Stories from Thursday, February 8, 2018

Eddie Morgan of Jonesboro was inducted into the Hall of Fame at the World Association of Benchers and Deadlifters (WABDL) Meet in Las Vegas in November. He was named WABDL State Chairman of the Year for the WABDL-sanctioned Arkansas Southern Nationals Weight Lifting Championship and won Gold Medals for Deadlift and Push Pull (total of deadlift and bench press) and was named Best Lifter for his age and weight class. He has lifted the most in his age group at the Worlds for 12 years...

Trumann used a strong third quarter to build a nine point lead before withstanding Harrisburg's fourth quarter furry to post a 41-36 win last Thursday at the Hornets' Nest. The Lady Wildcats jumped out to an 11-0 lead as Kayla Spence scored inside, Olivia Greenwell canned a three-pointer, Spence scored inside again, Tay Smith hit two free throws and Spence hit a jumper with 3:44 left in the quarter. ...

Trumann outscored Harrisburg 21-9 in the second quarter to erase a six point deficit after the opening quarter as the Wildcats went on to post a 72-52 win this past Friday in Harrisburg. Gavin Casebier gave Harrisburg the early 1-0 lead with one of two free throws as Trumann got an inside basket from Alex Moses to take a 2-1 lead. ...

Harrisburg had the unenviable task of playing the number one seed Brookland Junior Lady Bearcats in the 4A-3 junior high girls' district opening round this past Saturday in Pocahontas. The Junior Lady Hornets had trouble with the Brookland press as they fell behind early and ended up losing 54-3 to the Junior Lady Bearcats to end their season...

Trumann raced out to a double digit lead in the first quarter and never looked back as they beat Gosnell 45-29 in the opening round of the 4A-3 junior high district tournament this past Saturday in Pocahontas. The Junior Lady Wildcats scored the first 11 points of the game as Hannah McClaughlin hit a jumper, Kayde Jones and Christina Jean-Paul got back to back steals and layups, Kayde Jones converted an old-school three-point play and Jean-Paul got a stick back basket making it 11-0 with 3:21 left. ...

Dax Gibson and Layne Austin each scored 11 points as Bay downed KIPP Blytheville 68-28 last Thursday in high school basketball action in Bay. The Junior Yellowjackets got 22 points from Gunner Darby in their 55-36 win. Paiton Hartley added 19 points as Zeke Davis netted 10 points for Bay...

EPC hit five of eight free throws over the final minute of the game to help them hold on for a 41-38 win over Cross County in their opening round game of the 1A/2A-10 junior district tournament this past Monday in Earle. The Junior Lady Thunderbirds jumped out to a 6-0 lead before Abby Martinez scored inside for EPC making it 6-2. ...

EPC and Cross County needed two overtime quarters to determine a winner this past Monday as the Junior Thunderbirds outscored the Junior Warriors 8-4 in the second overtime to take a 57-53 win in their opening round game of the 1A/2A-10 junior high district tournament in Earle...