A busy week of basketball ended on a high note for the Lady Greyhounds beating Bay Yellowjackets 50-43 in the first round of the NEA Tournament held at Brookland High School on Saturday. Sloan-Hendrix came on strong in the last half scoring 30 points to beat a strong Bay team.
The Senior Redskins started the week with a Tuesday night game at Schoonover Field House losing to the 5A Batesville Pioneers 46-43. The Pioneers led 13-9 at the end of the first quarter and 23-16 at the end of the half.
In a Monday night conference opener played at Schoonover Field House, the PHS Redskins beat the Highland Rebels (4-1 record at beginning of game) 44-33. Both teams played tough defense from start to finish with the Redskins holding Highland to one point in the last quarter.
The week started with the Sloan-Hendrix Lady Greyhounds traveling to Lynn in a Monday night game to compete against the Lady Hillcrest Screaming Eagles. The Lady Greyhounds won both the junior girls and senior girl’s games.
Let’s get a head start on bowl season with some thoughts about Arkansas’ Liberty Bowl matchup against Kansas. The Razorbacks and Jayhawks are coming off identical 6-6 regular seasons and will now meet on the gridiron for just the third time.
On Dec. 10, Pocahontas swimmer Cari King earned a place on Senior Olympics Team Arkansas and will swim at 2023 Nationals next summer. She won the gold medal in 6 events: the 100and 200-yard individual medleys, and the 50-yard backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle and butterfly.
This is the first article in a three-part series of the history of Sloan-Hendrix School in Imboden. Sloan-Hendrix in an important part of my life. There has been a member of the Weir, Stewart and Jones families enrolled in Sloan-Hendrix from the 1930s until today (may have skipped a year or two, but not many). My Father (Eugene) and mother (Willene) graduated in 1942. My aunts (Daphine and Louise Stewart, and Ruby Jones), Uncle (Justin Jones), cousins (Debi and Danny Rowsey), and nephew (Jeremy Jones) are all graduates. I graduated in 1963 and my brother Jim in 1966. My son Chris in 1990 and daughter Stephanie in 1993 are both graduates. My granddaughter, Lauren Jones, is a sophomore now. My wife Rebecca, and sister-in-law, Patsy Jones, both retired from teaching at Sloan-Hendrix for more than 30 years. My son (Chris) is member of the School Board and daughter-inlaw (Mikka Jones) is the school nurse. We have lived across the street from the Sloan-Hendrix Campus on Highway 115 since 1973.
In their first game Monday night against the Highland Rebels, the PJHS Redskins got off to a slow start trailing 9-4 at end of the first quarter and 18-12 at the end of the first half. The Rebels pulled away during the last half and won 32-23.
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.