Class 5A Haughton puts damper on “Letterjacket Night” at Weston High

Nathin Wages scored 17 points to lead Weston

Class 5A Haughton put a damper on “Letterjacket Night” at Weston High School by reaching a new season high in points in both the girls and boys contests. In boys action, the Wolves posted their second highest scoring total of the year but fell to 5-12 overall with a fourth straight loss and 7th in the last 8 games. The girls dropped to 11-6 overall in the battle of top ranked teams in their respective divisions as Haughton, the 4th ranked team in Division I among non-select schools ran their season opening winning streak to 14 straight games with the victory over the Class B, 4th ranked Lady Wolverines. 

Haughton 81 Weston 48 (girls) The Lady Bucs proved their strength by scoring a new season high in points. The Lady Bucs opened by scoring the first nine points to take a 23-7 first quarter lead. Carly Jo Griffin paced Weston with 19 points while Briley Peterson and Anslee Aldy added 14  and 13 points respectively for the Lady Wolves. Carlynn Waters scored the other two points for Weston. 

Haughton 85 Weston 63 (boys) The Buccaneers also scored a new season high in points to put away the Wolves despite Nathin Wages having a big night with 19 points, the third consecutive game he has scored in double figures and sixth time in the last seven games. Bryce Zehr, Dawson Clifton and Brody Tidwell also had big games will all three scoring in double digits with 15, 13 and 11 points each. Daniel Williams rounded out the scoring for Weston with 7 points.