Heading into the 2024-25 LHSAA boys basketball season, Quitman Head Coach, Mike Black, knows that his Wolverines have to replace a lot of scoring. Graduation hit his team hard with three of the top four scorers now gone. 

Concerned? Not now!

“Before we started playing this summer, I wondered what effect losing those guys would have,” said Black. “Seeing how so many have prepared for their opportunity, I am very confident about our prospects this year and eager to get the season started.”

The “new look” Wolverines piqued Black’s curiosity about how his team would tackle the challenges ahead by winning three of four games at the NSU team camp two weeks ago. That curiosity turned into confidence with their play this past weekend at the Referees Training Camp in Ruston when they won all five games played against Buckeye, Fairview, Weston, Logansport and Oak Hill. 

“We have potential to be a really good team,” voiced Black following the contests. “I am very pleased with the depth we have. We have several players who can handle and shoot the ball and for the first time in several years we have some big men in the post. Most of all I am excited about how the guys, some who are getting their first real opportunity to play extended minutes, are gelling together and playing good team ball.”