The 2024 Junior High School basketball season comes to a close with girls and boys teams from Quitman and Weston both playing games on Thursday and Friday. Weston will be at home for their contests against Claiborne Christian (Thursday) and Dodson (Friday) with opening tip for the girls game in both being at 4:00 pm. Quitman travels to Simsboro on Thursday and Choudrant on Friday beginning with the girls game at 5:00 pm in both.
Tuesday Tilts
Quitman Junior High swept away the Weston girls and boys in the Wolverines final home contest of the 2024 season. With the 37-27 boys victory QJH improved to an area best 19-1 while Weston fell to 8-7 overall. The Lady Wolverines ran their season record to 6-8 with the 27-24 victory while WJH dropped to 7-8 with two game left to play.
Quitman 27 Weston 24 (Girls) It was a tale of two halves as Quitman raced to a 19-4 lead at the break and held on for the three point victory. Averi Hasley and Lily Duck scored six and five of their team high 8 points to pace the Lady Wolverines to the early lead. Ella Simonelli chipped in with all five of her points in the first half as well. Audrina Martin and Sophia Kliebert contributed three points each. Rachel Bandy scored 9 of her game high 11 points in the second half to lead the determined rally that saw Weston outscore QJH 20-8 over the last two quarters. Teegan Hall added six points in the third quarter to finish with 8 with Gracie Gray adding a three pointer and Ada-Claire Tidwell scored a fourth quarter basket.
Quitman 37 Weston 27 (boys) Eli Jackson led a balanced scoring attack to help lift the Wolverines to their 5th victory of the year without a loss over their parish rival. Luke Rowe scored seven and both Kaleb Maxwell and Lucas Leach added six points apiece. Hayden Seymore finished with five and Aiden Reed chipped in with four to round out the scoring for QJH. Leyton Younse and Colton Otwell led WJH with seven points apiece with Bryce Tolar finishing with five. Eli Henderson chipped in with four points and Malachi Harris sank a free throw.