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.