Stories from Thursday, February 7, 2013

Jerry Wayne Adams, 69, of Beebe, Arkansas, died February 5, 2013. He was born at home in West Ridge, Mississippi County, Arkansas on July 3, 1943 to the late Gerald and Marie Adams. He is survived by his brother, Gene D. Adams, Sr. and his wife Emma Gene of Beebe; his sister, Linda Oldman of Denver, Colorado; two nephews, Gene D. Adams, Jr. of Little Rock and Gary P. Bryan of Vanceboro, North Carolina; and one niece, Shannon Burlingame of New Bern, North Carolina...

The top-seeded EPC Junior Warriors got 16 points from Clay Malone as they beat ninth-seeded McCrory 67-41 this past Monday to advance to the semi-finals of the 2A-3 junior high district tournament being held in Monette. The Warriors will face Augusta in one semi-final game Thursday night...

Trumann's Junior Wildcats had their season come to a close as they fell to the top seeded Pocahontas Junior Redskins 44-29 this past Monday in the opening game of the 4A-3 junior high district tournament being held at Wildcat Gym in Trumann. The Junior Redskins led 13-8 after the first, 28-13 at half time, 32-18 after three periods...

Girls Trumann's Lady Wildcats hosted the Lady Warriors of Westside in a 4A-3 conference game last Thursday at Wildcat Gym. Westside jumped out to a 12 point first period lead and coasted to a 48-33 win. Kelly Guthrie led Trumann in scoring with nine points...

Girls Trumann's Lady Wildcats hosted the Lady Warriors of Westside in a 4A-3 conference game last Thursday at Wildcat Gym. Westside jumped out to a 12 point first period lead and coasted to a 48-33 win. Kelly Guthrie led Trumann in scoring with nine points...

Trumann honored seven members of their basketball team before their game with Valley View. Nathan Maxwell, Cameron Jones, Denzel Brown, Jacob Brumley, Matthew Montgomery, DeQuantez Lawless and Trevar Dye played their last game at Wildcat Den this past Friday night. Valley View jumped out early on the Wildcats and went on to claim the 4A-3 contest 56-48...

Allen Buchanan scored 30 points for Marked Tree but it wasn't enough as the visiting Rivercrest Colts posted a 78-68 win this past Tuesday in Marked Tree. Marked Tree (19-9) opened the game with a 7-0 run as Darius Ivy made a conventional three-point play before Buchanan had back to back slam dunks for the Indians. ...

Marked Tree's Lady Indians used a 21-6 fourth period to erase a 10 point deficit and claim a 62-57 win over the Lady Colts of Rivercrest this past Tuesday night in Marked Tree. The opening period saw Marked Tree come out and have a good offensive quarter as they took a 19-14 lead with Jay Perry leading the way with eight points in the period as she hit a couple three-point shots. Poohnu Perry added six in the period too...

Marked Tree's Darius Ivy made it official Thursday as the signed his letter of intent to continue his football career with the Missouri State Bears in Springfield. "It's exciting, all my hard work has paid off and I get to play at the next level," were the first words Ivy said after signing his letter of intent...