The Dixie Youth District tournaments started well for both the 7U and 9U All Stars from Jackson Parish, but in the end, both were eliminated from state tournament consideration. 

Jackson Parish 7U got the closest after beating Sabine Parish 11-7 and Pineville 14-2 earlier in the week, but then the bats went quiet resulting in a 17-0 loss to Winnfield on Wednesday and a 10-0 defeat at the hands of Alexandria, in a contest that the winner would advance to the state tournament on Saturday.

Representing JP7U was Krewe Blalock, Cole Burton, Sawyer Fair, Samuel Henderson, Jaxon Johnson, Samuel Jones, Kolton Laffitte, Oliver Lee, Jackson Linton, Lex Walsworth, and Matthew Whitman. Coaches were Timothy Burton, Josh Henderson, Dan Laffitte and Chris Lee. 

The Jackson Parish 9U team also got off to a good start by beating Tioga 6-4 on Friday by scoring five runs in the bottom of the third inning to erase a 4-1 deficit. The big rally got started when Carter Wiliams got hit by a pitch, Jeremiah Jones reached on an error, and Reece Johnson walked. A single by Austin West came next, followed by walks to Isaac Sessions, Tate Hall and Abram Thrower. Stetson Kennedy then got plunked, and Joedy Wiggins Jr. singled.  

In game two, Jackson Parish scored single runs in the first three innings, but it wasn’t enough in the 5-3 loss to Sabine Parish. Jeremiah Jones walked and scored on an Austin West double in the first but that only made a small dent in the three run lead that Sabine had established in the top half of the first inning. After Sabine had scored another run in the top of the second, Abram Thrower reached on an error and stole his way around the bases to narrow the margin to 4-2 setting up the third where both teams once again scored a run each for the final margin. Carter Williams scored the final run after walking stealing second and third base and scoring on a ground out by Reece Johnson. 

A three-run fourth inning proved to be too big a hill to climb for JP9U in game three as Tioga took a 5-2 victory that ended the locals’ postseason tournament experience. Jackson Parish knotted the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the second as Carson Knox and Tate Hall drew walks and Joedy Wiggins Jr. drove in a run on a ground out. It would be the only run JP9U would score until the bottom of the fourth when Hall and Abram Thrower walked, and Lex Walsworth singled and Carter Williams walked to load the bases with the tying runs that unfortunately were left stranded. 

Representing Jackson Parish was Taten Hall, Reece Johnson, Jeremiah Jones, Stetson Kennedy, Carson Knox, Isaac Sessions, Abram Thrower, Lyndon Walsworth, Austin Wet, Jeody Wiggins Jr. and Carter Williams. Coaches were Josh Jones, Trevor Hall and Lee Johnson.