The Sheridan Yellowjackets took on two of the best teams in the 6A-South Conference and Class 6A altogether last week when they hosted second-ranked Little Rock Parkview on Tuesday then visited fourth-ranked Pine Bluff on Friday.
The defending Class 6A State champion Sheridan Yellowjackets see their first action of the 2016 season this Thursday when they host the Watson Chapel Wildcats in a pre-season game to benefit the catastrophic insurance fund for the Arkansas Activities Association.
Both the Sheridan Lady Jackets freshman and eighth grade basketball teams reached the championship games of their respective conference tournaments but, in the end, both were denied the tournament titles.
The Sheridan Lady Jackets played the first-place Little Rock Parkview Lady Patriots as close as anyone in the 6A-South Conference this season but couldn’t get over the top, suffering a tough 52-51 loss on Tuesday, Feb. 16. They bounced back, however, to win at Pine Bluff on Friday, 38-21.
POYEN — The Poyen Lady Indians will open Regional Tournament play in Hazen this Thursday, Feb. 25, at 7:15 p.m., against Clarendon after suffering a 52-44 loss to the Mountain Pine Lady Red Devils in the semifinals of the 5-2A District Tournament on Thursday, Feb. 18 at Magnet Cove.
The frustrations of the rugged 6A-South Conference continued for the Sheridan Yellowjackets last week as they suffered losses to Benton, 50-30, and Little Rock Hall, 66-56. But head coach Joe Scott was encouraged by the team’s tenacity at Hall, where they fought back from a 21-point deficit to within 7 …
Here’s how it goes on the road in the 6A-South Conference. On Friday, Feb. 12, the 9-0 Lady Patriots of the Little Rock Parkview traveled to play the 1-9 Lady Razorbacks of Texarkana and escaped with a meager 3-point win.
For the second year in a row, the Poyen Lady Indians Junior High basketball team has captured the District Tournament championship, on the heels of winning the Poyen and Bismarck Junior Invitational Tournaments.
POYEN — The Poyen varsity teams closed out the regular season on Friday, Feb. 12, celebrating Senior Night. For the girls, Allison White, Carlie Rhodes, Kinzey Blacklock, Lindy Shope and Emma Goodman were honores. For the boys, it was Sam Jordan, Lane Rhodes, Jace Phillips, Dalton Milburn, Zach Stewart, Lucas …
FAYETTEVILLE — A contingent of Sheridan High School track athletes competed in the annual 5A/6A/7A Indoor State meet at the University of Arkansas’ Randal Tyson Track Center on Saturday, Feb. 6.
The Sheridan Yellowjackets and head coach Joe Scott knew that it was going to be a challenging week as they took on not only two of the best teams in the 6A-South Conference but the entire 6A classification when they traveled to El Dorado on Tuesday, Jan. 12, then hosted …
It was a struggle, but the Sheridan Lady Jackets freshman team notched its 10th win of the season and improved to 7-2 in River City Conference play with a 34-23 win over the White Hall Lady Bulldogs freshmen on Thursday, Jan. 14.
It’s a testament to how far the Sheridan Yellowjackets’ freshman basketball team has come since the start of the season that, on Monday, Jan. 11, they were within 5 with a shot at cutting it to 2 with 1:20 left against the Mills Comets freshman team. After all, the Comets …
Two of the best girls teams in Class 6A clashed when the Sheridan Lady Jackets traveled to take on the El Dorado Lady Wildcats on Tuesday, Jan. 12. Hitting 6 of 9 free throws in the late going, El Dorado broke open a close game to win 53-40.
The Poyen Lady Indians added two non-conference wins last week but, in a 5 2A-Conference showdown with England, suffered just their third loss in 17 games on Friday.
