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Minden, Palestine-Wheatley Take Top Spots At 70th Annual Dual State Tournament
The Minden High School boys team and the Palestine-Wheatley girls team took first place in Junction City's 70th Annual Dual State Tournament January 20-27. The tournament featured twenty girls' and twenty boys' teams from high schools in Louisiana and Arkansas. In the boys' championship game, Minden edged Stephens 64 to 62. Emerson boys took third by defeating Summerfield 60 to 51 in the consolation game. In the final girl's game, Strong was defeated 62 to 45 by champion Palestine-Wheatley. Third place honors went to McNeil girls who defeated Union 52 to 45.
Here is a wrap-up of the entire week's scores:
- Saturday, January 20
- Taylor (boys) 76, Huttig 71
- Walker (girls) 66, Harmony Grove - 59
- Waldo (girls) 63, Mt. Holly 36
- Huttig (girls) 41, Taylor 23
- Monday, January 22
- Smackover (girls) 69, Stephens 49
- Summerfield (boys) 77, Smackover 59
- Stephens (boys) 74, Taylor 57
- Minden (boys) 93, Mt. Holly 58
- Tuesday, January 23
- Fordyce (girls) 59, West Side 25
- Warren (boys) 62, West Side - 45
- Parkers Chapel (girls) 90, Warren 30
- Union (boys) 68, Norphlet 40
- Emerson (girls) 35, Norphlet 27
- Emerson (boys) 43, Parkers Chapel 36
- Wednesday, January 24
- Junction City (girls) 31, Summerfield 51
- Union (girls) 46, Walker 30
- Fordyce (boys) 70, McNeil 57
- Palestine-Wheatley (girls) 68, Huttig 26
- Junction City (boys) 76, Walker 57
- Harmony Grove (boys) 77, Union 59
- Thursday, January 25
- McNeil (girls) 73, Summerfield 30
- Strong (girls) 55, Waldo 39
- Minden (boys) 79, Warren 50
- Palestine-Wheatley (girls) 71, Fordyce 30
- Waldo (boys) 63, Strong 51
- Summerfield (boys) 63, Fordyce 50
- Friday, January 26
- Strong (girls) 48, Parkers Chapel 41
- McNeil (girls) 76, Smackover 53
- Minden (boys) 91, Harmony Grove 79
- Union (girls) 49, Emerson 24
- Stephens (boys) 83, Junction City 60
- Emerson (boys) 65, Waldo 52
- Saturday morning, January 27
- Strong (girls) 45, McNeil 32
- Palestine-Wheatley (girls) 59, Union 39
- Stephens (boys) 60, Summerfield 54
- Minden (boys) 60, Emerson 44
- Saturday evening, January 27
- McNeil (girls) 52, Union 45
- Palestine-Wheatley(girls) 62, Strong 45
- Emerson (boys) 60, Summerfield 51
- Minden (boys) 64, Stephens 62
Boys' Coach Joe Hammett said he and Girls' Coach Brian Schuler didn't have much time to rest following the week-long tournament, with three home games scheduled this week--Mt. Holly on Tuesday, West Side at 5:30 PM on Thursday, February 1, and Strong at 5:30 on Friday, February 2. Both Senior teams travel to West Side Tuesday, February 6. Games start at 6:30 PM. Junction City girls and boys play Huttig here Friday, February 9. Games start at 6 PM. |
February 1, 2001
- 1999-2000 Junction City Yearbooks Are On Sale
- Junction City 1999-2000 yearbooks are on sale in the high school office for $28.25 each.
- Junction City Submissions
- To submit items of local news events--such as civic, school, non-profit organizations, churches, etc.--for publication in the News Briefs, call Wayne Pumphrey at (870) 924-4873, The Guardian-Journal at (318) 927-3541, or send email to susan.herring@claiborneone.org.
- Claiborne One Site Now Features Area Image Archive
- Archived images from the recent Homer Christmas Festival and Parade
 are now online. Upcoming image archives to include: Junction City High School Home-Coming Parade, Haynesville Butterfly Festival 2000, Homer Christmas Festival 1999, Claiborne Parish Scenery, Lake Claiborne State Park and more. To submit your images for inclusion in the Claiborne One Image Archive you may email them to webmaster@ClaiborneOne.org.
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- Cabins Available For Rent On Lake Claiborne January 3
- Ten new vacation cabins will be available for overnight guests at Lake Claiborne State Park beginning Wednesday, January 3. The Office of State Parks will begin taking reservations for the cabins Monday, Oct. 9 at 1-877-CAMP-N-LA central reservation line (or 1-877-226-7652).
- The YWCA of El Dorado invites you to become a part of their "Moms and Mentors Program"
- The program matches caring volunteer women with teen women who are pregnant for the first time, or who are parenting their first child. Through a mentoring relationship, the message is offered that there is someone available, not to judge, but to support and encourage.
Contact the YWCA at (870) 862-5442 or come-by the front desk for more information.
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