QUITMAN BOYS 48, NORTHEAST LAUDERDALE 32 A trio of Quitman players posted double-digit scoring efforts Saturday afternoon to lift host Quitman to a Sam Dale boys championship victory. Chris Keys Jr. had a game-high 18 points, JonQuavious Lacy finished with 15 points and Jakobe Arrington ended with 13 points. After losing to Northeast Lauderdale in the tournament last year, six-year Quitman (9-6) coach Chris Coleman said his players entered Saturday’s matchup with a bit of a chip on their shoulders. “I’ve been here six years, and we’ve played for it five times,” Quitman coach Chris Coleman said. “Northeast beat us in it last year, and they wore us out. The guys came back a little hungry for it.” Northeast Lauderdale’s Ricky Hinton and Tre Welch scored seven points apiece. Keys, Lacy and Arrington supplied Quitman with all 10 of its first-quarter points, while the Panther defense stifled Northeast Lauderdale (9-3) shooters. The Trojans managed just four points in the opening period. Quitman led 21-4 before a basket by Northeast Lauderdale’s Keilon Robinson with 3:25 remaining in the second quarter made the score 21-6 in Quitman’s favor. The Panthers outscored the Trojans 17-10 in the period. The Panthers led by as many as 14 points in the third quarter before Northeast Lauderdale trimmed its deficit to 10 points after a 3-pointer by Akiva Burton with 1:14 left in the frame. Quitman added 16 points in the fourth to claim the championship. “I was pleased with our defensive effort,” Coleman said. “We got after it and kept it going even when they made a good run there at the end of the third quarter. We answered that run with a run at the beginning of the fourth quarter, and I was pleased with our team’s effort.” In other tournament action Saturday, the Kemper County Lady Wildcats defeated Quitman 55-46, while the Kemper County boys defeated Southeast Lauderdale 56-39.