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Trumann got out to a fast start over Walnut Ridge this past Tuesday before going on to a 55-40 win over the Bobcats in the 3A-3 district tournament at Manila. The win secures Trumann a spot in the 3A 3 regional tournament in Trumann. Ben Turner threw down a two-handed slam dunk for Trumann’s first points of the game as Dedrick Coleman got inside for a score to make it 4-0 Wildcats. ...

Bre Ward scored 18 points to lead the EPC Lady Warriors to a 48-32 win over Barton clinching a spot in the regional tournament his past Tuesday in the 2A-6 district tournament in Marked Tree. Keragan Gordon added 11 points as Tileyah Ward netted 10 points for the Lady Warriors. The EPC Warriors also secured a spot in the regional tournament with a 44-43 win over Marianna Lee...

Marked Tree got three straight three-pointers from Trayvius Brown to open the game building a 9-0 lead and ever looked back as Marked Tree beat KIPP Delta 78-34 in the opening round of the 2A-6 senior boys’ district tournament this past Monday in Marked Tree...

Trumann had trouble controlling Hoxie’s Jaecie Brown, who scored 28 points, in the Junior Lady Wildcats 36-30 loss this past Saturday in the 3A-3 junior high girls’ district finals at Piggott. Jaidyn Chappell scored inside to give Trumann the early 2-0 lead before Hoxie scored back to back baskets to go up 4-2 with 3:26 left. ...

Marked Tree only scored two points in the third quarter as Earle built a 22 point lead before posting a 53-36 win over the Junior Indians last Thursday in the championship game of the 2A-6 junior boys’ district tournament in Marianna. BJ Marshall scored inside to give Marked Tree an early 2-0 lead before the Junior Bulldogs scored the next nine points to take a 9-2 lead with 3:28 left. ...

A last second shot at the buzzer ended the Junior Wildcats season last Wednesday as they fell to Manila 41-40 in the 3A-3 district tournament in Piggott. Manila took the early 3-0 lead with a three-pointer before Azani Smith scored back to back baskets for Trumann to make it 4-3 Junior Wildcats. ...

Marked Tree scored six of the last seven points on the night to come away from Bay with a 49-42 win in high school boys’ basketball action. Israel Malone gave Marked Tree an early 3-0 lead with one of two free throws and a basket inside before Bay got back to back three-pointers from Layne Austin and Dax Gibson making it 6-3 Yellowjackets. ...

Poinsett County had ten players recently selected to junior and senior high all-conference volleyball teams for this past season. In senior high volleyball, Harrisburg's Shaw Faulkner along with Trumann's Sydney Callahan and Hannah McClaughlin were chose for the 3A-East all-conference team. In junior high, Kaylin Gipson, Molly Bates and Kloe Weeks of Harrisburg were chosen as were Trumann's Isabella Davis, Lynlee Morgan, Anna Lebo and Jayda Halfacre...

Hartley honored for achievement!

Harrisburg outscored Palestine-Wheatley 13-4 in the fourth quarter and hung on for a 36-35 win over the Junior Patriots in the opening round of the 3A-2 junior high district tournament this past Saturday in Newport. Palestine-Wheatley hit one of two free throws to take the early lead before Trey Davis hit one of two free throws for Harrisburg and Justin Clem canned a three-pointer for the Junior Hornets to make it 4-1 Harrisburg with 2:43 left. ...

Harrisburg held off Newport’s charge in the final minute to capture a 34-33 win in the opening round of the 3A-2 junior high district tournament this past Saturday in Newport. The Junior Lady Greyhounds jumped out to a 5-0 lead before Harrisburg got a jumper in the lane from Allison Harris, a three-pointer from Lilly Betts and one of two free throws from Betts to make it 6-5 Junior Lady Hornets with 1:12 left. ...

Harrisburg let Cave City get out a 16-2 lead after the first quarter as the Hornets couldn't fight their back from the deficit as they lost 60-23 to the Cavemen this past Friday night in Harrisburg. Cave City jumped out a 12-0 lead before Presley Witt stuck back an offensive rebound to make it 12-2 Cavemen with 3:21 left. Cave City added two more baskets over the last three minutes to take a 16-2 lead after the first quarter of play...

Harrisburg was outscored 24-17 in the second half by Cave City as the Lady Cavewomen broke an 18-18 tie to take a 42-35 win over the Lady Hornets this past Friday in the Hornets' Nest. Anna Walker and Cassie Armstrong scored back to back baskets in the paint to give Harrisburg an early 4-0 lead before Cave City hit a jumper to make it 4-2 Lady Hornets. ...

Trumann had no answer for Hoxie this past Friday as the Lady Mustangs led from start to finish in a 65-31 3A-3 conference win at Hoxie. The Lady Mustangs jumped out a 4-0 lead before Hannah McClaughlin hit a baseline jumper for Trumann making it 4-2 Hoxie. ...

Trumann was held to eight points in the first half as Hoxie opened a double digit lead on their way to a 36-23 loss at Hoxie this past Friday. The Junior Lady Mustangs opened the game with a 7-0 run before Kayde Jones hit a jumper for Trumann and Nygeria Jones scored inside for the Junior Lady Wildcats to make it 7-4 with just over a minute left in the quarter. Hoxie added a basket in the paint to take a 9-4 lead at the end of one...

Will White did a little bit of everything for the Trumann Wildcats this past football season. White was selected for the Class 4A all-state football for his accomplishments on the field this past season. White completed 40 of 78 passes for 625 yards and six touchdowns while rushing for 740 yards on 112 carries and 14 touchdowns. ...

Volleyball team places in two tournaments.

Trumann’s Ben Turner was honored for scoring 1,000 points in his Wildcat career this past Saturday at Wildcat Gym. Turner scored his first point playing against Cave City on November 14, 2016 and scored his 1000th point playing against Corning on November 27, 2018. This accomplishment happened over a span of 62 games with an average of 16.13 points scored per game. Turner as presented a 1000 point ball to commemorate this milestone in his basketball career...

In a game that could of had a different outcome if both teams had not been devious in sending wrong players to the free throw line in crucial situations, the Seminoles outscored Trumann 9-6 in the second overtime to post a 55-52 win in 3A-3 conference action this past Saturday at Wildcat Gym...

Four quarters wasn’t enough to decide a winner so Trumann and Osceola played a couple overtime quarters before the Junior Seminoles outscored the Junior Wildcats 12-4 in the second overtime to take a 53-45 win this past Saturday in Trumann. Osceola jumped out to a 4-0 lead before Drew Osment canned a three-pointer making it 4-3 Junior Seminoles. ...

Trumann guaranteed them a spot in the 4A East Regional with a 64-45 win over Osceola this past Saturday in Trumann. The Lady Wildcats can finish no worse than second in 3A-3 conference earning a first round bye and a place in the regionals to be held at Wildcat Gym...

Trumann made Kayde Jones’ jumper in the lane with 12 seconds left hold up as the Junior Lady Wildcats beat Osceola 32-30 this past Saturday at Wildcat Gym. Kayde Jones canned a three-pointer and Nygeria Jones hit two free throws to give Trumann an early 5-0 lead before the Junior Lady Seminoles scored inside to make it 5-2 with 3:08 left. ...

Marked Tree outscored EPC 47-33 in the second half to take a 72-61 win in 2A-6 high school boys basketball action this past Friday in Marked Tree. TJ Bush gave EPC the first lead of the game with a runner only to see Israel Malone get a stick basket for Marked to make it 2-2. ...

Makayla Marshall scored inside to give Marked Tree the early 2-0 lead only to see Bre Ward make back to back baskets and hit one of two free throws to give the Lady Warriors a 5-2 lead. Kayla Reel drilled a three-pointer for EPC before the Lady Indians got back to back baskets from Marshall and Taylor McCuiston to make it 8-6 Lady Warriors with 2:30 left. ...

Josh Gilmore got EPC on the board first with a stick back basket only to see BJ Marshall get a stick back basket before hitting one of two free throws for the Junior Indians to make it 3-2 Marked Tree. Gilmore canned a three-pointer for EPC before converting an old-school three-point play to give the Junior Warriors an 8-3 lead with 3:16 left. ...

EPC jumped out to a 15-4 lead after the first quarter before going on to post a 33-14 win over the Junior Lady Indians this past Friday in Marked Tree. Latavia Freeman go the Junior Lady Warriors on the board first with a steal and lay up as Nikoby Andrews scored inside for Marked Tree to make it 2-2. ...

Harrisburg couldn’t find enough answers for all of Tuckerman’s scoring weapons as the Hornets lost 85-40 to the Bulldogs this last Thursday on Homecoming night at the Hornets’ Nest. Tuckerman got on the board first with a three-pointer as Presley Witt answered with a running jumper to make it 3-2 Bulldogs. ...

Harrisburg’s slow start in the opening quarter helped Tuckerman build a double digit by halftime which proved to much for the Lady Hornets to overcome as they lost 48-30 last Thursday in Harrisburg. Tuckerman jumped out to a 4-0 lead with one of two free throws and a three-pointer before Ansley Wixson got Harrisburg on the board with a basket inside to make it 4-3 Lady Bulldogs with 2:49 left. ...

Trumann's MJ Barnes was a force on both sides of the ball playing wide receiver on offense and linebacker on defense for the Trumann Wildcats. Barnes was chosen for the Class 4A all-state football team for his season accomplishments. Barnes had 73 tackles from his linebacker position with one interception and three forced fumbles on the year. Barnes also had a blocked punt. On the offensive side, Barnes had 23 catches for 370 yards and two touchdowns...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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...

Marked Tree got one win out of four games this past Tuesday at Earle. The Indians came back from an 11 point deficit in the second half to post a 69-66 win over the Bulldogs. Jack Brown led Marked Tree with 23 points as Trayvius Brown tossed in 21 points. ...

Trumann got off to a slow start and coupled with being held to single points in three quarters was to much for the Lady Wildcats to overcome as they lost 42-29 to Riverside in the finals of George Kell Hall of Fame Classic this past Saturday in Swifton...

Trumann couldn’t hold off Rivercrest in the second half, especially with the loss of Ben Turner in the second quarter, as the Colts ousted the Wildcats with a 59-52 win in the George Kell Hall of Fame Classic last Thursday in Swifton. Turner hit a baseline jumper and two free throws around a basket inside from the Colts to give the Wildcats a 4-2 lead early in the game. ...

The Arkansas State women’s bowling team wrapped up competition at its host tournament, the Mid-Winter Invitational, this past Sunday at the Hijinx Family Entertainment Center with a second-place finish. The Red Wolves started off the day with a 4-1 (200-160, 244-192, 185-168, 180-155, 214-183) win over Vanderbilt on a 201.2 average. The team advanced to the second round where they would have a “bye” to the championship match...

Senior James Lard of EPC High School capped off his senior year with a selection to the Class 2A All-State football team. Lard played offensive tackle and split time at inside linebacker and defensive tackle for the Warriors. On offense, Lard helped EPC rush for 1793 yards on the season, 180 yards per game, with a 5.94 average per rush with the team scoring 26 rushing touchdowns. ...

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...

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. ...

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. ...

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...

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 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...

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). ...

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