It was just a matter of time. With so many returning lettermen from the vaunted offensive attack of a year ago, the expectation was that Weston would score runs in bunches. On Monday and Tuesday they did just that. The two victories improved Weston’s record to season best 3 games over .500 at 7-4 and vaulted the Wolves to a #4 ranking in Division V.

Weston scored 33 runs in just 8 innings of baseball earlier this week over the course of two games starting with a 19-4 crushing of Calvin, where the Wolves piled on a season best 14 runs in one inning before coming back on Tuesday to flatten Franklin Parish 14-2. The offensive onslaught was all the more impressive due to the fact that the Wolves got a total of 20 hits in the two games, 16 of which were singles. The other four hits were doubles by Layton Garrett, Drew Browning, Colton Blundell and Cooper Delaney. Where Weston did their damage was taking advantage of the many free bases passed out, 26 in all, 19 of those coming from base on balls and 7 from being plunked.

Leading the hit parade was Browning who got four hits followed by three hits each from Bryce Zehr, Blundell and Tait Henderson.  Layton Garrett and Ty Henderson added a pair for hits each  and Jacob Gill, Cole Tolar and Delaney all got one apiece. 

Browning also led in RBI with 6, with Tait Henderson and Garrett knocking in 4 runs each. Delaney had three RBI and Zehr, Blundell, Ty Henderson, Gill and Tolar driviing in two apiece. Zehr paced the Wolves in runs scored, crossing home plate 7 times with Delaney and Garrett scoring four time each and Browning, Blundell, Tait and Ty Henderson, and Drew Williams all scoring three times over the two games. Garrett and Sawyer Watkins drew the starts and got the victories on the mound.

Weston will next be in action this weekend when they take part in the Red River Classic at Menard High School this March 7-9, scheduled to play Oakdale at 4:00 pm on Thursday, Buckeye at 5:00 pm on Friday and host Menard on Saturday at noon. 

Quitman 12 North Webster 2: By scoring at least at least two runs in four of the five innings played, Quitman easily beat their Class 3A opponent. By winning their fifth straight and improving their record to a stellar 6-1 on the year, the Wolverines climbed to #2 in the Division V rankings among “non-select” schools. 

Riley Duck paced the offensive attack with 3 hits in 4 at bats, including smashing a triple, scoring three times and knocking in four runs. Hudson Pullig also added a double, two runs scored and an RBI while Kace West, Pete Simonelli, and Ian Tilley all hit singles. Pulig, Logan Ponder and Jayden Harts scored two times each with West, Brayden Smith and Maddox Duck each crossing home plate once.  Ponder picked up the win for the Wolverines, allowing only two hits and no earned runs while striking out nine in five innings of work. 

The Wolverines will compete in the Choudrant Tournament on March 7-9.