This is a recording! No, actually, it is not, but it could just as well be. Quitman and Weston High Schools have won the District 1B championships in softball and baseball. 

For the record, the District 1B tournament title won by the Lady Wolverines on Saturday marked the 6th straight district title QHS has won, while Weston won their third in a row 1B championship in baseball.

Both exit district play with impressive unbeaten streaks. The Lady Wolverines extended their winning streak in district play to 24 wins without a loss, stretching back six seasons, while Weston ran their mark to 19-0 over the past three seasons. 

Totally Dominant! None of the four games, two each by the Quitman girls and Weston boys, were close as all victories were by 10 runs or more. The Lady Wolverines, ranked 2nd in Class B with a 19-9 record and a season-best six-game winning streak, thrashed Simsboro 12-1 in the tourney semifinals and Weston 15-0 in the finals, with both games called early due to the “mercy rule”. Weston, ranked 4th in Class B baseball with a 21-11 record, also breezed to the title by taking down Providence Classical Academy 17-1 in four innings in the semifinals and Simsboro 14-2 in the five-inning final matchup.

District 1B Softball Semifinals

Quitman 12 Simsboro 1: Hallie Kate Pullig smashed a home run, scored 3, and had 3 RBI, and Briley Bowers hit a pair of doubles and drove in 3, while Anna Claire Leach also had a pair of hits and scored 3 runs. Kinsley Ponder also came up big with 3 RBI, Brenna Lamkin knocked in two and scored, and Keeley Davis scored twice. Amelia Staggs scored a run, and Maggie Guyotte knocked in one while also pitching a complete game two-hitter for the victory. 

Weston 14 Doyline 3: Gracie Gray allowed only three meaningless singles while also hitting a double, scoring twice, and knocking in a pair of runs, while Davynee Bearden hit the first home run of her career. Teegan Hall also had a career day with four hits, including a triple and 5 RBI, while Carlynn Waters also hit a “three-bagger”, scored twice, and drove in a run. Kate Keiffer scored three times and had an RBI, and both Molly Beaubouef and Brylee Cuthrell, who had an RBI, scored a run. 

District 1B Softball Finals

Quitman 15 Weston 0: Brenna Lamkin pitched a one-hit shutout for her 11th victory of the year, and Maggie Guyotte (4 RBI, 3RS), Amelia Staggs ( 2 RS, 2 RBI), Hallie Kate Pullig (2 RBI), Briley Bowers (RS) and Anna Claire Leach (3 RS, RBI, SB) all hit “two baggers”. Zoee Williams also drove in a pair of runs and scored, while Avery Watson scored twice. Carly Jo Griffin got the sole hit for Weston. 

District 1B Baseball Tournament Semifinals

Weston 17 PCA 1: Colton Blundell drove in a team high 4 runs, scored twice, and hit his first home run since returning from a mid-season knee injury, while Drew Browing hit a pair of doubles, scored three times, and knocked three. Dawson Griffin made his first district tournament appearance memorable as well with a career high four RBI while also smacking three hits, including a double, and scoring a run. Liam Weaver (3 RBI, RS) and Easton Border (RS) both got a pair of hits, while Ty Henderson scored three times. Remy Kennard and Jase Borders, who struck out 9 in four innings to pick up the win, both scored a run and knocked one in. Beaux Oliver and Corbin Powell also both scored a run. 

Simsboro 6 Quitman 2: Two runs in each of the first two innings by the Tigers were to much for Quitman to overcome. Hudson Pullig hit a triple and Kace West smacked a double for two of the Wolverines 7 hits on the day that dropped Quitman’s to 16-14 on the season. Cail King and Zach Smudricks had two hits apiece and Maddox Duck got a hit and scored a run. 

District 1B Baseball Tournament Finals

Weston 14 Simsboro 2: Ty Henderson (3RS, RBI)hit his first home run of the season and Drew Browning (3 RS, 3RBI, SB) hit a pair of doubles for the second game in a row as Liam Weaver (RS, 2 RBI) and Bryce Tolar (RS, RBI) combined for the five hit victory. Beaux Oliver (RS, RBI) hit a triple while Jase Borders scored three times and knocked one in, and Colton Blundell had 2 RBI. Dawson Griffin and Leyton Younse added a run each to round out the scoring. 

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