Call it shut-out Monday! Four local prep teams, consisting of two softball and two baseball squads, took to the diamond on Monday with all four games ending in a shut out, two on the winning side and two falling in defeat. 

Quitman 11 Minden 0 (Softball): The Lady Wolverines made it four for four in games won by blanking Class 4A Minden, coached by former Weston High School star, Shelby Leach. Continuing the Lady Wolverines tradition of developing young talent into immediate stars, freshman Brenna Lamkin, exhibited her superb talent by firing a five hit shut out for her first career victory and going 2/3 at the plate that included an RBI triple. Quitman jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the top of the first on the strength of singles by Kinsley Ponder, Maggie Guyotte, Cali Deal and Zoee Williams and nifty base running by Braelyn Boone and Anna Leach. The Lady Wolverines added another run in the third when Hallie Kate Pullig singled and scored on a double to left field by Leach. The game got out of hand the very next inning when after two outs, Quitman scored four more runs. Guyotte got the inning started with a walk, followed by a Deal double. Pullig then reached on an error and both Leach and Karley Huckaby singled to up the Quitman lead to 9-0. The final two runs were scored by Briley Bowers and Lamkin who opened the frame with a single and triple leading to Ponder hitting a sacrifice fly to up the lead to the final margin. 

Weston 17 Union Parish 0 (baseball): Drew Browning reached base four times in three innings, including rapping his second double of the game and a single in the third frame that accounted for four of his five RBI on the day as Weston punched 11 runs across on their way to the three inning “mercy rule” shutout victory over Division III Union Parish. Jacob Gill (2 RBI, RS) and Colton Blundell 3 RBI, RS) chipped in with doubles and both Bryce Zehr (2 RS, RBI, SB), and Cole Tolar (2 RS, RBI) each got a hit to go along with a keen eye displayed by the entire Weston offense that led to 9 walks and three hit batters. Jase Borders (RBI), Ty Henderson, Sawyer Watkins (RBI)  and Liam Weaver (2 RBI) also chipped in with two runs scored apiece. Zehr, who got the win for his two innings of work and Easton Borders combined for the shut out. Weston improved to 9-5 on the year while Union Parish dropped to 2-2. 

Minden 5 Quitman 0 (baseball): On the rare occasion when a schools softball team and baseball team play the same opponent school, it was the Crimson Tide that got the shut out victory on the boys side putting an end to the Wolverines two game winning streak. The Wolverines rapped out six hits, including two each by Hudson Pullig and Conner Moak and singles by Tucker Newton and Cail King but the Wolverines couldn’t capitalize leaving 10 runners on base. Kace West was the hard luck loser, after throwing three innings and not giving up an earned run. 

Cedar Creek 20 JHHS 0 (softball): The Lady Tigers and first year head coach Geneice Levingston were left still searching for their first victory of the season as Cedar Creek dropped JHHS to their third loss in a row and first in district 1-1A play. Cedar Creek improved to 3-2 and 1-0 with the victory. No individual totals were available.