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BY EASTON LEONARD – On Friday night, February 9th, the Cossatot River Lady Eagles and Eagles hosted Prescott for Senior Night. In what turned out to be a very tight first half, the Lady Curley Wolves outscored Cossatot 7-6 in the first quarter. The Lady Eagles tied it up in the second, to make the score 12-12 at halftime. Nolen ...

BY EASTON LEONARD – This past week, the Mena Jr. Ladycats and Jr. Bearcats competed in the 7-4A Jr. Basketball District Tournament, hosted at the Union Bank Center. The Jr. Bearcats fell short to Ashdown by three, 46-43, in the semi-finals of the tournament. However, the Jr. Ladycats won their first round game against Arkadelphia (41-26) and their semi-finals game ...

BY EASTON LEONARD – This past week, the Acorn Jr. Lady Tigers and Jr. Tigers both competed in the 1A-7 West Jr. Basketball District Tournament, hosted at Oden High School. The Jr. Tigers won their first round game against the hosting Jr. Timberwolves from Oden, but fell short to Mineral Springs in the second round. After a first round bye, ...

BY EASTON LEONARD – On Tuesday, January 23rd, the Acorn Jr. Lady Tigers and Jr. Tigers hosted Mount Ida. Allowing Mount Ida to score zero points in the first quarter, the Jr. Lady Tigers outscored the Jr. Lady Lions 33-9 in the first half of the girls game. Acorn continued to extend their lead throughout the game, outscoring Mount Ida ...

BY EASTON LEONARD – On Monday, January 22nd, the Mena Jr. Ladycats hosted the Ashdown Pantherettes at Jim Rackley Gymnasium. Prior to the junior high varsity game, the Junior High JV Ladycats blew out their opponents 31-5. In a very low scoring first quarter, Mena outscored the Scrapperettes by two, 4-2. Both teams continued to play good defense in the ...

BY EASTON LEONARD – Over the weekend, on Saturday, January 27th, the Cossatot River Jr. Lady Eagles defeated the Acorn Jr. Lady Tigers 46-37, to win the Steve Martin Invitational basketball tournament, on campus of Dierks High School. Congratulations to both teams on great performances throughout the tournament.

Mena junior high basketball players work through various drills in Jim Rackley Gymnasium as the summer comes to a close. Throughout the summer Coach Randy Peters has taken his team to compete in camps and recently both the senior high and junior teams played in a team camp hosted by Mena. Coach Peters worked with his players for one of ...

BY EASTON LEONARD – The Mena Bearcats took on the Bauxite Miners, Thursday February 16th, in the second round of the 7-4A Senior Boys District Basketball Tournament at Nashville High School. Mena started off slow, as the Bearcats allowed Bauxite to score eighteen points in the first quarter, to their eleven points. Making the score 18-11 in favor of the Miners, ...

BY JAY BUNYARD – What a difference a day makes! After the Ashdown girls upset Cossatot River 65-60 in Overtime on Thursday night, February 2, at Cossatot River High School, the Lady Eagles rebounded for a convincing 45-27 win at Parker Gymnasium in Ashdown on Friday night, February 3. The boys’ action turned around as well. After the Eagles claimed a 48-42 ...

The Cossatot Jr Boys beat Horatio 42-26 in opening round of District play in Genoa. High scorers for that game were Brian Strother with 17 points and Coy Frachieseur with 11. They advanced to the semi-finals round but were defeated by Prescott. Frachiseur led the team in that game, garnering 19 and Strother scored 10. The Cossatot Jr Girls beat ...