JOURNAL SPORTS

Late-inning heroics were the order of business Saturday in District 1-5A baseball games as both Parkway and Benton used big seventh innings to post come-from-behind wins.

Parkway defeated Captain Shreve 6-4 by scoring two runs in the sixth inning and four more in the seventh.

Brandon Levy and Trent Lape were both 2-for-4 with two RBI. Levy tripled to score Zach Schoenborn with the Panthers’ first run of two in the sixth inning and singled in the first run of the four-run seventh. Lape followed that single with a two-run double that put Parkway ahead 5-4.

Captain Shreve (12-8, 3-2) pitcher Jackson Bleich took a shutout into the sixth inning and finished allowing seven hits and four runs, as he walked two and struck out eight. Walker Wicklund staked the Gators to a 2-0 first-inning lead with a two-run home run.

Sean Waits got the win for Parkway (16-3, 5-0) pitching six innings, allowing five hits and four runs, walking one and striking out two. Lape pitched the seventh inning to get the save.

Benton used a five-run seventh inning to erase a 2-1 deficit in a 6-2 win at Byrd. Cole Weir tied the game 2-2 with a single and Bryson Pierce followed with a three-run home run to put the Tigers ahead for good. Kenner Lauterbach got his second hit of the day to score the final Benton run.

Hunter Brignac (2-for-3), Pierce (2-for-4) and Griffin Sibley (2-for-3) along with Lauterbach had multiple hits for Benton (11-12, 3-2).

Kevin Robinson suffered the loss for Byrd (14-9, 2-3) working 6 2/3 innings, allowing 11 hits, five earned runs and striking out five. He was the lone Yellow Jacket with multiple hits, going 2-for-3.

Elsewhere in 1-5A, Haughton got a combined shutout from Austin Anderson and Zach Ross in defeating Natchitoches Central 6-0 and Airline run-ruled Southwood 14-1.

Anderson allowed one hit in six innings and struck out nine for Haughton. Caleb Brown was 2-for-3, Christian Turner 2-for-4 with a triple, Trent McGowen 2-for-3 and Colin Rains 2-for-3 with a double for the Bucs (15-6, 2-3).

At Airline, the Vikings had an eight-run first and six-run third as leadoff hitter Clayton Brandon was the only multiple hitter going 2-for-3 with a double. Tyler Ferguson added a double and Noah Littleton had two RBI for Airline (10-10, 4-1).

Here is the complete list of standings after weekend action: