By beating 9th seeded Calvin 9-1 in the LHSAA Division V quarterfinals on Thursday, Quitman High School punched their ticket to the state softball tournament in Sulphur. 

One thing for sure, the Lady Wolverines know the way to the Frasch Softball Complex, where the semifinals and finals will be played. After all, this will make the third time in the last four years QHS will have been there. In 2021, the Lady Wolverines reached the semi-finals and last year QHS finished as Division V runner-up after losing 2-1 to Converse in 9 innings. 

As fate would have it, Quitman will get a chance for revenge as they will face the defending state champions in the semi-finals on April 26th on Field #17 of the expansive sports complex. First pitch is scheduled for 12:00 pm.

Quitman enters the semifinal contest as champion of district 1B and with a sterling 27-4 record that includes a 16-0 victory over Monterey and the 9-1 win on Thursday. Converse finished as runner-up in district 3B and sports a 16-8 mark after beating Pitkin 7-2 in the regionals and Bell City 15-5 in the quarterfinals. 

The matchup is apropos as it allows for some unfinished business to be taken care of. Last year Quitman came into the game as the higher ranked team, as is the case this year, with QHS being ranked #1 in the state and Converse being seeded #5.

A victory sets up a finals matchup against the winner between #6 Stanley and #7 Anacoco in the finals that are scheduled to be played on Field #13 at 12:00 pm on Saturday, April 27th. 

The Lady Wolverines are primed to complete the task of winning the state title. While QHS has not played Converse this season, they did beat Zwolle, who won district 3B and was ranked #2 in the state by a 9-2 score. Quitman has also beaten both Stanley and Anacoco by 7-2 and 13-7 scores respectively during the regular season.

Tickets to the state tournament can be purchased in advance by going to:
https://gofan.co/event/1305213?shcoolld=LSHAA 

Quitman 9 Calvin 1 – After spotting the perineal Class C softball power to a 1-0 lead, the vaunted Quitman offense caught fire, scoring 9 runs over the 3rd – 5th innings to waltz their way to victory. 

Karly Huckaby, who added a double and Maggie Guyotte reached base three times each, while Madison Chaplin, who also hit a “two-bagger”, Cali Deal, Anna Leach and Marley Bell all got on base twice each. Hallie Kate Pullig, Briley Bowers and Kinsley Ponder also reached base once each as Quitman collected 10 hits and coaxed 8 walks off of Calvin pitching. Deal was the winner for QHS, spinning a two hitter and striking out 11 while not allowing an earned run.