After going 30-2 on the season, the 3A defending champion Notre Dame Pioneers nabbed the top seed in its class. They will open the playoffs at home against Amite tonight at 6 p.m. at Miller Stadium.
The Pioneers are coming off of a great sprint toward the finish line of the season, winning six straight including a win Monday night at Teurlings Catholic, the defending champions of 4A.
Amite (13-10), meanwhile, hobbled to the end, going 3-3 in its last six games, taking two of three games from district 9-3A foe Albany, but losing its series with Jewel Sumner.
The Crowley High Gents (14-11) also finds themselves in the playoffs with the 17 seed. The Gents who started the year 1-5 and spent their season on a roller coaster full of ups and downs will face a team on a similar trajectory in 16-seeded Bunkie (18-9). Bunkie began it’s season on a 5-1 tear before dropping five out of six games. The remainder of the year was a see-saw with a 3-3 finish for the Panthers as well.
Crowley and Bunkie are set for a 6 p.m. bi-distirct playoff game start tonight at Bunkie.
The Pios and Gents seeding does set up the potential for an interesting second round game between the long time rivals, but both will need to get through the first round before they can start worrying about going head-to-head.
Finally, Class C will head straight into the regional round as the 16 teams that made the playoffs all earned first round byes.
As the fourth seed, Northside Christian (16-8) will host 13-seeded Kilbourne in the regional round.
Northside enters the playoffs on a nine-game winning streak with its last lost coming April 2 against Crowley High. The Warriors began the season 6-4 but continued to climb its way up the ratings over the season.
Kilbourne (7-11) did not have an ideal mid-season run. The Hawks started the year 3-1 and ended the year 3-3, but in the middle of the season, Kilbourne went 1-8, forcing the Hawks to try and climb back into the playoffs.
The Warriors and Hawks will go head-to-head in the regional round as both teams earned a bye in the first round.
One other Acadia Parish team made their way into the playoffs as Rayne (12-15) earned the 26th seed and will travel to 7-seeded Catholic-New Iberia (23-8) for the bi-district round.
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LHSAA Prep Baseball Playoff Brackets
Below are the LHSAA’s 2011 prep baseball playoff brackets for classes 4A through C. Class 5A’s brackets will be released May 1.
Local teams
CLASS AAA
Bi-district game times
Thursday, April 28
Amite @ ND, 6 p.m.
Crowley @ Bunkie, 6 p.m.
CLASS C
Regional game times
Kilbourne @ NCS, TBA
CLASS AAAA
Bi-district pairings
32 Franklin Parish @ 1 Tioga
17 Lutcher @ 16 Breaux Bridge
24 V.C. @ 9 Ruston
25 Northwood (Shrev.) @
8 Benton
28 Leesville @ 5 St. Louis
21 Salmen @ 12 Alexandria
20 Beau Chene @ 13 Parkway
29 Minden @ 4 Haughton
30 McDonogh #35 @
3 Teurlings
19 DeRidder @ 14 Grant
22 Lakeshore @
11 Franklinton
27 Pearl River @ 6 St. Michael
26 Woodlawn (BR) @ 7 B.C.
23 Morgan City @ 10 West Ouachita
18 Neville @ 15 Jennings
31 Bastrop @ 2 Sam Houston
CLASS AAA
Bi-district pairings
32 Amite @ 1 Notre Dame
17 Crowley @ 16 Bunkie
24 Kaplan @ 9 Livonia
25 Jena @ 8 North DeSoto
28 North Vermilion @ 5 Iowa
21 Rayville @ 12 West
Feliciana
20 Caldwell @ 13 Brusly
29 Plaquemine @ 4 Eunice
30 Ben Franklin @ 3 Holy Cross
19 Loranger @ 14 Berwick
22 Loyola @ 11 Erath
27 Patterson @ 6 E.D. White
26 Rayne @ 7 Catholic (NI)
23 De La Salle @
10 Redemptorist
18 Westlake @ 15 Buckeye
31 St. James @ 2 Parkview
CLASS AA
Bi-district pairings
32 Welsh @ 1 Calvary Bapt.
17 Oakdale @ 16 Episcopal (BR)
24 S. Beauregard @ 9 Menard
25 Runnels @ 8 Kinder
28 North Caddo @ 5 Lakeside
21 Sterlington @ 12 Fisher
20 Springhill @ 13 Opelousas Cath.
29 J-Hodge @ 4 Sacred Heart (V.P.)
30 St. Thomas Aquinas @ 3 St. Charles
19 Mangham @ 14 John
Curtis
22 Many @ 11 Rosepine
27 Doyle @ 6 Dunham
26 Mamou @ 7 Northlake Chr.
23 Springfield @ 10 Riverside
18 University Lab @
15 Newman
31 Winnfield @ 2 Evangel
CLASS A
Bi-district pairings
32 Grambling @ 1 St. Mary’s
17 Sarepta @ 16 Hanson
24 Haynesville @ 9 St.
Frederick
25 Block @ 8 Ascension Cath.
28 Ridgewood @ 5 Catholic (P.C.)
21 Delcambre @ 12 St.
Martin’s Episcopal
20 Westminster @ 13 False River
29 White Castle @ 4 Cedar Creek
30 West St. John @ 3 St.
Edmund’s
19 Crescent City @ 14 Oak Grove
22 Oberlin @ 11 Central Cath.
27 S. Cameron @ 6 St. John
26 Ringgold @ 7 Vermilion Cath.
23 Hannan @ 10 LaSalle
18 Hamilton Ch. @ 15 Country Day
31 Christian Life @ 2 Ouachita Chr.
CLASS B
Bi-district pairings
32 ESA @ 1 Choudrant
17 Castor @ 16 Downsville
24 Grand Lake @ 9 Simsboro
25 Centerville @ 8 Hornbeck
28 Negreet @ 5 Florien
21 Holden @ 12 Shongaloo
20 Quitman @ 13 Stanley
29 Evans @ 4 Zwolle
30 Harrisonburg @
3 Maurepas
19 Glenmora @ 14 Houma Chr.
22 Avoyelles Ch. @
11 Fairview
27 Monterey @ 6 Simpson
26 Weston @ 7 Oak Hill
23 Doyline @ 10 Forest
18 Summerfield @ 15 Pitkin
31 Rapides @ 2 Converse
CLASS C
Bi-district pairings
17 Pleasant Hill @ 16 Plainview
18 Hackberry @ 15 Epps
Regional pairings
Pleasant Hill/Plainview @
1 Family Chr.
9 Reeves @ 8 Calvin
12 Dubach @ 5 Elizabeth
13 Kilbourne @ 4 Northside Chr.
14 Ebarb @ 3 Hicks
11 Assembly Chr. @
6 Georgetown
10 Grand Isle @ 7 Grace Chr.
Hackberry/Epps @ 2 Claiborne Chr.
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