Yielding to stormy forecast, LHSAA delays Pineville’s state tourney debut by a day

ON GO:  The Pineville softball team hopes to continue running the bases like it did in last Friday’s quarterfinal rout of Tioga. (Journal photo by KEVIN SHANNAHAN)

Anticipating bad weather in southwest Louisiana today, the LHSAA has decided to push back the state softball semifinals and finals in Sulphur to a Saturday-Sunday schedule.

Second-seeded Pineville takes Field 15 at the North Frasch Softball Complex at 2:30 Saturday in a Select Division I semifinal against third-seeded Archbishop Chapelle.

Pineville blasted Tioga 14-0 in a quarterfinal game last Friday, after beating Captain Shreve 13-3 in the regional round. Chapelle edged St. Thomas More 6-5 in the quarterfinals following a 10-0 romp over Evangel in the regional round.

In the other semifinal, also at 2:30 Saturday, fourth-seeded John Curtis takes on No. 1 Mount Carmel, which squeaked by Pineville’s District 2-5A rival ASH by 3-2 last week in the quarterfinals.

The championship game is Sunday at noon on Field 14.