Stories from Friday, May 9, 2014

Trumann (1-16) left seven runners in scoring position stranded on the day and it cost them as the Wildcats fell 3-1 to Cave City in the opening round of the 4A-3 district tournament in Gosnell. Trumann left two runners on in the top of the first at Taylor Wilson singled with one out and went to third on Dylan Qualls' single. ...

Marked Tree (7-11) and EPC (8-12) met for the third time this season in the first round of 2A-3 district softball tournament in Lepanto. The outcome was the same as the first two, Marked Tree scored five runs in the bottom of sixth inning on their way to a 13-5 win...

Marked Tree (15-7) fell behind 4-0 early before a seven run second inning put propelled them to a 9-6 win over Riverside to advance to the 2A-3 district championship game this past Friday in Lepanto. Riverside scored three in the top of the first and added another in the top of the second to go up 4-0. ...

Trumann (6-14) couldn't manage to get that key hit with runners in scoring position as they fell to Highland 6-4 in the opening round of the 4A-3 district softball tournament held in Brookland. Twice the Lady Wildcats left runners on second and third to end innings...

EPC (17-9) punched their ticket for the 2A-3 district championship game with a 8-5 win over McCrory this past Friday in Lepanto. The win sets up a showdown with county rival Marked Tree. McCrory got on the board first with a run in the bottom of the first inning. ...

Jay Perry of Marked Tree made it official Wednesday. She will continue her basketball career at Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff, MO. Making the day more special for Jay was her sister, Pooh-nu Perry, signing her letter transferring from the University of Arkansas-Monticello to TRCC...

They say it's hard to beat a team three times in one year. That was almost the case Saturday in the 2A-3 district championship between Marked Tree and EPC in Lepanto. The Indians had won the two previous meetings but were down 9-2 in the bottom of sixth. The Indians rallied scoring nine runs to take a 11-9 win giving them back to back district titles...

The Trumann School District filled two coaching position this past Monday as they hired Dion Real to head the boys' basketball programs and Justin Williams to head the girls' basketball programs. Real and Williams are both EPC graduates. Real graduated EPC in 1999 and has 10 years coaching experience at the high school level and one year at the college level. ...