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The Berryville Bobcats clinched a trip to the 4A North regional tournament before last week’s 4A-1 district tournament even tipped off, by virtue of winning the 4A-1 East. That gave the Bobcats an automatic spot in the district semifinals and ensured a trip to this week’s regional tournament in Ozark. ...

With a little less than three minutes remaining in last Monday’s game against Gravette, the Berryville Lady Bobcats had a prime opportunity to throw in the towel and head into the offseason. But that’s not the Lady Bobcats’ style. Instead, Berryville responded to the late-game adversity by cranking up their defensive intensity and outscored Gravette 9-2 over the final 2:37 to secure a 54-49 victory in the quarterfinals of the 4A-1 district tournament. ...

Shane Compton’s first two seasons at Green Forest weren’t always pleasant as he worked to rebuild the Tigers’ basketball program. Wins were hard to come by, and advancing past the district tournament was an impossibility. This season is different. The Tigers are in the 3A Region 1 tournament, and Compton has been named the 3A-1 West Conference Coach of the Year...

With a little less than three minutes remaining in Monday’s game against Gravette, the Berryville Lady Bobcats had a prime opportunity to throw in the towel and head into the offseason. But that’s not the Lady Bobcats’ style. Instead, Berryville responded to the late-game adversity by cranking up their defensive intensity and outscored Gravette 9-2 over the final 2:37 to secure a 54-49 victory in the quarterfinals of the 4A-1 district tournament. ...

The Berryville Bobcats won’t be going into the 4A North regional tournament completely cold, after all. Last week’s snow and ice originally led officials to cancel the remainder of the 4A-1 district tournament and send the four semifinalists directly to the regional tournament. ...

The good news for the Green Forest Tigers is they’ll get two more games under their belt before they move on to the regional tournament. The bad news is the first of those games will be played on the road at Bergman, against one of the state’s top Class 3A teams. Green Forest and Bergman will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, while Elkins and Valley Springs play the other semifinal. The championship game will be played at 7 p.m. Saturday...

Eureka Springs coach Brian Rambo was still frustrated Monday about how the Highlanders’ season ended last Friday — and it had nothing to do with his team’s performance on the court. The Highlanders lost to Arkansas Arts Academy 64-57 on the Diamonds’ home floor in Rogers in the first round of the 2A-1 district tournament, despite 31 points from junior guard Matthew Lester...

The Green Forest Tigers are going to the regional tournament. The Tigers punched their ticket to the 3A Region 1 tournament with a 57-55 overtime victory at Lincoln on Saturday in the 3A-1 district tournament. “That was one of our goals for the year was to make it to regionals, so it’s pretty special for those guys,” Green Forest coach Shane Compton said...

At some point, the Berryville Lady Bobcats are going to play their most important game of the season so far. When that is, however, is anyone’s guess. Berryville, which closed out the regular season with a 47-32 victory over Huntsville on Monday, Feb. 8, was scheduled to host Gravette in the quarterfinals of the 4A-1 district tournament Monday night. The game was postponed because of inclement winter weather and is now scheduled to be played Thursday night at Bobcat Arena...

If there’s one mitigating factor in the Berryville Bobcats’ long layoff from live game action, it’s the fact that the Bobcats have already clinched a spot in the upcoming 4A-North Regional Tournament. But Berryville coach Brent Compton said he has some concerns about the Bobcats’ time away from the court. Berryville last played on Friday, Feb. 5, and it’s not clear if or when the 4A-1 district tournament will be played...

The Green Forest Lady Tigers’ season came to an end Saturday, one game short of a berth in the 3A-1 Regional Tournament. But coach Kyle Farrar wasn’t expressing any disappointment in his team on Monday. Instead, Farrar talked about how proud he was of the Lady Tigers’ effort all season...

The Berryville High School wrestling team will have an extra two weeks to prepare for the state championships, but the Bobcats won’t get the benefit of competing in the conference meet. Concerns over winter weather in the area forced Berryville to miss Saturday’s 4A-West conference championships in Bauxite. First-year coach Payton Covington said that could hurt the Bobcats in seeding for the state tournament...

The Berryville Bobcats are headed back to the 4A-North Regional Tournament and they made a little history on the way. Berryville clinched the 4A-1 East division title and an automatic berth in the semifinals of the upcoming 4A-1 district tournament with a 56-51 victory at Huntsville on Tuesday, Feb. 2, then beat Harrison 56-53 three nights later to complete a regular-season sweep of the Goblins...

The Green Forest Tigers ran into a buzzsaw in their only game last week but still managed to be competitive with one of the state’s top Class 3A teams. Bergman defeated Green Forest 69-56 at Grim Gym on Tuesday, Feb. 2, behind nine three-pointers and 28 points from Walker Patton...

The Green Forest Lady Tigers lost their only game last week by 39 points, but considering the competition and the effort his team displayed, coach Kyle Farrar said he couldn’t have been happier. Bergman, the state’s top-ranked Class 3A girls team, beat Green Forest 66-27 at the Grim Gym. Farrar said the Lady Panthers are every bit as good as their ranking...

Berryville coach Daniel Cornelison says the Lady Bobcats are “playing a lot better basketball, for sure,” after winning on the road at Huntsville last Tuesday and going toe-to-toe with Harrison before losing by eight points last Friday at Bobcat Arena...