Baseball: Northlake Christian, Lakeshore, Grace King with wins Friday

Area Prep Baseball Report for Saturday, April 9

Northlake Christian completed a District 10-2A sweep of French Settlement, winning 7-2 on the road Friday.

The Wolverines broke the game open with four runs in the third inning, keyed by RBI doubles by Cade Rodriguez and Geoff Gross and an RBI triple by Kyle Thezan.

Trint Bazile picked up the win, going four innings, allowing two runs on three hits. Rodriguez pitched the final three innings to pick up the save.

Both teams return to district play Monday. Northlake Christian (12-12, 2-4) will play at Doyle at 6:15 p.m. while French Settlement (10-15, 1-5) hosts Pope John Paul II at 6:15 p.m.

In a non-district contest, Lakeshore went on the road and handled Archbishop Hannan 6-1.

The Hawks took the early lead with a run in the bottom of the first but that would be all for Hannan.

Lakeshore scored twice in the second and two more runs in the third to take a 4-1 lead. The Titans added single runs in the fifth and seventh innings.

Mason Gegenheimer picked up the win, going five innings, allowing a run on three hits. Gegenheimer walked five and struck out five.

Morgan Sauber led the Titans with two hits and two RBI while Nate Abadie and Tyler Steed each had a hit and an RBI. Braden Peterson had two hits for Lakeshore.

Reid Passauer took the loss for the Hawks.

Lakeshore (17-7) returns to District 9-4A play Tuesday, hosting Salmen at 4 p.m.

Hannan (11-15) is back in action today, hosting St. Martin’s Episcopal at noon.

In another non-district game, Grace King bounced Amite 20-7 in a game shortened to 4 ½ innings by the mercy rule.

The Warriors scored twice in the top of the first before the Fighting Irish took a 3-2 lead after one inning.

Grace King took control with an eight-run second inning to lead 11-3 and led 14-3 after three innings. The Fighting Irish put it away with six more runs in the fourth inning before Amite scored three runs in the top of the fifth but not enough to extend the game.

Diann Martinez had a big day at the plate with three hits and five RBI while Roque Gonzalez and Jose Trinidad each had two hits and two RBI. Marcus Reese added a hit and two RBI for the Fighting Irish.

Martinez was the winning pitcher, going the distance, allowing four earned runs on six hits. Martinez walked just one and struck out 10.

Grace King (6-8) will face Riverdale Tuesday at 7 p.m. in a District 8-5A contest while Amite (5-12) will host Varnado Monday at 4 p.m. in District 9-2A action.

Area Prep Baseball Results from Friday, April 8

Brother Martin 6, Archbishop Rummel 4

Carver 21, Morris Jeff Community 10

Chalmette 11, Archbishop Shaw 0

Grace King 20, Amite 6

Higgins 14, Ben Franklin 10

Jesuit 3, Northside Methodist (AL) 0

Lakeshore 6, Archbishop Hannan 1

Loranger 8, Bogalusa 0

Lusher Charter 9, Riverside Academy 1

Northlake Christian 7, French Settlement 2

Pine 12, Independence 3 (game one)

Pine 12, Independence 0 (game two)

Riverdale 9, Bonnabel 0

St. Thomas Aquinas 9, Doyle 1