Stories from Thursday, January 24, 2019

Mr. Auston Glen Samuel departed this life Sunday, January 20, 2019 at Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro, AR at the age of 80 years, 7 months and 11 days. He was born in and had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He owned Samuel Auto Sales, was a veteran of U.S. ...

The Junior Lady Bulldogs jumped out to a 4-0 lead before Zoe Constant hit a three-pointer for EPC to make it 4-3. Earle scored back to back baskets to go up 8-3 as Constant scored inside to make it 8-5 with 2:48 left. The Junior Lady Bulldogs scored the last five points of the quarter to take a 13-8 lead after one...

The EPC Junior Warriors were outscored 33-10 in the second half as they lost to Earle 53-20 this past Friday night at Earle. The Junior Bulldogs got on the board first before Wyatt Boxley hit a jumper to tie the game at two. Earle scored the next seven points to go up 9-2 as Josh Gilmore canned a three-pointer for EPC to make it 9-5 Junior Bulldogs with 1:08 left. ...

EPC played a close first half but couldn’t keep up in the second half as the Lady Bulldogs posted a 61-30 win over the Lady Warriors this past Friday in Earle. Earle got on the board first before Bre Ward hit a jumper in the lane for the Lady Warriors to tie the game at two. ...

In a tale of two halves, Earle led after the first two quarters only to see EPC lead the last two quarters in taking a 55-46 win over the Bulldogs this past Friday in Earle. Preston Rains scored inside for EPC to give the Warriors the early 2-0 lead before Earle got a stick back basket to tie the game at two. ...

Tonia Barnes hit a jumper with two seconds left in the game to send Trumann to a 34-32 win over Manila this past Monday at Wildcat Gym. The first quarter was a slow affair as neither team had much luck finding the basket. Nygeria Jones got Trumann on the board first with two free throws before Tonia Barnes scored inside to make it 4-0 Junior Lady Wildcats with 2:36 left. Manila got back to back steals and layups, the latter with 17 seconds left to make the score 4-4 at the end of one...

Trumann opened the game with a 7-0 run and never looked back as the Lady Wildcats handed Manila a 64-26 loss this past Monday in Trumann. Tay Smith had a steal and layup for the first points of the game as Mycha Wilson stuck back an offensive rebound and Hannah McClaughlin hit the first of her seven three-pointers to make it 7-0 Lady Wildcats. ...

The National Wrestling Federation and The Tyronza Elementary PTO present a night of All-Star Wrestling to benefit the Tyronza Elementary PTO this Saturday night January 26th 7:30 pm at the Tyronza Elementary School Gym in Tyronza. Five big matches scheduled that night on the card will feature EPC's own Keedrick Campbell aka Kee Awesome in action. ...

Harrisburg salvaged one game out of three as the Hornets hosted Newport this past Tuesday night. The Junior Lady Hornets lost their game 28-17 as Khalan Jones scored 5 points to lead the team. Allison Harris added four points, Nala Wallace netted three points and Ashlee Buckley chipped in two points. ...