Sports

In a Monday night game played in the district tournament at Trumann High School Gymnasium at Trumann the Pocahontas Junior Redskins beat Westside Junior Warriors 60-50. Redskins led 16-8 at the end of the first quarter and at the half 32-18. Westside outscored the Junior Redskins 32-28 in the last half but it was not enough to overcome Pocahontas halftime lead. Final score was 60-50 in favor of Pocahontas.

In a Tuesday night game played at Pocahontas High School Gymnasium the Pocahontas Junior Boys Redskins lost to the Junior Blytheville Chickasaws 43-40. Junior Chickasaws started out strong and led at the end of the first quarter 20-14. The Chickasaws increased their lead to 20-14 at the half. The third quarter was a duplicate of the second with Blytheville leading 36-26 at the end of the quarter. The Junior Redskins battled to overcame the 10-point lead and trimmed the Chickasaws lead to 42-40 with less than a minute remaining. Blytheville maintained ball control and sank a free shot to win 43-40.

In a Tuesday night game played at Pocahontas High School Gymnasium in Pocahontas the Pocahontas Junior Boys Redskins beat Westside Junior Boys Warriors 54-48. The game was a team effort for both sides but dominated by two very talented junior boys, Luke Baltz led Pocahontas with 43 points and Honeycutt led Valley View with 30. Both teams started out slowly in the first quarter with few goals. Junior Warriors scored first, tied by Junior Reskins and Redskins built lead to 13-7 at the end of the first quarter. Score was back and forth the second quarter with game being tied at half 17-17. The third quarter was a duplicate of the second with Westside leading 26-24 at the end of the quarter. Pocahontas tied the game 26-26 with 5:26 in the 4th quarter. The game was back and forth with Luke Baltz and Honeycutt trading baskets resulting in a tie at the end of regulation 39-39 with Honeycutt sinking the tying three at the buzzer. Pocahontas fell behind 40-45 in the first overtime but rallied as the Warriors fouled. Baltz sank a jumper with 7 seconds left to cut the lead to one, 44-45. Warriors Honeycutt fouled Baltz as time expired. Luke Baltz made a free throw to tie the game 45-45 forcing into second overtime. In the second overtime Pocahontas jumped out ahead 47-45. The Warriors tied the game 48-48, Pocahontas went ahead 49-48 to increase the lead to 54-48 to claim victory. Luke Baltz led the scoring attack with 43 points, D. J. Coffey with 9 and Carter Couch with 2. Honeycutt led Westside with 30 points.