Stories from Thursday, February 25, 2016

Harrisburg (19-10) saw their season come to an end last Wednesday as they fell 39-31 in a hard fought battle with top-seeded Pocahontas (24-4) in the 4A-3 senior high district tournament being played in Gosnell. Kylie DeVries got the Lady Hornets on the board first with a jumper in the lane to make the score 2-0. ...

EPC (17-10) used a big second half to overcome a seven point halftime deficit and beat Riverside 67-59 this past Thursday to advance to the 2A-3 senior high boys' district tournament semi-finals at Marked Tree. Keyon Dorsey scored inside to give EPC the early 2-0 lead only to see Gavin Stone hit a jumper in the lane followed by a fast break lay up to put Riverside up 4-2. ...

Katie Ferguson scored 36 points to lead Bay (36-3) to an 84-54 over Maynard this past Friday in the 1A-3 East senior girls district finals in Maynard. Maynard jumped out an early 5-0 lead as Jordan Weisenbach scored inside and Kacey Smith canned a three-pointer. ...

Bay (30-7) had four players in double figures led by Tyler Pritchett with 18 points as the Yellowjackets jumped out to a 13-0 lead over Armorel (14-11) before going on to a 71-50 win capturing the 1A-3 East senior high district championship this past Friday night in Armorel...

EPC (19-9) never got closer than nine points after the first quarter as the Earle Lady Bulldogs (19-9) captured the 2A-3 senior high girls district title with a 54-44 win over the Lady Warriors this past Saturday in Marked Tree. Michelle Smith opened the scoring for Earle with a stick back basket to make it 2-0 Lady Bulldogs before Becca Bishop got a lay up for EPC to make it 2-2. ...

Marked Tree (21-7) did what no other team in the 2A-3 conference could do. The Indians continued to fight all night with their efforts paying of with a 68-59 over Earle (26-3) in the senior boys' district championship game this past Saturday in Marked Tree...

Johnny Rye, Jr., candidate for the District 54 seat in the House of Representatives, spoke to the Trumann Lions Club Wednesday on one of his final campaign stops before the primary election. Rye grew up in the Black Oak area and went to school and graduated from Marked Tree. He attended Arkansas State University before going to work for his father in the family business in 1977. Rye and his wife have one daughter...

Wes Wagner, a candidate for the State Representative District 54 seat, spoke to the Trumann Lions Club recently about his goals if elected. Wagner is a 1997 honor graduate of Manila High School and a 2001 graduate of Arkansas State University. He attended Law School in Oklahoma. Wagner is married and has two children...

Keith Forrester has always wanted to have a venue where people had the opportunity to perform original material. Forrester said now that his restaurant Tyboogies is going on two years of being open, it feels like the right time to start a singer-songwriter night...