The hope was that by maybe getting a victory or two in the final week of the regular season, Weston would possibly climb a little higher in the Division V rankings. It hasn’t worked out that way. 

Fortunately the 67-64 overtime loss to Class 3A D’Arbonne Woods at home on Monday and falling  on the road 67-44 to Pitkin, ranked #15 in Division V, hasn’t hurt the Wolves ranking. With a record o 15-16 on the year, Weston is at #23 in Division V, seemingly assured of making the 28 team postseason field.  One final regular season game is still ahead, a Thursday contest on the road against #11 Simsboro.

D’Arbonne Woods 67 Weston 64 (OT) – A 26-15 Weston lead at the half failed to hold up as D’Arbonne Woods stormed back with 39 second half points and outscored the Wolves 12-9 in overtime. Three players reached double digits in scoring for Weston led by 14 from Tait Henderson and 11 each from Bryce Zehr and Nathan Wages, his second highest scoring total of the season. Tyler Pardue also came up big for the Wolves, setting a new season best with 9 points while Jude Otwell contributed 8 points. Lajavion Harris finished with five, Brody Tidwell had three, Daniel Watlington two and Juan Gonzalez hit a free throw to round out the scoring. Tommy Walker only took two shots, missing both, but had a huge defensive impact through 13 rebounds, 3 blocks and 2 steals, all team game bests.

Pitkin 67 Weston 44 – Homestanding Pitkin opened with 11 straight points and held Weston to just 7 points in both the first and second quarters to take a commanding 36-14 lead at the break. The Wolves fought back in the third period to score 23 but another 7 point effort in the fourth quarter sealed their fate of losing a second straight in two days, dropping their season record to below .500 at 15-16.

Jude Otwell led the Wolves in scoring with 9 as nobody managed to reach double figures in the contest that saw Weston make only 15 of 54 shots for a 28% shooting percentage. Tait Henderson contributed 8 and both Bryce Zehr and Lajavion Harris scored 7 with Nathan Wages and Tommy Walker adding four each. Ethan Taylor scored 3 and Tyler Pardue 2 to round out the scoring.