Jonesboro-Hodge and Quitman won home games and Weston took two in the “Land of Enchantment” as the three Jackson Parish schools went 5-0 combined on Monday and Tuesday. JHHS christened their newly refurbished home baseball field by whooping up on Wossman 18-6, while Quitman beat Claiborne Christian 9-5 on Monday for their second win against the Crusaders this year and followed that up by crushing Castor 11-1 in their first district 1B contest of the year on Tuesday. As for Weston, they proved their trip to Disneyland in Orlando, FL was all business once they hit the field. First the Wolves took down Union/Allegheny-Clarion Valley out of Rimersburg, PA 10-7 on Monday and then on Tuesday beat Green Farms Academy from Westport, CT by a 9-1 margin for their third victory this season over an out of state team.
Monday, March 17th
Weston 10 U/A-CV 7: The Wolves scored all their runs in the first three innings, and then withstood a late rally by their northern foe for the five inning victory. Eric Borders, who was pinch running for Cole Tolar and Colton Blundell each scored a two out run in the first to give Weston a 2-0 lead which ballooned to 9-0 after two innings of play. Singles by Luke Weaver, Drew Browning, Blundell, Jacob Gill, and Ty Henderson along with walks to Cole Tolar, Jason Borders and Weaver and a pair of free passes to Bryce Zehr did the damage. Blundell scored his third run in three innings the next frame when after walking J. Borders singled him home.
Quitman 9 Claiborne Christian 5: After spotting CCA a 2-0 lead the Wolverines stormed back to score six in the third and three more in the fourth to snap their two game losing streak. Tucker Newton singled and Hudson Pullig doubled to get the big inning started. Walks to Maddox Duck and Jake Potts set up Ayden Greer reaching on an error and Conner Moak slapping a single. A walk to Cail King followed leading to the Crusaders second miscue of the inning on a ground ball hit by Asher Shultz and a sacrifice fly out by Newton. The Wolverines added three more the next innings when Kace West opened with a double, Potts walked, Moak singled and King reached on an error that drove in two. Hayden Davis got the win by giving up just two earned runs over five innings.
Tuesday, March 18th
JHHS 18 Wossman 6: The 2025 season has been one of feast or famine for the Tigers and on Tuesday, the Tigers ate well once again. Sixteen runs in the first two innings made the outcome academic as JHHS got eight hits, walked nine times and had five batters get hit by Wossman pitches. Pierce Ulloa, John LaBlance and Trey Trosclair also allowed only two hits on the mound. Waylon Evans and Ulloa reached base all four times and scored four runs to lead the onslaught followed by Trosclair (3 RS, 3 RBI), Marquis Baker (3 RS, RBI), LeBlance (RS, RBI), Jeremiah Turnage (2 RBI, RS) and Jamarlon Johnson (RS, RBI) all getting on twice. With the victory JHHS improved to 4-3 on the year and snapped their three game losing streak after opening the season with three straight wins.
Quitman 11 Castor 1: The Wolverines scored six in the third and four more in the fifth to win by 10 runs for the third time this season. Hudson Pullig smashed a double and a home run, scored twice and drove in three from his lead off position to lead the offense. Cail King got two hits, including a double and scored twice while Jake Potts knocked in two with a double and scored a run. Asher Shultz and Tucker Newton scored two runs apiece and Maddox Duck scored a run. Kace West took the win by allowing just one earned run over three innings as Quitman evened their overall record to 9-9 and moved to 1-0 in district 1B play. Castor fell to 4-6 and 0-1.
Weston 9 Green Farms Academy 1: For the second time already this season the Wolves have won five straight, this time methodically taking apart the team from Connecticut by scoring in every one of the five innings played. Cole Tolar (2B, RS, RBI and Jacob Gill (RS, RBI, SB) got two hits each for the Wolves, while Bryce Zehr (2B, RS, RBI) and Drew Browning (RS, RBI) got a hit each. Remy Kennard, Dawson Griffin, Jase Borders (SB), Ty Henderson (SB), and Liam Weaver all scored a run while Beaux Oliver and Hunter Donaldson each drove in a run. Sawyer Watkins earned the win after throwing two shutout innings to open the game.