By T. Scott Boatright
Choudrant’s baseball team continued its dominance Thursday night as the Aggies saved their best for last in a 11-3 home win over Claiborne Christian.
The Aggies have now won eight straight games and 10 of their last 11 and stand at 15-4 on the season.
Those numbers put Choudrant on top the Division V Nonselect School power rankings. The Aggies are also the No. 1 in this week’s Louisiana Baseball Coaches Association Class B baseball poll.
“We just have to keep working hard and taking things one game at a time,” said Choudrant coach Joel Antley. “And this team knows how to do that. It’s about trying to get better every game and that’s what we’re going to stay focused on and let the rest happen.”
Landon Hennen led off the bottom of the first for the Aggies with a single and put them on top 1-0 at the end of the opening stanza and being knocked in on a Kaden Bradshaw single.
The Aggies added another run in the second as Eli Callender singled to reach base before scoring on a single hit by Hennen.
But Claiborne Christian wasn’t about to make it easy early on, plating three runs in the top of the fourth to go on top 3-2 before Choudrant countered with two runs in the bottom half of the inning after Colton Smith and Callender reached base on walks before scoring on one-run singles hit by Bryce McGuire and Kaden Bradshaw.
Choudrant then added three runs in the bottom of the fifth to move out to a 7-3 advantage before adding three more runs in the bottom of the sixth.
McGuire earned the win for the Aggies, giving up only two hits while striking out seven Crusaders.
The Aggies will return to action on Monday at Union Parish High School.
Choudrant 4, Grant 2
On Tuesday, the Aggies spread out five hits over six innings on Tuesday, taking a 2-0 lead in the second inning before Grant plated two runs of its own in the bottom half of the inning to tie things up heading into the third.
Choudrant added one run in both the bottom of the third and fourth innings to hold on for the win.
Senior Landon Hennen went the distance on the mound for the Aggies to earn the win, holding Grant to four hits while striking out five batters.
Hennen also led the Aggies at the plate with two hits – a single and a double – while Colton Smith added a pair of singles. Bryce McGuire also turned in a single for Choudrant.
Choudrant 13, Quitman 2
The Aggies road game at Quitman was tight early on before the Aggies cranked up their bats midway through and never looked back on Monday.
Choudrant pushed across a pair of runs off of three hits to open the contest before plating six more in a six-hit third inning to push their lead to 8-1.
Quitman, which scored its first run in the bottom of the opening stanza, added another run in the third, but was dominated by Aggies pitcher Eli Callender, who allowed only two hits and no earned runs while striking out six Wolverines.
Offensively, Callender also recorded an RBI double for Choudrant.
Kaden Bradshaw led the Aggies with a three-for-three batting performance while Gavin Murphy went three-of-four with two doubles and a single.
Landon Hennen batted two-for-three for CHS with a double and a single while Bryce McGuire added a triple for the Aggies.
