Tri-City Tribune: Sports

Indians outlast Red Devils for 43-40 homecoming win (10/02/08)
For a quarter and a half the Marked Tree-Augusta game last Friday night looked as if it was going to be a repeat of the Marked Tree-EPC game of two weeks before which ended with a score of 7-6. After that scoreless first quarter ended, though, the game became a barnburner as the Indians were the last men standing in a 43-40 homecoming victory...

Jaguars ruin Junior Indians homecoming in 42-14 win (10/02/08)
Going into the game with the McCrory Junior Jaguars, the Junior Indians knew they were going to have to contend with a team which looked more like a bunch of juniors and seniors than eighth and ninth graders. Unfortunately, they played much like a senior high team as well as they defeated Marked Tree 42-14 on homecoming night last Thursday...

Warriors take Thunderbirds in OT 22-14 (10/02/08)
Before last week's game at Cross County, EPC was third in the state on team defense, allowing just 190.7 yards per game. They were pitting themselves against Thunderbird Michael Boweles, who was leading the state in rushing with an average of nearly 224 yards per game or seven yards every time he touched the ball...

Gray acknowledges 474 yards rushing came by team effort (10/02/08)
Gray ran for 474 yards -- the second-highest total in Arkansas high school history, according to the state record book -- to lead the Indians to a 43-40 victory over Augusta on homecoming at Don Lovell Memorial Field...

Indians' golf team qualifies for state tournament.txt (10/02/08)
The Marked Tree golf team of Chris McClain, Jerry Phillips, Gunner Pitts and Taylor Wages qualified for the state class A golf tournament to take place at Horseshoe Bend beginning Monday, October 6. Before the team could qualify for the state tournament, though, they had to work their way through both the conference and regional tournaments...

EPC competes in regional golf tourney (10/02/08)
EPC Golf Team finished their season placing fifth in the 3AA North Regional. There was a total of 9 teams playing in the tournament held in Melborne at the Cooper Hawk Golf Course. The Warriors played in 12 regular matches and finished no worse than second in all but the regional tournament...

Junior Warriors blast Thunderbirds to go 3-0 (09/25/08)
It took a quarter for the EPC junior Warriors to get untracked against the Thunderbirds from Cross County last Thursday in Lepanto. Once they did, however, there was no looking back as they hamstrung the visitors 24-0 for their third win of the season...

Junior Indians snag season's first win from Red Devils (09/25/08)
The Junior Indians gained their first win of the season last Thursday when they traveled to Augusta and used big plays on both offense and defense to defeat eh Junior Red Devils, 28-18. "I was very pleased with our performance the other night," said coach Matt Wright. "I think I finally found my football team."...

Indians plaster Cedar Ridge to go 2-0 in conference play (09/25/08)
Marked Tree led in virtually every category last Friday night as the traveled to Newark and thrashed Cedar Ridge 46-8 in a 2A-3 conference contest. Marked Tree never trailed as they scored all of their points before the Timberwolves ever got on the board early in the final period...

Warriors power to first win of season in home opener (09/25/08)
The EPC Warriors came into their game with Augusta Friday night at Lepanto knowing that the Red Devils had been one of the favorites to vie for the 2A-3 conference title before the season began. While the Devils may still contend for a trip to the playoffs, the Warriors made it clear that they were in contention for a trip as well as they won their first game of the season in convincing fashion, 40-21...

Indian-Warrior neighborhood battle settled by PAT (09/18/08)
There was one thing missing in the Indians-Warriors annual battle Friday night at Marked Tree -- points. Between the two teams only 13 points were put on the board in the 7-6 Indian victory...

Lady Warriors benefit spaghetti supper to be prior to football game (09/11/08)
EPC Lady Warriors basketball team will be having a Spaghetti Supper 5 p.m to 7 p.m. Friday before the EPC/Augusta football game. Meals will be served in the high school cafeteria, but take home boxes are also available. ...

Indians drop opener to Riverview in heartbreaker 35-32 (09/11/08)
The Marked Tree Indians opened the new season in Searcy last Friday with a new opponent, a lot of new faces and a relatively new outcome. Riverview (3A) was the new opponent, playing their first varsity football game in history. ...

EPC takes junior Warrior-Indian contest at end 14-12 (09/11/08)
With the remnants of hurricane Gustav laying a nearly game-long mist on all the surroundings, Marked Tree visited EPC to renew their rivalry in junior high football last Thursday night. ...

Quackers compete in World Series (07/31/08)
The Delta Quackers recently returned from the USSSA "AA" World Series in Oklahoma City. Teams from five different states, Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, Missouri and Arkansas, vied for the title of World Series champion in the tournament which ran from Monday, July 14 to Sunday, July 20...

Maddox, Tate and Tyler show their wares at XtraInnings Classic (07/03/08)
For the fifth year in a row the XtraInnings Classic got underway Sunday in Jonesboro, first at Nettleton Stadium, and then at ASU's baseball complex. As always, the best underclass baseball players in the state were in attendance, playing for one of four teams from the four corners of Arkansas...

Fires accepts $500,000 for disabled jockeys during Preakness (06/04/08)

Tyler and Maddox to compete in Fifth Annual Xtra Innings Summer Classic (05/22/08)
Chris Maddox and Carson Tyler of EPC baseball stars will be playing in the Xtra Innings Summer Classic Sunday and Monday, June 29 and 30, at Jonesboro. They are among 88 of the top underclassmen in Arkansas to make up the four teams. Helping to represent the Northeast team, Maddox and Tyler will be joined by their coach, Brian Weathers, who was chosen to be an assistant coach...

Warriors finish spring optimistically (05/22/08)
The EPC Warriors finished spring practices looking forward to moving back into the 2A-3 next season. "There were times last year we had around 20 or so players and we had to go up against teams with 30-35," said coach Bryan Harris. "They could do a lot of substituting we couldn't. It'll be more even this year."

New faces take field with old as Indians complete spring practices (05/22/08)
"We knew we would have to do some recruiting to get some more kids playing." said coach Tim Branum about the 2008 Marked Tree Indians football season.

Marked Tree Lady Indians vs CRA
The Lady Indians defeated Crowley's Ridge Academy Monday on the way to the 2A-3 District Championship.
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