The final tournament of the year for the junior high girls and boys teams from Quitman and Weston will be held this Thursday and Friday at Claiborne Christian in West Monroe.
The bracket shows both Jackson Parish schools will be in action on Thursday, September 12th for their opening round games. The Quitman Jr. High girls will play Choudrant at 4:00 pm followed by the same two schools playing a boys contest at 4:45 pm. The Weston girls will take on Simsboro at 6:15 pm with the WJH boys playing host Claiborne Christian at 7:45 pm.
On Friday, Quitman and Weston will square off for a girls tilt at 5:30 pm with the Weston boys playing Simsboro at 6:15 pm and the Quitman boys closing out the round robin tourney against Claiborne Christian at 7:45 pm.
Tuesday Tilts
Quitman Junior High made it a clean sweep against Jackson Parish rival Weston on Tuesday with the girls winning 23-20 and the boys taking a 52-36 victory. The victory improved the record of the QJH boys to an impressive 15-1 mark while the QJH girls moved to 5-5 on the year. The Weston girls fell to 5-6 while the boys now stand with a 6-5 record.
Quitman 23 Weston 20 (girls) Ella Simonelli scored all of her season high 8 points in the first half to pace Quitman to a 19-9 advantage that held up against a determined rally by Weston. By scoring 5 of her team high nine points in the third quarter, Kate Keiffer helped the Lady Wolves narrowed the margin to 21-18 heading into the fourth quarter that saw a tremendous defensive effort by both teams limit each to just two points in the frame. Sophia Keibert added six and London Burks finished with five for the Lady Wolverines who also got two points from Lily Duck and a free throw by Audrina Martin. Keiffer led Weston with nine while Rachel Bandy and Ada-Claire Tidwell chipped in with 6 and 5 points respectively.
Quitman 52 Weston 36: After the two squads played to an 8-8 tie in the first period, Quitman erupted for 21 points in the second to take a 29-18 lead into the break paving the way for their 15th win in 16 games. Hayden Seymore hit a career best four 3-pointers to lead the Wolverines in scoring with 14 points followed closely by Kaleb Maxwell who finished with 13. Lucas Leach and Luke Rowe added 8 and 7 points each while Aiden Reed finished with four, Eli Jackson and tallied three and Tucker Goss scored two. Weston was led by 10 points from Malachi Harris, all scored in the first quarter, and 8 points from Colton Otwell. Additional contributors included Aundra Spence with five and three points each from Jacolby Lowe, Eli Henderson, and Aiden Marsh. Colt Guyotte and Cason Conn finished with two points each.
Weston takes two from Saline on Monday
Weston Junior High made it a “double dip” on Monday with the girls beating Saline 34-14 and the boys besting the Bobcats 43-5 for their biggest margin of victory of the year.
Weston 34 Saline 14 (girls) Rachel Bandy scored 13 and Kate Keiffer added 10 to pace the Lady Wolves to the easy victory. The first quarter ended with Weston holding only a 9-7 lead but a 13-0 second quarter advantage put the game away. Brileigh Fair finished with four points, Addison Faulkner hit a three pointer and both Gracie Gray and Ashlyn Petre chipped in with two points each. Xylia Scott led Saline with 8 assisted by Bella Blewer and Hannah Peoples both adding three each.
Weston 43 Saline 5 (boys) The Wolves exploded to a commanding 26-1 first half lead that allowed head coach Jacob Otwell to empty his bench resulting in ten players registering points in the lopsided contest. Malachi Harris topped the Wolves in scoring with 8 while Eli Henderson added seven. Jacolby Lowe, Leyton Younse and Aundra Spence chipped in with six each. Colton Otwell tallied three, Colt Guyotte, Jensen Waggoner and Kayson Greer scored two each and A.J. Woodward added a free throw.