Heber Springs downs Newport in seventh-grade girls play

HEBER SPRINGS – Heber Springs got eight points from Sophie Joyner and seven points from Mackenzie Lozeau as the Panther seventh-grade girls basketball team claimed a 24-15 win over Newport.

Heber Springs (1-1) led 6-3 at the end of the first quarter, but trailed 12-11 at the break, thanks in part to four 3-pointers by the Greyhounds.

Newport would add another 3-pointer in the second half, but the Panthers would outscore the Greyhounds, 13-3, in the second half to claim their first win of the young season.

HEBER SPRINGS SCORING (24): Phoebe Reed 4, Sophie Joyner 8, Mackenzie Lozeau 7, Emma Mayfield 2, Sloan Jett 3.

HEBER SPRINGS 7TH-GRADE GIRLS
2021-2022 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
(Click on each game for details)
RECORD: 1-1
Nov. 11   Mount Vernon-Enola 29, Heber Springs 4
Nov. 15   Heber Springs 24, Newport 15
Nov. 20   at Tuckerman Jamboree
Nov. 30   Southside Batesville, 5 p.m.
Dec. 02   Pangburn, 4:30 p.m.
Dec. 06   at Cedar Ridge, 5 p.m.
Dec. 09   at Rose Bud, 4:30 p.m.
Jan. 06   at South Side Bee Branch, 5 p.m.
Jan. 13   White County Central, 4:30 p.m.
Jan. 20   Riverview, 5 p.m.
Jan. 24   at Mayflower, 4:30 p.m.
Jan. 27   Bradford, 4:30 p.m.
Jan. 29   at Bauxite Jamboree

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