All three Jackson Parish high school baseball teams were in action this past Thursday and Friday with three of the top ten teams in the Class B power ratings taking center stage.
Weston, ranked #5 in the latest Class B polls beat Division III Union Parish 16-0 to improve to 17-10 on the year, while Jonesboro-Hodge, ranked #11 in Division IV among “non select” schools with a 14-5 record, fell to Grace Christian, #3 in Class B with a 25-2 mark by a 16-1 score and Quitman, ranked #10 in Class B with a 16-11 record, dropped a 5-1 decision to Division II Grant High School.
Weston 16 Union Parish 0: The Wolves began April the way they ended March, with a shutout of their opponent, the first time all season that Weston has grabbed back-to-back shutouts. Liam Weaver and Bryce Tolar combined on the three-inning blanking, with the pair striking out 7 Farmers and allowing only a pair of hits in the “mercy rule” victory.
It was a big day for the “Border brothers” as both Jase and Easton continued their impressive breakout seasons by collecting two extra-base hits in the same game for the first time in their brief careers. Easton smashed a double and a home run, scored twice, and drove in a new career high 4 runs, while Jase stroked a double and a triple, scored three times, and knocked in three more. Drew Browning also “circled the bases” for the team for the best 4th time this season while scoring three times and collecting 3 RBI. Weaver helped his winning cause at the plate as well with a single, double, 2 runs scored, and 3 RBI, and Remy Kennard added a “two-bagger”, scored, and knocked in a pair of runs. Dawson Griffin and Tolar both scored a run and had an RBI each, while Ty Henderson scored twice and Beaux Oliver scored a run.
Grace Christian 16 JHHS 1: The third-ranked team in Class B, which has the second most wins of any program regardless of classification, proved to be too strong for the Tigers, who saw their four-game winning streak broken. No individual state were available.
Grant 5 Quitman 1: Remy Upshaw hit a single in the bottom of the fourth inning to knock in pinch runner Jayden Harts, who had taken over for Asher Rhodes after his one out single and move Conner Moak to third following his walk to narrow the deficit to 2-1 but that was as close as the Wolverines would come. Grant pitching didn’t allow another hit the rest of the way s and the Cougars added twp runs in the top of the sixth and another in the final frame to take the victory.