The Quitman High School boys basketball team won both games that they hosted in the QHS Invitational this past weekend. For the rest of the area girls and boys teams, the results weren’t so good.

QHS beat Pitkin 50-47 and Cedar Creek 74-23 to stretch their winning streak to four games and improve to 8-4 on the year.  Larsen Thomas scored a season high 17 points to pace the Wolverines against Pitkin, and then came back to score 12 against Cedar Creek to pace four Wolverines who scored in double figures. 

The Lady Wolverines didn’t fare as well as QHS lost to Pitkin 55-36 to open the tourney and then fell to Haughton by a 46-34 score to fall to 9-4 on the season. The loss to Pitkin dampered a career-high effort in scoring by Hallie Kate Pullig, while Allie Robertson led Quitman in scoring with 13 in the contest against Haughton.

Weston falls in Homecoming contests

It was a festive evening where Colton Blundell and Jakayla Fourd were crowned as Homecoming King and Queen in front of the home fans despite the girls and boys basketball teams falling to D’Arbonne Woods Charter. The Lady Wolves played closest as a frantic fourth quarter rally fell just short in the 45-42 loss. Kate Keiffer led WHS in scoring with 11 points. The Wolves fell 60-37 to drop their fourth in a row and fall to 4-8 on the year as Ty Henderson scored 11 points to lead WHS 

JHHS girls and boys both lose a pair 

Both the girls and boys squads from Jonesboro-Hodge had tough tests in the Quitman Tourney, as each had to play a pair of teams from higher classifications that resulted in losses. The Lady Tigers fell to 1-6 on the year after falling to Class 5A Haughton 67-34 and Class 4A West Ouachita by a 42-23 score. The JHHS boys, now 0-3 on the year and who are just now getting a full contingent of players now that football season has ended, also fell to the same schools by 70-21 and 51-37 margins.