The Benton Tigers and Haughton Bucs cruised to District 1-5A victories Saturday.
Benton completed a two-game sweep against Evangel Christian 11-1 in six innings at Benton. Haughton completed a two-game sweep of Captain Shreve 10-0 in six innings at Haughton.
Benton (24-1, 10-0) leads Haughton (19-5, 8-2) and Airline (15-8, 8-2) by two games. Natchitoches Central (18-6, 9-3) is fourth.
At Benton, ten Tigers combined for 12 hits, Brody Turnipseed had two triples and two RBI. Cole Snell had two hits and two RBI. Colton Birdsong and Griffin Sibley had doubles.
Kade Bryant, Jax Prewitt and Birdsong pitched two innings apiece. Birdsong had five strikeouts, Bryant four and Prewitt three.
Benton is scheduled to host defending non-select Division I state champion West Monroe (17-7) Monday at 6.
At Haughton, Christian Turner went 3-for-4 with a double and three RBI. JP Cormier went 2-for-4 with three RBI. Seth Jorstad had a double.
Justin Adkison allowed four hits in six innings with six strikeouts and two walks.
Haughton is scheduled to begin a two-game series against Evangel Tuesday at home at 6.