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Watson Chapel is firmly a contender for the Conference 4A-8 boys basketball championship.

Editor's note: This is the fifth in a series of features leading up to the return of the King Cotton Holiday Classic, one of the premier high school basketball tournaments in the nation. The tournament is scheduled for Monday-Wednesday at the Pine Bluff Convention Center. A schedule of games is available in the Community Calendar.

Marcus Strong knocked down a 3-point shot with 7.4 seconds left to give Watson Chapel a 54-51 boys basketball win at Sylvan Hills in Sherwood on Tuesday.

Though segregation legally ended more than 50 years ago, an unofficial divide remains in the pews of many churches across the country. Bishop Marcus Strong with Destiny Life Center in Shelby said he and his congregation hope to be an example of a change in culture. Strong says Destiny Life Center members are diverse and offer a look at unity that can be achieved when racial stigmas are checked at the church door. “Every Sunday we’re doing something in regards to racial reconciliation, peace and harmony,” he said in the weeks and months of protests across the country. Their focus on unit...