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Funeral service for James Gilby
Funeral service for James Gilby, 77, of Pocola is 10 a.m. Friday at Haven Heights Baptist Church in Fort Smith, Arkansas with Steve Young officiating. Burial will follow at Macedonia Cemetery in Pocola, under the direction of Evans & Miller Funeral Home of Pocola. Continue reading “Funeral service for James Gilby set”
Funeral service for Jamie Earls, 44, of Pocola is 2 p.m. Tuesday at Victory Worship Center in Spiro with Bryan Fouts officiating. Burial will follow at Spiro City Cemetery under the direction of Evans & Miller Funeral Home of Poteau.
She was born April 3, 1978 in Fort Smith and died in her home Feb. 1, 2023.
Survivors include her husband, Justin Earls; son, Talon Tuck; daughter, Kenzie Tuck; step sons Hagen and Hadlee Earls; step mother, Lynnette Glenn; grandmother, Glenda Harris; brother Grant Glenn and wife Teedra; sister Michelle White and husband Tracy; and a grandson, Hazen Wade Earls.
She was preceded in death by her father, Eddie Glenn; and grandfather, James Harris.
Pocola sweeps Heavener in basketball games in Black Diamond Conference play Thursday.
The games were originally scheduled to be played Tuesday but were pushed back by the winter weather.
Heavener visits Wilburton Friday while Pocola hosts Talihina.
Pocola jumped ahead 12-14 before putting the game away in the third period by outscoring Heavener, 23-8.
The Indians, now 10-5 and the LeFlore County Tournament champions were led by Garrett Scott with 17 points and Dakota Terrell finished with 16.
Heavener, 14-3. was led by Isaac Cook and Landon Thurman, both with 13.
Pocola, Heavener 32
HHS 9 4 8 11-32
PHS 13 10 23 10–56
Heavener: Dalton Semore 1 0-0 2 2; Isaac Cook 1 3-4 0 6; Bryce Morrison 0 0-0 2 0; Jackson Clubb 1 1-2 1 4; Devry Ritter 2 1-1 1 5; Camden Broyles 1 0-1 0 2; Landon Thurman 2 2-2 1 6; Bryce Early 1 0-2 0 2; Zaid Rodriguez 0 1-2 0 1; Nick Lopez 2 0-0 0 4. TOTALS: 11 8-14 7 32.
Pocola: Austin Hardwick 3 1-1 3 7; Garrett Scott 7 1-2 0 17; Braydon Hardwick 4 0-0 1 8; Drew Jones 1 0-0 3 2; Chris Pugh 1 0-0 0 2; Dakotah Terrell 6 0-0 2 16; Zac Jones 2 0-0 2 4. TOTALS: 24 2-3 11 56.
Pocola jumped ahead 20-0 at the end of the first quarter and built a 31-6 advantage of the halftime in the easy win.
The Lady Indians, now 11-4, were led by Allyssa Parker with 17 points and Kail Chitwood finished with 12.
Heavener now 5-11, got 11 from McKinley Alexander.
Pocola 50, Heavener 30
HHS 0 6 17 7—30
PHS 20 11 14 5—50
Heavener: McKinley Alexander 4 2-2 0 11; Ava Cartwright 3 0-2 2 6; Mariana Garcia 4 0-0 0 8; Paisley Stacy 0 0-0 1 0; Bryleigh Edmondson 1 0-0 1 2; Brooklyn May 1 0-0 2 3. TOTALS: 13 2-4 6 30.
Pocola: Allyssa Parker 7 3-4 0 17; Kail Chitwood 6 0-0 1 12; Kyleigh Combs 1 0-0 1 3; Riley Jerrell 2 0-0 0 4; Maci Maxwell 0 0-0 1 0; Kylee Smith 4 3-4 1 11; Bailey Lairamore 1 1-4 0 3; Presleigh Riggs 0 0-0 1 0. TOTALS: 21 7-12 5 50.
Heavener girls rally past Poteau
It had not been a good week for the Heavener girls heading into the 93rd LeFlore County Tournament, which started Monday. Continue reading “Heavener girls rally past Poteau”
LeFlore County Tournament scoreboard from Monday’s games and the schedule for Tuesday.
Boys
Spiro 58, Cameron 28
Poteau 67, Whitesboro 37
Panama 85, Bokoshe 46
Talihina 65, LeFlore 46
Howe 69, Arkoma 52
Heavener 50, Poteau 48
LeFlore 65, Arkoma 32
Panama 56, Cameron 22
Talihina 45, Wister 39
Spiro 2, Bokoshe 0
Boys
Winners bracket
At Poteau
Heavener vs. Talihina 5:30
Poteau vs. Wister 8:30
At Talihina
Pocola vs. Howe 8:30
At Panama
Panama vs. Spiro 8:30
Losers bracket
At Panama
Bokoshe vs. Cameron 5:30
Girls
Winners bracket
At Poteau
LeFlore vs. Spiro 4
Heavener vs. Howe 7
At Talihina
Pocola vs. Talihina 7
At Panama
Whitesboro vs. Panama 7
Losers bracket
At Panama
Arkoma vs. Bokoshe 4
The 2023 basketball LeFlore County Tournament starts again Monday with games scheduled to be played at Panama, Poteau and Talihina.
The LCT is the oldest tournament in the state. Games later in the week will be played at Spiro.
The top three seeds for both the boys and girls have byes Monday.
Here is Monday’s schedule
At Panama
Howe vs. Arkoma 5:30
Panama vs. Bokoshe 8:30
At Poteau
Cameron vs. Spiro 5:30
Poteau vs. Whitesboro 8:30
At Talihina
LeFlore vs. Talihina 8:30
At Panama
Bokoshe vs. Spiro 4
Panama vs. Cameron 7
At Poteau
LeFlore vs. Arkoma 4 Poteau
Poteau vs. Heavener 7
At Talihina
Talihina vs. Wister 7
If you attend any games, please text the final score to (918) 649-4712.
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The Spiro girls and Talihina boys won the junior high basketball LeFlore County Tournament Saturday evening. Continue reading “Spiro girls, Talihina boys win JH LCT”
