J’ville wins by 50 over MP
HASKELL — Jessieville’s senior high girls’ basketball team took a 6010 victory from Mountain Pine on Wednesday in a consolation game of the Bill Gibbs Memorial Tournament hosted by Haskell Harmony Grove.
Both teams lost their opening games in the tournament on Monday. Jessieville (7-2) lost, 57-20, to Mount Vernon-Enola (10-2) and Mountain Pine (0-6) lost, 50-20, to Atkins (6-1). Mount Vernon-Enola beat Atkins,
60-50, on Thursday.
Sophomore Callie Pedersen led Jessieville with 13 points. Senior guard Taryn Anderson and junior forward Lilliana Fehrenbacher were also in double figures with 12 points and 11 points. Senior guard Amy de Haas added seven points, while senior Jaidyn Fortenberry, senior Cassidy Tucker and sophomore Madison Cummings added four points apiece.
Jessieville will next be at home on Tuesday against Fountain Lake
(3-4). Mountain Pine has a road game on Monday at England (5-1) before hosting Ouachita (11-3) on Tuesday.
LH junior high teams earn home victories
PEARCY — Lake Hamilton’s junior high basketball teams picked up a pair of victories on Monday against visiting Cabot South at Wolf Arena.
The junior high girls improved to 4-2 with a 54-29 victory. The junior Lady Wolves led the entire game after jumping out to a 15-6 lead at the end of the first quarter.
Hayleigh Wyrick led all scorers with 25 points. Ginny Higginbotham
and Audri Winfrey each added 11 points.
Cassie Reynolds led Cabot South with 19 points.
Boys
The junior Wolves were also victorious, 50-36, in their game.
They were led by 17 points from Chase Jessup and 12 points from Zac Pennington. Gavin Robbins scored seven points, while Cade Robinson and Josh Paris each scored five points.
* Cabot South did earn a win in the eighth-grade boys’ game, 44-32.
K.J. McDaniel was the leading scorer for Lake Hamilton with 13 points. Kai Condley contributed six points.
B2 hosts cheer competition at Lake Hamilton’s Wolf Arena
PEARCY — B2 Cheer and Dance will host the Spa City Classic Cheer Competition Saturday at Lake Hamilton’s Wolf Arena.
Competition in the junior divisions are scheduled to start at 9:30 a.m. The last of the finals routines is scheduled for 7:54 p.m.
Junior high performance awards will be presented at 11:30 a.m., senior high performance awards are scheduled for 4 p.m. and the game day awards will presented at the close of the competition at 8:25 p.m.
Harris, Bossier Parish improve to 6-0
BOSSIER CITY, La. — Hot Springs alum Paris Harris and Bossier Parish Community College improved to 6-0 on Wednesday with a second win in as many days.
The Cavaliers followed up a 91-61 win over the Cy Fair Learning Center team on Tuesday with a 117-61 win on Wednesday against North American University.
Harris scored a dozen points in both games. He was 6-for-10 shooting with four rebounds in 22 minutes against Cy Fair and shot 5-for-7 with four rebounds in 14 minutes on Wednesday.
The sophomore forward is currently fourth on the team in scoring, averaging
11.7 points in 22.7 minutes per game. His
69.2-percent shooting from the field is the best on the team.
Bossier Parish will be on the road on Saturday to face Lamar State College-Port Arthur in Texas.
Hunter, Lady Texans survive with late defensive stand
LEVELLAND, Texas — Hot Springs alum Keke Hunter recorded her eighth double-double of the year on Wednesday as South Plains College’s women’s basketball team opened conference play with a 67-62 win over Midland College at the Texan Dome.
Hunter scored 15 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to help the Lady Texans (11-0) start off 1-0 in the Western Junior College Athletic Conference
“The 3 wasn’t really falling for a lot of people and, at times, we settled for 3-pointers, but we were able to drive and find some shots throughout the game,” Hunter said.
“Having a nonstop mentality helped us tonight, and coach (Cayla) Petree always tells us to not stop and keep going.”
Trailing by nine late in the fourth quarter, Midland (8-4) used an 8-0 run capped by a 3-pointer from Annilia Dawn to trim their deficit to 63-62 with just 11 seconds remaining. South Plains sophomore Gabbie Green was immediately fouled on the inbounds play, giving the 5-7 guard a chance to put the Lady Texans up three with seconds remaining.
Green knocked down both free throws for a 65-62 advantage. Caroline Germond stole the inbounds pass, was immediately fouled and sank both free throws.
South Plains will return to action on Saturday at 2 p.m. in Borger, Texas, against Frank Phillips College.