Baseball: Hymel pitches no-hitter as Riverside gets needed win over Lusher

It was a important Friday evening for Riverside Academy.

Just a couple of weeks ago, the Rebels were languishing at 12-12 and on the outside looking in for the postseason.

Needing a win to ensure a playoff spot in Division IV, Riverside did so in style Friday.

The Rebels shut out Lusher Charter 2-0 in LaPlace for their seventh straight win.

Luke Hymel stole the show, pitching a no-hitter.

Hymel was dominant from start to finish, striking out 14 Lions.

Riverside got the only run it would need in the third inning when Andrew Jung delivered a bases loaded single, scoring Thomas Mazzella to make it 1-0.

The Rebels got an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth inning on a two-out, RBI single by Kayon Brumfield, scoring Brennan Maus, who had singled to start the inning.

With the win, Riverside (19-12) should be in the top 16 in Division IV, unofficially at No. 15. The Rebels still have a game left, at H.L. Bourgeois today at 1 p.m.

Lusher (20-7) saw its 10-game win streak end. The Lions, who are unofficially 13th in the latest Division II power rankings, will play at East St. John this morning at 11 a.m.

Area Prep Baseball Results from Friday, April 22

Archbishop Rummel 5, Archbishop Shaw 0

Covington 7, Lakeshore 3

De La Salle 16, Haynes Academy 3

Destrehan 9, Terrebonne 0

Doyle 14, Port Barre 4

Dunham 11, Holy Cross 7

Episcopal 11, French Settlement 1

Fisher 16, Livingston Collegiate 2

Loranger 10, Independence 0

Lutcher 11, Slidell 7

Newman 16, South Plaquemines 1

Pope John Paul II 4, Archbishop Hannan 2

Riverside Academy 2, Lusher Charter 0

Salmen 10, Riverdale 0

Springfield 13, Holden 3

St. James 8, Ellender 5

St. Martin’s Episcopal 8, Kenner Discovery 1

St. Thomas Aquinas 2, John Curtis Christian 1

Walker 9, Hammond 1