Lakeside's junior girls picked up a pair of wins recently, downing Magnolia 32-23 Thursday and routing De Queen 37-11 Monday.
The junior Lady Rams rolled to an 8-4 lead against Magnolia in the opening quarter before stretching to an 18-7 buffer at the break. Magnolia came out strong in the third frame, adding 10 to pull within nine at the end of the third frame, 26-17.
Both teams added six in the final frame as Lakeside held on for the win.
Erika Bittinger and Catriona Morcan paced the junior Lady Rams with eight points each, and Ashley Gayle and Kiley Hermosillo added five apiece.
Lakeside quickly got things rolling Monday night, cruising to a 12-2 lead in the opening quarter before the lead ballooned to 23-4 at the break.
The junior Lady Rams stepped back in the second half, giving up six to De Queen while adding just four in the third for a 27-10 Lakeside lead entering the final frame.
Sarah Porter led Lakeside with seven points, Sheridan Cross and Jaiden Drake added six each and Hermosillo and Bittinger put up four apiece.
The junior Lady Rams move to 11-5, 1-0 in conference play, with the win.
JESSIEVILLE-GLEN ROSE
GLEN ROSE -- Jessieville's senior boys walked away with a 58-51 victory over Glen Rose Friday night, but the junior boys fell by two to the junior Beavers, 42-40.
Glen Rose (7-6, 1-3) got things rolling early, taking an 18-14 lead over the Lions (12-3, 7-0) in the opening period, but Jessieville came back strong in the second to take a 30-28 lead into the break.
The Lions controlled the third quarter, outscoring the Beavers 12-9 for a 42-37 lead going into the final frame.
Tyler Holloway paced the Lions with 16 points, Chase Pederson and Alex Burleson added 11 each and Bryan Morgan had six.
"I thought the difference in the game was our toughness down the stretch," said Lions head coach Jared White. "We had multiple guys make plays. We took care of the ball and made our free throws down the stretch. They really keyed on Alex, and you can't say enough about how Tyler, Chase and Dalton stepped up in scoring the basketball tonight.
"We kept our composure in a situation where we could have lost it. I was very proud of that. We have a very tough week (this) week with Malvern and Arkadelphia."
The Lions host Malvern (11-3, 8-0) tonight at Jessieville Sports Arena.
* The junior Lions trailed 6-4 at the end of the first, but they were able to pull within one point as the teams went into the locker rooms, 15-14.
Glen Rose used a big third quarter to take a 31-23 lead going into the final frame, but Jessieville's 17-point fourth quarter was too little, too late as Glen Rose added 11 to secure the two-point win.
Carson Hair paced the junior Lions with 19 points, Landen Dailey added nine and Jarrett Davis had eight.
"You have to give credit to Glen Rose," said coach White. "They outplayed us in about every area. We lacked energy to start the game and played from behind the entire way. We made a good push at the end and I was proud of that, but we have to be ready to play and tonight we were not."
Sports on 01/09/2018