Stories from Thursday, December 3, 2015

In a game that saw 41 fouls, including two technical fouls, and a player ejection, Marked Tree (1-1, 1-1 2A-3) couldn't right the wheels after leading early as they fell 66-58 to county and conference rival EPC (2-0, 2-0) last Tuesday night in Marked Tree...

EPC (3-2) suffered it's first loss of the season, 82-49, to El Dorado this past Friday at the Rumble on the Ridge tournament in Forest City. The Warriors opened the tournament with an 81-75 win over Lee on Thanksgiving Day. The Warriors fell to Union City 52-49 this past Saturday to place fourth in the tournament...

Harrisburg (4-1) used a 9-2 run midway through the fourth quarter to break a 42-42 tie before going on to post a 54-46 win Southland, MO in high school basketball action this past Monday in Harrisburg. Zach Biggers opened the scoring for Harrisburg with a three-pointer from the right corner to make it 3-0 Hornets. ...

Bay moved to 8-1 on the season with a 60-29 win over Hillcrest last Tuesday night in Bay. Taylor Layne led the Yellowjackets in scoring with 14 points, Jonathan Crain added 12 points and Dustin Utley netted 10 points for Bay. Bay's Junior Yellowjackets (9-2) also won by a score of 44-33. Layne Austin scored 15 points to lead Bay as Jay Jones added 14 points...

Bay (11-2) had four players score in double digit points as the Lady 'Jackets downed Maynard 82-52 in their opening round game of the Williams Baptist College Tournament this past Tuesday night in Walnut Ridge. Bay jumped out to a 7-0 lead to start the game as Whitlee Layne hit a jumper, Katie Ferguson canned a three-pointer from the left wing and Sarah Blackman made a lay up off the fast break. ...

Poinsett County Christmas parades begin this week. First up is Tyronza's, which is set for 6 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 4. The theme for the parade is "An Animated Christmas." Lineup begins at 5:30 p.m. on the service road by the gas station. Cookies with Santa will follow at the Tyronza Senior Center...