By FRED CONLEY
T-H Sports Editor
WEST MEMPHIS -- The Forrest City Blue Mustangs suffered their first loss of the year Monday night in a game the team should have won.
The Blue Mustangs missed a wide open layup with seconds remaining against West Memphis Wonder in a AAAAA-East Conference matchup at West Memphis.
That missed opportunity, combined with having a second layup attempt cleanly blocked helped Wonder hold on for a 38-36 win.
Forrest City falls to 6-1 for the year and 1-1 in the league.
"We broke down late in the game," said Coach Jimmy Williams. "I guess we just gave the game to them."
'Nough said.
Forrest City led 13-10 after the opening period and pushed their lead to 23-18 at the half.
Wonder began to chip away at the Forrest City lead in the third and trailed by four, 34-30 to begin the fourth period.
They outscored Forrest City 8-to-2 in the fourth to notch the victory.
Stephon Weaver led Forrest City with 19 points.
In the eighth-grade Blue boys game, Chad Doyle scored 10 points for Forrest City in a 25-17 loss to Wonder.
*At Mustang Arena, the Forrest City White Mustangs fell behind early to Blytheville and lost 44-23.
Blytheville, paced by 12 points from center Chris Brown, led 10-4 after one period and 21-7 at the half.
By the end of the third the White Mustangs trailed 34-16 and were held to seven points in the final frame.
Kelson Stewart and Jarvis Palmer led Forrest City with five points each.
Cal Rose put up 10 for Blytheville while Jeff Echols and Danny Davis added seven points each.
The Blue and White Mustangs will face each other Thursday, Dec. 12, at Mustang Arena.
*MacArthur's Jonathan Million was fouled on a 3-point attempt with 1.1 seconds remaining in Monday's MacArthur-Annie Camp showdown.
Million made the first of his three foul shots to break the 31-31 tie.
Annie Camp's desperation pass down court with 0.8 seconds on the clock was intercepted by Matt Garner and MacArthur (4-0, 2-0) held on for the 32-31 victory.
Annie Camp slips to 3-3 overall and 1-1.
*In junior girls' play Monday night, the White Lady Mustangs used nine points from Jasmine Phillips and seven points from Jasmina Morton in a 30-20 win over Blytheville.
Anita McDonald added six points and Layne McGuirt chipped in four.
Forrest City led 10-3 after one period and bumped their lead to 20-5 at the half.
*Fareeda Washington scored 13 points for the Forrest City Blue Lady Mustangs Monday but it was the West Memphis Wonder taking a 40-21 win.
Wonder led 5-3 after the first period and extended that cushion to 18-7 at the half.
The Blue Lady Mustangs fall to 0-2 in the conference.
The Blue and White junior girls will play Thursday at Mustang Arena.
*Annie Camp cruised to a 31-14 win Monday in girls' action.
Kailey Pinson led all scorers with 13 points for the Lady Whirlwinds, Talya Haskins finished with eight and Megan Kerley and Jermece Smith each had four.
MacArthur was paced by Cassie Huffer's seven points and Anna Kaloghirou's four.
DEWITT -- The Palestine-Wheatley Junior Lady Patriots kept their perfect season going Monday by turning back DeWitt 26-23 in overtime.
The Junior Lady Patriots are 4-0 on the year.
Eighth-grader Jessica Smith came off the bench and hit 1-of-2 free throws with just seconds to play in regulation to tie the game at 23-23 sending it into overtime. Smith was given the chance at the free throw line after she was fouled on a layup attempt.
Cara Landsford hit the game-winning shot in the extra period to give P-W the win.
Fallon Parker led P-W with 10 points while Tonisha Wynne added seven.
P-W took its first lead of the game with 1:13 to play in the fourth period but fell behind by one before Smith tied the game.
The P-W senior girls and senior boys will open play tonight at the Hazen Invitational Tournament.
The Patriots will face DeValls Bluff at 8:30 p.m. The winner advances to play CV White, Thursday at 5:30 p.m.
CV White defeated Des Arc 62-54 Monday.
In girls play, the Lady Patriots will face Des Arc at 7 p.m. The winner advances to play Carlisle Thursday at 7 p.m. Carlisle defeated Clarendon 65-27 Monday night.
The tournament runs through Saturday.
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Monday's Scores
Junior High Boys
WMemphis Wonder 38, FCity Blue 36
Blytheville 44, FCity White 23
DeWitt defeated Palestine-Wheatley
WMemphis Wonder 25, FCity Blue 17 (8th)
Junior High Girls
FCity White 30, Blytheville 20
WMemphis Wonder 40, FCity Blue 21
Palestine-Wheatley 26, DeWitt 23 OT
High School
Tuesday, December 10
Hughes at Marked Tree, 5:30 p.m.
(Jr. Girls, Sr. Girls, Sr. Boys)
Hazen Invitational Tournament
Monday's Scores
Senior Girls
Hazen 55, CV White 24
Carlisle 65, Clarendon 27
Senior Boys
Carlisle 55, Clarendon 47
CV White 62, Des Arc 54
Tuesday, December 10
McCrory vs DBluff, 4 p.m. (SGirls)
Palestine-Wheatley vs Des Arc, 7 p.m. (SGirls)
Hazen vs McCrory, 5:30 p.m. (SBoys)
Palestine-Wheatley vs DBluff, 8:30 p.m. (SBoys)