EIGHTH GRADE: Austin Bathon scored 15 points and Drake Bell added 13 as the eighth grade boys’ basketball team defeated Ava 39-18 Tuesday night.
Weston Walker added nine points for the Tigers, who led 16-7 at the half and out-scored Ava 16-5 in the final quarter.
On Monday, Walker had 19 points in Houston’s 36-29 loss to Willow Springs.
Bell scored four points for the Tigers (3-2).
