Stories from Thursday, February 9, 2017

Marked Tree's Nick Andrews made it official last Wednesday when he signed his scholarship to play football for Harding University in front of family, friends and coaches at Marked Tree High School. "I'm just glad to get it over," was Andrews first words about the days' events. ...

Trumann jumped out to a 14-0 lead after one quarter before going on to post a 35-19 win over the Junior Lady Hornets this past Thursday in Harrisburg. Hannah McClaughlin scored the first five points for Trumann with a three-pointer and a fast break lay-up as Mycha Wilson scored inside to make it 7-0 Junior Lady Wildcats with 3:30 left. ...

Senior Jessica Webb led three players in double digits with 19 points as Harrisburg (14-6) down the Lady Wildcats 66-36 on senior night this past Thursday in Harrisburg. Senior Kylie DeVries put Harrisburg on the board first with a three-pointer as Daly Taylor answered for Trumann (8-13) with a stick back basket to make it 3-2 Lady Hornets early. ...

Keely Curtis of Harrisburg singed to play softball for Arkansas State this past Friday.

Dedrick Coleman hit one of two free throws with six seconds left and then added one of two again with 0.4 left as Trumann downed Harrisburg 38-36 in junior high basketball action this past Friday at Wildcat Gym. Harrisburg jumped out to an early lead as Sam Massengill and Brennon Honeycutt hit back to back to three pointers to make it 6-0 Junior Hornets. ...

Trumann (5-16) had four players score in double digits as the Wildcats downed Harrisburg 62-47 this past Friday in conference action at Wildcat Gym. Zach Biggers got Harrisburg (8-16) on the board first with a three-pointer as Trumann got back to back three-pointers from Kelon Booker and Cody Roland to make it 6-3 Wildcats. ...

Harrisburg had no answer for Brookland as the Junior Lady Hornets fell 58-11 to the Junior Lady Bearcats this past Saturday in the 4A-3 junior district tournament being played in Cave City. The Junior Lady Bearcats jumped out to an 8-0 lead in the first half of the opening quarter before scoring 15 points in the last two and a half minutes to take a 23-0 lead over Harrisburg as the first quarter came to an end...

Trumann's offense never got on track against Cave City as the Junior Lady Wildcats lost 33-17 this past Saturday in the 4A-3 junior high district tournament being played in Cave City. The loss ended Trumann's season. Emily Mathis got the Junior Lady Wildcats on the board first with a stick back basket as Cave City scored the next seven points to take a 7-2 lead with 1.56 left. ...

Bailee Kirby scored 19 points to lead Bay to a 25-23 win over Buffalo Island Central (BIC) in the 1A/2A-10 girls' junior high district tournament being played in Marked Tree. Bay's Olivia Ferguson, the Junior Lady Yellowjackets leading scoring, went down with a knee injury 40 seconds into the game as she went in for a score. ...

After playing four years of high school sports, Bay's Taylor Layne and Nolan Smith decided they would play another four years together as they signed to play baseball at Williams Baptist College this past Tuesday in front of families, friends and coaches at Bay High School...

EPC had a chance for a potential game tying shot but the full court inbound pass got away from Jamario Crawford as time expired giving Cross County a 33-31 win over the Junior Warriors in the 1A/2A-10 junior district tournament in Marked Tree. Cross County got on the board first before Preston Rains scored inside for EPC to tie the game at 2. ...

Marked Tree jumped out to a 17-1 halftime lead over the Junior Lady Warriors before going on beat their conference rival 39-21 in the junior girls' district tournament this past Tuesday in Marked Tree. The Junior Lady Indians scored all the points in the opening quarter as Shira Hendrix hit one of two free throws before getting a steal and lay-up. Sydney Rothcheid stuck back an offensive rebound for Marked Tree to make it 5-0 at the end of one...

Marked Tree couldn't find a way to slow down Buffalo Island Central's offense as the Junior Indians lost 53-23 to the Junior Mustangs this past Tuesday in the 1A/2A-10 junior high boys' district tournament in Marked Tree. BIC opened the game with a 12-0 run before Marked Tree got on the board with an inside basket from Itavious Nesbitt with 24 seconds left to make the score 12-2 Junior Mustangs at the end of one...

Whitlee Layne scored 23 points to lead the Bay Lady Yellowjackets to a 65-27 win over Rector this past Tuesday in Bay. Sydney Higgins tossed in 15 points as Sarah Blackman finished with 10 points. Harrisburg's three-pointer at the buzzer was off its mark as the Hornets lost a nail-biter 59-57 to Osceola this past Tuesday in Harrisburg. ...