Dewayne Palmer (r) and Ariy’un Bradford (l)
photo courtesy of Tony Valentino
There was joyous celebration in the Jonesboro-Hodge High School locker rooms on Tuesday evening. And there should have been. Following the girls 41-40 victory, the JHHS boys beat Many 43-38, putting the finishing touches on the sweep that gave both the girls and boys their first district 3-2A win of the year. Almost as important it put and end to the losing streaks that both have been saddled with, stopping a seven game slide for the girls and an 11-game drought for the boys.
JHHS 43 Many 38 (boys) The Tigers made the four point first quarter lead hold up by only allowing the second fewest points given up all year. Daelen Boston led the Tigers in scoring with 11 points followed by Dewayne Palmer, DaMarious Burns, Za”Mauryian Palmer, Ariy’un Bradford and Dylan Hayes all adding six points each. JaDarrion Brown also tallied two.
| TEAM | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | TOTAL |
| JHHS (3-14, 1-4) | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 43 |
| Many (4-12, 0-5) | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 38 |
MHS Scoring: McClendon 10, Mocks 8, Cox 6, Johnson 6, Warren 5, Lafollette 3
Winnfield 70 JHHS 39 (Monday) – The visiting Tigers from Winn Parish closed out the first half and opened the second by outscoring JHHS 48-26 to waltz their way to their 6th straight victory and stay atop the district 3-2A standing. For JHHS the loss was the 11th in a row and 4th straight in district play. A bright spot was that although JHHS have anyone score more than 9 points (JaDarrion Brown) virtually everyone on the roster got involved as 10 players contributed points.
| TEAM | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | TOTAL |
| Winnfield (12-6, 3-0) | 13 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 70 |
| JHHS (2-14, 0-4) | 5 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 39 |
WHS Scoring: Duncan 18, Davis 17, Jackson 11, Jackson 7, St. Cyr 6, King 4, Street 3, Hayes 2, Butler 2
JHHS 41 Many 40 (Girls) – McKenzie Bradford fired in three of her five, 3-pointers on the night in the first quarter and Morgan McGee added 9 points as the Lady Tigers exploded to a 23-9 first quarter lead that held up despite JHHS scoring only 18 points the rest of the way. Bradford finished with a season best, 20 points followed by McGee with 11 and Sanaa Tatum with six points. Jaylena Jackson and Nesha Johson had two points apiece to help the Lady Tigers improve to 5-17 on the year and 1-4 in district 3-2A play. Many also now sits at 1-4 in district and is 4-22 overall.
Photo courtesy of Tony Valentino
Winnfield 53 JHHS 27 (girls) Bolstered by a pair of three pointers by Morgan McGee, JHHS played Winnfield tough early on but second half scoring woes once again proved fatal to the hopes of taking the home court victory on Monday. Nesha Johnson scored six, Jaylena Jackson added 4, Sanaa Tatum tallied 2 and Angel Moss added a free throw for the Lady Tigers.