
ST. MARY CENTRAL remained undefeated in District 3 AA
play on Thursday with a 8-7 victory against Franklin. The
squad will continue play today against Patterson before concluding
district play on Saturday against Thibodaux. Above, a
St. Mary Central team member attempts to tag a Thibodaux
base runner during tournament action earlier this month.
St. Mary Central continued its winning ways on Thursday with an 8-7 win against the Franklin All-Stars at the 7-8-year-old District 3 AA Tournament at Caffery Park in Franklin.
St. Mary Central rallied from a 4-1 deficit with five runs in the bottom of the fourth. The squad added two more runs in the bottom of the fifth to extend its lead to 8-4.
Franklin scored three runs in the top of the sixth inning but couldn’t complete the comeback.
Leading St. Mary Central were Owen Thorguson and Carter Williams, each 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI and a run, and Luke Zerangue finished 2-for-2 with a run.
Other SMC hitters included Blayne Brown, 1-for-2, a double, an RBI and two runs; Nick Spitale and Kane Mason, each 1-for-2, an RBI; Ross Thomas, Trevor Berryhill, Connor Terrebonne and Gavin Baudoin, all 1-for-2, with Thomas and Baudoin each scoring a run; Jackson Thorguson, an RBI; and Clay Menard, 1-for-3, a run.
St. Mary Central will return to action today at 7 p.m. when it plays Patterson, while on Saturday the squad will play Thibodaux at 11:30 a.m.
Thibodaux defeats Patterson
Patterson fell to Thibodaux, 12-3, on Thursday in other 7-8-year-old action at Caffery Park.
No individual statistics were available for Patterson.
After today’s game against St. Mary Central, Patterson will play Morgan City at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
Morgan City, which was off Thursday, will resume play today against Thibodaux at 5:30 p.m., while on Saturday, the squad will play Franklin at 10 a.m. and Patterson at 1 p.m.

