Dual State back from the dead
Congratulations to the new basketball coaches at Junction City for bringing Dual State back from the dead. The 79th edition of the longest running high school basketball tournament in country tipped off Saturday.
It's a slimmed down version with eight teams and it has a three-game format for each squad. The field isn't great but it's not bad basketball either.
It doesn't have to be much to be a thousand times better than last year. But, for a first round, Saturday's games were actually pretty good. The crowd wasn't bad either with a gym probably two-thirds full for the Strong-Warren girls game.
That game, by the way, went into overtime with the Lady Bulldogs surviving 73-71. It was a good game and a surprisingly good day for me, although I missed most of Norphlet's game against Haynesville. I like the tournament but starting it at nine o'clock on a Saturday morning will never be good for me.
Fortunately, they still cook down there so the hospitality room made up for it. I'm looking forward to the rest of the week at Junction City.
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Courtesy of Southern Arkansas University, Ouachita Baptist beat the Lady Muleriders 80-78 in overtime Saturday night. Strong's Marandalynn Parker scored seven points, including a 3-pointer which tied the game at 68-68 with 1:18 left in regulation.
The junior also had five rebounds for OBU.
El Dorado's Shenelda Levingston scored nine points and grabbed 12 rebounds for SAU before fouling out.
I wish I could've gotten over to Magnolia to see these former News-Times All-Area performers duke it out.
By the way, Parker, according to the OBU website, had season highs of 11 points and 12 rebounds in a 78-74 loss to Arkansas Tech on Thursday.
It's a slimmed down version with eight teams and it has a three-game format for each squad. The field isn't great but it's not bad basketball either.
It doesn't have to be much to be a thousand times better than last year. But, for a first round, Saturday's games were actually pretty good. The crowd wasn't bad either with a gym probably two-thirds full for the Strong-Warren girls game.
That game, by the way, went into overtime with the Lady Bulldogs surviving 73-71. It was a good game and a surprisingly good day for me, although I missed most of Norphlet's game against Haynesville. I like the tournament but starting it at nine o'clock on a Saturday morning will never be good for me.
Fortunately, they still cook down there so the hospitality room made up for it. I'm looking forward to the rest of the week at Junction City.
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Courtesy of Southern Arkansas University, Ouachita Baptist beat the Lady Muleriders 80-78 in overtime Saturday night. Strong's Marandalynn Parker scored seven points, including a 3-pointer which tied the game at 68-68 with 1:18 left in regulation.
The junior also had five rebounds for OBU.
El Dorado's Shenelda Levingston scored nine points and grabbed 12 rebounds for SAU before fouling out.
I wish I could've gotten over to Magnolia to see these former News-Times All-Area performers duke it out.
By the way, Parker, according to the OBU website, had season highs of 11 points and 12 rebounds in a 78-74 loss to Arkansas Tech on Thursday.
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