Friday, December 20, 2002

Forrest City hosts Yellowjackets tonight

By FRED CONLEY

T-H Sports Editor

The Forrest City Mustang and Lady Mustang basketball teams will host Wynne tonight, at Mustang Arena.

It is the first of two nonconference games between the two teams.

The Mustangs will be looking for their second win of the season and are coming off a 41-40 loss to Sylvan Hills on Monday.

The Lady Mustangs will be trying to move one game over .500 for the season. Sitting at 4-4, the Lady Mustangs defeated Sylvan Hills 72-50 Monday night.

While the Mustangs will be idle during the Christmas break, the Lady Mustangs will play in the Conway tournament, beginning on Thursday, Dec. 26.

Also tonight, the Hughes teams will host Cross County for a three-game set beginning at 5 p.m.The Hughes senior girls will open play in the annual NEA tournament at Jonesboro, Saturday, Dec. 21, when they play Lynn at 12 noon.

The Blue Devils will start their NEA run on Monday, Dec. 23, when they play the Black Rock/Sloan Hendrix winner at 12 noon.

The Palestine-Wheatley teams will host Cotton Plant tonight before opening play next week at the 12-team Arkansas Tech Tournament of Champions in Russellville, now in its 54th year.

At Russellville, the unbeaten Patriots will play the Dardanelle/Guy-Perkins winner on Friday, Dec. 27, at 4:30 p.m. while the Lady Patriots will open against Dover on Thursday, Dec. 26, at 3 p.m.

The Patriots won the Hazen Invitational last Saturday, defeating the host team Hazen in the finals. The Lady Patriots finished fourth, losing to Hazen in the consolation game.

Schedules & Scores

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Friday, December 20

Wynne at Forrest City, 5 p.m.

Cotton Plant at Palestine-Wheatley, 5 p.m.

Cross County at Hughes, 5 p.m.

Thursday's Scores

Senior Boys

Pocahontas 55, Piggott 32

Highland 77, Hoxie 71

Crawfordsville 68, Manila 65

Senior Girls

Riverside 71, EPC 50

Jonesboro 72, Valley View 49

FS Northside 66, Guy-Perkins 49

Marmaduke 53, Rector 17

Watson Chapel 79, Morrilton 59

Manila 64, Crawfordsville 25

NEA Tournament

ASU Convocation Center at Jonesboro

Thursday's Senior Boys Scores

Bay 63, Cross County 17

Rector 59, Delapliane 41

Turrell 50, Lynn 44

Brookland 41, Westside 31

Nettleton 53, Gosnell 50

Friday, December 20

Black Rock vs Sloan Hendrix, 3 p.m.

Tuckerman vs Salem, 4:30 p.m.

ICC vs Armorel, 6 p.m.

Swifton vs Walnut Ridge, 7:30 p.m.

Trumann vs Piggott, 9 p.m.

Saturday, December 21

Rivercrest vs Manila, 9 a.m.

Hoxie vs Corning, 10:30 a.m.

Highland vs Harrisburg, 12 noon

Riverside vs Biggers-Reyno, 1:30 p.m.

Brookland vs EPC, 3 p.m.

Weiner vs Turrell, 4:30 p.m.

Jonesboro vs Pocahontas, 6 p.m.

Cave City vs Stuttgart, 7:30 p.m.

Bay vs Marked Tree, 9 p.m.

Thursday's Senior Girls Scores

Armorel 43, Weiner 39

Swifton 51, Black Rock 31

Osceola 55, Gosnell 50

Piggott 47, Brookland 40

Trumann 50, Harrisburg 41

Friday, December 20

BIC VS Walnut Ridge, 3 p.m.

Delaplaine vs Rector, 4:30 p.m.

Salem vs Parkin, 6 p.m.

Biggers Reyno vs Cross County, 7:30 p.m.

Westside vs EPC, 9 p.m.

Saturday, December 21

Marked Tree vs Tuckerman, 9 a.m.

Lynn vs Hughes, 12 noon

Stuttgart vs Hoxie,1:30 p.m.

Riverside vs Swifton, 3 p.m.

Rivercrest vs Osceola, 7:30 p.m.

Maynard vs Armorel, 9 p.m.

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