The Morgan City Tigers will head out on the road to challenge the Riverside Academy Rebels at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Morgan City not only won on Thursday, but they posted their biggest win since March 30, 2024. Their pitcher stepped up to hand East St. John a 6-0 shutout. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Tigers.
Not much got past Christopher Tran, who gave up just three hits and racked up nine Ks to keep East St. John off the board. The dominant performance gave Tran a new career-high in strikeouts.
Jaydon Ward
| 03/06/25 vs East St. John | 2 |
| 02/20/25 vs Ascension Catholic | 1 |
| 02/17/25 @ St. James | 1 |
| 02/15/25 vs Thibodaux | 1 |
| 02/05/25 @ Thibodaux | 1 |
At the plate, Jaydon Ward and Thomas Mancuso did most of the damage at the plate: Ward went 2-for-3 with three stolen bases and one RBI, while Mancuso scored a run and stole Three bases. while going 1-for-3. Those two hits gave Ward a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Keagan Hoyt, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
While Riverside Academy didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-20-1), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They skirted past St. Amant 2-1.
Riverside Academy's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Brock Bourgeois, who went 1-for-2 with one RBI.
Riverside Academy's victory bumped their record up to 12-4. As for Morgan City, the win was their first at home , bumping their record up to 3-14.
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