It was “boys night out” for Weston High School on Tuesday evening as the Wolves “double-dipped” Dodson in a pair of contests that saw only the junior varsity and varsity boys teams from both schools play.
Weston 73 Dodson 48 (varsity boys) Home standing Dodson jumped out to a 9-2 lead. Then Weston went on a 15-2 run of their own to lead to a commanding 42-24 lead at the half. Bryce Zehr scored a team high 14 points in three quarters and Tait Henderson added 13 points in the same time frame to pace the offensive onslaught that saw the Wolves leading 62-34 heading into the final frame.
Eleven players tallied in all with Tommy Walker, LaJavion Harris and Jude Otwell chipping in with 8 points each and Daniel Watlington draining a pair of treys. Juan Gonzalez, who was also a beast on the boards, Brody Tidwell, and Ethan Taylor finished with four points apiece and both Nathan Wages and Dawson Clifton tallied two for the Wolves who improved to 6-3 on the year by equaling their best scoring total of the year.
Dodson, who dropped to 1-8 despite putting forth their best offensive effort of the year, was led by Zach Engram, who produced game high stats of three 3-pointers and 17 points. Dakota Glaze and Clay Statham added seven points, followed by six points from Boston Duff and five by Noah Box. Jase Shirley scored three and both Nathan Underwood and Cody King tallied two to round out the Panthers scoring.
| TEAM | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | TOTAL |
| Weston (6-3) | 17 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 73 |
| Dodson (1-8) | 11 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 48 |
DHS Scoring: Engram 17. Glaze 7, Statham 7, Duff 6, Box 5, Shirley 3, Underwood 2, King 2
Weston 47 Dodson 23 (junior varsity boys) Noah Box opened the game by hitting a three pointer to put the Panthers up but that would be all the points the stingy junior varsity Wolves would allow in the first frame that saw Weston score 17 straight points to pave the way to the victory.
Nathan Wages led nine Wolves who scored with 11 points, followed by six each by Cole Otwell, Ashad Harris and Aiden Faulkner. Brody Tidwell finished with five, Daniel Williams and Abram Toms chipped in with four, while Hunter Donaldson sank a three pointers and Kason Roberts added a layup after a steal to round out Weston’s scoring.
Box scored 11 to lead the Panthers with Cody King scoring seven and Sam McCarty adding a three pointer. Colton O’Bryan and Gauge Elliot each sank a free throw as well.
| TEAM | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | TOTAL |
| Weston JV | 17 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 47 |
| Dodson JV | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 23 |
Dodson Scoring: Box 11, King 7, McCarty 3, O’Bryan 1, Elliot 1
Strong second half by Class 5A Haughton staggers Saline
The Bobcats stunned Class 5A Haughton by taking an 11-8 first quarter lead but the bigger Buccaneers staggered Class C Saline with a 27-16 third quarter to win 60-39 in the David vs Goliath battle.
The victory was the second straight for Haughton after dropping their first five games of the season while Saline saw their six game winning streak come to a grinding halt, giving the Bobcats a 7-4 record. Eli Ferguson scored 10 points to lead Saline followed by 9 from Gavon Dailey and 8 by Trent Ledbetter. Conner Roberts had four and both Elijah Calloway and Jay Nash tallied three. Maddox Williams also got a basket.