MICHAEL KIRAL / L’Observateur / April 13, 1999

LAPLACE – Courtney St. Amant gave Riverside the lead with a two-runsingle in the third inning and Tanya Teague made it stand up as the Lady Rebels moved closer to their second consecutive District 9-2A title with a 3-2 victory at St. Charles Catholic Tuesday afternoon.The victory completed a sweep of the season series for the Lady Rebels who defeated St. Charles Catholic at home, 10-5, last month.Riverside (22-4, 8-0) defeated Ridgewood, 10-0, Wednes-day. St. CharlesCatholic (16-8, 5-2) traveled to Ecole Classique Thursday.

As in the earlier game, the Lady Comets got on the scoreboard first. Withone out in the bottom of the first, Cristin Clement reached on an infield hit to third and scored on Jessie Zeringue’s double to center one out later.

The Lady Comets threatened to add to that lead in the bottom of the second as Jenni Traina led off with a walk and advanced to third as Kristen Clement beat out a bunt. But after Clement stole second, Riversidestarter Tanya Teague struck out Lacey Trepagnier and Sarah Weber and got Marci Martin to ground out to short to get out of the jam.

Riverside came back in the third inning as Cassie St. Amant led off byreaching on an error by Traina. After St. Amant stole second, Kelly Louquetook a 3-1 pitch Martin and drove it off the left field fence for a double, bringing home St. Amant with the tying run.One out later, Amiee Graugnard singled to center and went to second on the throw to the plate as Louque held at third. Courtney St. Amant thenlined a single to center, scoring Louque and Graugnard to give the Lady Rebels a 3-1 lead.

St. Charles Catholic got one back in the bottom of the inning as CristinClement reached second on a throwing error by Teague on a grounder to the mound to lead off the inning. Vicknair followed with a double to the left-center field gap, scoring Clement to make it 3-2.

With the tying run at second, Teague again worked her way out of the jam, striking out Zeringue and getting Shannon Dolive and Traina to pop out.

Teague would then retire 12 of the final 13 batters she faced, allowing only a lead-off single to left by Zeringue in the sixth. Teague struck outnine, allowed five hits and walked one in improving to 21-4 on the season.

Teague was matched by Martin who set down 12 of the final 14 batters she faced, allowing a one-out single to Heidi Richard in the fourth and a two-out walk to Louque in the seventh. Martin (15-6) struck out five,allowed five hits and walked one.

“Both pitchers were dominating,” Riverside coach Matt White said.

“They controlled the game. It was a pitcher’s duel at the end. It was agreat high school ball game.” White said because of the way the brackets are set up this year, it is important to finish first in the district. While the first-place team enjoysa first-round bye, the second-place team has to travel to north Louisiana the first two rounds.

St. Charles Catholic coach Teri Hruska said the game came down to theLady Comets failing to get runners in from scoring position. The LadyComets left five runners in scoring position during the game.

“I thought it was a great high school game,” Hruska said. “I was thrilledto be in it.

“They took advantage of opportunities and we didn’t. When we hadopportunities to score, we couldn’t push them across. But I’m very proudof my kids. I know they were very excited to be in this game.”

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