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The Sloan-Hendrix Senior basketball teams finished a busy week of the regular season with makeup games postponed because of weather at Marshall and ICC and a regular season game at Corning. In a Saturday game played at Izard County Central the Senior Boys Greyhounds won the 2A-2 conference title with a 56-42 victory over the Cougars. The Greyhounds led 28-24 at the half and outscored the Cougars 28-18 the last half to win the game 56-42 to end their regular season. Ethan Lee led the Greyhounds in scoring with 17 points, followed by Braden Cox with 11 points, Ethan Pickett had 10 points, Cade Grisham had 7 points, Luke Murphy threw in 6 points, Karson Roark had 4 points and Hudson Rorex had 1 point. The Senior Boys traveled to Marshall to face the 21-5 Marshall Bobcats in a Friday night game and lost 67-57. The Greyhounds finished first in the conference and are seeded number one in the 2A-2 tournament. They will play in a semifinal game at White County Central in the 2A-2 District Tournament on Thursday of this week.

Due to weather interruptions in January swim team tryouts were rescheduled. *Thursday 2/9 @ 5:30 *Friday 2/10 @ 5:30 *Monday 2/13 @ 5:30 *Tuesday 2/14 @ 5:30 *Thursday 2/16 @ 5:30 *Friday 2/17 @ 5:30 For more information about the PAC Dolphins Swim Team that practices year round at the Pocahontas Aquatic Center, please email beadolphinswimmer@gmail.com or visit the team website at www.

Modern-day fans of the National Football League, which is one of the most popular and most-watched sports leagues in the world, may aspire to one day see their favorite teams play in-person in the Super Bowl. While there may be nothing stopping fans’ favorite teams from making the big game, fans themselves might be priced out. According to Ticketmaster, the average price for a Super Bowl ticket in 2019 was $3,295. But even that figure is something of a low estimate, as tickets to Super Bowl LIII between the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams were only sold in pairs, meaning tickets cost closer to $6,590, and that’s before hefty service fees were applied. For many fans, that price is simply too high. But the average fan hasn’t always been priced out of attending the NFL’s annual championship game. In fact, History.com notes that the average ticket to Super Bowl I, which took place on January 15, 1967, at the Los Angeles Coliseum, was just $12. Perhaps even more surprising to today’s NFL fans? The inaugural Super Bowl did not even sell out

I’ve had enough of duck hunting. Sick of it. Like, up to my ears and just can’t stand it anymore had enough. I’ve given this a lot of thought, and I’m ready to quit it all together. And I felt it was really important that I said that publicly, put it in writing in this column, so that I’d stick to it and anyone that reads this could help hold me accountable. After 60 days I’m just tired of it all.