Stories from Thursday, December 5, 2002

MARMADUKE -- A huge crowd was on hand for Marmaduke High School's 65th annual Homecoming. The boys hosted Weiner while the girls played Paragould. In the first game of the night the junior Greyhounds beat Weiner 42-33. Nathan Haynes scored 12 points, Aaron Reddick 10, Mike Dobbins 7, Neil Thrash 6, Ben Jordan 3 while Alex Ryan and Justin May each scored 2 points...

WALNUT RIDGE -- In a clash of Greyhounds Marmaduke easily raced past Sloan-Hendrix 85-53 in an opening round game of the Williams Baptist College (WBC) High School Invitational Tournament Saturday night at Walnut Ridge. The third seeded Marmaduke Greyhounds took a 3-0 lead over the Greyhounds from Imboden when Josh Bateman nailed a 3-pointer from the left side five seconds into the game...

Last Tuesday evening the Marmaduke Greyhounds defeated county rival Paragould 65-55 on the road to improve their record to 9-2 for the season. The Hounds had quarter leads of 14-8, 24-23 and 42-32. John Clark led in scoring with 22 points. He also had 11 rebounds. Shane Jordan had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Josh Bateman and 13 points and 10 assists. Kenneth Barnham had 8 points and 4 rebounds. Kyle Richey scored 7 points and had 6 rebounds...

RONNIE HARDIN Times Sports Staff The Piggott Lady Mohawks pulled out an impressive, 51-48, come-from-behind victory last week over Corning to win the annual Clay County Tournament senior girls division. Corning led at the end of each of the first three periods, 15-14, 28-26, and 38-37, respectively, until a clutch steal by Mandy Cale resulted in two free throws giving Piggott the lead, 43-42, with 4:08 to play...