Quitman and Saline made the short trip to Lincoln Parish for games against Cedar Creek and Choudrant on Tuesday while Weston took the long road to Winnsboro on Monday, to play Family Community Christian Academy. For all three boys teams the trips were joyous wons but for the girls only Quitman came home happy after Saline and Weston both lost close contests.
Quitman 61 Choudrant 54 (boys): Gavin Caskey hit 8 of 10 shots, including making 5 of 7 from behind the arc to lead Quitman in scoring with a season high 21 points in the contest that saw the Wolverines outscore Choudrant 16-7 in the fourth quarter to rally for the victory. The victory was the 6th in 7 games for Quitman who shot 58% (22-38)from the field and 50% (5-10)from three point land. Choudrant fell to 3-5 on the year following a second straight loss. Brayden Smith and Logan Ponder also reached double digits with 16 and 12 points respectively while Noah Leach pitched in 9 and Eli Walker three.
Quitman 32 Choudrant 28 (girls): The Lady Wolverines spotted home standing Choudrant to a 20-16 first half lead, then came storming back to double up the Lady Aggies by a 16-8 margin to take the low scoring affair. Both teams struggled from the floor with Quitman making only 11-44 shots (25%) and Choudrant fairing even worse by being able to make nine baskets all game. Anna Leach led the Lady Wolverines with nine points, followed by 8 from Cali Deal and five from Ali Claire Palmer and four by Taylor Harvey. Jaleigh Burns, Hallie Kate Pullig and Taylor Borland all chipped in two each.
Saline 66 Cedar Creek 61 (boys): Cedar Creek opened their 2023 basketball season by jumping out to a 25-20 lead at the half but Saline picked up the pace by scoring 23 points in both the third and fourth quarters to win their third straight and go over the .500 mark for the first time this season with a 4-3 record. Javon Dailey led the way for the Bobcats with a season high 25 points followed by 16 from Trent Ledbetter and nine by Eli Ferguson. Maddox Williams and Jer’Courtney Loyd added five each and Conner Roberts finished with four.
Cedar Creek 56 Saline 53 (girls): The Lady Bobcats had two chip shot opportunities to take the lead in the final seconds but couldn’t convert as Cedar Creek held on to win their season opener. Saline jumped out to a 17-11 first quarter lead and held a 26-23 halftime advantage but the Lady Cougars kept chipping away in the second half before squeaking it out in the end. Alaya Gray led Saline with 21 points, including three trey’s, followed closely by Kasidy Sims who ended with 18 points in the contest. Alana Gray had 11 and Jordan Williams two.
Weston 59 FCCA 45 (boys): On Monday, Weston snapped a two game losing streak after spotting FCCA an 11-0 lead to start the game. Tait Henderson scored 22 points, including 15 in the third quarter alone to lead the Wolves who took the game over by scoring the final six points of the first half and first eight points of the second. Nathan Wages turned his best performance of the season with 15 points and 8 of Weston’s 21 steals in the game. Bryce Zehr scored seven, Jude Otwell finished with five and Juan Gonzalez scored four to round out the scoring. With the victory the Wolves improved to 4-2 on the year.
FCCA 66 Weston 62 (girls): In the contest that saw more swings than a schoolyard playground FCCS went on an 11 point run to rally to the lead and then used a 15-1 spurt to pull away to a 32-19 first half advantage. Thanks to a season high 24 point effort by 8th grader, Carly Jo Griffin, 12 points and 11 rebounds by Lexie Millien and 11 more points by Lainee Trosclair the Lady Wolves made a game of it late. Anslee Aldy scored 7, Jacie Ledford 6 and Nadia Siadek two to go along with her team high 13 rebounds.