RESERVE — The Riverside Academy and St. Charles Catholic baseball teams moved one step closer to their goals of getting to Sulphur with convincing sweeps of their first-round opponents last weekend.

No. 4 seed Riverside handily defeated Archbishop Hannan 14-0 Friday and 15-2 Saturday to advance to the quarterfinals.

Riverside had no trouble with Hannan, pounding 25 hits in two days. Jordan Loving pitched a 1-hitter in the first game, striking out six.

Mason Vicknair went 3-for-3 with five RBIs thanks to a pair of home runs. Zack Geiger added a grand slam.

Connor Poche got the Game Two win, holding the Hawks to six hits and striking out four. Loving, Vicknair and Heath Mohon all had two hits for the Rebels.

“We played as good as we’ve played all year,” Rebels coach Frank Cazeaux said. “We hit the ball well and we played really good defense.”

The Rebels (24-8) will host No. 12 seed Catholic High of New Iberia in a best-of-3 series beginning Friday at 4:30 p.m. The second game will be played Saturday at 11 a.m. If necessary, a third game would be played at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.

No. 6 seed St. Charles Catholic (23-10) made quick work of Sacred Heart of Ville Platte, winning 10-0 in the first game and 13-5 in the second game.

Evan Pfister threw a 5-inning shutout, giving up three hits, striking out five and walking one. Robby Gilbert and Nick Lorio each drove in a pair of runs for the Comets.

St. Charles had to rally for the second win after Sacred Heart took a 5-1 lead into the fifth.

As the visitors, the Comets scored three runs in the top of the fifth, two in the sixth and seven in the seventh.

They finished with 13 hits. Dustin Mire went 3-for-4 and started the rally in the fifth.

They trailed 5-4 in the top of the sixth when Lloyd Nash hit a “huge” double to score two runs.

Brennan Gilberti, who has been injured for much of the season, scored the win for the Comets. He pitched the last two and two-thirds, giving up no runs, two hits and striking out two.

Comets coach Wayne Stein, who battled illness through the weekend, said he was proud of his team’s comeback.

“It was probably good for us to have to battle back in the playoffs,” he said. “We didn’t panic. Maybe I just didn’t have the energy to panic.”

St. Charles will host No. 14 Dunham at 4 p.m. Friday. The second game is scheduled for noon Saturday. If necessary, a third game would be played at 3 p.m. Saturday.

If the teams win this weekend, they will advance to a single game semifinal to be played May 11 in Sulphur. A pair of wins there would pit the Rebels and the Comets against each other in the championship game at 5 p.m. May 13.