St. Mary Central Majors (12U) All-Stars will begin postseason play Friday in the South Regional of Louisiana Dixie Youth in Bayou Vista. Team members include, kneeling from left, Trevor Berryhill, Jackson Thorguson, Clay Menard, Gavin Baudoin and Hayden Landry. Standing, from left, are Carter “JoJo” Williams, Luke Zerangue, Nicholas Spitale, Owen Thorguson, Tanner Simmons and Drew Rock. On the back row are coaches Freddy Williams, left, and Nick Rock. Not pictured are Ross Thomas and coach John Menard. (The Daily Review/Geoff Stoute)
The Morgan City Majors (12U) baseball team will begin postseason play this weekend in Bayou Vista in the North Regional of Louisiana Dixie Youth against the Vernon Nationals. Team members include Haydn Bailey, Robbie Boudreaux, Dylan Cornes, Bryson Dupuy, Andy Gros, Spencer Hebert, Brayden Landry, Tate Matherne, Caleb Menina, Ben Miller, Caleb O'Con and Rylie Theriot. The team is led by head coach Beau Theriot and assistants Tim Hebert and Steve Cornes. (The Daily Review/Corwin Murray)
The Patterson AAA (9-and 10-year-old) All-Stars will begin play Friday in the AAA North Regional of Louisiana Dixie Youth in Morgan City against Minden. Team members include, front row from left, Drew Dinger, Austin Perkins, Holden LeBlanc, Dylan Verrett and Luke Taylor. On the middle row, from left, are V.J. Byrd, Khylin Brooks, Brylon Jennings, Dylan Richard and Collan St. Germain. On the back row, from left, are assistant coach Brett Dore’, head coach Willis Dore’Jr. and assistant coach Kirk St. Germain. Not pictured is Kobe Marcel. (Submitted Photo)
St. Mary Central’s AAA (9-and-10-year-old) All-Stars will begin play Friday at the AAA South Regional Tournament of Louisiana Dixie Youth in Morgan City against Benton. Team members include, kneeling from left, Zack Kitchen, Grant White, Caleb Leonard, Tre Hebert and Thomas Nini. Standing, from left, are Cru Bella, Henry Thorguson, Zack Soileau, Dawson Richard and Braden Bourgeois. On the back row are coaches Joey Richard, left, and Mark Nini. Not pictured is Hayden Robinson, Luke Hebert and manager Seth Henry. (The Daily Review/Geoff Stoute)
The Morgan City AAA baseball All-Stars (10U) will begin play in the AAA North Regional of Louisiana Dixie Youth Friday in Morgan City when it hosts Loranger. Morgan City team members include Jase Blanco, Benjamin Case, Brandon Cordero, Landon Gagliano, Gregory Hamer, Mason Johnston, Howard Kinchen, Maddox Pellerin, Payton Pickens, Gavyn Ramagos, Kyle Stansbury and Ethan Wiggins. Leading the team are head coach Chase Pickens and assistant coaches James Stansbury and Ryan Pellerin. (The Daily Review/Corwin Murray)
Five Tri-City area teams among 32 competing locally at Dixie Youth Regionals
Louisiana’s best Dixie Youth AAA (10U) and Majors (12U) All-Star baseball teams, including seven St. Mary Parish squads, will hit the fields in Morgan City and Bayou Vista, beginning Friday, for the North and South Regionals in these respective age groups.
Among the combined 32-team field in both age groups are the following St. Mary Parish squads: Morgan City, St. Mary Central and Franklin in AAA and Majors action and Patterson in AAA action.
While Morgan City and St. Mary Central advanced to the regional tournaments in both age groups as the tournament hosts and did not have to compete in district action, Patterson competed in district play where it finished as District 3 runner-up to Franklin. Franklin won the District 3 AAA crown, too.
Action in the double-elimination tournaments will conclude Tuesday.
This marks the first time that the North and South Regionals are being held in the same areas.
In past years, the two regionals for the age groups have been in different areas of the state. Never have they been hosted in the same area since regional format began in 2002.
This year’s event will add a different twist as Morgan City will host all the AAA games from both regionals at Cypress and Complex parks.
Meanwhile, St. Mary Central will have the Majors All-Stars from both regionals in Bayou Vista where they will compete at St. Mary Parish Recreation District 3’s facilities at the Bayou Vista Community Center.
In Majors action, all teams in the South Regional will compete on field 3. St. Mary Central, the host team, will face Ville Platte in a 7:30 p.m. contest Friday. Ville Platte is the District 7 champion.
Another local South Regional game Friday features Franklin meeting Pontiff, the District 2 runner-up, at 5:30 p.m. Action will begin Friday with Alexandria facing Mangham at 1 p.m., while Minden and Gonzales Americans will follow at 3 p.m. Alexandria was the District 8 runner-up; Mangham, the District 5 runner-up; Minden, the District 4 runner-up; and Gonzales Americans, the District 6 champion.
In the Majors North Regional action Friday, host Morgan City will meet the Vernon Nationals in the lone local game at 7:30 p.m. Vernon Nationals is the District 7 runner-up. Friday’s Majors South Regional action will begin with the Gonzales Nationals meeting Union Parish at 1 p.m., followed by Cleary facing Sabine at 3 p.m. and Thibodaux meeting Monroe at 5:30 p.m.
Gonzales Nationals are the District 6 runner-up, while Union Parish is the District 4 champion; Cleary, the District 2 champion; Sabine, the District 8 champion; Thibodaux, the District 3 runner-up; and Monroe, the District 5 champion.
In AAA action, North Regional action will be played at Complex Park in Morgan City, while South Regional action will be played on the adjacent Complex Park.
In local AAA North Regional action, host Morgan City will face Loranger Friday at 7:30 p.m., while Patterson will meet Minden at 5:30 p.m. Loranger is the District 6 runner-up, while Minden is the District 4 champion.
Friday’s AAA North Regional action will begin with Ville Platte facing West Carroll at 1 p.m., followed by Sabine meeting Ruston at 3 p.m. Ville Platte is the District 7 runner-up, while West Carroll is the District 5 champion; Sabine, the District 8 champion; and Ruston, the District 4 third-place finisher.
In AAA South Regional play Friday, local action includes host St. Mary Central meeting Benton at 7:30 p.m., while Franklin will play EORD earlier in the day at 3 p.m.
Benton is the District 4 runner-up, while EORD is the District 5 runner-up.
Friday’s AAA South Regional action will begin with the Gonzales Nationals facing DeQuincy at 1 p.m., while Mamou will meet Jackson Parish at 5:30 p.m.
Gonzales Nationals are the District 6 champion, while DeQuincy is the District 7 third-place finisher; Mamou, the District 7 champion; and Jackson Parish, the District 8 runner-up.
Next weekend, the two regional champions in each age group will play in the state championship in Alexandria in a best, two-out-of- three series.
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