Stories from Sunday, January 8, 2017

The Harrisburg Lady Hornets (8-6) had two players score in double digits as they beat Bradford 55-22 in opening round play of the Kell Classic in Swifton this past Saturday. Keely Curtis hit one of two free throws as Cassie Armstrong canned a three-pointer to give the Lady Hornets the early 4-0 lead. ...

Wildcats beat Hoxie 77-64 this past Saturday in the opening round of the Kell Classic being played in Swifton. Booker canned a three-pointer to open the game giving Trumann a 3-0 lead only to see Hoxie answer with a three-pointer to tie the game. Booker stuck back an offensive rebound as the Mustangs netted another three-pointer and added a jumper to take an 8-5 lead. ...

Trumann (5-8) used a strong second half as they posted a 51-23 win over Flippin in their opening round game of the Kell Classic this past Saturday in Swifton. Olivia Greenwell got Trumann on the board first with one of two free throws as Flippin tied the game with one of two free throws. ...

Trumann jumped out a 7-0 lead and never looked back at they took a 37-14 win over Harrisburg this past Monday at Wildcat Gym. The Junior Lady Wildcats got an inside basket from Haley Mathis, a three-pointer from Caroline Morgan and a stick back basket from Kayla Spence to take a 7-0 lead over Harrisburg with 2:59 left in the opening quarter. ...

Olivia Greenwell's four-point play with 37 seconds left gave Trumann (6-8) the lead as the Lady Wildcats held on for a 46-45 win over Harrisburg (8-7) in senior high girls' basketball in Trumann. Star Simmons's reverse lay-up gave Trumann their first points before Abby Edwards hit a running jumper in the lane for Harrisburg to make the score 2-2. ...

Harrisburg outscored Trumann 20-4 in the fourth quarter erasing a 10 point deficit to take a 38-32 win over the Junior Wildcats this past Tuesday in Harrisburg. Trumann jumped out a 5-0 lead as Chris Webb drilled a three-pointer and Dedrick Coleman scored inside before the Junior Hornets got a basket down low from Adam Jones and a three-pointer from Brennon Honeycutt to tie the game at 5 with 3:47 left. ...

Harrisburg (7-7) made enough free throws down the stretch to secure an 87-82 win over Trumann (4-7) in senior boys basketball action his past Tuesday in Harrisburg. Gatlin Greeno got the Hornets on the board first with a four-point as he netted a three-pointer and added the free throw after being fouled for a 4-0 Harrisburg lead. ...

January saw basketball season in full swing and also saw the finals of the 69th Annual NEA Invitational Tournament that was held at the Convocation Center in Jonesboro. Bay and EPC squared off in the boys' Division I finals with Bay coming out on top 60-24. ...

Higgins receives educational scholarship.