The Port Allen Pelicans will challenge the Central Lafourche Trojans at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Port Allen fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against False River on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Gators by a score of 25-24. The loss was the Pelicans' first of the season.
Marsha Shirley
| 02/21/25 @ False River | 6 |
| 04/02/24 vs Family Christian | 4 |
| 03/27/24 vs North Iberville | 3 |
| 02/13/25 vs East Iberville | 1 |
| 04/04/24 vs Livonia | 1 |
Marsha Shirley was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring five runs and stealing ten bases while going 6-for-6. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in hits (six). Courtney Courville was another key player, scoring four runs and stealing six bases while going 3-for-5.
Even though they lost, Port Allen was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .450. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .450 or higher every time they've taken the field this season.
Meanwhile, Central Lafourche beat De La Salle 13-9 on Thursday.
Central Lafourche's win bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Port Allen, their defeat was their 17th straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-1.
Port Allen suffered a grim 17-2 defeat to Central Lafourche in their previous matchup back in February of 2024. Can Port Allen avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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