Matt Vines
The Stanley Panthers wrapped up the District 3-B title with a series sweep of Converse this past week.
Jace Gooden held Converse to just two hits in a 3-1 victory to start the series before Logan Maroney scattered seven hits and six walks in a 3-2 win to complete the sweep.
Gavin Waldron supplied an RBI in each of the two wins.
Stanley (17-6) has won five of its last seven games headed into Thursday night’s contest with Ebarb as North Webster is on deck Monday in the regular season finale.
The Panthers are currently sitting in the No. 8 and final spot for a first-round bye in Division V Non-Select.
The North DeSoto baseball team had visions of punching its way into a first-round bye in the final two weeks of the regular season, but now, the Griffins are just trying to hold on to a first-round home game.
The Griffins (18-7) have dropped three of their last five games with its two wins coming to weak Leesville and Huntington teams, which has dropped North DeSoto to No. 12 in the Division II Non-Select power rankings.
North DeSoto (18-7) dug itself into an early hole in a 7-2 loss to Loyola, while the Griffins couldn’t make three first-inning runs hold up in a 10-8 loss to Northwood.
Thursday night’s result against No. 13 Minden will play a role in whether the Griffins move up or down before the regular season wraps up with Weston on Monday.
Logansport (12-11) is heading in the opposite direction with an improvement of two spots to No. 12 in the Division IV Non-Select rankings.
That’s happened in a vacuum with Logansport not playing a game in a week and losing its last two to Northwood and Northwood-Lena.
The Tigers started a two-game series with St. Mary’s on Thursday and has a Monday doubleheader schedule at Sam Houston.
Meet records fall at Huntington Relays
Two North DeSoto track and field entities and a Logansport sprinter all set meet records at Huntington’s Raider Relays this past week.
North DeSoto’s Mikayla Mondello launched a javelin 122-01 after the 4×800 boys relay clocked an 8:34.86.
Logansport’s Jamarcus Jones clocked a meet record 21.72 in the 200 meters.