High school basketball roundups

BOYS

FLIPPIN 76, ALPENA 36 Paul Hart darted his way to 31 points in the 2A-1 Conference final for Flippin (30-4). Dale Smyser had 17 points and Preston Belding scored nine points for the Bobcats. Cody Block finished with 11 points and Kole Hicks ended with nine for Alpena (11-16).

LAKE HAMILTON 66, TEXARKANA 63 Zac Pennington had 26 points for Lake Hamilton (15-7, 8-4 5A-South), which held on down the stretch. Ty Robinson chipped in with 15 points, 7 assists and 7 rebounds for the Wolves.

LITTLE ROCK CENTRAL 79, CONWAY 57 Bryson Warren finished with 32 points for Central (20-4, 12-1 6A-Central), which clinched the league's top seed. Cody Robinson added 14 points, and Corey Camper tallied 9 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists for the Tigers.

MAGNOLIA 72, WATSON CHAPEL 48 Derrian Ford had 22 points and eight rebounds to push Magnolia (19-0) to the 4A-8 Conference tournament title. Colby Garland scored 16 points and Adrien Walker added 12 points for the Panthers, who led 31-18 at halftime.

MONTICELLO 50, CAMDEN FAIRVIEW 42 Nick Smith had 18 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists as Monticello (14-5) nabbed third place in the 4A-8 Conference tournament.

RECTOR 67, BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL 44 Kameron Jones scored 16 points and Cooper Rabjohn had 15 points to power Rector (16-7) into the finals of the 2A-3 Conference tournament. Lane Stucks added 13 points for the Cougars.

WHITE COUNTY CENTRAL 49, TUCKERMAN 33 Dillan Hopkins scored 13 points for White County Central (19-6) in its 2A-2 Conference tournament semifinal victory. Edwin Rodriguez had 10 points for the Bears. Jayden Shannon finished with 14 points for Tuckerman (20-12).

GIRLS

CONWAY 78, LITTLE ROCK CENTRAL 56 Chloe Clardy's 31 points allowed Conway (19-4, 11-2 6A-Central) to remain a game behind Fort Smith Northside in the conference standings. Jaiden Thomas scored 11 points, and both Haylee Malcum and Savannah Scott had 10 points for the Lady Wampus Cats.

DES ARC 77, CARLISLE 51 Caroline Harris was good for 31 points, 5 rebounds and 3 steals for Des Arc (17-0) in the semifinals of the 2A-6 Conference tournament.

MAMMOTH SPRING 67, MAYNARD 29 Brynn Washam had 19 points and Megyn Upton scored 15 to lead Mammoth Spring (13-11) to the 1A-3 Conference tournament crown. Shelyb VanGinhoven added 10 points for the Lady Bears.

MOUNT VERNON-ENOLA 44, SACRED HEART 36 Marlee Raby had 18 points to carry Mount Vernon-Enola (21-4) to the 1A-4 Conference tournament championship. Halen Hoelzeman scored 13 points for Sacred Heart (18-6).

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