LITTLE ROCK — Maumelle and Coach Ed Viera, after listening to talk that said the Hornets were a prohibitive favorite to win the Class 1A-5A wrestling title, figured they needed to do something. So Viera ditched a portion of practice and had his team film a “Harlem Shake” video in the school’s practice room. It’s just 43 seconds of the team - including Viera himself - shimmying in a film placed on YouTube, but the coach thinks it worked. Maumelle pushed nine wrestlers into today’s championship semifinals and closed Friday with 163.5 points, easily outdistancing the competition. Full story, results on Page 7C.
Sports, Pages 19 on 02/23/2013