When the weather cools, the action heats up on basketball courts across the country. Basketball is a popular winter sport that has been ingrained in North American culture since its inception in the late 19th century.
The Heisman Trophy Trust announced the 2022 School Winners for the Heisman High School Scholarship competition awarded by the Heisman Trophy Trust. Harper Rorex and Carley Morgan were named school winners.
Pocahontas clinched an outright 3-4A conference title this past Friday night, routing Highland by the count of 41-12. Redskin quarterback Connor Baker moved closer to Arkansas’ career record for rushing touchdowns, scoring two touchdowns while rushing for 135 yards on 23 carries, putting him one short of the state record set by former Clarendon star Cedrick Houston from 1997-2000.
Eugene V. Jones was born on a hill farm around Smithville on October 9, 1922. His first education was in a one room schoolhouse between Smithville and Denton. Later he commuted to Imboden where he graduated from Sloan-Hendrix in 1942. In January of 1943 he was drafted in the United States Army Air Force and completed basic training at Shepherd Field in San Antonio, Texas. After basic training he attended schools in Las Vegas and Salt Lake City. Eugene was then sent to the Airplane Armament School at Lowrey Field, Denver, Colorado. Upon graduation from the 9-week school he was awarded a MOS as armorer gunner/ airplane armorer. Job Description for that MOS included periodically examining aerial machine guns, gun mounts, and gun turrets, for cleanliness and proper functioning; installing armament and equipment and checking their completeness prior to missions; remove and replace aircraft armament to be serviced or repaired; and inspect, disassemble, clean, repair, assemble, and make parts replacements to .50-caliber machine guns Between that assignment and his next assignment, he came home on leave to marry Willene Stewart on October 16, 1943. He was then assigned to the 19th Combat Crew Training School at Pyote Airfield, Pyote, Texas as a ball turret gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress Heavy Bomber. The ball turret was made of Plexiglas, about four feet in diameter, and attached to the bottom of the B-17. It was armed with two. 50-caliber machine guns capable of rotating 360 degrees. Turret gunner was responsible for protecting the otherwise-exposed underbelly of the flying fortress against enemy aircraft.
Maurice G. Starr was born October 19, 1928, in Memphis. He was a graduate of Sloan-Hendrix School in 1946 where he excelled in football and baseball, He was a graduate of Arkansas State College in May of 1950 with degree in Agriculture and lettered in baseball for the Indians.
All A Honor Roll 1st Grade Tate Lee Bradley Etta Clark Katelyn Dollins Jaxon Kasinger Quinn Robinson Casyn Steimel Evelyn Steimel Haley Stout Caroline Thielemier Isaac Throesch August West 2nd Grade Maci Blalock AB Honor Roll 1st Grade Linley Dorman Justin Dunlap Ellie Fort Paisley Phillips 2nd Grade Raycen Cato Owen Eddington Ava Harwell Jason Harwell Kadence McKenzie Gabriel Hare Amelia Harper Colby Jaques Caroline Stout Logan Thielemier Aubree Weisenbach 3rd Grade Avery Durham Croston Gray Max Hoose Chloe Late Easton Mahan Dru Steimel Aven Thielemier 4th Grade GreysonTrublood Kayden Lopez 3rd Grade Emilee Coon Emma James 4th Grade Laurabeth Coon Luke DeClerk Riles Johnson Owen Smith Hadley McClung Aubrey Hogan Layla Rawls Reese Robinson Paislie Statler Keegan Presley Madison Throesch 5th Grade John-William Clark Kate Hayes Rylee Kasinger Catarina Throesch 6th Grade Ellie Eddington Zoey Hibbard Layton Robinson Holden Zitzelberger 5th Grade Carson Dollins Kourtney Emmons Austin James Blakely Jansen Abel Johnson 6th Grade Leo Clark Kipton Jansen Wade Zitzelberger
The Pocahontas High School Chess Team brought home significant awards from last week’s tournament at the Northeast Arkansas Education Cooperative. The team collectively scored twenty-five wins with each of the eight team members winning at least two games.
