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.
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The Lacassine Cardinals claimed the district 6-B championship on Saturday by defeating the Bell City Bruins for the second time in a week by a final of 12-2. The Cards won the regular season meeting 14-7, but earned the 10-run rule win in the league tournament held at the Jennings Recreation Department. Lacassine used the superb pitching of Cobee Papillion and Ray Conner to hold the potent Bruin attack to just a pair of runs on four hits, while the Lacassine offense smoked out nine hits and took advantage of six Bell City errors. Papillion went 3.1 on the mound and allowed a pair of runs on two hits and struck out four. Ray Conner came out of the pen to go 1.1 and allowed no runs on just a pair of hits and fanned two.
LAKE ARTHUR — The Lake Arthur Lady Tiger softball team celebrated Senior Night when they hosted the parish rival Welsh Lady Greyhounds Friday. Lake Arthur led 5-1, but Welsh would tie the game 5 all. Lake Arthur would take a 13-5 lead, but Welsh would again rally to tie the game 13 all. Lake Arthur would take a 19-13 lead in the 6th inning and get the 19-14 win in the final district game for both teams.
Cards pound out 16 hits in win
The Jennings Bulldogs took on the Lake Charles College Prep (LCCP) Trailblazers this week and made quick work of their district mates by blasting them 13-0 in a league contest at Danny Reed Field. The Dog offense needed only six hits in the contest to win, however used seven LCCP walks to help benefit. Tyler Daigle tossed a five inning complete game on the mound for Jennings, allowing only three hits and struck out four. The Dogs were able to end the game in five innings due to the 10-run rule. The Bulldogs also picked up a win last Saturday over the Hamilton Christian Warriors by a final of 9-5. Their record currently stands at 13-9 overall.
The Jennings Lady Dogs Softball team celebrated Senior Night Monday when they hosted the Lake Charles College Prep Lady Trailblazers at Tom Precht Field.
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