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BAXTER BULLETIN, Mountain Home, Ark.Page3B Sports SPORTS ROUNDUP Williams III added 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds while Keith Shamburger chipped in 10 points. Clark lose the first-year Tigers coach Kim Anderson aid adamantly. him, that situation probably have occurred. No one feels worse han Wes Clark about missing two free Arkansas built a 21-16 edge early before watching Missouri use a 12-2 run that propelled the Tigers to a 34-30 halftime lead. The full-court press faze Missouri, which committed three urnovers and grabbed a 2 3-13 rebounding advantage in the opening 20 min- tes.

Arkansas found a rhythm out of the locker room, though, scoring 11of the first 14 points of the half and reminding the Tigers of their 62-50 loss at Texas on Wednesday, during which they were outscored 38-19 in the second half. The Tigers fought back again, tying the game at 41 before the teams largely raded baskets for the rest of the game. A 3-pointer by Gill-Caesar gave Missouri a60-59 lead with 1:53 re- aining followed by a 2-pointer by Madden 29 seconds later. Neither team would score again. Clark finished with ight points, including four two jumpers in the final five minutes to twice cut deficit to two oints.

He made 2 of 4 free hrow attempts and has converted 30 of 42 this seas on; the Tigers finished 7 of 11as a team from the line. was a team Gill-Caesar said. his fault. After the game, exactly what we told him. We win together; we lose together.

Today it just go our way, but Asmattering of boos followed Anderson onto the court pregame, though not as many as in past seas ons. The fourth-year Arkansas coach compiled a 111-57 record at Missouri from 2006-2011before a bruptly heading southwest. One of the loudest cheers of the day from a season-best 11,022 in attendance came during half- ime when officials pre- ented football coach Gary Pinkel with the Battle Line Rivalry trophy stemming rom his 21-14 win a gainst the Razorbacks on Nov. 28 to capture the SEC ast title. Hogs Continued from Page 2B to push the lead back to six.

The Junior Lady Bombe rs were forced to hold their lead with defense down the stretch as they missed three out of their ext four free throws. idney Sweat scored for outhside, and Hammack scored on a drive with 2:46 remaining to bring the Junior Lady Southerners ithin 26-24. Mountain Riley alker missed the front end of a one-and-one with 41remaining, but after Southside missed a potential game-tying shot, Walker knocked down both ends a one-and-one with :02 left to secure the victory. alker added seven points for Mountain Home, which travels to Bergman on Monday. ergman fell 35-20 to the Harrison Junior Lady oblins in the third-place game Saturday morning.

The only tournament remaining for the Junior Lad Bombers will be the 6A- ast District tourney at the end of the season. Mountain Home led Southside 5-2 after a slow first quarter and got rolling i the second, taking a 14-6 ead into the half. ammack and Kassidy Barnt each knocked down 3-pointers to open the half, bringing the Junior Lady Southerners within 14-12. Tabor had a pair of buckets during a 9-2 run that pushed the Junior Lady lead back out to 23-14. JR.LADY SOUTHERNERS (12-7) Hammack 15, Sweat 4, Barnt 3, Mead 2.

JR.LADY BOMBERS (17-2) Tabor 11, Walker 7, Pfeifer 6, Zimmer 2, Keeling 2 TN.HOME5995—28 championship Southside 46, Mountain Home 20 The Junior Bombers as fortunate as their female counterparts, falling in the title game to outhside, which outscored Mountain Home 20-4 in the second quarter. ountain Home took an early 3-0 lead following a basket by Alex Stidman, but the Junior Southerners went ahead with five straight and held a 7-5 edge at the end of one. Southside made its push in the second quarter, receiving eight points from Coby Rich in the period. Rich nailed back-to-back 3- ointers to stretch the outhside lead to 21-9, and after Matthew Holfield hit a pair of free throws, Will itkowski scored a pair of baskets to end the half with outhside holding a 27-9 adv antage. Mountain Seth orn and Luke Kruse each scored to open the second half, but the 27-13 score was as close as the hosts could climb the rest of the way.

Southside held a 35-13 ushion at the end of three. Southside invoked the running clock with 1:59 left on a 3-pointer by Sitkowski, making it 44-14. Rich led all scorers with 11points, while Garrett Dietsche tallied seven to pace Mountain Home. Harrison took third lace at the tournament ith a 47-32 victory over Bergman. JUNIOR SOUTHERNERS (18-0) Rich 11, Sitkowski 10, Brogdon 9, Patterson 6, Holifield 6, Wyatt 2, Ervin 2.

JUNIOR BOMBERS (13-9) Dietsche 7, Wehmeyer 4, Kruse 3, Henderson 2, Stidman 2, Horn 2. MTN.HOME5447—20 Follow Neal Denton on Twitter a nd Like him on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ BBSportsNeal MHJIT Continued from Page 2B NEAL BAXTER BULLETIN Mountain Garrett Dietsche (21) puts up a shot over two Southside Batesville players during the Junior 46-20 championship game loss to the Junior Southerners on Saturday in the Mountain Home Junior High Invitational. Missing a key swimmer, senior Megan Chan ey, the Mountain Home Lady Bomber swim team put up some good consistent scoring in a wide variety of events to take second place in a 15-team meet on Thursday at Cabot. The Cabot Lady Panthers, who have a roster double that of Mountain won the meet with 422 points to the Lady 230. North Little Rock was third.

Mountain boys placed sixth at the eet. The team had good esults from all its re- ays, fielding two in ach event. Kaylea eakley, Autumn augherty, Mackenzie Mohler and Paige Allen laced third, while Megan Beaver, Erica Mathis, Mollie Breckenridge and Madison ell finished ninth. augherty missed he pad in the final leg the 200, which posted her at she really went 2:45. ut she scored, and Olivia Allen took 14th.

200 individ- al medley was a per- onal best, placing seventh, and Beaver was 11th. No points were made i the 50 free, in a field of 50 swimmers. Macy Magness placed 24th, Breckenridge 31st and Bell 36th. Mohler finished fifth in the fly. Paige Allen popped a reat 100 freestyle in 1:06.58, and her sister, livia, dropped time a lso, placing seventh.

agness placed 26th ith a 14-second time rop, and Bell finished 31st. aige Allen, Daugherty, Mohler and Yeakley took third in the 200 freestyle relay. reckenridge, Beaver, livia Allen and Magn ess were ninth. athis placed 20th in the backstroke, dropping 9 seconds off her est time and demonstrating the progress she has made this seas on. 1:29.75 was a best time, scoring inth, and Beaver was 2 5th.

Olivia Allen, Paige A llen, Daugherty and Mohler were second in the 400 freestyle relay, and Mathis, Magness, Bell and Breckenridge were seventh. The Bombers had all four swimmers on deck, so the team was able to field relays. Their medley took ourth place with a season-best time. Michael Leppold was fifth in the 200 freestyle, and J.D. Duke was fifth in the individual medley, dropping 18 seconds off his ime.

Lukas Koepke was 3 0th in the 50 freestyle, a nd Wyatt Roberson as eighth in the 1 00 freestyle. he Bombers scored third in the 200 frees tyle relay and scratched out of the 400 due to an injury to one of the swimmers. The oys took sixth place verall. ountain Home will ravel to Little Rock for ameet hosted by Catholic High School on Satu rday. Cabot will host the East District meet on eb.

12. Lady Bombers second at Cabot Submitted Report The Izard County Cougars rallied to post a 51-46 victory over the Melbourne Bearkatz in the championship game the 86th annual Izard ounty Invitational Tour- ament on Saturday at Brockwell. The Cougars (24-6) outscored the Bearkatz 1 5-7 in the fourth quarter a nd were led by Andrew alker with 28 points and 10 rebounds, and Clay Mosley, who added 10 points. A ndy Markovic finished with six points, 1 0 rebounds and three blocks for the Cougars, who won the tournament for the fifth time in the past 10 years. The Cougars led 24-16 after one uarter and 28-25 at the half before the Bearkatz ook a 39-36 lead after three.

The Lady Cougars ral- ied from a 13-point deficit in the second half with aspectacular 34-point ourth quarter to win the championship with a57-47 victory over the Lady Bearkatz. he Lady Cougars 24-7) were led by sopho- ore Kennedy Cooper with 17 points and eight rebounds, Lauren Jones with 16 points and five rebounds and freshman Jen ing with 13 points, five oards and three steals. elbourne led 16-11after one, 28-18 at the half and 33-23 at the end of three. I zard County fell 39-27 Salem in the junior championship. The Junior Lady Cougars (15-7) were led by Sam King with 15 points and A bby Brashear with eight.

Calico Rock won he junior final, 45-42, over Melbourne. Izard Co. teams win 1A-2 North titles The Izard County Cougars jumped out to a 28-7 alftime lead and went on to defeat the Viola Longhorns, 55-44, Friday night a Brockwell. The Cougars (23-6, 9-0) wrapped up the 1A-2 orth Conference championship and the No. 1 seed in the district tournament with the victory.

A ndrew Walker led the ougars with 22 points, ive rebounds and four assists, while Clay Mosley added 11points and Michael Gleghorn notched 10 points and hree assists. The Longh orns dropped to 17-13 verall and 2-7 in league play. The Lady Cougars also wrapped up a conference hampionship with a 7 2-48 thumping of the Lad Longhorns. Izard County (23-7, 8-1) was led by Jen King with 17 points and Natalie Everett with 1 6 points, five rebounds and five steals. auren Jones chipped in 14 points and five rebounds, while Kennedy Cooper and Kristen Caraway totaled 10 each.

The Lady Longhorns dropped 13-11overall and 6-3 in the conference. he Junior Cougars held a 17-4 halftime lead and went on to defeat the unior Longhorns, 28-23. Izard County (13-8, 3-1) was led by Cole Wallis ith nine points and six rebounds, and Justus Cooper with six points and 12 boards. Cougars win league title, IC Tournament Bulletin Staff NEW Anumber was at stake. Just a number.

A big, round one at hat, but a win Sunday ould not break any rec- rds for Mike Krzyzewski. been the winnin- gest coach in Division I college basketball since he surpassed Bob Knight with his 903rd career victory in this same arena three seasons ago. The march toward win No. 1,000 was more inevitable than anything else. In fact, the only time brought up the milestone to his players was on Tuesday prior to practice.

is message was simple and short: worry about the get it eventually. But it was clear that these Duke players want eventually. They wanted it Sunday. was bigger than eve ry one of these players in this locker Duke junior Amile Jefferson said. were playing to get that 17th win (of the season), and in the process, get that win for Coach.

It was amazing to be a art of (a milestone for) uch a great leader and uch a great Said senior Marshall Plumlee: a tremendous Trailing by 10 midway through the second half, something shifted inside these Blue Devils. Quinn Cook hustled and hit 3s. Plumlee provided a spark off the bench. Tyus Jones drained free throws. Jahlil Okafor got unnaturally feisty in the paint.

hen all was said and done, outscored St. 26-7 to close out the contest. Try telling those players this was just another game. team is really Krzyzewski said. They should be.

At halftime, it happy. It was beautiful, really, to see them fight and There was plenty of celebration after the final buzzer sounded in 77-68 win against t. at Madison quare Garden on Sunday a fternoon, after the come- ack was complete, after all the fist were pumps and chests thumped. Krzyzewski was draped in hugs, first from his assistants and then each of his players. After a series of on-court television interviews, he found his wife of 46 years, Mickie, on the court for an emotional embrace.

No. 1,000 is and was just anumber. But it repre- ents so much more throughout 40-year career. There are four national championships in there, and plenty other NCAA tournament thrillers. Seventy-three wins belong to Army, where Krzyzewski egan his career as a player and coach.

Krzyzewski earns win By Nicole Auerbach USA TODAY Sports ON TAP TODAY Junior High Basketball Mountain Home at Bergman (7g-7b-1-2)5 p.m. orfork at Viola (7g-7b-1-2) 5 p.m. otter at Yellville-Summit p.m. lippin at Melbourne p.m. High School Bowling Norfork vs.Mountain Home at Driftwood p.m.

TUESDAY High School Basketball Mountain Home at Searcy p.m. Cotter at Bergman p.m. Yellville-Summit at Flippin (2-3-4) 5:30 p.m. iola at Concord p.m. Izard County at Calico Rock p.m.

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