Mired in a six game losing streak, Weston High needed someone to step up and help change their fortunes. Someone did and in a big way! Jacie Ledford turned in the best single game offensive performance of the year in Jackson Parish, hitting a double, triple and a home run to drive in 7 runs to help lift the Lady Wolves to a 12-8 victory over Simsboro in the opening game of the Smoothie King Invitational that was played on Thursday at the Jackson Parish Recreation Department Sports Complex. Even though Weston fell to Calvin 21-2 and Stanley 26-11 in the final two games of the tourney it was a weekend to remember for Ledford.  By the end of the three games Ledford totaled 7 hits in 8 at bats for an .875 batting average, hit four doubles, a triple and two home runs while driving in 12 and scoring six runs.  

Weston 12 Simsboro 8: It looked like much of the same for Weston after 3 1/2 innings of play as Simsboro had opened up a 6-0 lead. Then Ledford struck, smashing a line shot over the center field fence to score Jaylin Williams who had walked to narrow the deficit to 6-2. Weston came right back in the bottom of the fifth to take the lead, scoring five runs with two outs. The rally started with walks to Raelynn Shell and Williams that were sandwiched by a double by Molly Beaubouef to load the bases. Once again Ledford came up and once again cleared the bases of runners by stroking a triple to left to close the gap to 6-5 before scoring herself on a passed ball to tie the game. A walk to Carlynn Waters followed by a single by Carly Jo Griffin and a walk to Gracie Mudge reloaded the bases Waters then scored on another passed ball to give Weston a 7-6 lead. Simsboro would tie the game in the top of the sixth, setting the stage for Ledford to strike again, this time dropping a double to center field that scored Shell and Davynee Bearden. The Lady Wolves would go on to add three more runs in the inning as Ledford, Waters and Griffin all scored again on passed balls.

TEAM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Simsboro (6-6)	1	0	4	1	0	1	1	8	9	0
Weston (3-8)	0	0	0	2	5	5	x	12	6	1

Calvin 21 Weston 2: The Lady Cougars scored 9 runs in the top of the third to break open a close game and then added 10 more in the top of the fifth to end the contest. Raelynn Shell hit her first home run of the year to score one of Weston’s two runs.  Molly Beaubouef, who hit a pair of doubles and Jacie Ledford, who added another two bagger, also continued to swing the big bats for Weston and Carly Jo Griffin got a single and drove in a run. Gracie Mudge added a single. 

TEAM	1	2	3	4	5	R	H	E
Calvin (9-7)	2	0	9	0	10	21	18	0
Weston (3-9)	0	0	1	1	0	2	6	5

Stanley 26 Weston 11: After Weston scored 8 runs in the top of the third inning to erase a 10-2 deficit, Stanley responded with 11 in the bottom of the frame to put the game away. The loss failed to overshadow another command performance by Jacie Ledford who hit a home run and a pair of doubles, drove in five and scored two more. Raelynn Shell also continued her sudden power surge by blasting her second home run in two days, scored twice and drove in two runs and Carlynn Waters went 2/3, scored twice and had an RBI. Molly Beaubouef also had two hits and scored a run while Davynee Bearden hit a hit, drove in a run and scored twice. 

TEAM	1	2	3	4	R	H	E
Weston (3-10)	1	1	8	1	11	11	7
Stanley (9-6)	5	5	11	5	26	19	2

Quitman girls take two at Smoothie King Invitational

The Lady Wolverines put an end to their two game losing streak by winning a pair on Saturday. Quitman got back on track by beating Anacoco 13-7 in the first game on Saturday and then ended the evening in fine fashion by outlasting Class 5A Pineville by a 4-2 score. With the two victories Quitman improved to 14-2 on the year and kept their #1 ranking in Division V among “non-select” schools. 

Quitman 13 Anacoco 7: Karly Huckaby smashed a pair of home runs and drove in four runs as did Cali Deal who hit two doubles. Madison Chaplin added a double and scored three runs and Maggie Guyotte scored twice after reaching base three times via base on balls. Kinsley Ponder, Marley Bell and Taylor Harvey each got a hit and scored a run while Hallie Kate Pullig got a hit and an RBI. Brenna Lamkin and Briley Bowers both added a hit and Anna Leach scored a run. 

TEAM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Anacoco (4-6)	2	0	0	0	2	3	0	7	14	3
Quitman (13-2)	3	1	2	3	0	4	x	13	11	1

Quitman 4 Pineville 2: After two errors gave Pineville to a 2-0 lead in the top half of the first inning Quitman took the lead with a three spot in the bottom half of the frame. Madison Chaplin started the rally by singling followed by Maggie Guyotte hitting a double. A sacrifice fly by Cali Deal cut the lead in half setting up a two run single from Karly Huckaby that scored Taylor Harvey, who had come in as a pinch runner for Deal and Guyotte. Quitman added a run in the bottom of the fifth when Huckaby hit a one out double and scored when Marley Bell hit a grounder to shortstop. Deal went the distance to get the win, allowing only four hits and no earned runs while striking out ten. 

TEAM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	T	H	E
Pineville (8-8)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1
Quitman (14-2)	3	0	0	0	1	0	x	4	6	2

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