By RYAN ARENA

L’Observateur

LUTCHER — Riverside-based Fatty’s Restaurant won two out of three games at Lutcher tournament over the weekend, falling to E.D. White’s summer team but defeating the Southland Hogs and Slidell.

Fatty’s fell to E.D. White 11-6 on Saturday, but swept its Sunday fare in a convincing way, downing Southland 8-3 and Slidell 6-3.

The tourney was not an American Legion tournament. Fatty’s Restaurant is not playing Legion ball this year, but the Rebel varsity is playing under the Fatty’s banner in weekend tourneys as it did a year ago.

Tate Scioneaux had a big game against Southland, which is a team comprised of players from select schools from the Bayou Region. He was 2 for 3 with a bases-clearing 3 RBI triple that helped break that game open. It was enough for Scioneaux to hold the lead on the mound, as he struck out six over five innings.

Trevor Kenney came one to close things out in the final two innings. But Kenney wasn’t done, as he would start the next game against Slidell, allowing four hits and striking out three over six innings.

“I was really happy with the way we competed,” said Fatty’s Restaurant coach Matt White.

“And I was really happy with our pitching. Trevor Kenney gives us eight strong innings on Sunday. I wanted to get Tate some innings this weekend, and he looked like he was in midseason form.

“We know Tate will be our number one, though. It’s finding those number two and three guys that we have to look to right now.”

The loss to E.D. White came with a number of Fatty’s players unavailable due to prior commitments.

“We had a makeshift lineup out there.

“But the guys we had pushed hard and made a game of it,” said White.

Offensively, White said his team put the ball in play all weekend. While he said that his team’s bats weren’t yet in “midseason form,” White said that the successful first weekend is something to build on, considering that it was indeed his team’s first live action in a few weeks.

“It was the first time back for everyone. It being summer ball, the pressure is really off a bit. Kids get exposure to playing time, not worried about power points. It’s a chance to try some things out in game situations, see how our kids perform, and have fun.”