Jamboree opens baseball season

The St. Edmund Blue Jays and the Eunice High Bobcats joined six other teams this past Saturday in the Perry Ptire Ford Eunice High/St. Edmund Varsity Baseball Jamboree held at Bobcat Field.
The three-inning contests offered a preview of their teams to coaches and fans prior to the start of this week’s regular season.
In the annual match-up between the Blue Jays and the Bobcats, Eunice took a 3-1 victory behind the pitching of Scotty Bihm.
Bihm allowed three hits, walked one, and struck out one in three innings.
The Bobcats took a 1-0 lead with an unearned run in the first inning. Jake Sonnier reached on a drag bunt, stole second, advanced to third on a balk, and scored on a wild pitch. The Cats would score two more runs in the second inning on a single by Brennan Ashley, a sacrifice bunt by Gunner Fontenot, and singles by Taylor Hanks and Andrew Lomas.
The Blue Jays scored their run in the third inning on singles by Drake Brunet, Drew Brown, and Christian Walker. Brown pitched two innings, allowing four hits, walking two, and striking out three.
In the game between the Sacred Heart Trojans and the Bobcats, the Cats prevailed by a 3-2 margin.
The Trojans scored a run in the first inning off Eunice pitcher Kalum Fruge to take a 1-0 lead. Evan Mire singled and later scored on a single by Wesley Fontenot.
The Trojans added a second run in the third inning on a run-scoring single by Andy Lafleur.
The Cats scored all three of their runs in the third inning. Fruge reached on an error and Ashley was hit by a pitch. Wes Hebert was hit by a pitch to load the bases before Hanks drove in a run with a sacrifice fly. The final two runs scored when Jake Sonnier reached on an error.
Fruge scattered five hits in three innings, walking three and striking out four. His final strikeout came with the bases loaded in the third to end the game. Fontenot suffered the loss for the Trojans.
In the game between the Blue Jays and Pine Prairie, the Jays suffered a 2-1 setback.
The Panthers scored both of their runs in the first inning off Jays’ pitcher Ross Lafleur. Dylan Doucet drew a walk and stole second base. After Doucet scored on a single by John T. Joubert, consecutive singles by Matt Rougeau and Chandler Johnson scored Joubert.
The Blue Jays scored their run in the third inning off Ricky Woodruff, who walked Drew Brown with one out. A wild pitch and a stolen base advanced Brown to third, and he would score on an error. Alex Hunt had the only hit for the Jays, a single in the second inning.
In other jamboree action, Mamou claimed a 3-0 win over Ascension Episcopal and a 6-5 win over Opelousas Catholic. Iota took a 6-4 win over Ascension Episcopal, while Opelousas Catholic won 3-2 over Pine Prairie. Sacred Heart downed Iota, 2-0.