Weston High School head baseball coach, Joey Kemp, believes that to be able to beat the best often, you have to play the best often. Since taking over the reins of the Wolves baseball program in 2022, he has annually put together one of the toughest schedules to be found, regardless of classification. His belief has proven to be a good one as the Wolves have made the Division IV state tourney in two of his three years at the helm. 

This season Kemp has stayed true to the form, maybe even having his Wolves face the strongest schedule yet. Certainly the first two games couldn’t have been any tougher as Weston faced Class 4A Brusly High School and Class 5A Natchitoches Central. Not only were the two squads from much higher classifications, they both also boaster a D1 college prospect as the ace of their staff.  

Brusly 12 Weston 0:  Hits came few and far between for the Wolves against Braden Ray, who has drawn interest from virtually every state university, including LSU and Louisiana Tech. In six innings, the Brusly “ace” allowed only three singles and two walks while Brusly roughed up three Weston pitchers to the tune of 8 hits and 8 walks, while also getting the benefit of 4 WHS errors.  Drew Browning, Jase Borders and Colton Blundell, who also coaxed a free pass along with Jacob Gill were the only baserunners for Weston. Sawyer Watkins got the loss for the Wolves. 

Natchitoches-Central 12 Weston 0: While the Brusly pitcher was good, the two Natchitoches-Central hurlers, Ross Lindsey and Owen Smith were even better. The pair combined to no-hit the Wolves while combining to strike out 12 in only five innings. Cole Tolar and Jase Bord did coax walks for Weston. Liam Weaver took the loss for the Wolves.