By Rob Patrick

The unbeaten Bryant White Hornets eighth grade team of Bryant Middle School jumped out to a 11-2 lead and, though they battled back to tie and repeatedly whittled on the lead, the Bryant Blue Hornets eighth grade team of Bethel Middle School could never grab the lead. The White team held on for a 37-30 win at the Bethel gym, handing Blue its first loss of the season after a 6-0 start.

Mitch Scoggins led all scorers with 15 points for White, now 5-0. Chase Christie scored 13 and collected 15 rebounds to pace Blue.

By Rob Patrick

John Winn scored 19 points to lead the Bryant Blue Hornets seventh grade team of Bethel Middle School to a 48-5 win over the Bryant White Hornets seventh grade team of Bryant Middle School at the Bethel gym on Tuesday.

Blue ran out to a 26-1 lead to take control of the game. Winn scored the first 9 points of the game for his team. His first bucket came inside. He then followed with a steal and layup that turned into a three-point play. Brandon Warner made a steal and Winn hit the offensive glass to make it 7-0.

CABOT — Outscoring the CAC Mustangs 14-1 in the second quarter, the Bryant White Hornets eighth grade basketball team of Bryant Middle School surged to a 35-20 victory on Tuesday in the first round of the Cabot North Tournament.

Jordan Jones led the way with 11 points and six rebounds. Greyson Giles added 7 points and Hunter Holder 6.

Mitch Scoggins pumped in 22 points to lead the Bryant White Hornets eighth grade team of Bryant Middle School to a 47-38 win over Arkadelphia’s eighth grade team to open the 2009-10 season at Bryant Middle School gym on Thursday, Nov. 12.

The win was the debut for the Hornets under new coach Heath Long.

By Rob Patrick

In the muck and mire of Bryant Stadium, the Bryant White Hornets blocked a pair of quick kicks to set up one touchdown and produce another on the way to a 22-0 win over the Sheridan Stingers in eighth grade action on Thursday night.

With their punter Braden Lunday injured and a problem with the wet football on the deep snap for their only first-half punt attempt, the Stingers tried to go with short snaps to quarterback Joey Eggburn and quick kicks on their first two punting situations in the second half. Both kicks stayed low and were knocked down at the line of scrimmage. On the first, Bryant’s Luke Howard recovered at the 11. The next play, Greyson Giles charged into the end zone to break up a scoreless game.

By Rob Patrick

NORTH LITTLE ROCK — The Bryant White Hornets scored two second-half touchdowns while shutting out the Ridge Road Rams over the final 12 minutes to rally from a 14-8 halftime deficit and forge a 22-14 victory on Thursday.

Bryant White improves to 2-1-1 with the victory.

Quarterback Wesley Akers ran for a touchdown and passed for two to lead the Hornets. Austin Miller intercepted a pass inside the 5 to end Ridge Road’s last-ditch effort at gaining a tie with :41 left in the contest.