The Breaux Bridge High School baseball team swept a pair of games with Cecilia this past week to clinch the District 5-4A baseball championship.
BBHS beat the Bulldogs 3-9 on March 31 in Breaux Bridge, then beat CHS 6-3 on Thursday to improve to 6-1 in district. Cecilia fell to 3-2 in league play.
The regular season ends Monday with playoff pairings announced Tuesday. First-round best-of-three playoff series start in Division II and Division III on April 15.
In the first matchup between Breaux Bridge and Cecilia, the Tigers scored single runs in the third, fifth and sixth innings and winning pitcher Bryce Melancon limited the Bulldogs to one hit over seven innings.
Melancon struck out seven and walked two batters.
Caynon Ardoin had a hit and an RBI and Sam Armentor, Kai Lalonde and Evan theriot also had hits for the Tigers.
Braylon Domingue had Cecilia’s hit.
Jiazan Chanthavongay took the loss, allowing four hits over six innings and walking three while striking out five.
Breaux Bridge lost a non-district game to Vermilion Catholic on Wednesday, 4-1.
Caynon Ardoin and Bryce Melancon had the Tigers’ only hits. Benjamin Ellender pitched two innings and took the loss, giving up three hits and three runs with two walks and two strikeouts. Christian Camacho pitched four innings and allowed one run on two hits and struck out four.
On Thursday, Breaux Bridge scored two runs in the sixth inning and three in the seventh to win. Each team had a run in the first and Cecilia went up 2-1 with a run in the fifth, then added a run in the bottom of the seventh.
Sam Armentor hit a solo homer for the Tigers and Benjamin Ellender hit a three-run bomb in the seventh for BBHS. No other game details were available.
Breaux Bridge improved to 19-9 overall and was 13th in the Louisiana High School Athletic Association’s unofficial Division II Non-Select power rankings posted on Monday.
Cecilia fell to 13-14 overall and was 18th in the Division II power rankings.
If the playoffs started today, Breaux Bridge would host the 20th seed, currently Plaquemine (11-17) in a best-of-three series.
Cecilia would travel to No. 15 Iowa (10-15) in a best-of-three opening series.
St. Martinville lost to Kaplan 14-1 in a District 5-3A game on March 31 then beat Highland Baptist 9-5 in a non-district home game on Thursday. A Wednesday game against Jeanerette was canceled.
The Tigers (11-12 overall) finished 1-3 in district. SMSH is 22nd in the Division III Non-Select power rankings and would travel to No. 11 Kaplan for the firstround series if the playoffs opened today.
TUESDAY, MARCH 31 Breaux Bridge 3, Cecilia 0 (5-4A) Cecilia...................000 000 0 – 0 1 0 Breaux Bridge.......001 011 x – 3 4 0
Top Hitters: (BB) Sam Armentor 1-2. R; Caynon Ardoin 1-3, RBI; Kai Lalonde 1-3, R; Evan Theriot 1-2, R. (CHS) Braylon Domingue 1-3.
WP: Bryce Melancon 7IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 2BB, 7K. LP: Jiazan Chanthavongsy 6IP, 4H, 3R, 2ER, 3BB, 5K.
Kaplan 14, St. Martinville 0 (District 5-3A) WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 Vermilion Catholic 4, Breaux Bridge 1 Breaux Bridge.......000 010 0 – 1 2 4 VCHS....................030 001 x – 4 7 1
Top Hitters: Caynon Ardoin 1-2; Bryce Melancon 1-3, R.
LP: Benjamin Ellender 2IP, 3H, 3R, 3ER, 2BB, 2K.
Jeanerette at St. Martinville, ccd. THURSDAY, APRIL 2 Breaux Bridge 6, Cecilia 3 (5-4A) Breaux Bridge.......001 002 3 – 6 6 3 Cecilia...................100 010 1 – 3 6 2
St. Martinville 9, Highland Baptist 6 TUESDAY, APRIL 7 Breaux Bridge at Catholic-New Iberia Livonia at Cecilia (District 5-4A) WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8 Westgate at Cecilia THURSDAY, APRIL 9 Breaux Bridge at Lacassine Cecilia at Livonia (District 5-4A) St. Martinville at Berchmans Academy FRIDAY, APRIL 10 Kaplan at Breaux Bridge St. Martinville at Centerville SATURDAY, APRIL 11 St. Martinville at Episcopal School of Acadiana MONDAY, APRIL 13 Breaux Bridge at Delcambre Southern Lab at Cecilia’ St. Martinville at Westgate
Records: Breaux Bridge 19-9, 6-1 (District 5-4A); Cecilia 13-14, 3-2 (District 5-4A); St. Martinville 11-12, 1-3 (District 5-3A).
Softball
The Cecilia High Lady Bulldogs lost a pair of non-district games but were 12th in the latest unofficial LHSAA Division II Non-Select power rankings posted on Monday.
If the playoffs were to begin today, the District 5-4A champions (11-11 overall, 4-0 district) would host No. 21 seed Franklinton (7-14) in the first round of the Division II Non-Select playoffs.
Playoff pairings will be announced on April 14. The first round games must be completed by April 18.
Breaux Bridge beat Opelousas 19-1 in a District 5-4A game on March 30 but lost to Livonia 18-11 on March 31 to fall to 1-3 in district. BBHS also lost to Lacassine 20-6 in nondistrict play to fall to 5-13 overall.
The Lady Tigers are 32nd in the Division II power rankings and would not earn a postseason spot if the playoffs started today.
St. Martinville lost to Westgate 24-14 on March 30 and to Northwest 22-5 on April 1 to fall to 1-12 overall. SMSH went 0-4 in District 5-3A.
The Lady Tigers are 39th in the Division II Non-Select power rankings.
MONDAY, MARCH 30 Breaux Bridge 19, Opelousas 1 (District 5-4A) Westgate 24, St. Martinville 14 TUESDAY, MARCH 31 Livonia 18, Breaux Bridge 11 (District 5-4A) WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 Lacassine 20, Breaux Bridge 6 Brusly 8, Cecilia 1 Northwest 22, St. Martinville 5 THURSDAY, APRIL 2 North Vermilion 8, Cecilia 1 TUESDAY, APRIL 7 Cecilia at Sacred Heart THURSDAY, APRIL 9 New Iberia at Cecilia MONDAY, APRIL 13 Breaux Bridge at Teurlings Catholic Cecilia at St. Thomas More St. Martinville at Westminster Christian TUESDAY, APRIL 14 Cecilia at Northside
Records: Breaux Bridge 5-13, 1-3 (District 5-4A); Cecilia 11-11, 4-0 (District 5-4A); St. Martinville 1-12, 0-4 (District 5-3A).
