The Church Point Bears will head out to challenge the Pine Prairie Panthers at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Church Point has struggled recently with six losses in a row, while Pine Prairie will arrive with 11 straight wins.
On Thursday, Church Point didn't have quite enough to beat Mamou and fell 6-5.
Church Point saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Rylee Bertinot, who went 1-for-3 with one triple and one run. That triple marked the first that Bertinot hit this season.
Meanwhile, Pine Prairie faced Iota in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. Pine Prairie skirted past Iota 1-0.
The result came thanks to Kynnedi Ware's shutout, as she gave up just a hit and racked up 13 Ks. That's the fewest hits she has allowed since back in February.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Josie Vidrine, who scored a run while going 3-for-4. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in hits. Another player making a difference was Camryn Aguillard, who went 1-for-3 with one double and one RBI.
Pine Prairie pushed their record up to 19-2 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.7 runs over those games. As for Church Point, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-8-1.
Church Point suffered a grim 16-1 defeat to Pine Prairie when the teams last played back in March of 2024. Can Church Point avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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