by Rob on Feb 27, 2010 at 10:32 PM CLASS 7A STATE TOURNAMENT At Van Buren High School Girls Wednesday, March 3 Game 1 — Cabot (14-13) (Central 4) vs. Fort Smith Southside (11-15) (West 5), 1 p.m. Game 3 — Fort Smith Northside (20-8) (West 3) vs. Van Buren (11-17) Central 6), 4 p.m. Game 5 — Springdale Har-Ber (14-14) (West 4) vs. Little Rock Central (12-14) (Central 5), 7 p.m.
by Rob on Dec 16, 2009 at 2:46 AM  By Rob Patrick
Though, admittedly, it’s not always something good to say about a female but Haley Montgomery — all five-foot-and-a-little — is as tough as a knot; not only physically as she fearlessly attacks the basket, flying full tilt into the heart of an opponent’s defense in the lane and repeatedly getting knocked to the floor, but mentally as well. The Bryant Lady Hornets’ senior guard, regardless of the circumstance, just keeps after it. She exemplifies the 2009-10 Lady Hornets’ team: Relentless and unflinching. On Tuesday night, when the team at long last played in their home gym, the Lady Hornets were locked in one of those give-no-quarter-and-take-none kind of wars with the rival Sheridan Lady Jackets. Both teams were uncharacteristically struggling from beyond the 3-point arc so they were in attack mode both offensively and defensively. With 4:17 left to play, the score was tied at 43. Montgomery made one of those drives into the paint and was fouled. She untied it with her two free throws and, moments later, came up with a steal in the Bryant press and, again, was knocked down taking it to the rack. She converted twice more and, suddenly, the Lady Hornets were up 4. And when Bryant got the ball back and Abbi Stearns rebounded teammate Hannah Goshien’s missed shot and scored, the Lady Hornets had some long-sought separation, 49-43. The game which had had 10 lead changes in just the second half to that point, didn’t have another one as the Lady Hornets passed perhaps their most stern test of the season to date, 57-50, over their rivals.
by Rob on Dec 9, 2009 at 1:01 AM By Rob Patrick PEARCY — At first, it looked like it was going to be easy. The Bryant Lady Hornets, fresh from capturing the championship of the Crabtree Invitational Tournament at Bentonville, opened their game at Lake Hamilton on Tuesday night with 3-point buckets from Haley Montgomery and Hannah Goshien with a Lady Wolves turnover in between. But after that, the Lady Wolves just wouldn’t go away until a fourth-quarter flourish by Bryant produced a comfortable 60-45 victory.
by Rob on Dec 6, 2009 at 12:01 AM  BENTONVILLE — The Bryant Lady Hornets dismissed the host Bentonville Lady Tigers, 61-46, to capture the championship of the Crabtree Invitational Tournament on Saturday.
Senior Hannah Goshien, celebrating her 18th birthday, struck for 17 points to lead the way.
by Rob on Nov 13, 2009 at 3:27 PM  The Bryant Lady Hornets freshman team roared to a 19-2 lead by the end of the first quarter and cruised to a 44-16 win over the Arkadelphia Lady Badgers freshmen on Thursday night.
It was the second win in as many games this season for the Lady Hornets who open play in the Bryant Invitational Tournament on Monday at 6:40 p.m., against Lake Hamilton. The Bryant freshman boys game with Arkadelphia was cancelled because of Arkadelphia’s Class 5A State playoff football game. The Badgers team included freshmen. The Hornets will play next on Monday against Lake Hamilton as well, starting at around 7:45 p.m. For the Lady Hornets on Thursday, Logan Davis, Kiara Moore and McKenzie Adams each had 8 points as nine different players contributed to the scoring. Bryant led 23-7 at the half, 31-11 going into the fourth quarter. Hayley Murphy pitched in with 6 points, McKenzie Rice and Sarah McPherson 4 each, Lauren Buck 3, Courtney Davidson 2 and Kristen Scarlett hit a free throw.
by Rob on Oct 18, 2009 at 4:45 PM  FAYETTEVILLE — The Bryant Lady Hornet cross country team finished 12th out of 40 teams at the Chile Pepper Festival Saturday held at the Agri Park Cross Country Course in Fayetteville. The festival is the region’s largest cross country meet, bringing together colleges and high schools from all over the central part of the country.
Carroll, Texas won the girls’ high school division with a score of 74 points. Bryant finished with 458 points and was fourth among Arkansas teams. There were 311 runners in the race. The Lady Hornets were led by ninth-grader Hannah Raney who, despite finishing in 38th place, set a new Bryant school record for 5K cross country. Raney finished with a time of 19:58, becoming the first Lady Hornet to ever break the 20-minute mark, and eclipsing the old school record time of 20:14 set in 2005 by Mary Edwards. Edwards was at the meet competing for Arkansas State University in the college division.
by Rob on May 17, 2009 at 10:46 AM  CONWAY — Bryant Lady Hornet junior Jordan Chadwick became a state champion Saturday night at the Class 7A State Track Championships held at Conway’s Wampus Cat Stadium. Chadwick took control of the 400-meter dash out of the final turn and powered down the home stretch to secure her firststate title with a time of 1:00.46. Along with her second-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles, Chadwick led the Lady Hornets to a top five team finish. Bentonville won their third consecutive state title with 117 points. Conway finished runner-up with 105. The remaining top five teams were LR Central (64), Fayetteville (54), and Bryant with 45 points. All 16 Class 7A teams competed. “I was proud of how our team competed," stated Lady Hornets coach Danny Westbrook. "One of our team goals was a top five finish at state and we achieved that.” Chadwick scored 19 points to lead Bryant’s scorers. Along with her state title in the 400-meter dash, she finished a close second in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.9.
by Rob on May 11, 2009 at 2:00 PM 
By Rob Patrick After four years with her, Bryant Lady Hornets seniors Sarah Hart, Christen Kirchner and Paige Turpin had seen the end-of-the-year reactions of head softball coach Lisa Stanfield under some tough circumstances. As freshmen, the season had ended with a loss in the State championship game. As sophomores and juniors, the team finished a win or two away from getting another title chance. This year, the Lady Hornets got back to the State final and, again, they were denied the crown. Afterward, however, they noticed their coach was a much more emotional about the end. Sure, it was a third disappointment in the finals in her six years at Bryant and she and those three seniors had been through a lot together and it had to be tough to say it was over. But the team boasted plenty of talent for another title run including a splendid group of freshmen. What they didn't know then, however, they learned at lunch on Monday: Saturday's Class 7A State championship game against North Little Rock was Stanfield's last as Lady Hornets head coach. She has resigned.
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