After beating host Bossier twice in two days, the Jackson Parish 12U Girls All-Stars will play for the Little League District 5 tournament championship on Sunday. The contest is slated to begin at 8:30 am on Field 1 of the Bossier Parish Sports Complex, located at 4800 Shed Road in Bossier City.
The “dandy dozen” will face Sterlington, who beat JP12U 15-0 in the locals second game of the tourney. Both teams will advance to the Little League State Tournament in Broussard, LA that is scheduled to begin on July 12th.
JP12U 18 Bossier 3: It was over early as Jackson Parish plated nine runs in both the first and second inning while limiting Bossier to just two hits and three runs in the 2 1/2 inning contest that was called due to the “mercy rule”. Jackson Parish collected only three hits in the contest but took advantage of 13 walks and two errors to waltz their way to the victory. Every batter in the lineup scored at least one run paced by two each from Teegan Hall, Kamryn James, Gracie Gray, Charleigh Newton, Sophia Kliebet and Raleigh Guilliams, whose double was the only extra base hit by the locals. Isabella Blewer, Tessa Reeves, Amelia Staggs, who was the winning pitcher, Kellyn Brister, Camryn Ashley and Anna Pardue also scored a run. Ashley and Kliebert got the other base hits.
| TEAM | 1 | 2 | 3 | R | H | E |
| Bossier | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Jackson Parish | 9 | 9 | x | 18 | 3 | 3 |
2B – Guilliams
Runs – Hall 2, James 2, Gray 2, Newton 2, Kleibert 2, Guilliams 2, Blewer, Reeves, Staggs, Brister, Ashley, Pardue
RBI – Kliebert 2, Reeves, Gray, Brister, Guilliams, Ashley
Steals – Newton, Blewer, Guilliams, Reeves, Kliebert
Sterlington 15 Jackson Parish 0 – Nothing went right in the winners bracket finals of the three team tourney as Jackson Parish. On offense, nine of the ten batters who went to the plate struck out and no hits were recorded. Defensively JP made five errors that combined with 8 Sterlington hits and 8 walks given up led to the 2/12 inning “mercy rule” loss.
| TEAM | 1 | 2 | 3 | R | H | E |
| Jackson Parish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sterlington | 7 | 8 | x | 15 | 8 | 0 |
Jackson Parish 10 Bossier 1 – Amlelia Staggs earned her second win in two days against Bossier by limiting the host team to just two hits and striking out ten in five innings. As in the first game, JP12U took advantage of weak Bossier pitching who threw only 30 strikes in 87 pitches, gave up 8 walks and hit a batter. Sophia Kleibert smacked the first home run of the tourney for the local and Anna Pardue stroked a double for both of Jackson Parish hits in the game. The deciding factor was the superb base running display put forth by JP12U who stole 11 bases as a team led by four swipes by Gracie Gray. Isabella Blewer had three steals and Teegan Hall took two bases. Charleigh Newton and Kamryn James also stole a base.
| TEAM | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | R | H | E |
| Bossier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Jackson Parish | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | x | 10 | 2 | 0 |
2B – Pardue
HR – Kleibert
Runs – Gray 2, Newton 2, Blewer, Hall, James, Kliebert, Brister, Ashley
RBI – Kliebert 2, Reeves, Guilliams
Steals – Gray 4, Blewer 3, Hall 2, Newton, James
Game Balls