It was a tough four days (March 25-28) for local schools Jonesboro-Hodge, Quitman and Weston on the diamond as local baseball teams won three of seven games played with all three Jackson Parish schools winning one game each and the three local softball teams winning only three of eight games played, with Quitman winning two of four games played, Weston winning one of three and JHHS losing their only game.
Quitman High School Softball
The Lady Wolverines opened play by beating Doyline 16-1 in a District 1B battle on Wednesday, followed by beating Ponchatoula 13-3 in their opening game of the Quitman Invitational on Friday before dropping their final two games 4-1 to St. Frederick of Monroe and 4-3 to Archbishop Chappelle from New Orleans on Saturday to end the week with a 13-8 record.
Quitman 17 Doyline 1: Hallie Kate Pullig set a new career high by knocking in 6 runs, and Kinsley Ponder hit a pair of doubles and drove in four. Maggie Guyotte reached base in all four plate appearances with a double and three walks while scoring 3 runs. Avery Watson also had a big game with two hits, two runs scored, and two RBI, and Zoee Williams had two hits, including a triple, and scored two runs. Anna Claire Leach scored three runs as well.
Quitman 13 Ponchatoula 3: Maggie Guyotte earned Player of the Game honors by 446 Sports after having a monster game of two home runs and a triple while scoring three runs and knocking in three, giving her four straight extra base hits over two games. Anna Claire Leach (2 RS) and Brenna Lamkin (3 RBI) both hit doubles, while Hallie Kate Pullig had two hits, scored twice, and had an RBI. Keeley Davis scored three times and both Zoee Wiliams and Avery Watson had a hit and two RBI. Anna Pardue also scored a run.
St. Frederick 4, Quitman 1: Anna Claire Leach (RS)and Kinsley Ponder had two hits apiece for the Lady Wolverines, who never could make up the difference of a two-out, three-run home run in the first inning by St. Frederick’s of Monroe. Brenna Lamkin was the hard-luck loser despite only giving up four hits and one earned run in seven innings of work, where she struck out 12.
Archbishop Chapelle 4, Quitman 3: After Brenna Lamkin opened the bottom of the 7th inning with a double, singles by Zoee Williams, Avery Watson, and Anna Claire Leach tied the score at 3-3 before Archbishop Chapelle hit a home run in the top of the 9th to give Quitman the hard-fought extra-inning loss. With Quitman down 3-0, Lamkin hit the first of her two doubles on the day and scored after Briley Bowers singled and Zoee Williams hit a sacrifice grounder to narrow the deficit to 3-1.
Weston High School Softball
The Lady Wolves won one of three games played in the Quitman Invitational, opening with a 15-5 loss to Florien on Friday before coming back to beat Calvin 13-3 in the first of two games on Saturday where Weston lost 13-2 to Hicks in the nightcap to end the week with a 6-12 overall record.
Florien 15 Weston 5: Kate Keiffer doubled, and Carlynn Waters reached on an error to stake Weston to a 2-0 lead, but nine errors and nine walks were too much to overcome. Teegan Hall had a triple, scored a run, and knocked one in, and Brooklyn Keiffer had two RBI.
Weston 13, Calvin 3: Kate Keiffer scored four runs and had 2 RBI, and both Carlynn Waters and Tessa Reeves crossed home plate twice each as Weston capitalized on three hits into 3 runs thanks to six errors and six walks by Calvin. Carly Jo Griffin, Brooklyn Keiffer and Molly Beaubouef all scored a run. Gracie Gray picked up the win by allowing only four hits in five innings of work.
Hicks 13 Weston 2: Another sloppy day in the field, where Weston made 8 errors, which led to 12 unearned runs, including 9 in the fourth inning of the five-inning “mercy rule” contest. Rachel Bandy hit a triple and, along with Teegan Hall and Carly Jo Griffin, had two hits apiece.
Jonesboro-Hodge High School Softball
Simsboro 17 JHHS 0: The Lady Tigers lost their only game played to drop to 3-12 on the season. No individual stats were available.
Weston High School Baseball
Ranked #6 in the Class B power ratings with a 15-10 record at the end of the week, the Wolves beat Union Parish 15-3 on Thursday before falling 10-3 to St. Frederick’s of Monroe on Friday.
Weston 15 Union Parish 3: The “Border Brothers” of Jase and Easton drove in 4 and 3 runs each while Ty Henderson and Liam Weaver scored three runs apiece. Drew Browning added a double, 2 RBI, and two runs scored, while Beaux Oliver had two hits and scored two runs. Dawson Griffin, Bryce Tolar, and Kyptin Caskey all had a hit each.
St. Frederick’s 10 Weston 3: Six runs by St. Frederick’s in the top of the fifth inning broke open a 2-2 game and sent Weston to the loss. Drew Browning, Liam Weaver, and Bryce Tolar all had two hits each, while Dawson Griffin and Remy Kennard both hit a single.
Quitman High School Baseball
The Wolverines won one of three straight road games against schools from higher classifications by sandwiching a 10-7 victory over Class 2A Red River on Friday with losses on Thursday and Saturday to Class 5A Airline by a 10-0 score and a 8-1 loss to Class 4A Minden on Saturday that left Quitman with a 13-11 record.
Airline 10 Quitman 0: Kace West managed the only hit allowed by Airline, who scored 10 runs in four innings to win the game called early due to the “10 run rule”. Hudson Pullig, Asher Rhodes, Tucker Barnett, and Hayden Seymore all got on base via walks.
Quitman 10, Red River 7: Zach Smudrick had a career game at the plate with two doubles and a triple that led to two runs scored and 5 RBI. Maddox Duck hit a double and scored three runs, while Kace West scored twice, and both Hudson Pullig and Conner Moak added a run.
Minden 8 Quitman 1: Seven runs by the Crimson Tide in their last at bat broke up a pitchers’ duel that saw Minden holding a slim 1-0 lead after 6 1/2 innings of play. Tucker Barnett scored Quitman’s run in the top of the seventh inning when Cannon Harper drove him in with a double in his only at-bat.
Jonesboro-Hodge High School Baseball
Jonesboro-Hodge split a pair of District 1-1A contests falling to Cedar Creek, ranked #2 among “select” schools in Division IV, on Wednesday, by a 26-0 score, before coming back to beat Lincoln Prep 17-12 on Thursday. With the split the Tigers, ranked #15 in Division IV improved to 11-4 overall and 3-3 in District 1-1A play. No game statistics were available.
PREP BASEBALL / SOFTBALL STANDINGS
District 1-1A Baseball
| School | District Record | Overall Record |
| Cedar Creek | 3-0 | 18-3 |
| Glenbrook | 3-0 | 13-12 |
| Plain Dealing | 3-1 | 8-10 |
| Haynesville | 2-1 | 8-6 |
| JHHS | 3-3 | 11-4 |
| Ringgold | 2-4 | 9-11 |
| Lincoln Prep | 0-2 | 2-9 |
| Arcadia | 0-3 | 0-7 |
District 1B Baseball
| School | District Record | Overall Record |
| Weston | 3-0 | 15-10 |
| Quitman | 2-1 | 14-10 |
| Simsboro | 2-1 | 17-6 |
| Doyline | 1-2 | 6-11 |
| PCA | 1-2 | 7-11 |
| Castor | 0-3 | 6-7 |
District 1-1A Softball
| School | District Record | Overall Record |
| Glenbrook | 3-0 | 18-3 |
| Cedar Creek | 3-0 | 14-10 |
| JHHS | 2-1 | 3-11 |
| Plain Dealing | 2-1 | 11-3 |
| Haynesville | 1-2 | 2-7 |
| Arcadia | 0-2 | 1-2 |
| Lincoln Prep | 0-2 | 0-7 |
| Ringgold | 0-3 | 3-9 |
District 1B Softball
| School | District Record | Overall Record |
| Quitman | 3-0 | 13-8 |
| Weston | 2-1 | 6-13 |
| Castor | 1-2 | 12-6 |
| Doyline | 1-3 | 7-4 |
| Simsboro | 0-1 | 8-13 |
| PCA | 0-0 (not eligible) | 6-4 |