By the time the next baseball season begins, it will be a new decade. Here is a look back at some of the best Ascension baseball teams of this decade, years 2010-2020.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, the Coronavirus pandemic cancelled the second half of the high-school baseball season, putting an end to the championship dreams of all of the players throughout the state.<\/p>\n
With no state tournament games being played this year, it prompts us to look to the past and reflect on all of the great parish teams that made memorable runs.<\/p>\n
By the time the next baseball season begins, it will be a new decade. Here is a look back at some of the best Ascension baseball teams of this decade, years 2010-2020.<\/p>\n
The only team to win a state championship during that time was the 2018 Ascension Catholic Bulldogs.<\/p>\n
The Bulldogs went 28-9 that year, winning 22 of their final 23 games and beating district rival St. John, 4-3, in the Division-IV title game. It was their first championship victory since 1994.<\/p>\n
Leading that team was LSU-Eunice signee Mason Zeringue and Charlie Gianelloni, who was named the Ascension Parish MVP in 2018.<\/p>\n
Zeringue and Gianelloni also led the Bulldogs to Sulphur for the state semifinals the year prior.<\/p>\n
That season, Ascension Catholic fell just short of the championship game. They lost an 11-inning classic to Central Catholic.<\/p>\n
In addition to Zeringue and Gianelloni, that team was led by LSU-Eunice signees Landon Clifton and Nick Bellina.<\/p>\n
Finally, the 2019 Bulldogs squad reached the state semifinals for a third straight season. Although, they too failed to reach the title game. They lost to eventual state champion Opelousas Catholic.<\/p>\n
Ascension Catholic went 28-7 that season and was led by Ascension Pitcher of the Year Tre Medine.<\/p>\n
The 2010 Dutchtown Griffins also reached the state semifinals. It was a year removed from finishing as state runners-up. They were eliminated by eventual state champion Catholic, 8-6.<\/p>\n
That team was led by Ole Miss signee and eventual Major League Pitcher Jacob Waguespack and Coastal Carolina signee Troy Lewis.<\/p>\n
Those two also helped the Griffins make a memorable state quarterfinal run in 2012.<\/p>\n
They won their first two playoff games by a combined margin of 13-0. Unfortunately, in the quarterfinals, they dropped a 2-1 affair to eventual champion Barbe.<\/p>\n
Along with Waguespack and Lewis, that team also had Cole Stapler, who went on to pitch at Nicholls and was later drafted by the Diamondbacks. They also had a young Austin Bain, who went on to start at LSU.<\/p>\n
Bain also led the 2014 Griffins to the state quarterfinals.<\/p>\n
They upset fourth-seeded Denham Springs in the second round, before getting swept by St. Amant in two tight games.<\/p>\n
Along with Bain, that team had LSU-Eunice signee Dillon Abbess and a young duo of Northwestern State signees in Caleb Ricca and Payton Stafford. Ricca went on to get drafted by the Mariners last year.<\/p>\n
St. Amant eliminated the Griffins in 2014. They went on to reach the state semifinals, where they lost a 2-0 contest to eventual state champion Barbe. That Barbe squad, led by the Jordan twins, went on to be named national champions.<\/p>\n
The Gators won 20 of 22 games heading into the semifinals. They finished the year 29-9 overall.<\/p>\n
They were led by Nicholls signee Blaine Schexnaydre and Brennan Grant.<\/p>\n
The 2016 Gators upset No. 9 Sam Houston in the first round, and then upset No. 8 Brother Martin in round two. They lost to eventual champion Barbe in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n
The Gators had a stacked roster that year. They were led by Ascension Pitcher of the Year and District 5-5A MVP Blayne Enlow. Enlow went on to get drafted in the third round by the Twins in 2017.<\/p>\n
They also had Florida International signee Adam Sevario and Nicholls signee Ivan Prejean.<\/p>\n
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