Stories from Friday, March 13, 2015

Charles Nix will be remembered as someone who cared. Nix, who passed away on Saturday, March 7, at the age of 68, cared about his county, his community, his schools, the people he worked with, and his family. During his life Nix was publisher of The Modern News, the oldest weekly newspaper in the country still operating under the founder's name and continuously owned by a member of the family. ...

Bay Athletic Booster Club makes donation to Bay cheer squad.

The EPC Lady Warriors (15-15) stayed close for the first half trailing by two after one and four at halftime. Westside - Johnson County (WJC) took control of the boards as they built a nine point lead after three before withstanding a late EPC rally to win 63-58 in their opening round game of the 2A State Basketball Tournament being held at Tiger Arena in Pangburn...

EPC looked like a smooth running automobile for the first three quarters building a 13 point lead. The fourth quarter saw the wheels come off that automobile as Bigelow rallied behind a three-point barrage to take a 45-44 win over the Warriors in their 2A state tournament game this past Monday in Pangburn...

Lexi Perry was almost unstoppable inside as she scored 27 points to help Marked Tree (15-11) down Quitman 40-32 in opening round play of the 2A state basketball tournament this past Monday in Pangburn. Quitman jumped out to an early 3-0 before Perry scored inside to make it 3-2. ...

It was a tale of two halves this past Monday when Marked Tree (20-11) and England met in a quarter-final match-up in the 2A state basketball tournament in Pangburn. The Indians led after each of the first two quarters before England came back to lead after the third. Marked Tree fought back from a 13 point deficit at the start of the fourth to tie the game with 26 seconds left only to see England score with two seconds left to pull out the victory...

Bay (38-5) used a big fourth quarter to blow open a close game against Kirby to earn a spot in the 1A state finals set for Thursday night at 7 pm at the Summit Arena in Hot Springs. The Yellowjackets used a 23-10 fourth quarter on their way to a 64-50 win. Colton Watson scored 27 points to lead Bay as Tyler Pritchett added 19 points for the 'Jackets...