Prep Baseball Louisiana: Diamond Notes (Week 7)
April 10, 2024
The Prep Baseball Louisiana Diamond Notes serves as an opportunity for our staff to highlight players, from across the state, that put up impressive performances on a given week, yet fell short of our Mizuno Player & Pitcher of the Week honors.
NOTE: These submissions were provided from high school coaches from around the state. If you are a coach and are interested in submitting a player for our weekly Player of the Week awards, please contact State Director Alex Armand at [email protected]. Our Diamond Notes will be released each Wednesday throughout the high school spring season.
Player of the Week
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Corey Cousin OF / RHP / Slidell, LA / 2024Cousin has been arguably the best two-way prospect in the entire state this season, and in Week 7, he continued to perform at a high level. The Oklahoma recruit led the Tigers to a 6-0 victory last Monday against Ponchatoula, after tossing a complete-game shutout, giving up only 2 H with 4 BB and 11 K's. He then turned around on Saturday and tossed another complete-game one hit shutout with 3 BB and 10 K's to lead Slidell to a 2-0 win over Northshore. At the plate, he was just as impressive last week, as he went 8-12 (.667) with a HR, 2 2B, 7 RBI, and 5 R. |
Pitcher of the Week
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Jace Duhon RHP / South Beauregard, LA / 2024Rankings StateRank: 37 / POS: 11
South Beauregard currently owns a 22-3 overall record and a big reason for the team's success has been their deep pitching staff that is led by Duhon. The University of Louisiana-Monroe recruit had arguably his best week overall last week in two separate starts. Last Monday, in our Week 7 Game of the Week against Lutcher, he tossed a complete-game shutout and gave up only 3 H with 1 BB and 8 K's. Duhon then turned around on Saturday and tossed another complete-game shutout against Pine Prairie, giving up 3 H with 2 BB and 6 K's, to finish the week 2-0 with 14 K's. |
Other Notable Performances
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Trey Hawsey 1B / OF / West Monroe, LA / 2024The Louisiana Tech recruit had a nice week at the plate during the Rebels 3-0 run in Week 7. For the week, Hawsey went 6-9 (.667) with a HR, 2 2B, 6 RBI, and 3 R. |
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Layden Alwell INF / Pineville, LA / 2024Rankings StateRank: 214 / POS: 15
The uncommitted senior had a nice week at the plate for the Rebels, as he went 6-11 (.545) with 1 2B and 4 RBI's. |
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Carson Rainwater RHP / DeQuincy, LA / 2025Rankings StateRank: 184 / POS: 37
Rainwater had quite the week for DeQuincy, both at the plate and on the mound, in Week 7. He hit right at a .467 clip with 2 2B, 4 RBI, and 7 R, and also went 1-0 on the mound in a complete-game efort with 9 K's, which moves his season ERA to 0.68. |
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Hudson Conner RHP / Eunice, LA / 2024Conner had a big week on the mound for Eunice last week, as went 2-0 with wins over Deridder and Plaquemine, while giving up only 4 H and 0 ER across 13 IP with 4 BB and 16 K's. |
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Wyatt Buratt RHP / C / Ascension Christian, LA / 2025Rankings StateRank: 220 / POS: 32
Buratt had a big week, as he hit at a .571 clip last week with 2 HR, 1 2B, 1 3B, and 6 RBI. He also tossed 2 shutout IP with 3 K's and threw out 2 of 3 baserunners in two games. |
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Wyatt Stafford 1B / Ascension Christian, LA / 2025Rankings StateRank: 219 / POS: 13
The uncommitted junior had an impressive week for Ascension Christian. For the week, he hit at a .400 clip with 2 2B and 4 RBI. |
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Jacob Brignac RHP / Ascension Christian, LA / 2025Brignac came through in a big district matchup against St. John by tossing a complete-game giving up 8 H, 3 R, and 1 ER with 6 K's. He also contributed at the plate by hitting at a .500 clip with 1 RBI.
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Bryce Fontenot INF / Sulphur, LA / 2024Rankings StateRank: 28 / POS: 4
The McNeese recruit had a big week at the plate last week, as the Tors went 4-1 in their five games. Fontenot went 8-15 (.533) with 1 HR, 1 2B, 1 3B, and 7 RBI's, while also stealing 5 bases. |
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Cooper Winchester C / St. Paul's , LA / 2024Rankings StateRank: 14 / POS: 1
The former Future Gamer and Air Force recruit had a nice week at the plate for the Wolves. Winchester went 5-9 (.556) with 1 HR, 2 2B, 1 3B, 2 RBI, and 2 R. |
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Bradley Hanlon INF / Neville, LA / 2024Rankings StateRank: 123 / POS: 20
The Copiah-Lincoln recruit had a nice week for the Tigers in Week 7. Hanlon went 9-12 (.750) with 9 RBI, 3 BB, and 3 SB. |
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Zerrick Jones OF / Jena, LA / 2024Jones had a phenomenal week for Jena last week, as the team went 4-0. For the week, he hit at an absurd .917 clip with 11 R and 4 BB, and was also 15 for 16 on stolen base attempts.
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Everett Denny INF / RHP / Jesuit, LA / 2024Rankings StateRank: 86 / POS: 7
The uncommitted senior went 5-10 (.500) with 3 2B and 2 RBI's last week for the Blue Jays. |
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J.D. Hidalgo INF / RHP / Catholic New Iberia, LA / 2025Rankings StateRank: 56 / POS: 15
The uncommitted junior had a nice week at the plate last week, as he went 5-8 (.625) with 3 2B's in the team's three games.
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Ryan Gregson INF / Hahnville, LA / 2024Rankings StateRank: 97 / POS: 5
Hahnville has been rolling as of late, and Gregson helped the Tigers cause in Week 7 with a big week at the plate. For the week, he went 7-11 (.636) with 2 2B, 4 RBI, and 6 R, while also not striking out one time.
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Gunner Courtney SS / South Beauregard, LA / 2024The Southeast Arkansas recruit went 7-11 (.636) last week with a .714 OBP with 3 RBI, 4 R, and 3 SB, as the Golden Knights moved their season record to 22-3.
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Jed Henry 3B / South Beauregard, LA / 2026The uncommitted sophomore swung the bat well last week, as he went 8-13 (.614) in the Golden Knights four games last week with 2 2B and 7 RBI's.
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Cole Navarro RHP / Brother Martin, LA / 2025Rankings StateRank: 66 / POS: 14
The uncommitted junior earned the win against Jesuit last week, after tossing 6 innings and giving up 3 ER on 6 H with 4 K's. Navarro also went 8-14 (.571) at the plate with 2 2B, 5 RBI, 4 R, and 3 BB.
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Josh Lim OF / Dunham, LA / 2025Rankings StateRank: 20 / POS: 6
The University of Louisiana-Lafayette recruit swung the bat well in Week 7 for the Tigers. For the week, Lim went 6-10 (.600) with 1 HR, 1 2B, 2 3B, 10 RBI, and also had a stolen base.
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Bradyn Cupit LHP / West Monroe, LA / 2026The LSU recruit has been stellar all season long for the Rebels and last week was no different. Cupit tossed a 5 inning complete-game one hit shutout, against Alexandria last week, with 1 BB and 11 K's. This was his third straight outing with 11 K's.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Lake Charles Summer ID | LA | 05/19 | Barbe High School - Lake Charles, LA |
Lake Charles Rising Stars ID | LA | 05/19 | Barbe High School - Lake Charles, LA |
North Louisiana Summer ID | LA | 06/04 | Louisiana Tech University - Ruston, LA |
North Louisiana Rising Stars ID | LA | 06/04 | Louisiana Tech University - Ruston, LA |
Louisiana Top Prospect Games (Invite-Only) | LA | 06/11 | University of Louisiana - Lafayette |
New Orleans Summer ID | LA | 07/02 | Tulane University - New Orleans, LA |
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