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Benton’s Tigers are the last Shreveport-Bossier baseball team alive in the LHSAA postseason, after Calvary and Loyola were knocked out in quarterfinal series Thursday.
Loyola dropped a pair of one-run decisions, leaving the tying run on base in both games, in a doubleheader at Lafayette against Acadiana Renaissance Charter in Select Division II. The bitter defeats ended a 21-16 season for the fifth-seeded Flyers, who made state quarterfinal appearances in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 1998-99.
Jake Black had a pair of hits in Game 1 and delivered three in the second game for Loyola.
Destrehan, seeded 14th in Non-Select Division I, opened a 4-0 lead and held off No. 6 Benton (29-7-2) Thursday night in Game 1 of their best-of-3 series. The Tigers hope to even the series tonight, weather permitting, and play a decisive third game Saturday. Benton came back from a Game 1 loss to win its regional round series.
Calvary could not solve Dunham’s pitching in two Select Division III quarterfinal games and the Tigers advanced to the state semifinals Thursday with a 2-0 series win. The third-seeded Cavs scored only three times in the two games.
Local scores Thursday, LHSAA baseball quarterfinals
Non-Select Division I
Destrehan 4, Benton 2, Game 1; Game 2 at Benton today (6:00), Game 3 if necessary, Saturday (noon)
Select Division II
Acadiana Renaissance Charter 2, Loyola 1 (Game 1)
Acadiana Renaissance Charter 6, Loyola 5 (Game 2), ARC wins series 2-0
Select Division III
Dunham 8, Calvary 1, Dunham wins series 2-0