The Red River baseball team pulled into second place in District 3-2A after splitting the series with Winnfield this week.

 

The Bulldogs dropped the opening game 8-6 on Tuesday and rebounded with a 10-4 win on Thursday.

Red River (7-9, 2-1 District 3-2A) opened district play with a win against Lakeside, but the second game was cancelled.

 

Many is in the driver’s seat in district play with series sweeps of Mansfield and Lakeside.

 

The Bulldogs next district series is against Many on March 31 and April 2.

 

Red River, who dropped a game with North DeSoto on Friday, 12-0, gets back at it Monday at home against Calvin and Thursday at North Webster.

 

The Bulldogs finished the week Friday at home against Quitman.

 

Red River is sitting at No. 24 in Division III Non-Select bracket, which consists of 24 teams.

 

The Red River softball team rebounded from a tough week with a 23-1 win Wednesday against Providence Classical Academy.

 

The Lady Bulldogs suffered their third district loss of the season in an 11-10 heartbreaker against Mansfield on Thursday.

 

Red River’s record sits at 5-7 with a crucial doubleheader against Plain Dealing at home Monday as the Lady Bulldogs try to strengthen their playoff resume with more wins.

 

The Lady Bulldogs wrap up district play Tuesday against district power Many before diving into an eight-game non-district stretch to end the season over the final three weeks.

 

Red River is sitting at No. 27 in Division III Non-Select as they angle to make the 24-team field.

 

Red River’s 15.50 is just 0.33 power points out of the playoff picture.

 

Coushatta native Emareyon McDonald was a key piece in LSU Shreveport’s NAIA Sweet 16 run, but the No. 2 seed Pilots couldn’t push through Friday in a 102-98 loss to No. 3 seed Ave Maria.

 

McDonald supplied a team-high four assists in the loss, the senior’s final game of his college career.

 

He scored 15 and 13 points, respectively, in LSUS’s two tournament wins in the opening rounds. The Pilots hosted tournament games for the time in program history this season.

 

LSUS finished the season 28-6 with regular season and conference tournament titles in the Red River Athletics Conference.