Stories from Thursday, January 3, 2019

The Arkansas State football team lost to Nevada 16-13 in overtime in the NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl Saturday afternoon at Arizona Stadium. Blake Grupe sent the game into overtime with a 32-yard field goal as time expired in regulation and then he hit a 24-yard attempt in A-State’s first possession in the overtime period to go up 13-10...

Trumann’s offense went dormant after the first quarter as Manila kept their foot on the gas as the Lions downed the Wildcats 53-26 last Thursday in the semi-finals of the boys’ Division II bracket played at First National Bank Arena in Jonesboro. Manila got the board first with a three-pointer before Ben Turner scored inside for Trumann to make it 3-2 early in the game. ...

Marked Tree suffered their first loss of the season as they fell to Tuckerman 77-73 in the semi-finals of the Division II boys’ bracket of the NEA Invitational Tournament last Thursday in Jonesboro. Tuckerman drilled a three-ball to take an early 3-0 lead only to see Marked Tree get a steal and layup from Trayvius Brown and a three-pointer from Jack Brown to make it 5-3 Indians. ...

Eight Poinsett County basketball players, four girls and four boys, were selected to their respective All-NEA Tournament teams this past Saturday in Jonesboro. In Division II girls, Trumann's Tay Smith and Mallory Hartley were chosen as Marked Tree's Trayvius Brown and Jack Brown of Marked Tree along with Zach Buchanan and Ben Turner were named to the Division II boys' team. Makayla Marshall of Marked Tree and Keragan Gordon of EPC were named to the Division I girls' team...

Trumann, Harrisburg, Marked Tree and EPC boys' and girls' teams participated in annual tournament held in Jonesboro.