Local softball teams from Quitman and Weston High School took to the “tournament trail” once again this past weekend to mixed results. The Lady Wolverines of Quitman, still ranked #1 in Division V among “non-select” schools, headed south for the third time over the last five weekends to play in the prestigious Sulphur tournament. There they split a pair of games to bring their record to a sterling 17-3 mark. Weston High didn’t travel as far but instead headed west to take part in the Stanley Tournament where they won one of the three games that dropped their overall record to 5-13 and in 35th place in the Division V rankings. 

Live Oak 7 Quitman 2: It always happens every season for every team in every sport that once in a while you simply have a “clunker” of a game. The opener of the Sulphur Tournament against Class 5A Live Oak was that for the Lady Wolverines. Uncharacteristically, Quitman made a season high six errors and the Lady Wolverines failed to get an extra base hit for the first time all year as Cali Deal was the unfortunate loser, despite striking out nine and giving up only two earned runs. Karly Huckaby, who had 14 RBI in 36 games last season, continued her incredible outbreak year for driving runs in by plating two more to give her a team leading 35 in just 20 games to date. Deal, Hallie Kate Pullig and Anna Leach also got hits for Quitman. Brenna Lamkin and Maggie Guyotte scored the runs. 

TEAM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Live Oak (10-9)	2	0	1	3	0	1	0	7	8	0
Quitman (16-3)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	4	6

Quitman 5 Brusly 3: The Lady Wolverines redeemed themselves in grand fashion in game two of the tourney as they bested Brusly, in the battle between the top ranked school in Division V and the 2nd ranked team in Division II among “non-select” schools. After spotting Brusly to a 1-0 lead, Quitman came storming back to score 3 in the bottom of the fourth and two more in the fifth to take the win. Maggie Guyotte got the rally started with a double before giving way to pinch runner Taylor Harvey who scored after Cali Deal and Hallie Kate Pullig had back to back bunt singles. When Kinsley Ponder laid down a third straight bunt single, Deal scored as did Pullig on Quitman’s fourth straight bunt attempt, this one that was ruled an error off the bat of Karly Huckaby. A wild play in the third inning accounted for Quitman’s other two runs. Briley Bowers opened the frame by drawing a walk and went to second on Madison Chaplin’s single. After Guyotte hit into a fielders choice that forced Chaplin at second, and then advanced to second on what was ruled as defensive indifference, Deal hit a grounder to left field setting off a wild sequence of events. First, Guyotte got gunned down trying to score on the hit followed but an error by the catcher who threw the ball away allowed Bowers and Deal to score. Guyotte was outstanding on the mound as well, limiting the high powered Brusly attack that was averaging 7. 2 runs per game coming in to just two earned runs in 4.2 innings of work to earn the win. Deal pitched the final 2.1 innings, allowing just one unearned run to gain a save. 

TEAM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Brusly (14-4)	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	9	2
Quitman (17-3)	0	0	0	3	2	0	x	5	6	2

Stanley 15 Weston 0: Tournament host Stanley scored at will to take the three inning, “mercy rule” victory. Weston pitching gave up 8 hits and 9 walks but it was the misfortune of four untimely errors made by the Lady Wolves defense that led to 11 unearned runs. Molly Beaubouef got two of Weston’s three hits with Jacie Ledford collecting the other one and both Carlynn Waters and Anslee Aldy getting walks. 

TEAM	1	2	3	R	H	E
Weston (4-12)	0	0	0	0	3	4
Stanley (13-7)	2	8	5	15	8	0

Choudrant 17 Weston 3: The Lady Wolves scored three in the top of the first inning but Choudrant rallied to plate six in their half of the frame and added eight more in the bottom of the second to put the game away. Molly Beaubouef and Carlyn Waters hit back to back singles to open the game.  Keeley Davis, who was pinch running for Beaubouef stole third and Waters got thrown out trying to take second base before Davynee Bearden drew a walk. That set up a three run “jack” by Jacie Ledford, her team leading 6th home run of the year. Beaubouef once again led Weston in hits with two and Carly Jo Griffin added a double. Jaylin Williams also got a hit for the Lady Wolves.

TEAM	1	2	3	4	5	R	H	E
Weston (4-13)	3	0	0	0	0	3	6	2
Choudrant (9-4)	6	8	0	3	x	17	12	0

Weston 16 Forest 4: Eighth-graders Carly Jo Griffin and Carlynn Waters got four hits and scored three runs each and Jacie Ledford added three more hits and runs as Weston pounded out 21 hits to win the final of their three games in the Stanley tournament. Molly Beaubeouf got two hits for the third game in a row, the same number of hits collected by Davynee Bearden and Anslee Aldy. Raelynn Shell, Jaylin Williams, Keeley Davis and B Cuthrell also all added a hit as for the first time all year, every batter in the lineup connected for at least one hit. Aldy got the win after striking out a career high ten batters and giving up just three hits. Weston also stole 10 bases in the contest led by three from Griffin and two each by Waters and Ledford. 

TEAM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Weston (5-13)	1	2	3	4	0	0	6	16	21	4
Forest (4-9)	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	4	3	2

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