There may have been a tense moment or two early on for North Little Rock Coach Johnny Rice during his team's game against Springdale on Friday, but whatever anxiousness he had, it was gone by the midway point of the second quarter.
There isn't much of a need for North Little Rock Coach Johnny Rice and Jonesboro Coach Wes Swift to offer up riveting pep talks or spirited rallying cries for their respective teams when state tournament play officially gets underway today.
Editor's note: This is the third in a series of features leading up to the return of the King Cotton Holiday Classic, one of the premier high school basketball tournaments in the nation. The tournament is scheduled for Dec. 27-29 at the Pine Bluff Convention Center.