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Junior Redskins Bounce Back from Loss With Win

The Pocahontas Junior Redskins struggled out of the starting gate but overcame a halftime deficit to beat the Junior Southerners 40-31. Both teams started out cold with the first score made by the Junior Southerners with 3:34 left in the first quarter. The score was tied 4-4 at end of first quarter with the Junior Southerners leading at half 14-11. The Junior Redskins kept battling and tied the game at 14-14 with 4:50 left in the 3rd quarter. The next time down the court Pocahontas went into the lead 16-14 with the 3rd quarter ending with Pocahontas 25 and Southside 21. Southside edged into the lead for the last time 27-25 with 4:03 left in the 4th quarter and outscored Southside 15-4 the rest of the game. Pocahontas made 8 of 10 free throws the last quarter to win the game 40 to 31.

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THURSDAY NIGHT COMMERICAL

More Music Won 57, Lost 19 SPARE ME Won 47, Lost 29 ESNA Won 42, Lost 34 Scratch Series-1973 ESNA, Scratch Game-659 More Music, Handicap Series-2398; Men Scratch Series-539 Lloyd Gooch, 538 Mike Roberts, 509 Ronnie Lewis; Scratch Game-214 Weston Lebeau, 188 Ronnie Radcliff, 121 Bernard Thielemier; Handicap Series-660 John Tedder, 619 Jim Adkins; Handicap Game-227 Wyle Greer, 218 Aaron Waggoner .

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Senior Redskins Second Half Surge Overpowers Highland Rebels

In a Monday night game played at A. L. Huston Memorial Center in Highland the Pocahontas Senior Boys Redskins beat the Highland Rebels 62-50. The Rebels jumped out early with 12-2 lead and lead by 16-9 at the end of the first quarter. The Redskins jumped into the lead with 23-22 with three minutes to go in the fist half and the score was tied at half 25-25.

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MAYNARD BASKETBALL……

Maynard lost 43-39 to Cedar Ridge. Cree Willfond - 11 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 steals Morgan Seawel - 9 points Savannah Perkins - 9 points Chloe Green - 3 points Natalee Cates - 3 points Madi McMillan - 2 points .

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Thursday Night Commerical

More Music Won 50, Lost 18 SPARE ME Won 45, Lost 23 ESNA Won 35, Lost 33 Scratch Series-2036 More Music, Scratch Game-703 ESNA, Handicap Series-2394 SPARE ME; men Scratch Series-586 John Tedder, 552 Mike Roberts, 433 Wyle Greer; Scratch Game-216 Weston Lebeau, 216 Clarence Ungerank; Handicap Series-688 Jim Adkins, 650 Aaron Waggoner; Handicap Game-233 Ronnie Radcliff, 224 Lloyd Gooch .

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Junior Reskins Maintain Unbeaten Record

The Pocahontas Junior Redskins had an uphill battle in keeping their unbeaten record intact. Final score was Pocahontas 42 and Highland 41. Highland built up a 12-6 lead at the end of the first quarter and a 24 to 14 lead at the half. The Junior Redskins kept battling and cut the lead to 33-28 at the end of the 3rd quarter. In the fourth quarter the Junior Redskins trimmed the lead to four with two minutes left and 2 points with a one minute sixteen seconds left in the game. Luke Baltz tied the game with a jumper in the lane with 42 seconds left. A tenacious defense goes the ball back and Luke Baltz sank the first free throw in a one and one with 28.2 seconds left to put the Junior Redskin up a point 42 to 41. This was the Junior Redskins first lead of the game. The Junior Rebels tried several times to get a last second shot but the Junior Redskins prevailed and won the game by a score of 42 to 41.

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Seventh Grade Redskins Lose By 4

Seventh Grade boys were beaten by Highland 24-20 in closely contested game. Pocahontas started out cold and were behind 13-8 at one point and 16-13 at the half. Both teams played good defense the last half with Highland coming out on top 24-20. Spencer James scoring with 8 points, Noah Baltz followed with six, and Isaac Molina with 4 points.

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