Louisiana's LHSAA baseball regional playoffs get under way on Wednesday with top seeds joining the postseason fray originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Louisiana's LHSAA baseball postseason got under way last weekend with the state's various divisions contesting the bi-district playoffs in best-of-3 series.
In the Non-Select brackets, the top eight seeds in each of the four divisions received byes to the regional round. That included the #1 seeds in each division with the Barbe [Lake Charles, LA] Bucs (Division I), Brusly [LA] Panthers (Division II), Sterlington [LA] Panthers (Division III), and Welsh [LA] Greyhounds (Division IV) getting free passes to the next round.
The Select brackets also contested the bi-district round where the top 12 seeds all received byes. The #1 seeds will take the field this week for the first time, including the Brother Martin [New Orleans, LA] Crusaders, Vandebilt Catholic [Houma, LA] Terriers , University Lab [Baton Rouge, LA] Catholics, and Opelousas [LA] Catholic Vikings.
There were three upsets in Division I as the #10, #11, and #15 seeds were all booted from the playoffs in the opening round.
The biggest upset was the No. 23 Live Oak [Watson, LA] Eagles taking down the #10 Prairieville [LA] Hurricanes in three games, losing the opener 2-1 in 14 innings on Friday before winning two games on Saturday by scores of 5-4 and 10-6 to steal the series.
The other two upsets came via the sweep with the #22 St. Amant [LA] Gators beating the #11 Central [Baton Rouge, LA] Wildcats by scores of 8-7 and 7-0 to move on. The #18 Haughton [LA] Buccaneers, meanwhile, beat the Southside [Youngsville, LA] Sharks, 3-2 and 7-6, to advance to the next round.
The regional matchups will also be contested in a best-of-3 format, and those are scheduled to get under way Wednesday, April 22.
There was only one minor upset in the Select Division I ranks as the #17 Pineville [LA] Rebels swept the #16 Riverdale [Jefferson, LA] Rebels in two games, 12-1 and 8-2.
The regional matchups will follow the same schedule and format as the Non-Select Division I schools.
#3 John Curtis Christian vs. #14 Evangel Christian
#2 Catholic [Baton Rouge] vs. #15 St. Augustine
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