Stories from Thursday, November 15, 2018

Justice Hansen threw for four touchdowns, while Warren Wand and Marcel Murray each added a score on the ground as Arkansas State became bowl eligible with a 44-16 victory over Coastal Carolina Saturday night at Brooks Stadium. The Red Wolves scored touchdowns on six of their first seven possessions, including four straight in the first half. Hansen went 18-of-20 passing for 253 yards and tossed touchdowns to four different receivers...

Local youth harvest deer this past weekend.

Marked Tree scored the fist basket of the game and never led again as Rector built a 12-2 lead after the first quarter before cruising to a 36-12 win this past Thursday in Marked Tree. Nikoby Andrews scored inside for the Junior Lady Indians only to see Rector reel off the next 12 points of the quarter. ...

The Rector Lady Cougars outscored Marked Tree 16-0 in the first quarter before going on to post a 59-37 win over the Lady Indians this past Thursday in Marked Tree. The first of the opening quarter was all Kena Parrish as she scored the first 10 points of the game with a stick back basket, an old-school three-point play, a fast break layup and a three-pointer at the 2:57 mark. ...

Trumann had three players score in double figures as the Junior Wildcats downed Marmaduke 55-26 in the Ben Ford State Farm Insurance Invitational junior high tournament this past Monday in Bay. Drew Osment led Trumann with 13 points, Jaquavious Love netted 12 points as Devin Miles added 10 points for the Junior Wildcats...

Bauxite (9-2) used a potent ground game and a hard-nosed defense to take a 21-6 win over Trumann (7-4) this past Friday night in the first round of the Class 4A state football playoffs at RMC Stadium in Trumann. The win sets up a re-match with conference foe Nashville on November 16...