Ladies enter playoffs, Wolves conclude district

Finishing their district at 10-1 just behind Beau Chene last week, the No. 12-ranked Lady Wolves Softball Team entered the 2015 state playoffs Tuesday hosting No. 21-ranked Benton.
Coming into the game cold after loosing an entire week of diamnd action due to inclement weather, the Lady Wolves were cold both at the plate and on the field.
Benton took an early 3-0 lead in the second inning and never looked back for a 7-3 bi-district win over Rayne.
Rayne’s Kelcie Bouegrois was tagged with the loss on the mound giving up six hits and striking out 11 batters on the day.
Leading a minimum of Lady Wolves’ hits on the day were McKenzie Meche, Madelyn Dupont and Bourgeois.
“Sometimes you just have games like this today,” stated Rayne Coach Natalie Travasos following Tuesday’s loss.
“Things didn’t happen today...didn’t hit, didn’t make the plays we needed to make, didn’t pitch well...just bad timing for today those things not to happen,” Travasos continued. Despite that, we did have a good year and I’m proud of our team.”
Wolves
The second half of Rayne High’s district slate has been a bumpy one to say the least for the Wolves, going 3-3 in their last six games.
The Wolves claimed wins over LaGrange (14-4), Washington-Marion (6-2) and Opelousas (10-4).
During that time period, the Wolves fell to Crowley (6-0), Eunice (6-2) and Beau Chene (4-0).
In their Crowley loss, Rayne was held to three hits by Gent Pete Broussard. Blase Meche, Huner Keely and Grant Abshire collected Rayne singles.
Keely took the loss on the mound for the Wolves striking out five and giving up eight hits.
During their weekend loss to Eunice, the Wolves struggled at the plate and on the fieldwith only four hits and six errors, resulting in two runs during the 6-2 loss.
Collecting hits for the Wolves were Blase Meche and Grant Abshire with doubles, and Brice Meche and Hunter Keely with singles.
During Thursday’s 14-4 win over LaGrange, Rayne scored five runs in the sixth led by a two-run homer by Hunter Keely and a RBI single by Ivy Thibodeaux.
Keely also added two double and three RBI’s, while Thibodeaux finished with two singles and two RBI’s. Also topping the stats were TJ Bearb (2 singles, double, RBI), Grant Abshire (2 singles, HR, 2 RBI’s), Jaylon Reed (3 singles), Brice Meche (RBI), Gannon Quebodeaux (single), and Blase Meche (double, RBI).
Hunter Meche collected the win on the mound for the Wolves with six K’s.
In their 6-2 win over Wasington-Marion, T-Jun Doucet collected the win with four strikeouts while allowing four hits and a walk.
Ivy Thibodeaux and TJ Bearb each tallied two hits on the day, while brice Meche and Hunter Keely slapped in RBI’s for the win.
During Rayne’s 10-4 win over Opelousas, the Wolves scored seven runs in the first three innings, leaving little doubt of the eventual win.
Hunter Keely led Rayne stats with three hits (1B, 2B, 3B) and 3 RBI’s.
Also connecting for shots at the plate were TJ Bearb (2B), Grant Abshire (2B, 2 RBI’s), Jaylon Reed (1B), and Brice Meche (1B).
Austin Coleman and Hunter Meche each fanned seven Opelousas batters each for the win.
Rayne stranded five runners and faced a strong, stingy pitcher during their 4-0 loss to Beau Chene.
Keely was the lone Rayne hitter as he recorded a single to left field.
On the mound, Keely gave up two hits, allowed one earned run, walked two and struck out three during his three innings.