The Pine Prairie Panthers will square off against the Church Point Bears at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Pine Prairie has 11 straight wins, Church Point has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Pine Prairie is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Louisiana's top teams: Iota, who was ranked 12th at the time (Pine Prairie was ranked sixth). Pine Prairie never let Iota get on the board and left with a 1-0 victory on Thursday.
The result came thanks to Kynnedi Ware's shutout, as she gave up just a hit and racked up 13 Ks. She has been consistent for a while: she hasn't given up more than two walks in 14 consecutive appearances.

Josie Vidrine
03/20/25 @ Iota | 3 |
02/22/25 @ Sulphur | 2 |
02/21/25 vs Alexandria | 2 |
03/18/25 vs North Vermilion | 1 |
03/14/25 vs David Thibodaux | 1 |
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. Camryn Aguillard was another key player, going 1-for-3 with one double and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Church Point didn't have quite enough to beat Mamou on Thursday 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 was Bertinot's first of the season.
Pine Prairie's win was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 19-2. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for Church Point, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-8-1.
Everything went Pine Prairie's way against Church Point in their previous matchup back in March of 2024, as Pine Prairie made off with a 16-1 victory. Does Pine Prairie have another victory up their sleeve, or will Church Point turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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