Quitman Junior High will host Jackson Parish neighbor Weston for a girls and boys junior high basketball contest on Tuesday, September 24th. The pair of contests that has the first game slated to be tipped off at 5:00 pm is the final home game of the 2024 season for Quitman, whose boys enter the contest with an area best 18-1 mark and the girls check in at 5-8 on the year. Both the girls and boys teams from Weston will be looking for their 10th win of the season, with the Lady Wolves also seeking to extend their three game winning streak.
Wolverines splits with Castor Junior High
Quitman hosted Castor Junior High this past Tuesday, Sept. 17th, that featured what has turned out to be the two top teams in the area in both the girls and boys divisions. The pair of contests followed the season script to a tee as the Castor girls won by a 36-26 score and the Quitman boys waltzed to a 54-21 victory.
Castor 36 Quitman 26 (Girls) Amelia Staggs scored six and Audrina Martin chipped in with five as QJH outscored Castor 15-5 in the final quarter. Unfortunately, the Lady Tigers still took the victory after leading 31-11 heading into the final frame. Kynleigh Leach led QJH in scoring with 11 points, including a season best pair of three pointers. Sophia Kliebert pitched in with four points as well for the Lady Wolverines who fell to 5-8 on the season.
Quitman 54 Castor 21 (Boys) Hayden Seymore and Eli Jackson scored nine first half points each and Kaleb Maxwell added eight more as QJH exploded for 40 first half points to win improve their season record to a sterling 18-1. Lucas Leach also contributed to the first half barrage with six points and both Luke Row and Aiden Reed added three pointers. Mason Thomas, Connor May, Noah Spillman, Cason Rogers and Ryder Gray all tallied in the second half.
Weston Takes Two from Cedar Creek
Both the girls and boys basketball teams at Weston Junior High continued their late season run with a pair of victories at Cedar Creek in Ruston on Thursday and a split of two games against Choudrant on Friday.
Weston 23 Cedar Creek 19 (Girls): Teegan Hall scored all six of her points in the first quarter to help pace Weston to a 9-4 lead that the Lady Wolverines made stand up the rest of the way. Ada-Claire Tidwell added the other three first quarter points as well as four more points down the stretch to lead Weston in scoring with seven points. Mallory Malone hit a three pointer and Gracie Gray, Rachel Bandy and Tessa Reeves all chipped in with two points each. Brileigh Fair contributed a clutch four quarter free throw as well.
Weston 39 Cedar Creek 10 (Boys) Leyton Younse nailed a season best three, 3-Pointers on the way to 15 points and the Wolves defense limited the Cougars to just two points in three of the four quarters played. Bryce Tolar, Malachi Harris, and Colt Guyotte all chipped in with six points each while Colton Otwell, Cason Conn and Jacolby Lowe added two each.
Weston 26 Choudrant 23 (Girls) Rachel Bandy, who led the team in scoring with 13 points, scored all five of Weston’s points in the fourth quarter to help the Lady Wolves break a 21-21 tie after three quarters. Kate Keiffer also came up big with 8 points while Ada-Claire Tidwell and Tessa Reeves tallied two each. Addison Faulkner made a free throw.
Choudrant 45 Weston 34 (Boys) – The Wolves outscored the Aggies 25-23 in the second half but a slow start that led to Choudrant jumping out to a 22-9 first half lead was to much to overcome. Colton Otwell scored 11 to lead Weston with Aundra Spence contributing 7 and Leyton Younse adding five to the total. Bryce Tolar scored four, Jacolby Lowe chipped in with three and both Cason Conn and Malachi Harris tallied two.