The Franklinton Demons baseball team won both the games they played last week as they got a nice 2-0 win over Central Private and a comeback 9-8 win over the Holden Rockets, both non district games.
The Demons will return to district action this week as they play Loranger at home on April 1 and Lakeshore on the road on April 6.
Against Central Private the Demons threatened in the first with two runners on with one out but couldn't manage a run. Neither team threatened again until the fifth inning when the Demons loaded the bases with just one out; before Jojo Burkhalter singled in two runs for a 2-0 lead which they carried into the final half inning of the game.
Central Private put two runners on in their last half inning but Barber struck out the final batter to allow the Demons to preserve the win, 2-0.
Bryce Barber pitched the entire game allowing just three hits, two base on balls and striking out eleven. Kaedyn Jenkins, DaRon Sinceno, Barber, Dayton McNeese, Dalton Freeman, Jordy Thomassen, Jojo Burkhalter and Rick Songy each had a single on the offensive side of the ball.
Against Holden the Demons trailed for most of the game until they took a 7-6 lead in the sixth and increased it to 9-6 in the seventh. The Rockets scored two in the final half inning but it wasn't enough as the Demons hung on for the nice 9-8 win. Rick Songy pitched three and two thirds innings allowing four hits, two base on balls and striking out one. Dalton Freeman pitched one and one third allowing four hits and one base on balls. Jojo Burkhalter was the leading hitter with three hits. DaRon Sinceno had two, Kaden Breaux had one as did Caymen Pugh.
