling behind 4-1 to earn the 7-5 win over the Saints. Jennings banged out 10 hits in the win, with Jude Monic leading the way with a 4-4 performance. The first baseman had a pair of doubles and pair of singles while also picking up three RBI. Tyler Daigle earned the win on the mound for the Dogs by tossing five innings of six-hit ball. He gave up four runs and struck out two.