It was a busy week for area junior high programs with Quitman, Saline and Weston playing basketball contests and Jonesboro-Hodge Middle School playing Winnfield in a football game this past Thursday. The Quitman Junior boys and girls teams won three games and their fourth tournament of the year to run their season long unbeaten streak to 17-0. In the the process they took out their rival Weston twice to give them a 6-0 advantage over their parish neighbor on the year. The Weston boys fell to 7-7 overall. Chris Toms at Saline has his junior Bobcat girls trending in the right direction as well winning three consecutive games this past week to move to 8-3 on the season with two of the losses coming to Quitman.  

See below for results: 

Junior High Boys Basketball:

Quitman – 59 (Reed 17, Martin 11, T. Thomas 11
Weston – 24 (Lewis 9, Harris 6)

Quitman – 40  (Reed 17, T. Thomas 9, Martin 6, J. Thomas 6)
Weston  – 27 (Tidwell 13)

Quitman – 53 (T. Thomas 16, Reed 11, J. Thomas 11)
Choudrant – 21 (n/a)

Saline – 44 (Roberts 14, Mauthe12)
Castor – 38 (n?a)

Gibsland-Coleman – 52 (n/a)
Saline – 33 (Roberts 6, Mauthe 4

Saline – 43 (Roberts 20, Fontenot 11, Calloway 10)
Choudrant – 39 (n/a)

Junior High Girls Basketball:

Quitman – 40 (Borland 9, Leach 8, Walker 6, Pullig 6)
Weston – 7 (Waters 3)

Quitman – 30 (Pullig 14, Leach 6)
Weston – 14 (Griffin 12)

Quitman – 34 (Pullig 12, Leach 7, Walker 6)
Choudrant – 17 (n/a)

Saline – 42 (Sims 19, Jiles 14)
G-Coleman (n/a)

Saline – 29 (Sims 14, Jiles 12)
Choudrant – 19 (n/a)

Saline – 30 (Jiles 16, Sims 11)
Calvin – 24 (n/a)

Jonesboro-Hodge Middle School falls to Winnfield 28-12

In the matchup between first year “classmate coaches” Winnfield Junior High School, led by Jonesboro native Chance Williams beat J-H Middle School 28-12 and new head coach Trevaun Calahan. Both graduated JHHS in 1994.

The contest was the second time the two teams squared off and showed the improvement the local junior Tigers have made since the beginning of the season. In the first game, which was a scrimmage, Winnfield blasted the locals 31-0. This time around it was much closer, especially in the second half, where for the second game in a row, JHMS made rallies. Tyson Burks scored both touchdowns for JHMS on quarterback draws. Noah Murphy led the defense with three tackles for a loss. 

UPCOMING JUNIOR HIGH GAMES:

Tuesday, Sept. 20th:
JHMS vs Lincoln Prep  5:30pm
Weston vs Calvin 4:00pm
Quitman at Choudrant 4:00pm
Saline at Atlanta 5:00pm

Thursday, Sept. 22nd::
JHMS at Red River 5:00pm
Quitman at Doyline 5:00pm
Weston at Dodson 4:00pm
Saline at Gibsland-Coleman 5:00pm