You will never find two more “team” oriented players than Cali Deal and Noah Leach, the two leading scorers on the girls and boys basketball teams that helped Quitman High School to their first ever season where the both teams made the quarterfinals in the same year. 

As result the pair have both been named to the Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA) Class B All-State second team. Briley Peterson of Weston High School also received Honorable Mention designation. 

Deal, listed as a 6’1″ forward, averaged 19.0 points per game to lead the Lady Wolverines to an undefeated district 1B championship and a 21-10 overall record while reaching the LHSAA quarterfinal round in the playoffs for only the sixth time in school history. 

Leach, also shown to be 6’1″, was a standout player and floor leader for the 24-7 Wolverines averaging 14.7 points per game, that included a 27 point, 15 rebound effort in the LHSAA Class B quarterfinal contest against Zwolle, the fifth time ever that Quitman gone that far and for only the second time in the last 50 years.  

Peterson earns Honorable Mention designation after averaging 18.2 points per game and 8.3 rebounds per game for the Lady Wolves, who finished 2nd in District 1B and reached the regional round of the Class B playoffs, ending the year with a 21-11 record.