Area schools played a heavy schedule, with some squads playing as much as four games in three days as they took part in area tournaments that were being hosted by Weston and Saline High Schools. Faring the best was the Quitman Lady Wolverines who won both of their games in the Saline Tournament to stretch their winning streak to four straight. Both Weston squads, the Quitman and Saline boys also won at least one game while the Jonesboro-Hodge girls lost to Saline and Quitman after opening the season with a victory over Lincoln-Prep.
Saturday, November 22:
QHS 61 JHHS 30 (girls): Anna Claire Leach recorded a rare “double-double” by scoring 18 points and making an area-best 11 steals to help lift QHS over Jonesboro-Hodge. A second quarter 14-3 advantage followed by a 24-9 third quarter advantage spelled the difference in the contest for Quitman. Allie Robertson chipped in with 13 points, and Taylor Borland added a season-best 10. Neesha Johnson Jr. led the Lady Tigers with 18 points.
Stanley 54 Weston 39 (girls): After the two teams battled to a 10-9 first quarter, Stanley opened up a 31-22 lead to beat the Lady Wolves in the girls’ last game of the Weston tournament. Kate Keiffer led WHS in scoring with 10 points, followed closely by Rachel Bandy and Gracie Gray, who made 8 points apiece.
QHS 50 Haughton 44 (boys): With the game tied at 30-30 early in the fourth quarter, Quitman went on a 20-14 run to take down the Class 5A Buccaneers in the Saline Tournament. Taden Thomas, Brayden Martin, and Brayden Smith all reached “double digits” in points with 14, 12, and 10 points, respectively. Larsen Thomas came close to joining the club, finishing with 8 points.
Pitkin 82 Weston 66 (boys): The Wolves fell in the tournament final, putting a damper on new season highs in scoring by Gunner Younse and Malachi Harris, who tallied 15 and 12 points each. Brody Tidwell led the Wolves with 16 points.
Stanley 65 Weston 35 (boys) The visitors from DeSoto Parish jumped out to an 18-7 first-quarter lead and never looked back in the first of two games Weston played in their own tournament. Brody Tidwell scored 11 to lead Weston.
Lakeview 36 Saline 33 (boys): After Saline limited Lakeview to just 16 points in the first half, the Gators scored 15 in the final quarter to take the victory over the Bobcats in the host’s tournament final. Eli Ferguson and Gavin Dailey scored 14 and 10 points, respectively, for Saline.
Friday, November 21:
Weston 55 Beekman Charter 38 (boys): The Wolves sent their fans home happy as Brody Tidwell posted 22 points in the nightcap of the WHS Tournament on Friday. Ty Henderson also came up big by scoring 9 points and grabbing a team high 8 rebounds.
Quitman 50 Salinie 34 (girls): Anna Claire Leach scored 16 and grabbed a season-best 12 rebounds to help lift Quitman over the tournament host. Allie Robertson added 8 for the Lady Wolverines, who were tied with Saline 12-12 at the half before taking a 23-10 advantage over the final two quarters.
Weston 54 Beekman Charter 28 (girls): The Lady Wolves jumped out to a 28-11 lead at the break and never looked back. Kate Keiffer scored 12, Rachel Bandy added 9, and both Teegan Hall and Ada Claire Tidwell scored 7 points each.
Haughton 82 Saline 55 (boys): In the battle of David vs Goliath it was the giant school that came away victorious in the Class 5A vs Class C battle. The loss offset a superb performance by Gavin Dailey who scored 25 points. Eli Ferguson and Elijah Calloway chipped in with 10 points each.
Thursday, November 20:
Weston 59 Dodson 17 (girls): A ferocious defensive effort limite Dodson to just two points in the first and third quarters as the Lady Wolves set a new season best for points allowed. Addison Faulkner scored a new career high 13 points to lead Weston in scoring as Teegan Hall and Ada Clair Tidwell chipped in with 9 points each.
Lakeview 60 Quitman 57 (boys): A three point attempt to tie rimmed out as a determined rally fell just short after Quitman trailed by ten at the half.
Brayden Smith led the Wolverines with 17 points with Brayden Martin checking in with 16 and Taden Thomas making 12. Abel Leach added eight.
Weston 62 Dodson 25 (boys): The Wolves exploded for 22 points in both the first and second quarters to take a commanding 44-14 lead at the half as the Wolves set a new season best in points allowed. Brody Tidwell scored 20 points as Weston had 11 players score.
Saline 72 Ebarb 51 (boys): Gavin Dailey scored a new season high 28 points to lift the Bobcats over their fellow Class C opponent. Eli Ferguson added 16, Elijah Calloway scored 9, and Jackson Bougues made 8 points as the Bobcats had nine players score.