Stories from Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Harrisburg was held scoreless in the opening quarter and could never recover as Westside rolled to a 52-14 win this past Thursday in Jonesboro. The Junior Warriors jumped out to a 7-0 with 2:14 left. Harrisburg's Jacob Wallace missed two free throws before Westside reeled off another seven points to take a 14-0 lead after one quarter of play...

Harrisburg (3-1) was outscored 23-12 in the second quarter as Westside built an 18 point lead at the half before going on to win 67-40 this past Thursday in Jonesboro. Westside opened the game with a three-pointer as Gavin Casebier tipped in a basket for Harrisburg to make the score 3-2 Warriors. ...

Marked Tree (8-3) traveled to Mount Ida to take on the defending Class 2A state champion Lions in the second round of the high school state football playoffs this past Friday. The Lions scored on each of their seven possessions in the first half while adding a special teams score to go up 56-6 at the half on their way to a 56-22 win...

Arkansas State beat Texas State 30-12 this past Saturday at Centennial Bank Stadium to become bowl eligible for the seventh years in a row, a feat no other Arkansas college has accomplished. The Bobcats jumped out to an early 6-0 lead before the Red Wolves scored the next 16 points to take a 16-6 lead after one. ...

Harrisburg was outscored 24-11 in the second half by Pocahontas as the Lady Hornets lost to the Lady Redskins 40-27 this past Monday in Pocahontas. Ansley Wixson led Harrisburg with 11 points on the night. EPC (8-4) had their football season ended with a 58-14 loss to Harmony Grove in the second round of the Class 2A state playoffs this past Friday in Camden. ...

The Trumann Lady Wildcats held EPC to four points in the third quarter to break open a close game on their way to a 36-24 win over the Lady Warriors this past Monday in Trumann. The Lady Warriors jumped out to a 5-0 lead as Markiya Ward canned a three-pointer and Madison Wiggins put back an offensive rebound only to see Olivia Greenwell drill a three-ball for Trumann before Tay Smith hit a jumper in the lane for the Lady Wildcats to tie the game at 5 with 1:16 left. ...

Trumann jumped out to a double digit lead by halftime and held Marked Tree to nine points in the second half on their way to 50-23 win in junior high girls basketball action this past Tuesday at Wildcat Gym. Kayde Jones opening the scoring as with one of two free throws to give Trumann a 1-0 lead. ...

Drew Osment canned six three-pointers on his way to 22 points to lead Trumann to a 52-48 win over Marked Tree this past Friday in Trumann. The Junior Wildcats jumped out to an 11-0 lead as Azani Smith hit a three-pointer before Osment scored off the fast break before hitting back to back three-pointers. ...

The Trumann Lady Wildcats almost let a nine point lead in the fourth quarter slip away as they held on to down Marked Tree 45-42 this Tuesday night in high school girls' basketball action in Trumann. Olivia Greenwell opened the scoring with a three-pointer for Trumann as CJ Barnes went coast to coast for a Marked Tree lay-up to make the score 3-2 Lady Wildcats. ...

Marked Tree led at the end of each quarter as the Class 2A state runner-ups opened their season with a 73-65 win over Trumann this past Tuesday night at Wildcat Gym. Paul Coleman got Marked Tree on the board first as he hit one of two free throws to make it 1-0 before Trumann got back to back three-pointers from Jacob Ferguson and Ben Turner making it 6-1 Wildcats. ...