Can a pair of first’s also be a last? The answer is yes, when in reference to Weston High School’s 16-1 loss to Lacassine in the LHSAA Class B softball playoffs on Thursday. To explain further, the first round contest was the first postseason game played on the Lady Wolves newly refurbished, on campus field which turned out to be the last game WHS will play this season.
Weston, which closes out their 2025 campaign with a 6-15 record after beginning the year by winning their first three contests in the prestigious Polar Bear Classic, earned the right to host the contest by virtue of their #15 seeding in the Class B bracket. Lacassine, seeded #19, improves to 12-6 and moves on to play #3 seed Anacoco in the regional round.
One of those days! The promotion leading up to the contest proclaimed “Today is the Day”. It was correct but not in the way that WHS wanted as the day was the day that nothing went right for WHS right from the get-go.
Lacassine opened the game by loading the bases with one out after sandwiching a pair of singles and a walk around a strikeout. Then the Lady Wolves became their own worst enemy by committing two infield errors, allowing three unearned runs to cross the plate before getting out of the inning.
Davynee Bearden hit a one out double followed by a Molly Beaubouef single to give WHS two runners in scoring position with only one out in their half of the inning, but again things went wrong as both were stranded on base.
The bad luck continued in the second inning for the Lady Wolves as just when it looked like Weston would escape Lacassine having runners on first and third with no further damage, another costly infield error, this one coming with two outs, plated two more runs leading to three Lacassine batters getting hit by a pitch and a single that put Weston in a 7-0 hole. Eight straight Lacassine batters reaching base to open the top of the third ran the score to 13-0.
Weston got on the board in the bottom of the third when Carlynn Waters reached on an error and scored on when Rachel Bandy, who was the hard-luck loser in the circle despite not giving up an earned run, slapped a single up the middle.
Two more errors by the Lady /Wolves, their 5th and 6th of the contest, contributed to the final three runs scored against them and the contest ending after only five innings due to the “mercy rule”.
The loss, while disheartening, doesn’t put a damper the growth shown by the Lady Wolves in head coach Cecilia Chamblee’s third season at the helm. Weston’s .400 winning percentage this season was better for the third straight year and for the first time since 2014, the Lady Wolves opened the season with three straight victories. Adding to the positive reflection on the season is the promise brought forth by several budding players who made major contributions this year.