Choudrant, Cedar Creek, Simsboro qualify for prep baseball playoffs
The Choudrant, Simsboro, and Cedar Creek baseball teams all made the LHSAA playoffs. Choudrant and Simsoboro will play in the Division V Non-select bracket while Cedar Creek will compete in Division IV Select. Photos by Josh McDaniel and Darrell James
Three Lincoln Parish baseball programs earned a spot in the 2024 postseason as the Louisiana High School Athletic Association released the brackets Tuesday.
Game dates and times had not been finalized as of Tuesday.
Choudrant
Perennial state championship contenders in Class B, Choudrant has made the playoffs once again, this time as the No. 15 seed in Division V Non-select. The Aggies (12-16) will host No. 18 Hackberry (12-11) in the first round. The winner will travel to No. 2 Weston (19-13) in Jackson Parish.
Choudrant has made the state tournament three straight years and has won at least one playoff game for eight straight seasons.
Cedar Creek
For the first time since 2019, the Cougars (15-18) have secured a spot in the playoffs as the No. 17 seed in Division IV Select. Creek will travel to No. 16 Hanson Memorial in Franklin for the first round.
The Cougars went 4- 2 over their last six regular season games to fight their way into the postseason field.
“The guys are really excited,” Creek head coach Chad Yates said. “That was one of their goals they had from the get-go was to make the playoffs and it would have been phenomenal to get a home game but we’re still excited and ready to play wherever.”
Simsboro
The Tigers (13- 13) earned the No. 17 seed in the Division V Non-select field, traveling to No. 16 Florien in the first round. The winner travels to No. 1 Pitkin (21-3) in the second round.
Simsboro won three of its last four games to make the playoffs, bouncing back from an eight-game losing streak in late March.
The Tigers will try to win their first playoff game since 2015.
