Paydon Dixon scored a team-best 18 points as the Houston eighth-grade boys beat Salem 42-26 Thursday night for their first victory of the season.
CJ Lee added 10 points for the Tigers, who led 18-11 at halftime and by 12 entering the fourth quarter.
Last Tuesday, Lee scored 14 points and Dixon added seven in the Tigers’ 42-31 loss to Licking.
The previous day, Lee had 14 points in Houston’s 58-22 loss to St. James.
SEVENTH GRADE: Clayton Moore scored 12 points and Kyler Ramsey had 10 in the Tigers’ 27-26 loss Thursday to Salem.
Last Tuesday, Ramsey scored 16 points in a 40-25 victory against Licking.
Clayton Moore had seven points and Sterling Jackson added six for the Tigers, who led 16-7 after the opening quarter.
On Monday, Jackson had a team-best eight points in Houston’s 26-19 loss to St. James.
BOX SCORES
EIGHTH GRADE
Thursday’s game
| Salem | 5 | 6 | 3 | 12 | – | 26 |
| Houston | 10 | 8 | 8 | 16 | – | 42 |
HOUSTON (42) – John Shriver 2. Paydon Dixon 18. Thomas Smith 7. CJ Lee 10. Brecken Adey 2. Josh Stell 3.
Last Tuesday’s game
| Licking | 8 | 10 | 9 | 15 | – | 42 |
| Houston | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | – | 31 |
HOUSTON (31) – John Shriver 4. Paydon Dixon 7. CJ Lee 14. Logan Cary 4, Brecken Adey 2.
Last Monday’s game
| St. James | 15 | 15 | 21 | 7 | – | 58 |
| Houston | 5 | 6 | 9 | 2 | – | 22 |
HOUSTON (22) – John Shriver 2. Paydon Dixon 3. Thomas Smith 1. CJ Lee 14. Logan Cary 2.
SEVENTH GRADE
Thursday’s game
| Salem | 7 | 10 | 3 | 7 | – | 27 |
| Houston | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | – | 26 |
HOUSTON (26) – Isaiah Buse 2. Kyler Ramsey 10. Dakota Burchett 2. Clayton Moore 12.
Last Tuesday’s game
| Licking | 7 | 6 | 4 | 8 | – | 25 |
| Houston | 16 | 7 | 15 | 2 | – | 40 |
HOUSTON (40) – Kyle Mills 2. Robbie Mortensen 1. Isaiah Buse 3. Kyler Ramsey 16. Tristan Leier 2. Connor Wilson 4. Clayton Moore 7. Sterling Jackson 5.
Last Monday’s game
| St. James | 7 | 10 | 3 | 6 | – | 26 |
| Houston | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | – | 19 |
HOUSTON (19) – Isaiah Buse 2. Kyler Ramsey 2. Tristan Leier 1. Clayton Moore 4. Sterling Jackson 8.