The girls and boys basketball teams from Quitman and Weston Junior High will be in tournament action once again this Thursday and Friday as they make the short drive to participate in the Choudrant Tournament.
One thing is for certain. The pair of Jackson Parish schools won’t be playing against each other in either of the championship games. That was guaranteed when tournament officials decided to pit the Quitman and Weston girls and boys against each other in what amounts to a play in game on both sides of the bracket.
As result, the Quitman and Weston girls get the tournament started at 4:00 pm on Thursday with the local boys game following. The victor will then play a second round contest against Simsboro on Friday with the girls playing at 4:00 pm and the boys slated to tip off at 4:40 pm. The finals are scheduled for 5:40 and 6:30 pm on Friday.
Also being played in the Old Gym are 6th grade girl and boys games with Quitman scheduled to play Choudrant at 5:40 pm on Thursday. for a boys game followed by the girls teams from both schools playing at 6:30 pm. The two QJH 6th grade teams will play again on Friday against Downsville with the boys tipping off 4:00 pm followed by the girls game.
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Choudrant Tournament Brackets
Quitman Tourney Recap
The Quitman Junior High boys team stretched their season opening winning streak to 11 straight games and won their third consecutive tournament by winning three games. The QJH girls turned in their best tourney performance of the season by finished in second place after opening with two wins. Both Weston Junior High teams fell in the first round.
Girls
First Round:
Quitman 35 Dodson 1: The Lady Wolverines tied a national record that can never be broken by holding Dodson scoreless over the first three quarters. Offensively QJH saw eight players register points led by Audrina Martin’s season best 10 points. Sophia Kleibert added eight points, Kynleigh Leach finished with five and London Burks scored four points. Lily Duck, Averi Hasley, Ella Simonelli and Amelia Staggs all tallied two points each.
Castor 19 Weston 15: The Lady Wolves made a spirited rally to outscore the eventual tournament champion 12-7 in the second half but dropping the second quarter by a 10-0 margin proved to be to much of a hill to climb. Rachel Bandy led Weston with 8 points followed by 3 points from Kate Keiffer and two points each by Addison Faulkner and Ada-Claire Tidwell.
Second Round:
Quitman 25 Calvin 13: A balanced attack led the Lady Wolverines into the finals with the victory over Calvin. Ella Simonelli paced seven QJH scorers with five points followed closely by London Burks, Bella Caskey, Kynleigh Leach and Audrina Martin all finishing with four points each. Averi Hasley and Demi McCurdy tallied two.
Finals:
Castor 27 Quitman 20: Sophia Kleibert scored 11 points but Castor narrowly won the first three quarters to win the championship. Ella Simonelli scored five and London Burks, Lily Duck and Bella Caskey all chipped in with two points each.
Boys
First Round
Quitman 36 Calvin 13: Luke Rowe poured in a season best 10 points and Kaleb Maxwell and Hayden Seymore added 9 and 8 points respectively to pace the Wolverines to the easy win. Eli Jackson scored 3 and Jayden Burns, Conner May and Hayden Essmeier all scored two each.
Castor 36 Weston 34 (OT): Leyton Younse scored 8 points of his team high 10 points in the second quarter to pace Weston to a 21-20 halftime lead. Five points by Bryce Tolar in the third upped the lead to 28-25 heading into the final frame but Castor rallied to tie the game at 34 each and then made the only two points scored in overtime. Eli Henderson and Malachi Harris chipped in with 8 points each and Colt Guyotte added three points to round out the scoring for the Wolves.
Second Round:
Quitman 34 Claiborne Christian 9: A staunch defensive effort that allowed only one first half point allowed QJH to take a commanding 19 point lead at the half. Hayden Seymore hit a season best three 3-pointers to lead the team in scoring with 13 points with both Eli Jackson and Kaleb Maxwell adding six points each.
Finals:
Quitman 34 Choudrant 22: Hayden Seymore scored 13 and Lucas Leach finished with a season best 10 points to lead the Wolverines to the tourney title. Eli Jackson and Luke Rowe chipped in with four points each and Noah Spillman scored two.