No one can debate about who has the best junior high softball team in Jackson Parish this year. Not after the Lady Wolves took two games from Quitman on Monday, 5-2 and 6-2, to sweep the “Fall Ball” season series 4-0. WJH also added a win against Choudrant to move to a sparkling 9-0 record.
The two Quitman baseball teams remained undefeated as well with a “double dipping” of Choudrant. The “Blue” team won 6-0 to move to 7-0, while the “Gold” team came out on top by an 8-0 to improve to 6-0 on the year.
In other junior high action, the Jonesboro-Hodge boys basketball team fell 47-32 to Arcadia to drop to 2-2, and the Weston baseball team lost to Simsboro 8-3 to fall to 4-4 this season. The Lady Wolverines of Quitman split a pair against Claiborne Christian, losing 11-4 in the opener and coming back to win the nightcap 9-5 to move to 7-10-1.
Games of Monday, October 26
Weston 5 Quitman 2 (softball): Ryan Kate Wyatt smacked a triple, scored twice, and knocked in a run, while striking out five, giving up two hits and allowing only one earned run to help lift Quitman to the victory in the first game of the All-Jackson Parish doubleheader. Kate Keiffer also had a big game, with a two-run “three-bagger” in the first and two runs scored, while Hannah Aldy doubled in Miriam Shuler in the third inning. Kylee-Ayn Allen and Autumn Kohler also added hits. Elliot Savage and Ellie Shultz got the two hits for Quitman, and Raegan Bell drove in Isabella Autry and Ryleigh McCormick.
Weston 6 Quitman 2 (softball): The Lady Wolves scored three runs in both of their at-bats to win the three-inning contest, as every starter but one got a hit. Leah Atkins smashed a double, followed by Cadie Conn reaching on an error and three straight singles by Miriam Shuler, Kylee-Ayn Allen, and Autumn Kohler, to put Weston up 3-0 after one inning. Karlee Altheimer singled, stole second base, and came around to score on Avery Cooper’s single for Quitman, narrowing the margin to 3-1. Weston’s offense picked right back up in the second as Ryleigh Puffer, Carrington Bond, and Kiley Horton opened the frame with singles, followed by River Waggoner’s double and Cadie Conn’s triple. Ellie Shultz reached on an error and scored on Kaylee Hammons’ groundout in the top of the third for Qutiman’s final run.
Quitman “Blue” 6 Choudrant 0 (baseball): The season-long scoring streak ended at 16 innings, but Jackson Ables and Aiden Reed both fired three innings of no-run ball to keep the winning streak alive. Jake Moak (2B), Jaxon Culpepper (3B, RS, 2 RBI), and Luke Davis (RS, RBI) all got two hits, while Reed (2 RS), Thatcher Savage (RS), Shepard Norred, Maddox Graham (2B, RS), and Grayson Kinman chipped in with a hit apiece.
Quitman “Gold” 8 Choudrant 0 (baseball): The Wolverines scored 4 in the 3rd and 5th innings, and Koplen Taylor, Andrew Seymore, and Kutter Blalock combined to throw a one-hit shutout. Sutton Vail (2 RBI) led the hit parade with two hits, and Bentley Ponder (3B, 2 RS), Taylor (2B, 2 RS), Mason Tolar (2B, RS, 2 RBI), and Seymore (2B, RS, 3 RBI) all added a hit. Drew Mobley also chipped in a run.
Games of Tuesday, October 27
Weston 8 Choudrant 2 (softball): Kate Keiffer went 2/3 with a triple, scored a run, and drove in 3, and both Brooklyn Keiffer (RBI) and Kylee-Ayn Allen (RS, RBI) had 2 hits each as Weston capitalized on 8 hits and 8 walks. Hannah Aldy (2 RS, RBI) reached base in all three of her at-bats with a single and 2 walks, and Cadie Conn (RS) added a double. Miriam Shuler scored a run and walked twice, and Leah Atkins scored a run.
Claiborne Christian 11 Quitman 4 (softball): Emma Gray and Ryleigh McCormick singled, Charlea Jones doubled, Isabella Autry walked, and Brelaina Hall reached base on an error as Quitman scored all 4 of their runs in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Quitman 9 Claiborne Christian 5 (softball): The Lady Wolverines scored 3 runs in each of their 3 at-bats to snap the 5-game losing streak. Charlea Jones (2 RS), Abi Sullivan (RS, RBI), Avery Cooper (2 RBI), and Adleigh Cooper (RS) got the four Quitman hits, as the team also benefited from 4 walks and 3 Claiborne Christian errors. Kaylee Hammons scored 2 and drove in 2 runs, and Ellie Shultz (RBI), Maddie Spillman, and Mez’Meri Walker each scored a run. Aria Dodson also knocked in a run.
Simsboro 8, Weston 3 (baseball): The Wolves scored two in the top of the fifth and another in the sixth, but it wasn’t enough, as Simsboro capitalized on 4 Weston errors and 6 walks that led to 6 unearned runs in Weston’s final game of the “Fall Ball” season. Carter Powell (RBI) and Haiden Jones got the hits for WJH, while Grant Griffin, Eli Jones, and James all scored runs. Parker Hightower also knocked in a run.
Arcadia 47 Jonesboro-Hodge 34 (boys basketball): Carter Sanders led the Tigers with 9 points, Brown scored 6, and both Caiden and Jace Jackson finished with 5 each. Addarren Amos, Graylon Hendricks, Cameron Leonard, and Brady Malone each tallied two.
Upcoming Games
Thursday, October 29:
JH at Cedar Creek (basketball) – 5:00 pm
Quitman at Calvin (softball) – 4:30 pm