Strong seasons by the baseball teams at Natchitoches Central and St. Mary’s have earned the Chiefs and Tigers first-round byes in the Louisiana High School Athletic Association’s playoff brackets released Tuesday, while Lakeview will travel to East Iberville in a bi-district game later this week.

NCHS (27-7) is the No. 7 seed in the Non-Select Division I tournament and will host next week in the regional round. Either No. 10 Dutchtown or No. 23 Airline will visit Chad Hargis Field for a best-of-three series.

St. Mary’s (21-5) is seeded ninth in the Select Division IV bracket. The Tigers will head to Monroe next week to play No. 9 St. Frederick. Both teams got first-round byes. The Division IV, Class B and C tournaments have winner-advance single games, while Divisions I, II and III all play best-of-three series in each round.

Lakeview (11-13) goes to East Iberville in a bi-district contest. Those can be played at any point through Saturday this week. No date was set as of Tuesday evening.