Matt Vines

COUSHATTA – Playoff softball is coming to Coushatta for only the second time in its history as Red River held its home playoff slot in the official playoff pairings announced Wednesday.

The No. 15 Lady Bulldogs (20-7) will host No. 18 seed Pine on Friday at 2 p.m.

Red River’s only other home playoff game came in 2021 as a No. 15 seed, but the Lady Bulldogs fell to South Plaquemines.

The program is looking for its first-ever playoff win in its sixth-ever appearance, according to LHSAA playoff records that date back to 2003.

Red River is making its first playoff appearance since 2022 as the Lady Bulldogs have put together one of the best regular seasons in program history.

Winners of their last six games, Red River will put its explosive bats to the test in a playoff atmosphere.

Red River has scored double-digit runs in 19 of its 20 wins. In Red River’s seven losses, the Lady Bulldogs have scored five runs or less.

Pine (9-11) enters the playoffs 3-3 in its last six games.

It sports an offense that’s capable of production with seven games of 10 or more runs.

Both teams have struggled against elite competition, but Red River has proven it can win the close games.

The Lady Bulldogs are 4-1 in games decided by three runs or less. The best example of Red River’s progress this season is a 14-13 win this past week against a Northwood-Lena bunch that opened the season with a 16-5 win against Red River.

Pine is 3-4 in games decided by three runs or less.