St. John Lady Eagles fall to Riverside, season ends
The St. John Lady Eagles softball team's season ended with an 11-0 loss to top-seeded Riverside Academy in the quarterfinals.
LAPLACE — The road to Sulphur ended one game too soon for the St. John Lady Eagle softball team. No.
1 seed Riverside piled 15 hits and struck out Lady Eagles eight times April 24 in an 11-0 win that put the brakes on St. John’s 2026 season in five innings. The loss denied No.
9 seed SJHS a trip to the Divisin IV Select semifinal round in the Louisiana High School Athletic Association Fast Pitch 56 championship tournament that begins Friday at Frasch Park in Sulphur. Riverside Academy pitcher Kamryn Cancienne struck out eight and held St. John to three hits across five innings.
She struck out two Lady Eagles in the top of the first and two of the three at-bat in the third. An Aubrey Purpera double and singles by Charli Neumann and Madelyn Hedges comprised the SJHS offense. The Hedges single in the top of the fifth was sandwiched between strikeouts of the first two Lady Eagles at-bat and one more that sent St.