The Quitman Wolverines won both games played in the Neil Kilgore Invitational hosted by Cedar Creek in Ruston, LA. The Wolverines opened play on Friday by setting a new season high in points scored to take down the host school 87 -51 as by Taden Thomas and Brayden Martin both scored 21 points. Brayden Smith chipped in with 18. Abel Leach added 8, Shane Reed 7, and both Jack Thomas and Kaleb Maxwell ended with six points each. On Saturday, the Wolverines won their 7th in a row to improve to 11-4 on the year by beating New Living Word 71-49. Taden Thomas led the Wolverines in scoring with 24 points followed by Brayden Smith with 15 points. Shane Reed scored 14 and Brayden Martin added 12 as QHS had four players reach double digits. Abel Leach finished with five points and Jack Thomas made a free throw to round out the scoring. 

Lady Wolverines Drop Pair

The weekend wasn’t as fruitful for the Quitman girls who dropped both of their contest in the tournament to fall to 10-6 on the season. The Lady Wolverines opened play with a hard matchup against Class 5A Haughton who scored the most points against QHS this year in the 71-46 loss. Anna Claire Leach and Allie Robertson did most of the damage for Quitman with16 and 11 points, respectively. Emma Walker finished with four points, Hallie Kate Pullig added 3 and both Taylor Borland and Sophia Kliebert ended with two points each. 

The Saturday night contest was much closer but QHS came out on the short end of the stick once again as host Cedar Creek made the final four points of the game to break a tie and win 27-23. Unable to find the range, Quitman was trailing 21-13 at the end of three but 8 points by Anna Claire Leach, including a pair of three pointers helped QHS forge a 23-23 tie late. Leach led QHS with 12 points followed by 6 from Taylor Borland. Allie Robertson made a three pointer and Emma Walker added a basket. 

Lady Tigers Win Second of the Season

Jonesboro-Hodge won their second game of the season in the opening game of the Lakeview Tournament when they scored a season-best 67 points to beat St. Mary’s of Natchitoches. Samone Mallard scored a career best 28 points to lead to the victory  while Jaylena Jackson chipped in with 19 points. Neesha Johnson and Sanaa Tatum added 10 points each as well. The Lady Tigers dropped their next game against Logansport by a 59-31 margin with Mallard once again leading JHHS in scoring with 20 points with Jackson adding 10 and Khorii Lard sinking a free throw. J-H ended the tourney by falling 55-19 to Pleasant Hill. 

JHHS boys still searching for first win

Jonesboro-Hodge lost both of the games played in the Lakeview Tourney, falling to Logansport 69-49 to open play before giving up the most points this season to date against host Lakeview in an 83-27 defeat. King Campbell led JHHS in scoring against Logansport with 15 points, followed by 10 points from Raylon Bradford. Dylan Hayes and Michael Malone finished with 7 points eac,h and Tyson Burks scored 6. JaQuan Qualls scored a season-best 12 points to lead the Tigers against Lakeview, with Bradford scoring five, Hayes four, and Darion Gray hitting a three-pointer. Jayce Wright also sank a free throw to round out the scoring. 

Weston Girls Sink Stanley

Teegan Hall posted her third “double-double” of the year and both Carlynn Waters and Kate Keiffer chipped in with 10 points each as Weston outscored homestanding Stanley 16-6 in the final period to win 52-42. Carly Jo Griffin and Ada Claire Tidwell scored 8 and 7 each, while Gracie Gray added three points as WHS improved to 9-4 on the season

Weston boys drop sixth straight

Homestanding Stanley forced 28 turnovers while making only 9, and limited the Wolves to their lowest scoring output of the year in the 66-29 loss that stretched the current losing streak to six straight and dropped WHS to 4-10 on the year. Ty Henderson and Abram Toms led WHS in scoring with 8 points each, while Malachi Harris added five. Cole Otwell and Colton Otwell scored three each and Brody Tidwell tallied two to round out the scoring.

Tuesday Tilts

Jonesboro-Hodge will travel to future district foe Montgomery while Quitman hosts St. Mary’s of Natchitoches and Weston welcomes Downsville Charter. All games are scheduled to begin with the girls games tipping off at 6:00 pm.