Fountain Lake wins Battle at the Cove
MAGNET COVE — Fountain Lake’s senior high boys’ basketball team won the finals of the Battle at the Cove tournament on Saturday against the host Magnet Cove squad a day after the junior high teams squared off with Lakeside
The Lady Cobras (4-5) also bested the host Lady Panthers (5-3), 56-45, Saturday in the third-place game.
The senior high boys jumped out to a 17-4 lead in the first quarter Saturday and the Cobras (8-1) carried a 36-20 lead into the third quarter. The Panthers (6-2) charged, 15-4, in the third quarter to cut the lead to 40-35 by the start of the fourth.
Senior Joe Murphy led all scorers with 16 points for Fountain Lake. Senior Ramiro Vasquez added 10 points. Sophomore Levi Horton led the Panthers with 11 points. Magnet Cove was on the road at Carlisle (1-3) on Tuesday and is scheduled to host Bigelow on (5-1) on Friday. Fountain Lake hosted rival Jessieville (6-3) on Tuesday before going on the road Friday at Booneville (6-1).
* Fountain Lake’s junior high boys earned a one-point win on Monday against Arkadelphia to start play in a tournament at Poyen.
The junior Cobras (6-2) outscored the junior Badgers (5-2), 10-8, in the opening quarter. The two teams were matched, 14-14, in the second quarter and 9-9 in the fourth. Arkadelphia only won the third frame, 11-10.
Landin Kizer led all scorers with 22 points. Michael Moore scored 12 points.
The junior Cobras are scheduled to play again today at 4 p.m. in Poyen.
Lakeside handed Fountain Lake a 40-22 loss on Friday. The lead was only 18-15 at halftime, but the junior Rams pulled ahead, 31-17, after the third quarter.
Wylyn Harris led both teams with 17 points for Lakeside.
“We rely heavily on our transition offense to create points, but Fountain Lake’s guards took care of the ball and we missed six open floor layups,” said Lakeside coach Cody Lambert. “Lakeside also missed 12 free throws.
“That is something we have emphasized all year long. If we are going to play fast and physical, we have to be able to finish from the free throw line and at the rim, and tonight we didn’t. Defensively, we played well, forced tough shots without fouling and rebounded well.”
Lakeside opened its junior high tournament on Monday with a 50-38 win over Malvern. The junior Rams led, 17-2, after the first quarter, but the Cubs cut the lead to 35-28 by the start of the fourth quarter.
“The best part of the game is that we were getting most of our looks at the rim,” Lambert said. “We only shot two threes all game, which is ideal.
“We allowed Malvern to get back in the game a little bit, but we were tough. They are a good team that are really well coached. It was a fun environment.”
Harris led the way again with
15 points. Taevon Johnson scored
12 points and Jamison Craig added 10.
The junior Rams are scheduled for the semifinals today at
5:30 p.m. against J.A. Fair. Camden Fairview and Little Rock Central will meet in the other semifinal at 4 p.m.
Girls
Fountain Lake and Magnet Cove were close for much of the third-place game on Saturday in the girls’ bracket of the Battle at the Cove. The Lady Panthers were ahead, 35-30, going into the fourth quarter before the Lady Cobras moved ahead by outscoring the hosts, 24-10.
Junior Emoree Martin led the way with 16 points. Fellow sophomores Hannah Vaughn and Presley Hamric scored 12 and 11 points, respectively.
Fountain Lake traveled to Jessieville (7-2) on Tuesday before another road game on Friday at Booneville (1-4). Magnet Cove met Carlisle (4-1) on the road Tuesday and will host Bigelow
(5-0) on Friday.
* Lakeside also took the junior high girls’ game, 33-24, against Fountain Lake on Friday. The junior Lady Rams took a
15-8 lead after the first quarter and went into halftime ahead,
26-10, as both teams were led by balanced attacks.
Jaylin Rhoades led all scorers with eight points for Fountain Lake (6-2). Sophie Skinner and Kara Martin added seven and five points, respectively.
Ronni Formby led Lakeside with seven points. Maddie Goodson and Sarah Porter each scored five points, while Mady Davenport and Catriona Morgan each added four points.
Lakeside won the eighthgrade girls’ game, 28-11, and the seventh-grade girls’ game, 26-10.
Brooklyn Bourland led the eighth-graders with eight points as Kennedy Brock scored seven and Riley Orr scored six. Amelia Rogers had 12 points in the seventh-grade game, while Maddie Belle Landry and Amelia Sweetin each scored four points.
Lakeside’s teams earned two more wins on Saturday against White Hall. The eighth-grade girls won, 24-9, and the seventh-graders won, 32-15.
Brock was the top scorer for her team with 14 points. Rogers scored 16 and Davis scored 13 in the seventh-grade game.
Lakeside opened its junior high tournament on Monday with a 45-14 win over Malvern. The junior Lady Rams were ahead, 15-3, after the first quarter and 26-4 at halftime.
McKinley Humble was the leading scorer with 10 points. Formby, Goodson and Morgan followed with eight, six and five points, respectively.
Fountain Lake’s junior high girls also won on Monday, 34-17, against Arkadelphia in Poyen. The score was tied, 8-8, to start the second quarter, but the junior Lady Cobras pulled away, 17-10, by halftime and took a 27-15 lead into the final frame.
Rhoades was the leading scorer with 12 points and Kara Martin scored eight points. Skinner and Allie James each scored five points.
Fountain Lake is scheduled to meet Magnet Cove in the second round of the Poyen tournament today.