Stories from Friday, January 3, 2003

Coach Mitch Myrick's Lady Bobcats started play with a win in the Bancorp South Airedale Classic in Alma last weekend, defeating Paris 55-40 in their opener, but took a tough 1-point loss, 44-43, to Alma in their second game on Friday night. They got another shot at league rival Farmington on Saturday in the third-place game, but ran into a red-hot April Carter, who fired in six threes on the way to 26 points and a 54-41 Cardinal victory...

Coach Josh Hill's Highlander basketball team tried to defend its title at the 2002 Southwest (Mo.) Holiday Tournament last weekend, an event they won last year, and made it past Purdy, Mo., 61-42, and Pierce City, 54-41. But East Newton (10-1) ended its championship hopes Saturday in the finals, 66-39, behind 27 points from Alan Barbre and four 3-point shots in the first quarter...

The Eureka Springs Highlander boys' basketball teams fared well in games with Mountainburg on Saturday, Dec. 21, but the Lady Highlander girls' teams couldn't find a win. Coach Josh Hill's senior boys won, 64-59, with the junior boys adding a 30-20 victory in their game. But Coach Aaron Hall's senior girls lost to 1AA's top team, 47-15, while a shorthanded junior girls' squad lost 30-24...

by David McNeal This has been a strange holiday season so far. According to neighbors and folks here at the office, there was a great Christmas snow storm ---- and I missed it. Alice and I were in New Orleans and I was out raking my daughter's back yard, bareback no less, when the storm was pounding Carroll County...