Stories from Thursday, January 14, 2016

There will be no seven-peat this year in the Kell Classic being played at Swifton. Bay was held to one point in two overtimes as Cross County scored a basket early in the second overtime and hung on to win 53-52. Cross County got on the board first with a basket inside before Dustin Utley tied the game at 2-2 with two free throws for Bay. ...

Harrisburg (11-6) jumped out to an early lead after the first quarter before Tuckerman fought back to tie the game at halftime. The game was still tied after three quarters before the Lady Bulldogs used a big fourth quarter in posting a 55-49 win over the Lady Hornets in the championship game of the 30th Annual Kell Classic in Swifton...

The Arkansas Activities Association recently released the 2016 spring bids for schools wanting to host post-season play. The following are schools in the PCDT coverage area that placed bids. In basketball, Bay has bid to host the Class 1A Region 2 Regional Tournament slated for February 24-27. ...

Trumann (6-9, 2-3) got 23 points from Taelor Gartman and the Lady Wildcats withstood a late Harrisburg comeback to take a 4A-3 conference win over the Lady Hornets (11-5, 3-2) this past Friday in Harrisburg. Kelcie Roland gave Trumann the early 2-0 lead with a basket inside as Keely Curtis answered with a basket inside for Harrisburg to make the score 2-2. ...

Harrisburg (7-11, 0-4 4A-3) lost a tough game in overtime last Thursday night to Gosnell. The Pirates shut out the Hornets in the overtime period to take a 50-42 win. Walker Hammond led Harrisburg with 17 points and 10 rebounds. The Junior Hornets also lost 50-12...

Harrisburg's Walker Brown drilled a three-pointer from right corner as time expired to give the Hornets a 41-38 win over Trumann (4-9, 1-4) in 4A-3 conference basketball action this past Monday night in Harrisburg. The Hornets jumped out to an early 4-0 lead as Malik Versie scored on an alley oop lay up and Dylan Mathis got a steal and lay up. ...

Poinsett County saw their share of highs during year in sports in 2015. Tournaments won, scholarships signed, new coaches and a friend honored. Here's a look back. The Bay Yellowjackets started off the year right with their sixth straight Kell Classic title with a 72-46 win over Southside. ...