PREP BASEBALL LOUISIANA POWER 25 RANKINGS (WEEK 4)

The Louisiana high school baseball season kicked off on Monday February 19, 2024 with regular season action beginning under LHSAA regulations. Leading up to opening day, we published our team previews ahead of the 2024 spring season, touching on programs spanning all classifications, counting down through the official Prep Baseball Louisiana Preseason Power 25 Rankings.

Since Opening Day, our scouts have been out and about covering the 2024 season and will be publishing scout blogs and additional in-season content, such as our Power 25 updates, Player of the Week awards, Scout Blogs, Diamond Notes, and more.

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Updated: March 11, 2024

 

The Top 5

 

The Top 5 has again undergone some minor changes after the third week of the high school season, as the Top 3 teams remain intact from last week.  Catholic BR is our #1 team, for the fourth consecutive week, after another impressive 3-0 week, which brings their season record to a perfect 12-0.  After beating St. Charles Catholic in their mid-week matchup, the Bears defeated Live Oak on Thursday by a score of 4-1 and on Saturday by a score of 11-1.  Sam Houston checks in at #2, after starting district play last week, where they picked up a couple of close wins over Acadiana, by a score of 2-1 in each ballgame.  The Broncos will be tested this week, as they meet up with their district-rival Barbe on Thursday and Saturday.  For the second consecutive week, Natchitoches Central remains at the #3 spot in our Power 25 Rankings.  The Chiefs were undefeated going into Saturday, but fell to Alexandria, by a score of 3-0, to bring their season record to 11-1.  Benton moves up six spots this week to #4, after a perfect 4-0 week, bringing their overall record to 12-2.  The Tigers open up district play with a big two-game series against Natchitoches Central, with Game 1 on Thursday and Game 2 on Saturday.  St. Amant moves up three spots to #5 this week and currently own a 12-3 overall record.  The Gators dropped a game to Ponchatoula last Tuesday, before reeling off four straight wins over Vandebilt Catholic, Destrehan, Ruston, and Mandeville.

 

Risers

 

+ Parkway moves up nine spots to #6 overall, after going 2-1 last week.  The Panthers defeated Sterlington 6-4 on Tuesday, before splitting their weekend series against Central BR.  Senior RHP Colton Smith, a Jones College recruit, improved his record to 4-0 on the year, after tossing a complete game one-hit shutout with 10 K's against Central BR on Saturday.

+ Covington makes their Power 25 Rankings debut this week at the #15 spot.  The Lions are currently 10-3 with key wins over John Curtis, St. Amant, and Dutchtown so far this season.

+ Brusly continues to climb our Power 25 Rankings and move up another seven spots this week to #14 overall.  The Panthers are currently 12-1 and went 4-0 last week, outscoring their opponents 35 to 4.

 

 
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