Local schools Quitman and Weston both competed in the Quitman Softball Tournament held at the Jackson Parish Recreation Department Sports Complex this past weekend. It was the results of each that were different. Quitman High won all three of their games while Weston lost two of the three contests they played. There were also several incredible individual performances that took place on both teams

The Lady Wolverines beat Sulphur 6-5 on Friday and then dispatched West Monroe 10-0 and Cedar Creek 7-6 on Saturday to run their record to 20-3 and maintain their #1 ranking in Division V among “non-select” schools.

Meanwhile, Weston opened the tourney by dropping a 25-21 barnburner to Class 5A Ouachita Parish on Friday, then came back to beat Plainview 10-1 before falling to Caldwell 24-6 on Saturday which dropped their record to 6-16 on the year. 

Friday, March 21st

Quitman 6 Sulphur 5: Maggie Guyotte got three of the four hits Quitman managed, including smashing a pair of home runs and driving in all six runs. Flashing the power that made her one of the top sluggers in the nation as a freshman last year, Guyotte staked Quitman to a 2-0 lead in the first inning with the first of her two bombs that scored Maddie Chaplin, who had opened with a walk ahead of her. Guyotte drove in two more in the second with a single that scored Zoee Williams and Anna Leach, who had singled and walked setting the stage for her second two-run “jack” in the bottom of the fifth inning that again scored Chaplin and give Quitman a seemingly safe 6-0 lead. Then suddenly Sulphur came alive to score 3 in the top of the sixth inning and adding 2 more in the seventh before Deal slammed the door shut by striking out her 9th batter leaving the tying run on second base.  

TEAM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Sulphur (14-6)	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	9	0
Quitman (18-3)	2	2	0	0	2	0	x	6	4	1

Ouachita 25 Weston 21: Carly Jo Griffin drove in a career high 7 runs on the strength of a double and home run and Jacie Ledford got four hits including a pair of “two-baggers” and a triple, drove in three and scored three more to give Weston a 21-16 lead after six innings. Unfortunately Class 5A Ouachita plated 9 runs in the top of the 7th to steal the victory in the contest that saw the two teams combined for 46 runs and an incredible 70 base runners. By games end, the pitchers from both squads had faced 109 batters and threw a total of 451 pitches. Every Weston batter got on base and all but one scored at least one run with the list of additional contributors being as follows:
Raelynn Shell – 3 hits, 3 runs scored, 2 RBI, stolen base
Carlynn Water – 2 hits, 4 runs scored, 3 stolen bases, RBI
Davynee Bearden – 2 hits (2B), 3 runs scored, 2 RBI, 3 walks
Gracie Mudge – 2 hits, 2 walks, run scored, RBI
Jaylin Williams – 3 runs scored, 4 walks
Keeley Davis – 1 hit, 1 walk, run scored
Brylee Cuthrell – 2 runs scored 

TEAM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Ouachita (10-13)	6	3	3	0	3	1	9	25	18	4
Weston (5-15)	0	5	2	4	6	4	0	21	16	2

Saturday, March 23

Quitman 10 West Monroe 0: Maggie Guyotte went “yard” two times for the second consecutive game, scored four runs and knocked in 4 more to lift the Lady Wolverines to their second straight victory in two days over a Class 5A school. Cali Deal also came up big, adding a homer and a double while striking out 9 batters and limiting West Monroe to just one hit for her 7th shutout of the year. Kinsley Ponder contributed 2 hits and 2 RBI while Madison Chaplin walked twice, scored two times and stole a base. Anna Leach and Briley Bowers scored a run each and Hallie Kate Pullig added an RBI.

TEAM	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
West Monroe (14-11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Quitman (19-3)	2	0	2	0	2	4	10	7	2

Quitman 7 Cedar Creek 6: In one of the more stirring comebacks of the year, Quitman scored three runs in both the bottom of the sixth and seventh inning to rally from a 6-1 deficit and win their 20th of the season. Kinsley Ponder provided the “walk-off” victory by stroking a single to score Maggie Guyotte with the winning run. It was sweet justice for Ponder who got the chance to play hero after Cedar Creek decided to intentionally walk Cali Deal and Hallie Kate Pullig with one out and Guyotte on third to load the bases and try to set up a force out. Guyotte had tied the score at 6-6 earlier in the inning when she hit a double to drive in Brenna Lamkin and Madison Chaplin who had both walked. Guyotte had aslo gotten the three run rally in the sixth inning started with her first double of the contest and scored on Cali Deal’s single. After Pullig walked, Deal scored on a ground out by Ponder setting up an Anna Leach double that scored Pullig and left Quitman trailiing by a 6-4 margin. Deal pitched the 7th inning in relief of Guyotte and Lamkin to pick up her third win of the tournament and run her record to 12-2 on the year.  

TEAM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Cedar Creek (9-12)	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	6	7	0
Qiutman (20-3)	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	7	8	3

Weston 10 Plainview 1: Anslee Aldy turned in her best pitching performance of the year, giving up just three singles and no earned runs while striking out 11 batters. Carlynn Waters (2 runs scored, 2 RBI) and Jacie Ledford (3 runs scored, 3 RBI) also played a big role by collecting three hits each, including both stroking a double and a triple. Jaylin Williams came up big as well with two hits, including a double, scoring twice and driving in two runs, while Keeley Davis (2 runs scored, 2 steals) and Raelynn Shell added two hits each. Brylee Cuthrell scored a run and stole a base as did Davynee Bearden who also added an RBI.

TEAM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Plainview (1-9)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3
Weston (6-15)	4	2	0	1	0	3	x	10	14	1

Caldwell 24 Weston 6: The Lady Spartans pounded three Weston pitchers for 19 hits and scored four runs in four times while adding 8 more in the second inning to blow away Weston in five innings. It was “long ball” by Caldwell that did the damage as 11 times the Lady Spartans got extra base hits. Carly Jo Griffin (5 RBI, run scored), and Jacie Ledford (2 runs, RBI) swung a big bat as well for Weston with each hitting a home run and Davynee Bearden (run scored) added a double. Jaylin Williams pitched in with hit and a runs scored while Raelynn Shell scored a run as well. 

TEAM	1	2	3	4	5	R	H	E
Caldwell (15-8)	4	8	4	4	4	24	19	2
Weston (6-16)	0	2	0	4	0	6	6	5

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