Stories from Thursday, March 2, 2017

TRUMANN - Mr. Raymond Whittingham, 88, departed this life Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. He was born July 20, 1928 in and lived his lifetime in Trumann. Mr. Whittingham was a retired maintenance worker at the Singer Co. ...

Trumann finished the season with only five wins. Yet in the last couple weeks the team has garnered three wins with the latest punching their ticket to the Class 4A State Tournament to be played in Nashville. Trumann will open against Robinson. The Wildcats upset the third seed Gosnell Pirates in the opening round of district before being defeated by Cave City in the semi-finals. ...

After both having lost in semi-finals, EPC and Marked Tree squared off in the third-place game of the Class 2A North Regional Tournament this past Saturday in Carlisle. EPC used a big fourth quarter to overcome an eight point deficit on their way to a 57-51 win...

The Bay Yellowjackets rolled into the 1A Region 2 tournament at Calico Rock last week on a winning streak, and advanced to Saturday night's final with a pair of double-digit wins--also qualifying for this week's state tourney at Mt. Ida. In the title contest the 'Jackets ran into a hot-shooting Izard County Cougar squad, and fell by 19 points...

The Bay Lady Yellowjackets split games at the 1A Region 2 tournament at Calico Rock last week, beating the host Lady Pirates in the first round by a wide margin, then losing a hard-fought contest in the semi-finals to Izard County. The squad bounced back Saturday afternoon in the third-fourth place seeding game against Maynard, breezing into this week's state tourney at Mt. Ida...