During the 2018 and ’19 seasons when it won consecutive City League championships, the Briggs boys volleyball team had one of the area’s most powerful players in right-side hitter Justin Sharfenaker leading the way.
Controversial ending in nightcap leads to Demon sweep on Saturday McNeese Baseball (Source: KPLC) By McNeese Sports Information | May 9, 2021 at 9:01 PM CDT - Updated May 9 at 9:01 PM
NATCHITOCHES â A controversial call in the bottom of the ninth inning took what appeared to be a win away from McNeese in the second game of Saturdayâs doubleheader against Northwestern State, and two innings later, the Demons walked off with a 6-5 win to capture the Southland Conference series three games to one.
With McNeese leading 4-3 in the ninth and the tying run on third base, Cowboy relief pitcher Christian Vega appeared to have struck out a Demon batter swinging for the third out to capture the win. But as the Cowboys emptied the dugout to celebrate the win, the third base umpire ruled the batter foul-tipped the ball and extending the at-bat.
Cowboys split DH at NSU on Friday McNeese Baseball (Source: KPLC) By McNeese Sports Information | May 7, 2021 at 10:28 PM CDT - Updated May 7 at 10:28 PM
NATCHITOCHES â McNeese starting pitcher Will Dion got the early offense needed in Fridayâs first game of a doubleheader against Northwestern State when the Cowboys scored five runs in the first three innings while Dion cruised in six innings of work in a 7-1 win in a 7-inning Southland Conference game.
NSU ruined a masterful outing by Cowboy game two starter Bryson Hudgens who held the Demons to just two hits heading into the eighth inning, leading 3-1, when the Demons scored three, two-out runs to lift them to a 4-3 win and a split on the day.