Freshman getting it done for Kaplan

Check these numbers out. .632 batting average, 28 singles, 17 doubles, four triples, 18 home runs, 52 runs batted in, and only one strikeout.
Who has these numbers, you ask?
A senior? No. A junior? No.
How about a freshman.
These are the batting stats for Kaplan freshman hitter Kennedy Marceaux.
Marceaux, the leadoff hitter for the Lady Pirates, is almost carrying the Lady Pirates with her bat.
Marceaux has hit a solo home run and a double for the second playoff game in a row.
On Tuesday, in Kaplan’s second-round playoff game, Marceaux hit a leadoff home run in the first inning and Kaplan snuck by No. 15 Mamou 2-1.
Kaplan moves on to the third round to play yesterday’s Sterlington/North Webster winner. The winner of the third-round game moves on to Sulphur.
Marceaux’s 18 home runs give her the school record for home runs hit in a season. But, the overall home run leader at Kaplan is senior Molly Sistrunk with 19. Sistrunk has hit 14 this year, one her sophomore year and four her freshman year.
Kaplan head coach Brittany LeBeouf said Marceaux has put in the time and work to get where she is today.
“I knew from day one she was a special player,” said LeBeouf. “She works to be a better non-stop. She plays high-level travel ball year-round, practices seven days a week outside of high school ball. She is getting great results because she puts in the time and does what it takes to be great.”
After Marceaux’s leadoff homer, Sistrunk followed with a single. With one out, Janyia Small walked to put two runners on base.
Noble Hebert brought home Sistrunk with a line-drive double that made it 2-0.
Two runs are all Kaplan needed with senior pitcher Carina Chargois on the hill.
The day before, Chargois struck out 12 in Kaplan’s first-round playoff win.
On Tuesday, she fanned 14 Mamou batters and only gave up two hits (a triple and a single).
In two games, she had 24 total strikeouts.
Kaplan had seven hits.
Marceaux, Hebert, and Small had two hits each for KHS.
“Mamou was a scrappy team, and its pitcher threw a good game against us,” said LeBeouf.