Stories from Thursday, February 21, 2013

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2A-3 Junior Boys' All-District team.

Top-seeded Weiner and second-seeded Bay were both in action last Thursday night as the Lady Cardinals battled Maynard and the Lady Jackets faced out against Armorel with the winners advancing to the finals of the Class 1A-3 East district finals being held at Bay. Bay played the early game and led by three after one before increasing that lead every period on the way to a 66-42 win. Weiner followed in the same fashion as they lead by five after one and went on to a 69-41 win...

Marked Tree (21-9) used a balanced scoring attack as 10 players scored points as the Indians downed Rector 67-46 last Wednesday to reach the semi-finals of the Class 2A-3 district tournament at Marmaduke. Darius Ivy, Allen Buchanan and Connor Fields combined to score the first 10 points for the Indians as they led 10-5 with 2:12 left. ...

The Marked Tree Lady Indians (21-5) came out of the gates strong against Augusta but had to withstand a fourth quarter push from the Lady Red Devils before posting a 75-67 victory to advance to the semi-finals of the class 2A-3 district tournament being held at Marmaduke...

The EPC Lady Warriors kept the game close the entire night only to see Riverside hit six of six free throws in the last 45 seconds of the game to hang on to win 59-53 in the Class 2A-3 district tournament last Wednesday at Marmaduke. The Lady Rebels went up 2-0 early before Alicia Ross hit a little jump hook and Teria Young canned a three-pointer to give EPC a 5-2 lead. ...

Second-seeded Bay (22-8) had four players score in double figures as the Lady 'Jackets beat top-seeded Weiner to claim the Class 1A-3 East district title this past Saturday at Bay. Bay jumped out to a 7-2 lead as Brittany Roedel canned a three to open the game for the Lady Yellowjackets. ...

The 1A-3 East All-District boys team included Tyson Oliver, Dylan Loven, Matt Holt, Zack Johnson and Tyler Pritchett of Bay and Alex Nicholson of Weiner. (DT Photo/Anthony Cossey)

Bay (33-4) made it a sweep of district titles as they followed the girls' with a 63-50 win over the Weiner Cardinals to claim the boys' Class 1A-3 East District title this past Saturday at Bay. Bay jumped out to an early 11-4 lead only to see Weiner claw their way back in. ...

The EPC Warriors and Riverside Rebels played for the Class 2A-3 district title last Thursday at Marmaduke. EPC led from start to finish as they posted a 71-61 win. Jammar Sturdivant got the scoring started as he got inside for a basket and a 2-0 EPC lead. ...