Prep Roundup: Gents upend Rayne

RAYNE – The District 4-4A race hasn’t quite hit the midway point yet, but the Crowley Gents took a huge step in making sure they stay in the hunt for that league title on Sunday.
The Gents jumped out to an early lead and held off a late rally by Rayne to slip away with a 6-3 victory over the Wolves at Legion Field.
The Gents (15-2, 5-0) got a big day from Alex Ashby in the victory. The junior catcher went 3-for-3 with a double and a triple. He also scored three times.
Ashby doubled to the right center field gap in the first inning and crossed the plate two batters later when Pate Broussard (1-3, 2 RBI), grounded out to third base.
Will Doughty got the Gents going again in the third inning with a leadoff infield single. Ashby then hit the right centerfield gap again, this time for an RBI triple. He crossed the plate himself one batter later when Zack Breaux singled to right. Breaux scored later in the inning on a groundout by Haden Erbe.
The Wolves finally got on the board in the bottom of the fourth inning when Brice Meche recorded an RBI single off of Erbe.
The score remained 4-1 until the sixth inning when Blayne Sonnier, courtesy running for Erbe who had walked, scored on a fielder’s choice.
Broussard picked up an RBI in the top of the seventh and the Wolves plated two runs in the bottom of the frame on sacrifice fly by Jaylon Reed and a wild pitch.
Erbe logged the victory on the mound after surrendering one run on three hits and two walks. He struck out 10 in five innings of work.
Ben Broussard was credited with the save after allowing two runs on one hit and two walks. He struck out two in the final two innings.
Also logging hits for the Wolves were Grant Abshire and Austin Coleman with a single each.
Northside cruises
past CHS Ladies
CROWLEY – The Northside Christian Lady Warriors improved to 16-1 on the season Saturday with an 18-4 drubbing of the Crowley Ladies in a non-district contest that was halted after the top of the fifth inning due to the mercy rule.
The Lady Warriors clubbed out 15 hits and took advantage of seven walks and three Crowley errors in the victory.
Zoie Hanagriff and Kathryn Zaunbrecher each had three hits and two RBI for the Lady Warriors. Madisyn Clement added two hits and two RBI while Meghan Jones and Zera Hanagriff had two hits and one RBI. Brooke Stanford added one hit and three RBI while Angel Allen and Leah Monte each had one hit and one RBI.
Melaina Doughty logged two hits, including a home run, and two RBI for the Ladies. Mallerie LeLeux added a single and an RBI while Erica Thibodeaux, Bailee Villejoin and Amber Vincent had one hit each.
Lady Pios upend
Church Point
CHURCH POINT – The Notre Dame Lady Pios collected seven hits and took advantage of six errors to upend Church Point, 7-1, Saturday.
Mima Doucet paced the Lady Pios at the plate with two hits and one RBI while Grace Doucet and Paityn Desselle each had one hit and two RBI. Mary Helen Hundley, Brittney Nolan and Elise LeBeouf also each had one hit.
Marcella Gossen picked up the victory in the circle after giving up one run on six hits. She struck out five.