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HEBER SPRINGS – Heber Springs outscored Mount St. Mary 14-3 in the second quarter and was never threatened in the second half in claiming a 53-42 season-opening win on Tuesday.
With the game tied at 8-all at the end of the first quarter, the Lady Panthers were sparked in the second by 3-pointers by Hope Turner and Liv Norton as Heber Springs would take a 22-11 advantage into the break.
Class 6A Mount St. Mary (0-1) would get within eight points with less than four minutes to play, but the Lady Panthers would put the game away at the free-throw line as Heber Springs was eight-of-nine as a team in the final stanza aided by Madison Clemons’ five-for-five effort.
Jaylea Hooten led the Lady Panthers with 15 points while the Belles’ Millie Allgood led all scorers with 20 points before fouling out late in the contest. She was six-of-seven from the line on the night as Mount St. Mary was 9-of-16 as team.
Heber Springs (1-0) returns to action on Monday when they host Newport at 5 p.m. beginning with the seventh-grade girls.
Mount St. Mary Academy (0-1) 8 3 7 24 - 42
Heber Springs (1-0) 8 14 9 22 - 53
MSM (42): Anna Kate Suffridge 3, Kate Raborn 7, Emery Horras 11, Elizabeth Kehner 1, Millie Allgood 20.
Heber Springs (53): Hope Turney 3, Kylie Carr 2, Madison Clemons 9, Jaylea Hooten 15, Sophie Stone 6, Savannah Stout 7, Molly Smith 2, Liv Norton 6, Emmie Fuller 3.
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HEBER SPRINGS – The Heber Springs junior girls opened their season with a 21-16 setback to Mount St. Mary Tuesday night at the Panther Den.
Heber Springs trailed 9-6 at the half, but the Belles outscored Heber Springs 10-6 in the third quarter to take a 19-12 advantage into the final quarter.
Ada Choate paced the Panthers with eight points.
Heber Springs returns to action on Thursday when they host Mount Vernon-Enola. The seventh-grade girls and boys open play at 5 p.m. followed by both the junior girls and boys.
HEBER SPRINGS SCORING (16): Ada Choate 8, Taylor Parker 4, Jovie Smithson 2, Baleigh Burchfield 2.
MOUNT ST. MARY SCORING (21): E. Koehler 6, C. Riley 5, A. Hatfield 4, A. Johnson 4, A. Saffridge 2.
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