El Dorado has a new girls’ basketball coach but the same mission. The Lady Wildcats have enjoyed consecutive trips to the 5A State Tournament. New coach Makara Frazier will have to replace four starters off last year’s squad if she hopes to continue the trend.
El Dorado volleyball coach Amber Cunningham started her second season as head coach with the Purple-White scrimmage on Thursday. All of the players from grades 7-12 got to display their skills in front of a nice crowd at Wildcat Arena.
“It went really good. We had a good turnout, a lot of parents and even students came out to support,” Cunningham said. “It gave me a chance to see what we still need to work on, but it also gave, especially my seventh graders, it got them used to having a crowd and playing in front of people.”
The Lady Wildcats open the season for real on Monday at Magnolia. They host Little Rock Hall on Tuesday and will travel to Little Rock Southwest on Thursday.
NEA NAIA Roundup (1/21/21) Williams Baptist splits with Lindenwood-Belleville Crowley s Ridge College men fall to Lincoln College. (Source: SOURCE: KAIT) By Region 8 Newsdesk | January 21, 2021 at 10:18 PM CST - Updated January 22 at 1:29 PM
Lyon swept a basketball doubleheader Thursday. Williams Baptist split at home while Crowleyâs Ridge was swept on the road.
Williams Baptist (Women) 88, Columbia 75
A career night for Taylor Freeman (SR/Murfreesboro, Tenn.) helped lead the Lady Eagles to a comeback victory over (RV) Columbia Cougars 88-75 on Thursday night. With the win, the Lady Eagles 7-4; 4-2 in conference play.
Freeman set a new career high with 27 points, 18 of which came in the second half. The Lady Eagles went into halftime down, 45-36, but came out of halftime and really cranked it up, especially in the fourth quarter when they outscored the Cougars 32-16.
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#22 Lyon women s basketball routs Stephens in home opener By Region 8 Newsdesk | January 14, 2021 at 10:25 PM CST - Updated January 14 at 10:25 PM
Lyon picked up wins Thursday in menâs and womenâs basketball. Williams Baptist split a hoops doubleheader at Harris-Stowe.
#22 Lyon (Women) 77, Stephens 35
Behind a career-high 25 points from Paige Kelley, the 22nd-ranked Lyon College womenâs basketball team opened up the home portion of its schedule on Thursday night with a 77-35 demolition of Stephens College in American Midwest Conference play.
The Scots improved to 3-0 (3-0 AMC), while the Stars fell to 0-3 (0-3 AMC).
Lyon got off to a fast start and took a 13-3 lead midway through the first quarter after a three-pointer by Mari-Hanna Newsom. The last time that Stephens was even within single digits came at the 2:14 mark of the first quarter after Maddy Denslow split a pair of free throws. The Scots went on to close the quarter on a