Three up! Three down! By winning all three games played in the Dodson Tourney played this past Thursday and Friday, the Wolverines claimed their second straight tournament championship in as many weeks and ran their season opening winning streak to seven straight.
The Wolverines waltzed their way to the victories by margins of 27, 17 and 15 points, which came in the 38-23 championship game against host Dodson. In earlier tourney action QJH beat Castor 38-11 in the first round before beating Weston 33-16 to qualify for the finals.
Quitman 38 Castor 11 (First Round): With Hayden Seymore scoring seven of his game high 12 points and Kaleb Maxwell adding two of the nine he finished with the Wolverines opened the contest with 9-0 lead and never looked back. QJH put the game on ice by Castor 15-0 in the second period. Noah Spillman added a season high six points followed by Eli Jackson scoring five and Ryder Gray chipping in with four points. Luke Rowe scored a basket as well.
Quitman 33 Weston 16 (Second Round) Unlike the close contest played between the two in the finals of the Weston Tourney last week, the Wolverines held Weston to just one field goal in the first half enroute to a 22-7 lead at the break. Hayden Seymore scored 9 points to lead a balanced attack for the Wolverines that saw Luke Rowe and Eli Jackson add eight points each. Kaleb Maxwell chipped in with six points and Lucas Leach nailed a pair of free throws. Weston was led by 6 points from Malachi Harris and five from Leyton Younse with Eli Henderson and Bryce Tolar tallying two each and Colton Otwell sinking a free throw.
Quitman 38 Dodson 23 (Finals): Luke Rowe scored a season best 9 points and Eli Jackson added 8 to pace the Wolverines who exploded out of the lockerroom to take a 19-2 first quarter lead. Noah Spillman equaled his season high with six points while Conner May finished with five. Kaleb Maxwell added four points and Hayden Essmeier hit a three pointer to set a new season scoring mark. Lucas Leach chipped in with two points and Hayden Seymore one to round out the scoring.
Girls
Castor 38 Quitman 12 (First Round): Scoring woes continued for the Lady Wolverines who fell to 0-3 on the season as Castor moved on to face Weston in the second round. London Burks scored six first half points and Audrina Martin added a basket but Castor held Quitman scoreless in the third period that sealed their fate. Amelia Staggs and Lily Duck added a basket each in the final frame.
Castor 32 Weston 24 (Second Round): Starting slowly with just four points in the first quarter and again in the third proved to be the undoing as Weston fell to 2-2 on the year. Bright spots for the Lady Wolves, who drew a first round bye in the tourney, were Rachel Bandy and Kate Keiffer making 6 and 5 second half points respectively to lead WJH in scoring. Teegan Hall and Addison Faulkner finished with four each with Ada-Clair Tidwell and Mallery Malone tallying two points apiece. Gracie Gray chipped in with a free throw.