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The Trumann Wildcats lost their season opening basketball game 74-50 at Nettleton this past Monday night. Trumann led 14-13 after one before Nettleton stormed back to 28-18 at the half and 53-28 after three. Ja'Qavious Love led the Wildcats with 21 points. In the junior high game, Nettleton led 16-5 after one, 31-14 at the half, 44-28 after three before taking a 60-39 win over the Junior Wildcats. Tristan Battles led Trumann with 12 points as Gavin Greenwell added 10 points...

EPC (8-3) didn't seem to rusty after having an extra week to prepare after getting a first round forfeit due to COVID last week. The Warriors trailed only once early in the game as they rolled to a 56-29 win over Quitman in the second round of the Class 2A state football playoffs. EPC will travel to Gurdon this coming Friday for a quarter-finals match-up...

LITTLE ROCK — Duck hunters have been cleaning and painting decoys, scouting property, brushing blinds and cleaning shotguns in anticipation of the opening day of duck season on Nov. 21. Every year a handful of them forget their most important pieces of equipment: a valid hunting license, including federal and state duck stamps and Harvest Information Program registration...

With COVID-19 cases beginning to increase in Arkansas, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission wants to remind everyone to put a little space between them and other hunters at camp, at the boat ramp and in the blind this duck season. Try to maintain a 6-foot distance between yourself and any hunter who isn’t in your close family...

The Harrisburg Junior Lady Hornets (2-1) got 14 points from Elisabeth Green on their way to a 39-23 win over Bay this past Monday. Hannah Mross finished with 10 points as Carly Casebier added nine points for Harrisburg. Last Tuesday the Junior Lady Hornets got a 46-19 win over Palestine-Wheatley as Green led the way with 15 points with Mross and Casebier adding 10 points each in win...

Trumann (6-5) used two good halves of football in beating Heber Springs 43-14 in a play-in game with the winner advancing to the first round of the Class 4A state football playoffs. The win was the Wildcats' first post-season win since 2010 under then head coach Greg White. Trumann will travel to Vernal for their first round game...

Jagger Brannen bags first deer.

Harrisburg (5-3, 4-2) played two football games last week, losing to Piggott 28-12 in a make-up game last Monday and beating Palestine-Wheatley 26-14 this past Friday in their regular season finale. The Hornets will claim the fourth seed in the 3A-3 conference and travel to Jessieville on November 20 for a first round Class 4A state playoff game. ...

Trumann (5-5, 3-4) used a big fourth quarter to build a 34-7 lead before Cave City scored two late touchdowns against reserves to make the final score 34-21 Wildcats. Trumann will get the fourth seed in the conference and host Heber Springs in the opening round of the Class 4A state football playoffs...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is taking applications from youth hunters who would like to participate in a special muzzleloader deer hunt December12 and 13 in the Ozark Isle Park/Dry Run area on Bull Shoals Lake. Eight permits will be issued to hunter education graduates 15 years old and under...

Harrisburg (4-2, 3-1) picked up a 3A-3 conference win this past Friday with a 33-14 road win win over Corning. Jacob Wallace led the Hornets on offense with 10 carries for 103 yards and a touchdown while catching two passes for 59 yards and a touchdown. ...

East Poinsett County four-year starting quarterback Preston Rains was recently named the First Community Bank Scholar Athlete of the Week. Rains (6-2, 225; 280-pound power clean) completed 57% of his passes last fall for 1,796 yards and led EPC to their first conference championship since 2014...

Hornets fall 28-12 to Piggott!!

EPC (6-3, 5-0) downed rival Marked Tree 46-24 this past Friday night at Don Lovell Memorial Field to claim the 2A-3 football conference championship. The Warriors will host a first round playoff game in the Class 2A state football playoffs. The Indians (2-3, 1-2) will be on the road for their first round state playoff game...

Trumann (4-4, 2-3) got a big defensive stand at the end of the game denying Blytheville (3-3, 1-1) a game winning score on the last play of the game as the Wildcats won a 13-12 thriller over the Chickasaws in 4A-3 conference action this past Friday night at RMC Stadium...

EPC (5-3, 4-0) forced a turnover deep in Cross County (5-1, 1-1) territory and scored off the turnover to turn a one point lead into a nine point lead on their way to a 30-21 win over the Thunderbirds. The win secures the Warriors the top seed out of the 2A-3 conference and the Warriors can claim the conference title with a win at Marked Tree this coming Friday...

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission unanimously voted at today’s regularly scheduled meeting to approve new changes to Arkansas’s regulations on recreational fishing, commercial fishing and aquaculture. The recreational sport fishing regulations changes were announced to the Commission during its March meeting and were circulated in a public comment survey on the AGFC’s website beginning in March. ...

The Trumann Lady Wildcats got a three set, 25-9, 25-6, 25-10, win over Forrest City in the opening round of the 4A Northeast district volleyball tournament this past Monday in Trumann. Mollie Hicks led Trumann with six kills and four blocks as Lydia Bishop had three aces and six digs. Annaleigh Penter finished with 12 assists and nine digs...

Trumann and Pocahontas exchanged scores on each of their first two possessions to give Trumann a 14-12 lead before the Wildcats went scoreless the rest of the half. Trumann would go scoreless the rest of the game as the Redskins outscored the Wildcats 20-0 in the second half to take a 32-12 win this past Friday in Pocahontas...

White Roses presented to Piggott Volleyball team.

The Harrisburg Hornets have had to cancel their football game this coming Friday, October 16 against Osceola due to COVID-19 issues. According to a post on the football teams social media site, the game was canceled due to players having to quarantine. Nine students and four staff members are in quarantine due to exposure to the coronavirus. None of the staff or students have tested positive for the virus...

Hunters planning to hit the woods October 17 for Arkansas’s muzzleloader season and November 14 for modern gun deer season may want to check with the deer processor they normally use to make the most of their harvest. Some processors who handle domestic livestock may be seeing a backlog from recent direct-to-butcher purchases at the beginning of this summer’s meat shortage...

Due to an increase of COVID-19 among students and teachers, Marked Tree will go to virtual learning Thursday October 8 and Friday October 9 thus forcing a cancelation of the football games for both the Junior High and Senior High football teams.

Harrisburg's Drew Wright accounted for three touchdowns as the Hornets beat Walnut Ridge 33-8 this past Friday in high school football action. Wright rushed for 153 yards and two touchdowns and passed for 112 yards and a touchdown. Jacob Wallace finished with 79 yards rushing and a touchdown and passed for 24 yards and a touchdown. ...

After a scoreless first quarter, Trumann outscored Highland 34-8 over the next three quarters to pick up their first conference win this past Friday at RMC Stadium. Highland took the opening kickoff and melted seven minutes off the clock driving to the Wildcats’ 11-yard line before turning the ball over on downs with five minutes left. Trumann moved the ball out to their own 32-yard line as the first quarter came to an end with no score in the game...