Five Rapides Parish schools play today in the LHSAA postseason, with the Buckeye baseball team at home.
Baseball teams from Pineville and Menard also begin best-of-3 regional round series today, but they’re on the road.
The ASH and Plainview softball teams are traveling for state quarterfinal playoff games today, with a win advancing them to next week’s state tournament at Sulphur.
The local softball quarterfinal collision between Tioga and Pineville has been set for Friday at 5:30 with the second-seeded Lady Rebels hosting the No. 7 Lady Indians in a Select Division I battle.
Eleven different teams from Rapides Parish are still standing in the postseason.
ASH, Buckeye, Menard, Pineville and Tioga are alive in both baseball and softball brackets.
Baseball regional round series
Select Division I
Pineville (17th seed) at Brother Martin (1) – today, 7:00; Friday, 4:00; Saturday (if necessary) 11 a.m.
Captain Shreve (9) at ASH (8) – Friday 6:00, Saturday 2:00, if necessary Game 3 follows
Tioga (11) at Jesuit (6) – Friday 6:00, Saturday noon, if necessary Game 3, 3:00
Select Division II
St. Michael (9) at Buckeye (8) – today, 6:00; Friday 5:00, if necessary Game 3 follows
Select Division III
Menard (12) at Catholic-New Iberia (5) – today, 6:00; Friday, 6:00; if necessary, Saturday 11
Softball quarterfinal games
Select Division I
Tioga (7) at Pineville (2), Friday, 5:30
ASH (8) at Mt. Carmel (1), today, 5:00
Select Division II
Buckeye (6) at Archbishop Hannan (3), Friday, 6:00
Select Division IV
Menard (7) at Glenbrook (2), Saturday, 1:00
Class C
Plainview (7) at Claiborne Christian (2), today, 5:30