By Rob Patrick

With 56 seconds left to play, the Conway Lady Wampus Kittens eighth grade team of Carl Stuart Middle School tied the Bryant Blue Lady Hornets eighth grade team of Bethel Middle School in their game at Bryant Middle School’s gym on Monday night.

And moments later, the Lady Hornets suffered a turnover that had Conway in position to win.

The Kittens took an ill-advised shot but gathered the rebound and their head coach called timeout to set something up.

But when play resumed, Bryant’s Keedy Harrison made a swiped the ball and was fouled. With :18 showing, Harrison went to the free throw line shooting a one-and-one. Though she couldn’t get the first shot to fall, teammate Deserea Duckworth shot into the lane, grabbed the rebound and scored with :16 left.

By Rob Patrick

A 12-0 run at the end of the first quarter and start of the second gave the Bryant Blue Lady Hornets eighth grade team of Bethel Middle School the upper hand in their battle with crosstown rival Bryant White of Bryant Middle School. The White Lady Hornets rallied to get within 9 before the end of the first half but a three-point play by Dezarea Duckworth and a hoop inside by Erica Smith in the final minute spurred the Blue Lady Hornets on their way to a 36-15 victory at the Bethel gym.

By Rob Patrick

Much of the time, it was a mad defensive scramble when the Bryant Blue Lady Hornets seventh grade team of Bethel Middle School hosted the Bryant White Lady Hornets seventh graders of Bryant Middle School Tuesday night.

As it turned out the game came down to the final three minutes when the visitors finished with a 6-1 surge to produce a 21-16 win.

LITTLE ROCK — Buoyed by re-enforcements after losing to the Bryant Blue Lady Hornets eighth grade team of Bethel Middle School, 39-25, on Monday, the Arkansas Baptist Lady Eagles put together a third-quarter surge. Vying for the championship of The Anthony School Classic on Thursday night, the Lady Eagles closed to within 25-20 going into the final period.

But the Lady Hornets held them to just 3 points the rest of the way, answering with their own 13-3 run to earn a closer-than-that 38-24 victory for the tourney championship.

LITTLE ROCK — The Bryant Blue Lady Hornets of Bethel Middle School will play for the championship of The Anthony School Classic this evening at 5 o’clock.

The Lady Hornets finished pool play in the tournament unbeaten after cruising to a 37-6 win over the host team on Wednesday night.

LITTLE ROCK — The Bryant Blue Lady Hornets eighth grade basketball team will battle for a spot in the championship game of The Anthony School Classic today at 5 p.m. With a win over the host team, they’ll finish 3-0 in pool play to earn the opportunity after they eased to a 35-13 win over Little Rock Episcopal Academy on Tuesday.

Desera Duckworth poured in 20 points and hauled down 10 rebounds to lead the team to victory. Rori Whittaker added 5 points to go with six boards. Erica Smith, Jessica Alliston, Ashley Caton, Bree Forsyth and Keedy Harrison each pitched in with 2 points. Smith collected six rebounds and Andrea Bufford 4.

The Bryant Blue Lady Hornets of Bethel Middle School traveled to Cabot South to play their first game of the season. The eighth grade team is coming off a 14-1 season but missing two starters from last year’s team so they we weren't really sure what to expect.

Cabot South got the win with a 30-15 victory but the Lady Hornets found that they still have a lot of potential for success.