Ask any Weston High School player or coach, and they will tell you that they have some unfinished business to attend to. What they are referring to is coming up short in the 2024 Division V state tournament in the semifinal round after beginning with a lofty #2 seed. 

The Wolves, again seeded #2 in the Class B state tournament, left no doubt that they are totally focused on going all the way this spring as evidenced by the 11-2 thrashing of #15 Avoyelles Public Charter in the regional round. 

The victory, which improved District 1B champion Weston’s record to 20-10, which doesn’t include three win over out of state opponents, sets up a quarterfinal rematch from 2024 against #10 Lacassine, who won District 6B with a 5-0 record but has posted only a 12-12 overall record. In last year’s game, Weston won by an 8-1 margin.

Game time is set for 6:00 pm on Tuesday, May 6th on Field 4 of the Jackson Parish Recreation Department Sports Complex, located at 5254 Hwy 4 east of Jonesboro. 

The winner would then advance to the 2025 LHSAA Class B state tourney to face the winner of #3 Family Community and #6 Holden in a semifinal matchup that will be played at McMurry Park in Sulphur, LA on May 13-17. 

Weston 11 Avoyelles Public Charter 2

Even after making two infield errors to help APC take a 1-0 lead, any hopes of pulling off an upset were quickly dashed as Weston scored six runs in their half of the inning to basically put the game away. Drew Browning got the fireworks started by coaxing a a walk and then scoring on back to back singles by Cole Tola and Colton Blundell. Jacob Gill got hit by a pitch and Ty Henderson drove in a run with a fielder’s choice. That set up the big blow of the inning when Jase Borders smashed a shot over the left field fence to plate three. Walks to Luke Weaver, Sawyer Watkins, and Browning for the second time, sandwiching a single by Bryce Zehr that upped the lead to 6-1. 

The Wolves would add three more to the total in the bottom of the third when Weaver,and Zehr drew walks and Browning smashing a two out, three run, bomb over the center field wall to give Weston a 9-2 lead. A double by Jacob Gill scored Tolar and Blundell who had singled and reached on catcher interference for Weston’s final runs of the game. 

It was a total team effort for the Wolves, who pounded out 9 hits and had 11 reach base via free passes or APC errors. Every batter scored or drove in a run with the exception of one led by two hits each by Tolar and Gill, 3 RBI’s each from Browning and Borders and Browning, Tolar, Blundell and Weaver all scoring two runs. Zehr and Henderson also scored a run each. Sawyer Watkins picked up the win by throwing a complete game seven hitter, while striking out five and allowing only one earned run.