Louisiana's LHSAA baseball regional playoffs get under way on Wednesday with top seeds joining the postseason fray

Louisiana's LHSAA baseball regional playoffs get under way on Wednesday with top seeds joining the postseason fray originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Louisiana's LHSAA baseball postseason got under way last weekend with the state's various divisions contesting the bi-district playoffs in best-of-3 series.

In the Non-Select brackets, the top eight seeds in each of the four divisions received byes to the regional round. That included the #1 seeds in each division with the Barbe [Lake Charles, LA] Bucs (Division I), Brusly [LA] Panthers (Division II), Sterlington [LA] Panthers (Division III), and Welsh [LA] Greyhounds (Division IV) getting free passes to the next round. The Select brackets also contested the bi-district round where the top 12 seeds all received byes.

The #1 seeds will take the field this week for the first time, including the Brother Martin [New Orleans, LA] Crusaders, Vandebilt Catholic [Houma, LA] Terriers , University Lab [Baton Rouge, LA] Catholics, and Opelousas [LA] Catholic Vikings. Non-Select Division I bi-district results Non-Select Division I bracket Non-Select Division II bracket Non-Select Division III bracket Non-Select Division IV bracket There were three upsets in Division I as the #10, #11, and #15 seeds were all booted from the playoffs in the opening round. The biggest upset was the No.

23 Live Oak [Watson, LA] Eagles taking down the #10 Prairieville [LA] Hurricanes in three games, losing the opener 2-1 in 14 innings on Friday before winning two games on Saturday by scores of 5-4 and 10-6 to steal the series. The other two upsets came via the sweep with the #22 St. Amant [LA] Gators beating the #11 Central [Baton Rouge, LA] Wildcats by scores of 8-7 and 7-0 to move on.