St. Mary Central’s Hayden Walker hit it the tying run then scored the go-ahead run, above, in St. Mary Central’s 10-9 win Friday against District 8 runner-up Jackson Parish in the Louisiana Dixie Youth South Regional Minors 10-year-old tournament. St. Mary Central will play at 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Games are being played simultaneously with the Dixie Youth North Regional Minors tournament in Morgan City at Cypress Park and Complex Park adjacent fields.
—The Daily Review photos/Diane Miller Fears
Taking the win on the mound for St. Mary Central was Bowen DeHart. St. Mary Central defeated Jackson Parish 10-9 in its opening game Friday in the South division of the Louisiana Dixie Youth North and South Regional Minors 10-year-old tournaments being held through Tuesday in Morgan City at adjacent Cypress Park and Complex Park.
Host Morgan City gets pre-game instructions from one of the coach Rueben Thomas at the Louisiana Dixie Youth North and South Regional Minors 10-year-old tournaments being held through Tuesday in Morgan City at adjacent Cypress and Complex parks. Morgan City dropped its opening game in the North division to District 8 champion Rapides East, 12-2. Morgan City is in play Saturday at 3 p.m.
Starting on the mound for host team Morgan City was Kolton Mason. The team dropped its opening game Friday night in the North division to District 8 champion Rapides East, 12-2.
A St. Mary Central runner slides safely into third during the teams opening round win Friday.
St. Mary Central gets an out in a rundown at home during the teams opening round win Friday against District 8 runner-up Jackson Parish in the Louisiana Dixie Youth South Regional Minors 10-year-old tournament in Morgan City.
A Morgan City batter hits the ball during the teams opening game Friday night in the North division of the Louisiana Dixie Youth North and South Regional Minors 10-year-old tournaments being held through Tuesday in Morgan City at adjacent Cypress and Complex parks.
St. Mary Central gets opening game win
District 3 champion St. Mary Central squeaked out a 10-9 win against District 8 runner-up Jackson Parish Friday afternoon in the Louisiana Dixie Youth South Regional Minors 10-year-old tournament in Morgan City. Morgan City is also hosting the Dixie Youth North Regional Minors tournament simultaneously at Cypress Park and Complex Park adjacent fields. Action is scheduled to continue through Tuesday.
Host Morgan City and District 3 runner-up Franklin are competing in the North Regional bracket, where they both suffered first round loses. Morgan City dropped its game to District 8 champion Rapides East, 12-2 and Franklin lost to District 5 champion Monroe, 19-4.
St. Mary Central will play in the South’s winner’s bracket at 5:30 p.m. Saturday while Franklin will play at 1 p.m. and Morgan City will play at 3 p.m., also on Saturday.
The tournaments are double elimination.
Other teams in the North Regional Tournament are District 2 runner-up Lakeshore, District 7 runner-up South Beauregard, District 4 champion Shreveport Americans and District 5 third-place finisher Winnsboro.
Other teams in the South Regional Tournament are District 4 runner-up Blanchard, District 6 champion Gonzales Americans, District 7 third-place finisher Mamou, District 2 champion Pontiff, District 5 runner-up West Monroe and District 7 champion Ville Platte.
The winners of the North and South regionals will meet next weekend for a best-of-three state championship series in Ruston.