There is no better way to be the best than hear from the best. 

That is what the Weston High School baseball team was afforded on Friday when two of the best baseball players to come out of north Louisiana spoke to the Wolves during their annual Wolves Baseball Breakfast. 

The 2024-25 Wolves baseball team got to hear words of inspiration and instruction from a pair of ex-major leaguers in former Quitman High School standout, Toby Borland, and West Monroe native Braden Bristo. 

The team meeting focused on three words: fear, time, and love. These guys were encouraged to never fear the game, cherish the moments with their team, and to learn to love the people you play with.

Borland, who played for five teams over his 10 year major league baseball career from 1994-2004 and Bristo who played for Tampa Bay and Detroit, shared very inspiring and personal stories with the team and explained that there will always be valleys and peaks in life, but that they should trust God in the midst of it all and remember He is in control.

Weston High School head baseball coach Joey Kemp, gives thanks to the parents of the players on the team for putting the breakfast together and to Wooly’s for donating food. 

“We are blessed to have a wonderful support system,” said Kemp. “It’s more than about baseball.”