With members of the family in attendance, it was a special night at Quitman High School on Tuesday as the girls and boys basketball teams celebrated the memory of beloved former golf coach, Ginger Pullin, by beating Jonesboro-Hodge in the annual “Pink Out” game. 

The annual contest is in honor of Pullin, who was the guidance counselor at QHS and was the head coach of the three-time, LHSAA state champion Quitman High School golf team in 2005-07. The wife of Ross Pullin, who had two sons, Brad and Matt, succumbed to cancer in 2012. 

Quitman 43 JHHS 21 (Girls) – The evidence proves that Anna Pardue loves to play against Jonesboro-Hodge. On November 21st, Pardue set a new season high in points scored when she poured in 23 in the Lady Wolverines victory over the Lady Tigers. She followed that up with 21 points on Tuesday to lead Quitman to their 7th victory of the year against 4 losses. JHHS falls to 2-4 with the loss. Hallie Kate Pullig, returning to the court for the first time since being injured earlier in the year, and Cali Deal chipped in with 6 points each while Allie Robertson and Taylor Borland added three points apiece. Jaleigh Burns and Annie Mobley scored two points each as well. 

Quitman 77 JHHS 36 (boys) Brayden Martin poured in 21 points on 8 of 14 shooting that included a tremendous 4-6 from behind the three point line to lift the Wolverines to a new season high in points scored. The victory improved Quitman’s record to a stellar 8-2 on the year while JHHS fell to 1-4 on the year. Brayden Smith and Noah Leach also reached double figures in points with 15 and 12 respectively while Gavyn Caskey and Abel Leach chipped in with 8 points apiece. Taden Thomas added five, Shane Reed finished with four and both Larson Thomas and Grant Williams made a basket each to round out the Wolverines scoring. No information was provided for JHHS scoring totals. 

Weston girls win fourth straight

With Weston holding a slim 38-34 lead, the Lady Wolves ran off 10 straight points to pull away from former district rival Choudrant on Homecoming night. Carly Jo Griffin was fantastic in the victory, equaling her season best with 21 points by making 7 of 11 shots, all three  of her three point attempts and all four of her free throws. Nadia Siadek also had a big night with a new season high 12 points and equaling a season best with 11 rebounds on the night. Briley Peterson also had a “double-double” with 10 points and 11 boards while Rachel Bandy added 7 and both Carlynn Waters and Anslee Aldy finished with four points each. 

Choudrant 84 Weston 62: Bryce Zehr celebrated his signing a scholarship to play baseball for Louisiana Christian University by leading the Wolves with 16 points but it was not enough to keep Choudrant from running away to the victory. Nathin Wages, Lajavion Harris and Daniel Williams, who also collected a team high 8 rebounds, all reached double digits in scoring as well with 15, 13 and 10 points respectively. Daniel Clifton chipped in with 8 points also for the Wolves, who fell to 4-6 on the year. 

Upcoming Games Features Quitman Tourney and WHS Homecoming

It is a great weekend for local high school basketball enthusiasts as Jonesboro-Hodge will compete in the Quitman High School tournament this Thursday – Saturday and Weston High will host Winnfield on Thursday before celebrating Homecoming against D’Arbonne Woods on Friday. Game schedules for local teams shown below.