Stories from Thursday, January 10, 2019

The Arkansas State men’s basketball team saw ULM race to a 24-8 lead and could not recover in a 85-75 loss to the Warhawks at Fant-Ewing Coliseum Saturday afternoon. Ty Cockfield scored 16 points in the second half and finished with 20 points to lead A-State (7-8, 1-1). ...

Harrisburg to off to a slow start and could never recover as the Junior Lady Hornets lost 37-29 to Riverview this past Friday night at the Hornets’ Nest. Both teams struggled in the first quarter as Riverview scored the first points of the game to go up 2-0 with 5:02 left. Neither team could get a shot for the most of the quarter until the Junior Lady Raiders hit one of two free throws with four seconds left to take a 3-0 lead at the end of one...

A scoreless third quarter spelled doom for Harrisburg as the Junior Hornets fell to Riverview 59-21 this past Friday in 3A-2 conference play. Riverview jumped out to a 7-0 lead before River Carter scored back to back baskets for the Junior Hornets to cut the lead to 7-4 with 2:23 left. The Junior Pirates scored the next three points as Samuel Moore hit a three-pointer to make the score 10-7 Riverview after one...

Harrisburg’s push in the fourth quarter wasn’t enough to overcome the double digit lead Cross County had entering the quarter as the Hornets lost 58-51 this past Saturday in the opening round of the George Kell Hall of Fame Classic being played in Swifton...

The Lady Hornets slow start but them in a hole they couldn’t climb out out of as Izard County Consolidated (ICC) posted a 62-36 win over Harrisburg this past Saturday in the opening round of George Kell Hall of Fame Classic in Swifton. ICC opened the game with a 15-0 run before Kristin Vanaman and Cassie Armstrong each hit two free throws for Harrisburg to make the score 15-4 Lady Cougars with 3:34 left. ...

Trumann took the lead early and never gave it up as the Wildcats beat Salem 63-43 this past Saturday in opening round action of the George Kell Hall of Fame Classic in Swifton. Salem scored the first points of game to go up 2-0 only to see Trumann score the next eight points as Ben Turner hit a three-pointer and scored inside, Lewis Milton, III hit one of two free throws and Turner added another basket inside to make it 8-2 with 4:10 left. ...

Jack Brown scored 23 points in leading Marked Tree to a 62-51 win in 2A-6 conference action this past Tuesday in Lepanto. Israel Malone added 16 points for the Indians as Trayvius Brown finished with 14 points. EPC got 17 from newcomer Lavonta Taylor as Jonathan Gilmore scored 10 points for the Warriors. In the junior high game, BJ Marshall scored 20 points for Marked Tree as the Junior Indians won 46-16...