After falling in the opening game on Friday night of the Dixie Youth District 8 tournament being played in Alexandria, JP10U came storming back on Saturday to win the next two to stay alive setting up a game at 8:00pm on Monday night. 

It was feast or famine for the locals as in the tourney opener, Jackson Parish managed just three hits in a 18-3 loss to Buckeye. It was a totally different story though the next day as the bats came alive in a 16-0 win over Winn Parish and a 16-5 victory over Pineville. 

Buckeye 18 JP10U 3: It was over early as Buckeye took advantage of 17 walks given up by JP11U pitching to score 4, 8 and then 6 runs in the three inning affair. Shephered Norred, Thatcher Savage and Caston Zimmerman got the hits for Jackson Parish with Ryder Diffey and Zimmerman getting an RBI each. Norred, Mason Tolar, and Grant Griffin scored the runs. 

Jackson Parish 16 Winn Parish 0: This time around it was JP10U that jumped out in a big way scoring 9 runs in the first and 7 more in the second inning to skunk their neighboring parish foe. Thatcher Savage and Caston Zimmerman both had two hits, scored two runs and knocked in three to lead the offensive onslaught. Shephered Norred, Aiden Reed, Mason Tolar, Grant Griffin and Ryder Diffey all chipped in with two runs each. Jackson Ables and Jaxon Culpepper also scored a run. Ables and Tolar combined to throw the two hit shut out and striking out six. 

Jackson Parish 16 Pineville 5: An eight spot in the top of the third inning broke open a 4-3 game and then JP11U put the game away with four more in the top of the fourth inning. Once again the locals started off hot to score four in the first as a Mason Tolar single was sandwiched by walks to Shephered Norred, Grant Griffin, Thatcher Savage and Jackson Ables before the first out was recorded. Groundouts by Ryder Diffey and Caston Zimmerman earned RBI’s.

After Pineville narrowed the margin to 4-3 with runs in the bottom of the first and second innings, JP11U blew it open in the top of the third by scoring eight runs with two outs. With Norred on second after singling and advancing to second on a double play fly out, Griffin walked and Savage singled to load the bases. Ables drew a walk and Diffey got hit by a pitch to score two setting up a double to left field by Zimmerman that cleared the bases and upped the lead to 9-3. Aiden Reed walked and then stole second with Zimmerman scoring on the throw followed by a walk to Jaxon Culpepper and a single by Burch Gill that scored both giving JP10U the 12-3 advantage. 

Griffin led off the top of the fourth with another walk and scored when Norred hit an inside the park home run to right field. Walks to both Tolar and Griffin followed with Savage and Ables bringing each in with groundouts for the final runs. 

Jackson Parish added 11 steals in the contest led by Tolar with four thefts. Diffey had 2 and Culpepper, Gunner Garrett, Reed, Griffin and Norred getting one each. Savage pitched 2.2 innings to get the win for the locals on the mound in relief of Ables.