Softball Report: Hammond defeats Springfield, 5-3

Area Prep Softball Report for Tuesday, April 9

Hammond downed Springfield 5-3 at home in a non-district contest.

The Tornadoes scored twice in the bottom of the first and once in the second to make it 3-0. The Bulldogs scored a run in the top of the fourth to make it 3-1 before Hammond got a run in the bottom of the fifth to make it 4-1. Springfield scored twice in the top of the sixth to cut the deficit to 4-3 before the Tornadoes produced the final run in the bottom of the sixth.

Junior Madison Wells had three hits and an RBI. Zoe Foil, Natalie Harris and Savannah Smith each had a hit and an RBI while Kamryn Ciresi added an RBI for the Tornadoes.

Brianna Newman went the distance for the win, allowing three runs on eight hits. He walked one and struck out three.

The win snapped a 10-game losing streak for Hammond (6-18). Hammond concludes its regular season at rival Franklinton today at 5:30 p.m. Springfield ends its regular season 7-18.

Area Prep Softball Results from Monday, April 8

New Orleans Area

Belle Chasse 8, Riverside Academy 4

De La Salle 5, Academy of Our Lady 2

Doyle 2, Archbishop Hannan 0

Hammond 5, Springfield 3

Haynes Academy 11, Northlake Christian 2

Lakeshore 9, Chalmette 8

Mount Carmel Academy 12, Archbishop Chapelle 1

Riverdale 16, St. Martin’s Episcopal 1

St. Charles Catholic 15, E.D. White Catholic 2

St. James 16, Ellender 12

St. Thomas Aquinas 8, Loranger 2

Jewel Sumner 16, Pope John Paul II 0

Vandebilt Catholic 15, Thomas Jefferson 14

Baton Rouge Area

Albany 11, Baker 0

Dutchtown 11, Brusly 1

French Settlement 4, Live Oak 3

Parkview Baptist 4, Holden 0

St. John 23, Plaquemine 11

University High 5, St. Michael 4

Bayou Area

H.L. Bourgeois 8, Thibodaux 7

Central Lafourche 10, Houma Christian 9

Terrebonne 19, Patterson 3

Vermilion Catholic 8, Central Catholic 7

Area Prep Softball Schedule for Tuesday, April 9

New Orleans Area

Archbishop Hannan at Bogalusa, 4:30 p.m.

Cabrini at Belle Chasse, 4 p.m.

Chalmette at Fontainebleau, 5 p.m.

Covington at St. Charles Catholic, 4 p.m.

East Ascension at Hahnville, 4 p.m.

Ecole Classique at Ben Franklin, 4 p.m.

Fisher at St. Martin’s Episcopal, 4 p.m.

Haynes at John Curtis Christian, 5 p.m.

Higgins at Helen Cox, 4 p.m.

Holden at Thomas Jefferson, 4:30 p.m.

Loranger at St. Scholastica, 4 p.m.

Lusher Charter at McGehee, 4 p.m.

Lutcher at Academy of Our Lady, 4:30 p.m.

McDonogh 35 at East St. John, 3:30 p.m.

Mount Carmel Academy at Mandeville, 4 p.m.

Northshore at Ponchatoula, 4 p.m.

Pearl River at Franklinton, 5:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Grand Isle, 4:30 p.m.

Riverdale at East Jefferson, 4 p.m.

Runnels at Mount Hermon, 4 p.m.

Slidell at Jewel Sumner, 5 p.m.

South Plaquemines at Pope John Paul II, 4 p.m.

St. Katharine Drexel at South Plaquemines, 4 p.m.

Baton Rouge Area

Archbishop Hannan at Maurepas, 4 p.m.

Ascension Christian at Parkview Baptist, 5 p.m.

Ascension Episcopal at Runnels, 4:30 p.m.

McKinley at Madison Prep, 4 p.m.

Port Allen at Episcopal, 5 p.m.

Slaughter Community Charter at East Iberville, 4 p.m.

Tara at Family Christian, 4:30 p.m.

University High at Catholic (PC), 4 p.m.

Walker at Denham Springs, 5 p.m.

Woodlawn (BR) at Baker, 4 p.m.

Zachary at Central, 5 p.m.

Bayou Area

Ascension Catholic at Berwick, 4 p.m.

Assumption at Central Lafourche, 4 p.m.

Dunham at Northeast, 5 p.m.

Patterson at Central Catholic, 5 p.m.

South Lafourche at Thibodaux, 4 p.m.

St. James at E.D. White Catholic, 4 p.m.

St. Michael at St. John, 5 p.m.