Fall break had no impact on the fast start Quitman Junior High baseball and Weston Junior High Softball have gotten off to in the early part of the “Fall Ball” season, as both continued their winning ways by taking victories on Monday and Tuesday. The Weston Junior High baseball team also won on Monday, while the Quitman Junior High softball team lost one and tied one on Monday and dropped another on Tuesday.
Games of Monday, October 19
Quitman “Blue” 17 Claiborne Christian 0 (baseball): Aiden Reed, Ryder Pardue, Jackson Ables, Luke Davis, and Shepard Norred threw one inning each to combine for 9 strikeouts and the Wolverines’ third consecutive shutout, while the offense posted a season best in hits and runs scored. Jaxon Culpepper led the hit parade with 3 hits, including a double and a triple, while also scoring three times and driving in two runs. Reed’s triple, one of his three hits on the day, drove in three runs, while Davis and Ables both collected two hits, drove in three, and scored a run. Maddox Graham (RS, RBI) and Jase Reed (2 RS, RBI) also got a pair of hits. Thatcher Savage (RS), Jake Moak (3 RS), Grayson Kinman (2 RS), and Pardue (2RS, RBI) all had a hit apiece.
Weston 15 Castor 0 (softball): Ryan Kate Wyatt, Hannah Aldy and Miriam Shuler combined on a one-hit gem over five innings while K’ing 11, while the offense pounded out 15 hits, including 6 that went for extra bases. Cadie Conn (2 2B, 3 RS, 5 RBI) and Kate Keiffer (2B, 3B, 2 RS, 4 RBI) both went 3/3, and Brooklyn Keiffer (RS, RBI) got two hits in two at-bats. Aldy (3 RS), Raylie Hall (2B, RS), Wyatt (RS, RBI), Shuler (3B, 2 RBI), Autumn Kohler (RS), and Kylee-Ayn Allen all got a hit apiece. Carrington Bond, Kiley Horton, and Leah Atkins all scored a run.
Quitman “B” 4 Claiborne Christian 4 “B” (softball): The Lady Wolverines scored 4 in the top of the second inning and then held on for the tie when Claiborne Christian scored 4 in their final at-bat. Maddie Spillman got the big inning started with a walk followed by an Avery Cooper single. Aria Dodson sacrificed a run home with a bunt, and then Ellie Shultz, Charlea Jones, and Abigail Sullivan all hit singles to drive in the final three runs.
Claiborne Christian “A” 11 Quitman “A” 3 (softball): Elliot Savage went 3/3 and scored 2, and Emma Gray, Brelaina Hall (RBI), Ryleigh McCormick (RS), and Isabella Autry (RBI) all got a hit. Charlea Jones also knocked in a run.
Weston 7, Downsville 6 (baseball): The Wolves scored two in each of the first two innings and three in their final at-bat to outlast a pesky Downsville team who scored three in each of the last two innings. Carter Powell’s double and a single by Ashton Paggett were the only hits by WJH, who capitalized on 10 walks, 4 hit batters, and 4 Downsville errors. Tate Hall scored twice, and Grant Griffin, Bret Rasbury, Remi Davis, Powell and Paggett all scored a run each to help improve the Wolves’ record to 4-3 on the year.
Games of Tuesday, October 20
Quitman “Blue” 12 Castor 2 (baseball): The Wolverines, who have scored in double digits in all five games this season, scored in every inning, extending their amazing scoring streak to 20 consecutive innings. When Castor scored two in their final at-bat, it ended another Wolverine streak, this one of not allowing a run for 16 innings. Shepard Norred was the offensive standout with a home run and a triple that accounted for 2 RBI and 2 runs scored. Aiden Reed, Thatcher Savage (RS, RBI), Jake Moak (2 RS, RBI), Luke Davis (2 RS, 2 RBI), Maddox Graham (RS, RBI), Jase Reed (RS, RBI), and Ryder Pardue all got a hit apiece, and Jaxon Culpepper scored a run.
Weston 19 Dodson 3 (softball): Ryan Kate Wyatt had three hits, including a double and a triple, scored three runs, and drove in four, and Cadie Conn’s got three hits with a double, scored three, and had 3 RBI to power the Lady Wolves’ offensive attack that accounted for 28 base runners broken down into 14 hits, 11 walks, and 3 hit batters. Leah Atkins (2B, 4 RS, RBI) and Hannah Aldy (3B, 2 RS, 3 RBI), had two hits apiece, and Carrington Bond (RS), Ashlyn Petre (RS), Miriam Shuler (RBI), and Kylee-Ayn Allen (RS, 3 RBI) all had a hit. Kiley Horton, Raylie Hall, and Brooklyn Keiffer (2 RBI) all scored a run as Weston improved to an area-best 6-0 on the year
Lakeside 18 Quitman 6 (softball): Quitman scored two in the 2nd, three more in the 5th, and another in the 6th inning, but it wasn’t enough to stop a second loss in two days that evened the Lady Wolverines’ record to 5-5-1 on the year. Five of Quitman’s 9 hits were for extra bases, with Elliot Savage, Emma Gray, and Ryleigh McCormick all smashing triples, and Brelaina Hall and Isabella Autry hitting doubles. Abi Sullivan also got a hit.
Quitman “Gold” 12 Castor 3 (baseball): Four runs in each of the three Quitman at-bats led the way to a fourth consecutive victory by the “Gold” team. Bentley Ponder (RS, RBI), Koplen Taylor (RS), Carter Kelley (2B, RBI), Mason Tolar (2 RS), Clay Burto (RS, RBI), Andrew Seymore (2 RS, RBI), Sutton Vail (2B, RS, RBI), and Issac Sessions (RS) all had a hit. Kutter Blalock scored twice and Asher Cooper once. Blalock, Tolar, and Burton combined to limit Castor to just one hit and struck out 9.
Upcoming Games:
Wednesday, October 21
Jonesboro-Hodge Junior High Softball vs Mansfield – 5:00 pm
Thursday, October 22
Quitman Junior High Baseball vs Choudrant (double header) – 4:30 pm
Quitman Junior High Softball vs Evangel – 6:00 pm
Saturday, October 24
Quitman Junior High Softball at Claiborne Christian Tournament – TBA