by Rob on Dec 4, 2009 at 12:20 AM  By Rob Patrick Trying to slow down Bryant Lady Hornets freshman guards McKenzie Adams and Kiara Moore, the Sheridan Lady Stingers freshman team deployed in a triangle-and-two defense to start their game at the Bryant Middle School gym on Thursday night. It took a little while to get adjusted but, with the help of a pair of 3-point bombs by Logan Davis, the Lady Hornets forced the Lady Stingers to forego that strategy. And, with withering pressure defense, the Lady Hornets rolled to a 42-20 win that kept them unbeaten on the season. Bryant is 8-0 overall and 2-0 in the South Division of the Central Arkansas Junior High Conference going into Monday’s game at Mount St. Mary’s Academy in Little Rock. Coming off games in which she’d scored 24 and 26 points, respectively, Adams was held to 12 points by Sheridan but that still led all scorers. Moore, after being held scoreless in the first quarter, went on to score 9 points to go with Davis’ 8, which all came in the first half. Courtney Davidson pitched in with 7, Hayley Murphy 4 and Whitney Myer 2.
by Rob on Dec 3, 2009 at 11:53 PM  By Rob Patrick
At the end of the first quarter in their game against the Sheridan Freshman Stingers on Thursday night, the Bryant Hornets freshman team was struggling. They hit just 1 of 11 shots from the field, turned the ball over four times and made a free throw in two tries. They found themselves trailing the visiting Stingers, 6-3. But the second quarter was completely different. Picking it up on the defensive end and extending their defense, the Hornets went on a 12-0 run that extended to an 18-2 second quarter on their way to a 38-19 win.
by Rob on Dec 1, 2009 at 10:49 AM CONWAY — Everyone played and nine different players contributed to the scoring as the Bryant Hornets freshman team opened play in the South Division of the Central Arkansas Junior High Conference with a 47-8 drubbing of a short-handed Conway Blue Wampus Kittens team on Monday night. Bryant built a 16-4 lead by the end of the first quarter and held a 28-6 advantage at the half. The Hornets outscored the Kittens 11-0 in the third quarter.
by Rob on Dec 1, 2009 at 10:36 AM CONWAY — The Bryant Lady Hornets freshman team raced to an 18-1 lead in the first quarter and eased to a 46-25 victory over the Conway Blue Lady Wampus Kittens on Monday night.The game was the opener for both teams in the South Division of the Central Arkansas Junior High Conference. Bryant improved to 7-0 overall. “This was a great way to start conference play,” stated Lady Hornets coach Eric Andrews. “The girls understand that the wins to this point mean nothing in conference play. They came out and played with a lot of fire and energy.”
by Rob on Oct 23, 2009 at 1:31 AM  By Rob Patrick
Despite wet footballs and muddy hands on a sloppy track, the Bryant Hornets’ freshman team made the most of a few passes against the Sheridan Stingers on Thursday at the quagmire that is the Bryant Stadium field. Hayden Lessenberry threw just four passes for the Hornets but three of them went for touchdowns and the other set up a fourth in a 35-15 victory over the Stingers.
by Rob on Oct 16, 2009 at 1:23 AM
 By Rob Patrick
When Little Rock Catholic freshman quarterback Carson Case broke a 50-yard touchdown run on an option keeper to answer the Bryant Hornets opening score on Thursday night, it looked like there might be another high-scoring shootout in the offing.
The two combatants from the South Division of the Central Arkansas Junior High Conference were tied 6-6 at the time but, the Bryant defense stepped up at that point and didn’t allow another Rockets first down (let alone a score) until the fourth quarter. They lay claim to three turnovers during that stretch.
In the meantime, the Bryant offense piled up a 33-6 lead. With the reserves finishing up, Catholic trimmed the margin to a final score of 33-18.
by Rob on Oct 16, 2009 at 12:07 AM By Rob Patrick The Bryant Blue (Bethel) Hornets eighth grade team scored on six of their eight possessions as they rolled to a 46-6 thumping of the Rose City Chiefs on the muddy field at Bryant Stadium Thursday night. Quarterback Dakota Besancon hit 6 of 9 passes for 108 yards and a pair of touchdowns, both to Davis Nossaman who had four grabs altogether for 94 yards. Running back Bryce Denker rushed just eight times for 84 yards and two scores. Reserves Blake Nesbitt and Matt Mears also ran for touchdowns. Bryant held Rose City to a net of 85 yards of offense with 54 of that coming on runs of 21 yards by quarterback Markevius Williams and 33 yards by running back Jamal Doss.
by Rob on Oct 9, 2009 at 2:29 PM The Bryant Lady Hornets freshman volleyball team clinched its first regular-season championship of the South Division of the Central Arkansas Junior High Conference with a 2-1 win over Conway Blue on Thursday, Oct. 9. Bryant won 25-14, 24-26, 25-23 to improve to 11-2 in the league with one game left to play on Monday, Oct. 12 against Cabot South. Even with a loss in that final regular-season game, the Lady Hornets will be the top seed from the South at the CAJHC post-season tournament, which will be held in Bryant starting Wednesday, Oct. 14. As the top seed, the Lady Hornets will receive a first-round bye in the tournament. Mount St. Mary’s could still tie for the division championship but because Bryant swept the Mounties, the top seed to the tourney would go to the Lady Hornets. The team includes, McKenzie Adams, Alyssa Anderson, Taylor Cromwell, Courtney Davidson, Logan Davis, Kaitlyn Gaiser, Britten Hays, Brooke Howell, Sarah McPherson, Jordan Nichols, Tyler Diane Platt, Hannah Rice, McKenzie Rice, and Kaylon Wilson.
by Rob on Oct 9, 2009 at 2:16 AM  By Rob Patrick
NORTH LITTLE ROCK — All else being equal, bigger, faster, stronger will win the day in most football games. A team can try to finesse and execute its way to victory over such a team, perhaps taking advantage of turnovers or kicking game mistakes — certainly something Bryant football teams have succeeded in doing much of the last decade. But if the execution is a little off and the penalties and turnovers even out or go the other team’s way, it’s tough to overcome. And such was the case for the Bryant Hornets freshman team on Thursday, Oct. 8, against the North Little Rock Junior Wildcats. The Hornets stayed with them for a while thanks to a couple of big plays but North Little Rock answered those and added more on the way to a 38-15 victory in the South Division of the Central Arkansas Conference.
by Rob on Oct 6, 2009 at 2:27 PM  PEARCY — Lake Hamilton is always a difficult place to win and, after the first game of their match with the Lady Wolves on Monday, Oct. 5, the Bryant Lady Hornets freshman team had a full understanding of that. But, to their credit, the Lady Hornets battled back to win the second and third games and the match, 20-25, 25-20, 25-19, to keep their hold on first place in the South Division of the Central Arkansas Junior High Conference.
With their fifth win in a row, the Lady Hornets improved to 13-3 overall and 10-2 in Divisional play going into their final two contests during the regular season. They host Conway Blue on Thursday then Cabot South on Monday before the start of the Central Arkansas Junior High Conference post-season tournament which will be held at Bryant. In an eighth grade game on Monday, Lake Hamilton prevailed over Bryant White, 25-16, 25-22.
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