Stories from Thursday, December 14, 2017

Marked Tree led at the end of the first three quarters but a Gosnell basket with 12 seconds left in the game gave the Junior Pirates a 39-38 win over Marked Tree in the first junior high semi-final game of the night last Thursday in Lepanto. Gosnell jumped out to 4-0 lead before Marked Tree got back to back jumpers from Itavious Nesbitt and BJ Marshall and a stick back basket from Marshall to make it 6-4 Junior Indians with 2:43 left. ...

Trumann played Riverside close for the opening quarter as the Junior Rebels opened a double digit lead in the second quarter that the Junior Wildcats couldn't recover from as they fell 58-50 in the second junior high semi-final game of the Gerald Jennings junior high tournament last Thursday in Lepanto...

EPC almost let a seven point lead slip away in the second half at Bay as the Junior Warriors held on for a 35-32 win over the Junior Yellowjackets this past Friday. Preston Rains gave EPC the early 1-0 lead with one of two free throws as Paiton Hartley hit a runner in the lane for Bay to make it 2-1 Junior 'Jackets. ...

After swapping the lead at the end of the first three quarters and being tied at the end of regulation, EPC led at the end of overtime for a thrilling 56-54 win over the Yellowjackets this past Friday in Bay. EPC scored the first eight points of the game at Dee Buchanan drilled a three-pointer to start things off, Jonathan Gilmore hit a jumper and Isaiah Taylor canned a three-pointer from the left corner to put the Warriors us 8-0. ...

Trumann was dealt a 72-61 setback at Manila this past Tuesday as MJ Barnes scored 17 points to lead the Wildcats in scoring. Ben Turner and Cody Roland scored 15 and 13 points respectively for Trumann. Trumann lost the junior high contest 67-36. The Hornets went on the road to Brookland this past Tuesday and were handed a 58-29 loss by the Bearcats. Gavin Casebier scored 12 points to lead Harrisburg as Walker Brown chipped in nine points. The Junior Hornets also lost by a score of 42-12...

Marked Tree jumped out to a double digit lead over Trumann by halftime before surviving the Wildcats' run to start the fourth quarter as the Indians posted a 61-50 win to take home the championship trophy of the Gerald Jennings Boys' Tournament being played in Lepanto...