Stories from Friday, January 3, 2014

Eleventh-seeded Marked Tree and seventh-seeded Izard County Consolidated (ICC) played a pretty even first half. ICC led after the first quarter with Marked Tree taking the lead at the half. ICC got the better of the Indians in each of the quarters in the second half to post a 44-38 win in the NEA Invitational Tournament being held in Jonesboro...

Harrisburg had no answer for Valley View's Ashleigh Guthrie. Guthrie poured in 32 points as the fourth-seeded Lady Blazers beat the fifth-seeded Lady Hornets 78-50 in the second round of the NEA Invitational Tournament in Jonesboro. Harrisburg jumped out to a 7-2 lead as Peyton Carter hit two free throws, Kaci Mack canned a three-pointer and Keely Edwards went the length of the floor for a lay up with 5:35 left. ...

Tenth-seeded Trumann made a valiant comeback against seventh-seeded Rivercrest in their opening round game of the boys' Division II NEA Invitational Tournament being held at the Convocation Center in Jonesboro. Down 16 at the half, the Wildcats cut the lead to eight after three and Dalton Carter's three-point attempt to tie the game at the buzzer bounced off the rim giving the Colts a 77-74 win...

Second-seeded Bay needed an extra quarter to get past seventh-seeded Augusta 69-64 in the second round of the NEA Invitational Tournament. Tyler Pritchett scored the first six points for Bay to give the Yellowjackets an early 6-5 lead. Dustin Utley's basket off an offensive rebound and Pritchett's three-pointer from the left wing made it 11-8 Bay. ...

The 14th-seed Trumann Lady Wildcats played a good first half against the third-seeded Rivercrest Lady Colts. A six point third quarter found the Lady 'Cats down 16 and they could not recover as Rivercrest posted a 63-48 win in the NEA Invitational Tournament being held at the Convocation Center...

Marked Tree, #2 seed in the Division II girls' NEA Invitational Tournament, downed #3 seed BIC in the one semi-final match-up this past Saturday to reach the title game for the second year in a row. The Lady Indians got to finals by beating #15 Ridgefield Christian School 46-27 in the opening round. Marked Tree posted a 60-45 win over #7 seed Augusta in the second round...

Second-seeded EPC punched their ticket to the finals this past Saturday night with a 71-54 over third-seeded Bay in the boys' Division II NEA Invitational Tournament being held in Jonesboro. The Warriors downed 15th-seeded Sloan-Hendrix 67-27 in the opening round before coming back and eliminating seventh-seeded Izard County Consolidated (ICC) 75-54...