The postseason honors keep coming in for Ascension Catholic baseball players.<\/p>\n
Recently, three Bulldog standouts were named to the Louisiana Baseball Coaches Associations All-Region 9 baseball team.<\/p>\n
Region 9 is made up of players from the parishes of Ascension, Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Mary and Terrebonne. The region is also for non-Class 5A athletes.<\/p>\n
Making the squad for Ascension Catholic were Brooks Leonard, Lex Melancon and Jackson Landry.<\/p>\n
Leonard made the team as a pitcher. The junior was the Bulldogs best hurler statistically this past season, only losing one regular-season game he started from the mound.<\/p>\n
He was also named the District 7-1A MVP.<\/p>\n
Leonard is a Northwestern State commit.<\/p>\n
Melancon made the All-Region 9 squad as a utility player. The senior has been the Bulldogs starting catcher for the past two seasons. In both years, hes made first-team all-district.<\/p>\n
Melancon is a Nicholls signee.<\/p>\n
Landry is just a sophomore. He made the All-Region team as an outfielder. Landry served as Ascension Catholics best power hitter this past season.<\/p>\n
Ascension Catholic had another strong year. The Bulldogs finished the regular season with a 23-8 record, which included an undefeated run in District 7-1A. That earned them their second straight district championship.<\/p>\n
All but one of the Bulldogs regular-season defeats came against upper-classification teams, and 15 of their 23 victories came against bigger schools.<\/p>\n
Ascension Catholic pulled off some great wins over quality opponents.<\/p>\n
The Bulldogs beat: Class 5A state runner-up St. Amant, 3A state champion Lutcher, 3A runner-up Berwick, Division-II state runner-up University and Division-II state semifinalist Parkview Baptist.<\/p>\n
Ascension Catholic also dropped a close game against eventual Class 4A state champion South Terrebonne.<\/p>\n
The Bulldogs earned the No. 2 seeding for the Division-IV playoffs and swept Riverside Academy by a combined score of 15-4 in the first round.<\/p>\n
That pushed Ascension Catholic through to the state quarterfinals for the eighth straight postseason.<\/p>\n
Facing seventh-seeded St. Frederick, the Bulldogs rolled to a 13-3 win in game one. However, standing just one victory away from the state semifinals, Ascension Catholic dropped back-to-back games, ending its season.<\/p>\n
The All-Region 9 squads Hitter of the Year was Lutchers Marshall Louque. Louque was actually on the Eastbank All-Stars team that won the 2019 Little League World Series.<\/p>\n
Now at Lutcher, he hit .475 this past season with six home runs and 52 RBIs. Louque also helped lead the Bulldogs to a state title victory.<\/p>\n
The All-Region 9 Pitcher of the Year was Vandebilt Catholics Owen Schexnaydre.<\/p>\n
Schexnaydre was 11-3 this season with a 1.17 ERA. He helped lead Vandebilt to its first state championship victory since 1971.<\/p>\n
He is an LSU-Eunice commit.<\/p>\n
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