RESERVE — For some, Easter/Spring break is all about sleeping late, leftover chocolate and trips to the beach, but for others, the week off from school is about diamonds.

This week has St. Charles Catholic and Riverside Academy heading for their second District 12-2A showdown of the season. The Comets will travel to Reserve at 4 p.m. Thursday.

St. Charles came into the week 16-1 overall and 4-0 in district play, including an 11-6 win over the Rebels on March 15.

The Comets’ lone loss was to Zachary, 10-6, in tournament play on March 5.

St. Charles Coach Ty Monica attributes solid hitting and “pitching by committee” to his team’s success, as in Saturday’s 15-0 non-district win over East St. John.

St. Charles pounded 13 hits against the Wildcats, while Pylar Zeringue, Maddie Cochran and Jade Brady combined on the four-inning no-hitter.

Monica said he might just flip a coin to determine the starting pitcher for Thursday’s game.

“We have confidence in whoever we put out there,” he said. “We don’t really have an ace, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing.”

Monica also knows the Rebels are a hard-hitting team. They hit three home runs off his pitchers in the last game.

“We know they have big sticks one through nine in their lineup,” he said. “We have to try and control that.”

Riverside was 14-5 overall and 2-1 in district play heading into the week with six consecutive wins since losing to the Comets. The Lady Rebels swept a double-header against St. Mary’s Academy on Saturday, 16-1 and 16-0.

Cheyenne Triche, who started the first game against St. Charles, struck out four St. Mary’s batters in the second game Saturday.

On Monday Riverside defeated Vandebilt Catholic 14-0, pounding 16 hits, including five home runs.

Toni Perrin hit two in successive at-bats. Triche got the win in that game, as well.

Rebels coach Tamara Regalo is hoping her team gets over its mental block surrounding the Comets.

“If they can forget what jersey the other team is wearing, they’ll be fine,” Regalo said.

“It’s a big rivalry. It’s good for the fans and the community, but we need to just play our game and concentrate on what we’re doing.”

Monica tried to downplay the rivalry between the two schools.

“If both teams are worth their salt, we’ll probably meet again (in the playoffs),” he said. “I know if we win, we’ll go on and continue to play and have a week and a half left to the season. Same thing if we lose.”

Regalo said Triche is likely to get the start on Thursday.

“We have confidence in her. She has to have confidence in herself,” Regalo said. “If she pitches like she’s been pitching, like we know she can, she’ll be fine.”

East St. John coach Lester Jenkins let his players sleep in a little on Monday, but then he had them out on the field taking grounders and swings.

The Lady Wildcats are struggling at 4-14 and have yet to win a game in District 7-5A play.

Despite his team’s lopsided losses,  Jenkins said he is seeing improvements.

“There are a lot of positives. We hear it from other teams all the time, how much better we’re getting,” Jenkins said.

“If we could just stop after three or four innings, we’d be OK. We hold on for a while, then we seem to fall apart. It’s the mental aspect of it. Once something goes wrong, they just can’t recover.”

Jenkins, who took over the team this season, also is still playing with changing lineup, moving players around the field.

Freshman Erriyel Cemelien, he said, has played practically every position on the field.

Jenkins said he knows his team has to walk before it can run, “But it sure does hurt to crawl.”