The Weston High School softball team is looking forward to games at home on Monday and Tuesday after a tough weekend on the road. The Lady Wolves will host Georgetown on Monday, March 4th and Claiborne Christian out of West Monroe on Tuesday, March 5th. Both games will begin at 4:00 pm and will be played at the Jackson Parish Recreation District Sports Complex, located on Hwy 4 East.
It was a rough weekend for the Lady Wolves, who dropped all four games played from Thursday – Saturday. The week began with a 18-3 loss to Lakeside this past Thursday. This was followed by three losses at the Choudrant Tournament played on Friday and Saturday that dropped Weston’s record to 2-7 on the season.
Lakeside 18 Weston 3: A 16 run first inning by Lakeside was the downfall for the Lady Wolves. A bright spot was a three run, home run by Jacie Ledford in the bottom of the third that scored Carly Jo Griffin, who had walked and Keeley Davis who had reached on an error.
Claiborne Christian 15 Weston 5: The Lady Wolves fell to Claiborne Christian for the second time in less than a week as the Lady Crusadors scored in every inning of the six inning affair. Carly Jo Griffin led the offense for the Lady Wolves with two hits, including a home run and scored two runs. Olivia Marsh also had a pair of hits , including a double and drove in two runs. Jaylin Williams had two hits and an RBI while Gracie Mudge had a double and scored a run. Jacie Ledford hat a hit and scored and Keeley Davis had a hit and drove a run in.
D’Arbonne Woods 23 Weston 10: With the score tied at 9-9 after two innings, D’Arbonne Woods put a ten spot on the board in the top of the third to open the game up. Carly Jo Griffin continued to shine at the Choudrant Tournament, hitting a home run for the second consecutive game and driving in four runs, Molly Beaubeouf went 2/2, scored twice and drove in a run while Anslee Aldy got a hit and 2 RBI as did Raelyn Shell, who doubled. Jaylin Williams, Olivia Marsh and Carlynn Waters all singled and scored, with Jacie Ledford scoring twice and driving in a run. Katy Choate also scored.
Choudrant 15 Weston 0: The Lady Wolves managed only three hits against the tournament host as Choudrant scored four in both the first and second innings before putting the game away with seven runs in the bottom of the fourth. Jacie Ledford got two hits for Weston with Molly Beaubeouf getting the third. Carlynn Waters also reached base twice via walks.