It was the day that Quitman High School, 8th grader, Hallie Kate Pullig, had been waiting for. The way it looked to be going down, the talented sub-freshman was always going to remember the Tuesday contest against Jena as this was the one that she drew her team even and then seemed to have won it late and with a pair of home runs at that. Her “jack”  in the fourth inning brought Quitman even at 1-1 and then her second blast of the game, a new career best, put the Lady Wolverines ahead at 3-2 in the top of the sixth inning. Madison Chaplin’s home run in the top of the fifth inning had tied the game at 2-2. 

Then something very unusual happened. For one of the few times this season, Quitman didn’t make their lead hold up as Jena shockingly used a walk and a pair of singles to score two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to ruin the day for Pullig and the Lady Wolverines. Suffering the loss was Cali Deal, who fell to 12-3 on the year. 

With the surprising loss, Quitman, who is still ranked #1 in Division V falls to 21-4 overall, while Jena, who by no means is a slouch, now sports a 15-9 record and is ranked #6 in Division III among “non-select” teams,

The Lady Wolverines will be back in action at 5:30 pm on Thursday when they play host to Class 5A Airline at the QHS softball field, weather permitting.