Baseball Recap: Benton's Luck Takes a Turn for the Worse on Monday

Tigers

Previous 5 Games

03/31/25 vs West Monroe	3-4
03/29/25 vs Evangel Christian Academy	11-1
03/27/25 vs Evangel Christian Academy	15-2
03/25/25 @ Haughton	4-3
03/22/25 vs Haughton	12-0

After a string of 12 wins, Benton's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They fell just short of the West Monroe Rebels by a score of 4-3. If the Tigers were looking for revenge after losing 5-2 to the Rebels when the teams met back in April of 2024, then they'll just have to keep looking.

Benton's defeat dropped their record down to 24-2. As for West Monroe, the victory (which was their tenth in a row) raised their record to 17-5-1.

Benton and West Monroe should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Louisiana Rankings. Benton (ranked fifth) will meet Grace Christian (ranked 158th) at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Benton 1.5, Grace Christian 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned. Meanwhile, West Monroe will challenge Neville at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday up 90 places (10 vs. 100).