By FRED CONLEY
T-H Sports Editor
Forrest City Mustang sophomore forward Lorenzo Spearman and senior guard Kerry Evans were both named to postseason basketball honors last week.
Spearman was named to the AAAAA-East All-Conference team while Evans drew honorable mention.
The Lady Mustangs placed three on the postseason honors' list.
Spearman averaged almost nine points per game and a little more than five rebounds a game for the Mustangs, who finished 3-21 overall and 1-13 in the conference.
Little Rock Mills placed three on the All-State team, Gabrielle Moore, Chris Cobbs and Bam Doyne while West Memphis had two All-State selections D.J. Loving and Jamison McCoy.
The remainder of the All-State team included Jacksonville's Nick Smith, Sylvan Hills' Jeremy Brown and Blytheville's Michael Diggs.
Brown will represent the East in the All-Star Game.
On the girls' side, Forrest City placed three players on the All-Conference team, led by senior Deosha Agnew, who was also named to the All-State team.
She was joined by Caronica Randle on the first team while sophomore Trina Wynne was named to the All-Conferene second team.
Agnew and Randle season-ending stats for the Lady Mustangs were almost identical.
Agnew led the team in scoring with 354 points or 16.1 points per game.
She shot 43 percent for the year from two-point range and 13 percent from three-point rane and 47 percent from the foul line.
Agnew led the team in rebounding with almost eight per game.
Agnew was also nominated for a spot on the All-Star roster.
Randle scored 344 points for the season for a per game average of 15.6. She hit 37 percent of her two-point shots and 14 percent of her threes while shooting 66 percent from the foul line.
Randle averaged 5.5 rebounds a game.
Both played in 22 games this year to help the Lady Mustangs to a 10-14 overall record.
Wynne finished with 201 points and averaged 9.1 points per game, three rebounds, almost three steals per game and led the team in field goal shooting percentage, hitting 52 percent of her two-point shots.
Jacksonville and Jonesboro each placed four on the All-Conference first team, Brandi Rodgers, Rachel Townsend, Nakelya Moragne and Kesia Dokes representing Jacksonville while Latoya Wortham, Lydia Nelson, Sara Lehman and Tara Lehman represented the Lady Hurricane.
Brittany Goings and Allie Gammill were Cabot's All-Conference picks while Blytheville placed Kenya Moore on the first team.
West Memphis' Kim Turner was selected for the All-Star team while Lady Blue Devils' coach Sheila Burns was nominated as All-Star Coach.
Jacksonville's Tanya Ganey was named the AAAAA-East Coach of the Year.
By FRED CONLEY
T-H Sports Editor
SEARCY -- The Forrest City Mustang baseball team had a 2-0 lead going into the bottom of the fourth inning against Searcy last Friday.
They couldn't hold on and suffered their second consecutive loss, losing to the Lions 8-2.
Searcy rallied to score twice in the fourth to tie the game at 2-2 and then added two runs in the fifth to take a 4-2 lead.
The Lions added three runs in the sixth to make the final.
Brandon Cochran scored Forrest City's first run in the top of the third when he was hit by a pitch and came around to score on an RBI hit by Danny Flowers. Devin McLaurin made it a 2-0 Forrest City lead when he singled and scored.
The Mustangs put only four more on base after the third inning.
Brad Taylor was the starter for the Mustangs and worked five and one-third innings before being replaced on the hill by Colby McKennon who finished out.
The Mustangs, 1-2 for the year, will host West Memphis on Tuesday, beginning at 4:30 p.m. at the Sports Complex.
Palestine-Wheatley is scheduled to host Marvell today at 4 p.m. while Hughes opens it's first-ever baseball season Tuesday at Marked Tree, beginning at 4 p.m.
* PREP SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
Friday's Score
Searcy 8, Forrest City 2
Monday, March 11
Marvell at P-W, 4 p.m.
Tuesday, March 12
West Memphis at Forrest City, 4:30 p.m.
P-W at EPC. 4 p.m.
Hughes at Marked Tree, 4 p.m.
Saturday, March 9
Lonoke at Palestine-Wheatley - Rained Out
HIGH SCHOOL GOLF
Tuesday, March 12
Forrest City at Jonesboro, 3:30 p.m.
GIRLS SLOW-PITCH SOFTBALL
Tuesday, March 12
Hughes at Elaine, 4 p.m.
Thursday, March 14
Hughes at Cross County, 3:30 p.m.
GIRLS FAST-PITCH SOFTBALL
Monday, March 11
Cabot at Forrest City, 5 p.m.
P-W at DeValls Bluff, 4 p.m.
JUNIOR HIGH TRACK
Tuesday, March 12
Forrest City Blue & White at West Memphis,
4 p.m. Boys & Girls