Stories from Thursday, October 27, 2016

Lake Poinsett reports that as the days are getting shorter the bait sales are starting to slow down. There were no reports sent in on the fishing. The water level is still low.Crown Lake reports the water level as a "hair low" with bream hitting good on crickets. ...

Marked Tree (2-5, 2-4 2A-3) played close for the first half trailing 8-6 at the half. The second half was a different game as Cross County found the end zone three times on their was to a 32-6 in the last game of the season for Marked Tree. Marked Tree got the ball first to start the game and started at their own 36-yard line when the Cross County kick went out of bounds. ...

EPC (5-3, 3-1) jumped out to an early lead on homecoming night and the Rector Cougars could never recover as the Warriors took a 52-7 win at Warrior Field. Rector got the ball first as Hunter McNeely returned the kick-off to Cougars 40-yard line for their first possession. ...

Lilly Brannen of Bay killed her first deer this past weekend.

County teams fall in first round of NEA YFL playoffs.

Bay (2-0) withstood a late charge from Riverside to beat the Rebels 64-57 this past Tuesday in high school basketball action at Bay. Riverside open the scoring with a basket to make it 2-0 Rebels before Bay got a basket from Dustin Utley followed by one of two free throws and a conventional three-point play from Caleb Hartgen to give the 'Jackets a 6-2 lead. ...

Whitlee Layne scored 29 points as the Bay Lady Yellowjackets (3-1) beat Mount Vernon-Enola 50-46 this past Tuesday in high school basketball at Jasper. Mallory Hartley grabbed ten rebounds for Bay on the night. The Harrisburg Lady Hornets had their volleyball season come to an end this past Tuesday as they fell 23-25, 25-15, 25-22, 19-25, 15-13 in a hard fought five set match to Central Arkansas Christian in the Class 4A state volleyball tournament being held in Lonoke. ...