Area fans of most local schools got to see three games for the price of two on Tuesday but had to make short trips to see their favorite team play. The exception was Jonesboro-Hodge being at home and Quitman playing only a varsity girls and boys game while the rest saw their junior varsity teams in action. As it turned out playing two turned out better as only Quitman High emerged victorious in both of their games, while JHHS, Weston and Saline all lost their varsity contests. 

Quitman  56 Calvin 45 (girls) Cali Deal continued her recent scoring spree and Quitman broke open a close game by outscoring home standing Calvin 14-6 in the final quarter. Deal poured in 31 points on 10 of 18 shooting from the field while also nailing 10 of 13 free throws. Her scoring outburst marked the second time in the last three games that the lanky lefthander eclipsed the 30 point barrier and upped her average to Jackson Parish best 22.9 points per game. Anna Leach also reached “double digits” in scoring with 10 points followed by Jaleigh Burns who scored seven. Taylor Borland finished with four, Ali Claire Palmer tallied two and both A.J. Gray and Morgan Cheatwood made a free throw to round out the scoring for Quitman, who improved to 7-6 on the year.The loss dropped Calvin to 7-5 and ended their three game winning streak. 

TEAM	1	2	3	4	TOTAL
Quitman (7-6)	11	11	20	14	56
Calvin (7-5)	11	9	19	6	45

Quitman 63 Calvin 53 (boys): The boys game played out much like the girls before as Quitman outscored the Cougars 21-14 in the final frame to break open a tight game that had eight lead changes. With four players reaching double figures in scoring, Quitman had their way inside the arc, connecting on a remarkable 17 of 23 (74%) field goals. while adding seven baskets from beyond the three point line. Logan Ponder led the balanced attack with 16 points with Eli Walker adding 14. Gavyn Caskey pitched in 13 and Noah Leach tallied 10 as Quitman became the first Jackson Parish school to win 10 games on the year. Larson Thomas also came up big with six points, his second highest total of the year, on the strength of a pair of three pointers. Braden Marten and Brayden Smith also scored two points each.

TEAM	1	2	3	4	TOTAL
Quitman (10-4)	16	15	11	21	63
Calvin (6-6)	14	17	8	14	53

Choudrant 37 JHHS 35 (girls): McKenzie Bradford nailed three 3-pointers to lead a spirited Lady Tiger rally that came up just short as JHHS lost their fifth straight to fall ot 2-7 on the year. Class B Choudrant won their second in a row over a team from a higher classification following their victory the Tuesday before over Class 3A Union Parish to improve to 5-8 overall.Morgan McGee canned three treys in the first half to finish with a team high 11 points and Tyya Davis also ended with nine points. Jalenya Jackson finished with five and LeRonda McGuire added a free throw for JHHS. Choudrant was led by Reese Brown who scored 16 points that included six in the final frame to keep JHHS at bay.  

TEAM	1	2	3	4	TOTAL
JHHS (2-7)	8	6	6	15	35
Choudrant (5-8)	13	4	9	10	37

Choudrant 52 JHHS 50 (boys) Symeon Malone scored of his team tying high 10 points in the fourth quarter to pace JHHS to a 16-9 advantage in the final frame but a 19-11 third quarter by Choudrant was too much to overcome as the Tigers fell to 2-4 and saw their two game winning streak broken. Choudrant beat their fifth straight team from a higher classification won their sixth straight to improve to 9-5 on the year. Damarious Burns also finished with ten points for JH as Za’Mauryian Palmer and Landon Boston both ended with eight points on the night. Dewayne Palmer scored six, Spencer Strickland finished with four points and both Chase Leonard and Bradford tallied two each.

TEAM	1	2	3	4	TOTAL
JHHS (2-4)	9	14	11	16	50
Choudrant (9-5)	16	8	19	9	52

West Ouachita 54 Weston 49 (girls): Trailing 45-39, homestanding West Ouachita went on a 13 point run to steal the victory over Weston who led for most of the contest. Lainee Trosclair made four 3-pointers en route to a team high 16 points with Carly Jo Griffin adding 11 in the contest. Carlynn Waters and Anslee Aldy both scored seven followed by Lexie Millien who finished with four. Raelynn Shell and Nadia Siadek scored two each. Weston fell to 7-6 with the loss while West Ouachita won for the first time after six straight losses to open the season. 

TEAM	1	2	3	4	TOTAL
West Ouachita (1-6)	12	16	11	15	54
Weston (7-6)	11	19	13	6	49

West Ouachita 72 Weston 50 (boys): The homestanding Chiefs won their second straight after opening the season with six straight losses. Weston fell to 7-6 on the year after losing their third in the last four games. No individual scoring was reported.

Castor 62 Saline 51 (girls): Alaya Gray scored 11 of her team high 20 points in the fourth quarter to help Saline outscore Castor 17-14 but a 37-20 deficit at the half was too much to overcome. Kacidy Sims finished with 14 points Alana Gray added 11 for the Lady Bobcats who dropped to 4-10 on the year. Rayaunnah Pearson scored four and Jordan Williams made a basket to round out the scoring for Saline. Castor, who improved to 7-2 on the season was led by Kalena Smith who drained four 3-pointers and scored 20 in the contest while Sky McMullen and Ambree Collinsworth also reached double figures in scoring with 18 and 10 points respectively.

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TEAM	1	2	3	4	TOTAL
Saline (4-10)	11	9	11	17	51
Castor (7-2)	20	17	11	14	62

Castor 63 Saline 40 (boys): The homestanding Tigers opened the game by taking a 13-4 lead after one and blew it open by outscoring Saline 24-13 in the final quarter A The scoring doldrums continued for the Bobcats who lost their third straight to fall to 7-6 on the year. Trent Ledbetter and Eli Ferguson both scored ten to lead the Bobcats while Gavyn Dailey ended up with eight for Saline who has now failed to score more than 46 points in their last four games. Conner Roberts and Bryce Davis finished with four each, Elijah Calloway made a three pointer and Maddox Williams sank a free throw. Castor won for the first time in five tries to improve to 3-8 on the year. 

TEAM	1	2	3	4	TOTAL
Saline (7-6)	4	15	8	13	40
Castor (3-8)	13	14	12	21	63