The rally came up short for the Mountain Home High School girls’ basketball team on Tuesday. The Lady Bombers ended up getting edged out by Jonesboro 41-38.
The Lady Hurricane jumped out early with an 11-1 lead, but Mountain Home came back with the margin at four at halftime. The Lady Bombers started the second half by making it a one-point game on a three-pointer by Annie Norcross, but Jonesboro responded by scoring the next nine to go back up double digits. Mountain Home made another comeback eventually cutting the deficit back to three.
The Lady Hurricane’s Ereauna Hardaway was fouled on their last offensive possession with 2.9 seconds left. She missed the front end of a one-and-one, and Norcross got the rebound and threw the ball to Kate Gilbert near the half court line. Gilbert tried one last heave to tie the game, but her shot was blocked, and the clock soon hit zero.
Photo: Marcie Cudworth (second from right) with family. Photo: Courtesy of Brent Bogy
The Mountain Home High School athletic program has announced another student athlete will compete on the collegiate level. Senior Marcie Cudworth has signed a national letter of intent to join the cross country and track teams at Arkansas Tech University in Russellville.
Cudworth is a two-time individual state champion for Mountain Home’s cross country team, and she helped lead the Lady Bombers to the team title this year. In May, she was selected by the Arkansas Track Coaches Association as a member of the Arkansas Track and Field All-Academic Team.
The Bomber boys wrapped up the night by using their inside presence en route to a 59-40 victory over the Goblins. Mountain Home had a one-point lead at the end of the first quarter but began pulling away in the next period, as Dawson Tabor dominated around the basket. The Bombers outscored Harrison 20-4 in the second quarter, and Tabor scored 11 of them He also crashed the boards and was able to draw fouls against the Goblins on both sides of the ball. Mountain Home was able to build a 20-plus-point advantage before going on to win by 19.
Mat Jones led the Bombers with 22 points, Tabor scored 15, and Wyatt Gilbert added 11. For Harrison, Ethan Edwards had 13 points, and Abe Glidewell chipped in 10.