Stories from Tuesday, November 25, 2014

And then there was one. The Osceola Seminoles are the last remaining Mississippi County football team alive in the playoffs. The 'Noles defeated conference rival Melbourne last Friday, 14-7, and advanced to the quarterfinals to take on Charleston while the Gosnell Pirates lost in dramatic fashion, 7-6, to Arkadelphia...

In a couple of days, families will break bread all across this great country in celebration of Thanksgiving.

All three Gosnell girls basketball teams were victorious Monday night against Manila. The Lady Pirates defeated Manila, 53-49, the Junior Lady Pirates won 39-23, and the 7th graders edged the Lady Lions, 21-19. In the senior high game, Brook Hill and Lauren Rogers led the way for the Lady Pirates with 11 points each. Hill also grabbed eight rebounds, while Rogers swiped four steals...

Manila improved to 3-1 on the young season, splitting a pair of nonconference games in senior boys basketball action last week. The Lions dropped a hard fought 69-62 decision Tuesday night at Valley View before bouncing back to claim a 43-34 victory Friday night on the road at Harrisburg...

Buffalo Island Central overcame a sluggish start to rally past archrival Riverside, capturing a 49-37 victory Friday night in 2A-3 conference play at Lake City. The Rebels bolted to a 9-0 lead out of the gate, capped off by Brandon Sain's three pointer off the left wing midway through the first quarter. ...

Buffalo Island Central journeyed across the St. Francis River Thursday night to take on old foe Riverside in a key early season 2A-3 conference matchup, but the Lady Mustangs found the Lady Rebels to be poor hosts, as Riverside rolled to a 61-42 victory...

Buffalo Island Central dropped a heartbreaking 58-52 decision Monday night at Earle in 2A-3 senior girls basketball action. The Lady Mustangs held a 12-6 lead after the first quarter before Earle bounced back to grab a 25-21 halftime edge. ...

Basketball has been a big part of Kailen Shelton's junior and senior high years at Manila. Her hard work and dedication paid off as the Lady Lion signed a letter of intent to play basketball for Harding University. The ceremony was held Monday, Nov. 17, in the high school gymnasium surrounded by family, friends, teammates, coaches, teachers, students and administrators...

Ten Manila Cheerleaders will be joining over 800 cheerleaders from 40 states to participate in the 2014 Disney Park Frozen Christmas Celebration. All American Nominee Cheerleaders Kayley Collier, Caitlin Holt and Madison Barnett, and all American Cheerleaders Morgan Carter, Callie Cater, Halie McCallie, Sahara Jacobs, Kylie Henderson, Jenna Benson and Micah Lancaster will be leaving Dec. ...

The Buffalo Island Central School Board quickly went through a short agenda at its regular meeting Monday, Nov. 17. BIC superintendent Gaylon Taylor went through the district's account balances. The board then unanimously approved the district's financial statements...

Following the approval of the minutes and review of the financial report, Manila School Board went into a closed session for an expulsion hearing at the November meeting held Thursday night...

Kent Cullum of Monette, maker of Hobo World Champion Duck Calls, recently won the 2014 Triple Crown Duck Calling competition. Cullum holds nine world titles with three being back to back to back (2007, 2008 and 2009) in Easton, Md...

Harold Dean Cooper Jr. (Danny) passed away on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014, in Miami, Florida.

Mrs. Hattie C. Washington Middlebrook, 64, of Blytheville, died Friday, Nov. 21, 2014, at her home.

Blytheville Mayor James Sanders was re-elected to another four-year term as the city's mayor, defeating Councilman Tommy Abbott in Tuesday's runoff by a razor-thin 27-vote margin.

Riverside students from Matt Zeigler's civic class addressed the Lake City Council on Tuesday, Nov. 18, requesting consideration to making the city parks tobacco free areas. Students Austin Carter, Sydney Adams, Michael Casey and Bryan Poe each spoke and presented evidence of the need to make the parks tobacco free. ...

The Blytheville School Board made no motion on what administrators called an ostensible settlement to the ongoing school choice lawsuit from the plaintiff's attorney during a meeting Tuesday afternoon.