Sports

A year or so ago, my good friend and avid, make that obsessed, turkey hunter, Jim Spencer decided to put a book together about his encounters with wild turkey gobblers, birds he described as “bad birds.” In fact, that was the name of his first book, “Bad Birds.”

The Downsville Charter basketball team has made great strides under first year head coach Alexander Howell. Coaching both the boys and girls hoops squads, Howell has seen each team improve since working in the summer to getting the season started this month.

Any way you look at it, the year 2020 has been one for the books, a book you’d like to toss into a big roaring fire. The first couple of months of 2020 were a mirror image of January and February 2019.

Savannah Green with a nice 9 point. Submitted photo Linda Kennedy with 9 point.

Hunting in the Ouachita River bottoms was a way of life for the McKinnies. From my earliest memories, the anticipation of tomorrow’s hunt led to little sleep. Dad’s favorite saying, “Boy, if you are not up when I’m ready to go, I’m leaving you behind” was enough for me to check the wind-up alarm clock every hour, all night long.

Last week the D’Arbonne Woods’ offense and defense came together and played a good football game other than giving up a couple big plays. On the first drive of the game Junior linebacker Devon Mayes came up with an interception that set the tone for the beginning of the game.

Jathan Wright #3 Luke Chapman #6 Eli Warren # 13 Richard Juarez #15 Noah Johnson #16 Will Brantley #22 Kristian Ramsey # 51 Nathan Greer #62 Reece Anderson #64 Allison Rivoire Nealey Elkins Brynna Roberson Bella Albritton Chloe Higginbotham Mattie Franklin.

Hunters are becoming worse than fishermen. Take deer cameras for instance.

Things may look a bit different on the court for the Union Christian Lions and Lady Lions, but coach Bobby Joe Douglas believes that can be a good thing for the future of the program. The Lady Lions will have to rely more on their inside scoring and the play of Isabella Fulton and Kyra Hart, but that does not mean UCA won’t be able to shoot outside when they need to.

This week the Wolves made good strides for the program, despite what the score may show. The game against the Jonesboro-Hodge Tigers was the first district game of 3 three this year.