Stories from Thursday, February 15, 2018

Peyton Phillips of EPC signs to play football for Southeast Missouri State.

Harrisburg's Lacey Lambright signs to play softball at Crowley's Ridge College.

Bay fought back from a 14 point deficit at halftime, having only four players on the court the last two minutes of the game, only to see the possible game winning shot bounce in and out of the goal giving Marked Tree the 34-33 win this past Wednesday in 1A/2A-10 junior high district tournament action in Earle...

Bay posted a 50-39 win over KIPP Blytheville this past Wednesday to advance to the semi-finals of the 1A/2A-10 junior high district tournament being played in Earle. Paiton Hartley gave Bay the early 2-0 lead with a basket inside as KIPP hit a jumper in the lane to tie the game. ...

Trumann was outscored 9-2 by Highland in overtime as the Lady Wildcats were eliminated from the 4A-3 junior high district tournament last Thursday in Pocahontas. The Junior Lady Wildcats jumped out to a 4-0 lead as Hannah McClaughlin an d Caroline Morgan hit back to back jumpers before Highland hit two free throws to make it 4-2. ...

Marked Tree and Earle battle all night long as the Junior Lady Indians came up just short of the win as they lost 47-44 to the Junior Lady Bulldogs this past Friday in Earle. Earle jumped out to 4-0 lead before Shira Hendrix scored inside to make it 4-2 Junior Lady Bulldogs. ...

Marked Tree fell behind early and could never catch up as they lost 64-28 to Earle in the finals of 1A/2A-10 junior high district tournament this past Friday in Earle. Earle jumped out to a 6-1 lead with Itavious Nesbitt hitting one of two free throws for Marked Tree's point. ...

Marked Tree had the task of playing Salem, the number one seed from the west, in the opening round of the 2A-2 district tournament this past Monday in Lepanto. The Lady Indians' season came to an end with a 61-32 loss to the Lady Greyhounds. Salem opened the scoring with a three-pointer before MaKayla Marshall scored inside for Marked Tree to make it 3-2. ...

Salem hung with Marked Tree for the first half of the opening quarter. The Indians turned up the heat building a double digit lead and never looked back on their way to a 74-31 win in the opening round of the 2A-2 district tournament in Lepanto. Paul Coleman scored inside to give Marked Tree an early 2-0 lead before Salem scored inside and hit a three-pointer to make it 5-2. ...

Harrisburg's offense was not as good the second half as it was the first half as Gosnell took a three point halftime lead and turned it into a 10 point win as the Lady Hornets lost 50-40 in the first round of the 4A-3 district tournament this past Tuesday in Harrisburg...

Trumann fell behind early and couldn't recover as the Lady Wildcats ended their season with a 53-37 loss to Highland this past Tuesday in the 4A-3 district tournament being played in Harrisburg. The Lady Rebels opened the game with a 9-0 run before Trumann got an inside basket from Haley Mathis and a steal and layup from Tay Smith to make it 9-4 Highland with 2:04 left. ...

Ben Turner poured in 33 points for Trumann as the Wildcats downed county rival Harrisburg 88-69 in their opening round game of the 4A-3 district tournament this past Tuesday in Harrisburg. MJ Barnes opened the game with a three-pointer as Brennon Honeycutt answered with a three-pointer to make it 3-3. ...

The Trumann City Council passed several resolutions Tuesday night. Among the purchases they approved were a new police vehicle, sewer lift stations, and a sanitation truck. In department reports, Director of Public Works Scotty Jones gave an update on the new well. ...

The Marked Tree City Council heard from several citizens interested in finishing the rest of Mary Ann Arnold's term as mayor Monday night. Among those who expressed interest in the position were business owner Larry Crockett Jr., Code Enforcement Officer Jim Huff, Pastor Terry Carter, Mayor Pro tempore Steve Craig, Alderman Cleo Johnson, and former State Rep. ...

The Trumann Chamber of Commerce gave out their awards for 2017 at their 55th annual banquet last Thursday. Excellence in Agriculture went to local farmer Paul Bingham. The award was presented by Bingham's son, Cole, who noted that for the past few years the award has gone to businesses instead of individual farmers. Among his father's many accomplishments as a farmer, Cole pointed out that Paul had also donated pallets of rice to help feed those in need...