The Quitman and Weston Junior High softball and baseball teams opened the 2024 “Fall Ball” season in great fashion with all four squads taking victories on October 1st. A walk off bunt single by Ella Simonelli lifted Quitman while the Lady Wolves smashed Simsboro behind the pitching and hitting of Rachel Bandy. Both the boys teams won a pair with the Wolves thrashing Castor and Doyline at the Jackson Parish Recreation Department Sports Complex on Tuesday, October 1st and both Quitman teams beating Choudrant.
Weston 9 Simsboro 4 (softball) – The Lady Wolves scored three runs in each of the 1st, 3rd and 5th innings to overpower Simsboro in the season opening contest played on Tuesday, October 1st. Rachel Bandy, who struck out 10 in the complete game victory also led the offensive onslaught with two triples and a double while scoring three runs. Tessa Reeves reached base three times and scored three runs and Teegan Hall added two hits and two runs. Gracie Gray also scored for Weston and Ryan Kate Wyatt chipped in with a double and a single.
| TEAM | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | TOTAL |
| Weston Junior High (1-0) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Simsboro Junior High | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
2B – Bandy, Wyatt
3B – Bandy 2
Runs – Bandy 3, Reeves 3, Hall 2, Gray
Weston 8 Castor 3 (baseball) – Leyton Younse, Eli Henderson and C Griffin all scored after drawing three straight walks to give the Wolves a 3-0 lead to open the contest. Then J Lewis, Younse, Henderson, Griffin and Bryce Tolar all walked after H Williams reached on a dropped third strike setting up Weston’s only hit in the contest, a single by Colt Guyotte, to blow the game open in the bottom of the third. Tolar got the win after striking out five in his two innings of work, including the first four Doyline batters he faced.
| TEAM | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | R | H | E |
| Castor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Weston (1-0) | 3 | 0 | 5 | x | 8 | 1 | 1 |
Weston 10 Doyline 1 (baseball) – The Wolves scored in all four innings to steadily pull away for the easy victory. Bryce Tolar got things started in the first by singling in Eli Henderson and G Griffin who had reached on an error and a walk and then scored on a wild pitch to give Weston a 3-0 lead. It would be all the Wolves would need thanks to a stellar pitching performance by Leyton Younse and Henderson who combined on a no-hitter and struck out 11 of the 14 Doyline batters they faced. The Wolves upped the lead to 5-0 in the bottom of the second R Davis and Williams reached on a dropped third strike and a walk with two outs and then scored on wild pitches. A walk to Younse followed by a triple by Henderson, and another walk to Griffin and Tolar reaching on catcher’s interference led to four more runs in the bottom of the third to up the lead to 9-0. Colton Otwell scored the final run in the bottom of the fourth after reaching on a dropped third strike moving to second when Jenson Waggoner walked and scored on a wild pitch and passed ball.
| TEAM | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | R | H | E |
| Doyline | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Weston (2-0) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 |
Quitman 9 Choudrant 0 (baseball) The Wovlerines “Blue” team had no trouble with Choudrant as QJH took advantage of erratic pitching by the Aggies while also reaping the benefits of Tucker Goss, Hayden Seymore and Mason Thomas combining on a shutout.
Quitman 4 Choudrant 3 (baseball) – The Wolverines “Gold” team also had a successful day as QJH scored in the last inning to take the victory on a walk-off hit. Aiden Reed, Thatcher Savage and Cason Rogers shared time on the mound.