LITTLE ROCK — SATURDAY’S BOYS GREEN FOREST 73, LEAD HILL 53 Clayton Watson scored 14 and Austin Smalley 13 as Green Forest defeated Lead Hill. Green Forest led 34-29 at the half.
HILLCREST 59, VIOLA 50 Coleman Evans scored 18 points, leading Hillcrest to the championship of the Williams Baptist College Invitational in Walnut Ridge. Zach Doyle added 14 points for the winners. Quentin Houghtaling led Viola with 24 points.
MAUMELLE 50, LR CATHOLIC 36 Tyshun Robinson and Jeremy Collins each scored 10 points as the Hornets (3-3) defeated the Rockets (1-2) in the OrthoArkansas Invitational at Central Arkansas Christian in North Little Rock.
RUSSELLVILLE 67, LOGAN ROGERSVILLE, MO. 61 Tony Jones scored 15 points and the Cyclones (3-2) held off Logan Rogersville in the Republic (Mo.) Invitational. Dakota Young added 14 and Cody Underhill 11 for Russellville, which led 36-21 at the half.
SATURDAY’S GIRLS DREW CENTRAL 62, FORREST CITY 49 Cierra Gardner scored 17 points to lead the Lady Pirates (7-2) to a victory over the Lady Mustangs in the championship game of the DeWitt Invitational. Kari Milton added 16 and Aaliyah Block 14 for Drew Central. Mary Bucks led Forrest City with 27 points.
MARMADUKE 49, POCAHONTAS 31 Sidnee Bopp came off the bench to score 21 points and lead the unbeaten Lady Greyhounds (15-0) over the Lady Redskins in the championship game of the Williams Baptist College Invitational in Walnut Ridge. Whitley Boggs added 13 for Marmaduke, which led 25-15 at the half. Courtney Baltz scored 12 points to lead Pocahontas.
FRIDAY’S BOYS ARKANSAS BAPTIST 50, LAKE HAMILTON 37 Dakota Newkirk scored 14 points as the Eagles (4-3) defeated the Wolves (3-3) in the fifth-place game of the Hot Springs Hoopfest.
ENGLAND 65, AUGUSTA 40 Devonte Patterson led the Lions (3-3) with 19 points LITTLE ROCK CENTRAL 63, HELENAWEST HELENA CENTRAL 42 Eric Nichols scored 14 points and the Tigers (3-2) turned a 26-23 halftime lead into a 21-point victory.
FRIDAY’S GIRLS ARKANSAS BAPTIST 42, MONTICELLO 41 Caroline Hogue scored 16 points and the Lady Eagles overcame a 24-point performance by Monticello’s Erin Campbell for a victory in the fifth-place game of the Hot Springs Hoopfest.
AUGUSTA 46, ENGLAND 43 Gabrielle Scales scored all 20 of her points in the second half as the Lady Red Devils (3-3) rallied from a 19-point halftime deficit to defeat the Lady Lions.
CONWAY 83, WATSON CHAPEL 61 Enjonae Chambers led the Lady Wampus Cats with 30 points in a victory over the Lady Wildcats. Kianna Speight added 20 points, Asia Willard 13 and Christin Rogers grabbed 10 rebounds.
Sports, Pages 27 on 12/02/2012