Stories from Thursday, August 27, 2020

The Trumann Wildcats welcomed new head football coach Randy Phillips for the upcoming season. Phillips comes to Trumann from DeWitt. “We’ve been fast paced since I got here. From not getting to see the kids when I first got here, June 1 got to meet the kids and now it’s a whirlwind trying to get the offense installed,” Phillips said. ...

Even after the loss of 14 seniors from last year’s team that made the state playoffs for the first time since 2011, fourth year head coach Aaron Thornton thinks this year’s team can make a run at the 3A-3 conference title. “We have the fastest defensive team since I’ve been here. We have a solid group of skill players back on offense. It’s going to be a fun, exciting season,” Thornton said...

Brandon Powell enters his sixth year as head coach and will look for an experience senior class, led by all-state performer Preston Rains and Deuce to Moore to lead way for the Warriors. “Rains is a four-year starter and Moore is a three-year starter. ...

Marked Tree looks to return to the playoffs again this season. Even with two teams (Rector and Midland) opting to play eight-man football, Marked Tree head coach Waylon Dunn said the conference will still be competitive with just six teams. “We’ll have to come ready to play each night,” Dunn said. ...

Poinsett County has had 452 active cases with 106 cases still being active. There have been 342 recoveries, four deaths and 5,230 negative tests.