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Beavers get big conference win
Tuesday night in Glen Rose ended on a high note.  Glen Rose was trying to avenge an ealier loss in the year to Jessieville.  After one half of play the Beavers were behind 26-21.  The Beavers had a chance to be down by 2, but missed two front ends of 1 and 1's.  In the second half the Beavers came out strong.  Hitting big shots on offense and playing sound defense, and eventually tied the score.  After three it was all knotted up 35-35.  In the fourth quarter Glen Rose started to pull away, but they couldn't hold Jessieville down, as they fired right back and made the game close down to the wire.  With time running out and Glen Rose in possession Jessieville was forced to foul.  Josh Scott was cool on the free throw line making a few trips down the strecth and hitting all of the free throws down the stretch to keep the Beavers in the lead.  It was to much for Jessieville, as Glen Rose got the victory 54-48.

Scott unofficially had 29, while Neil Smart added 10 rebounds on the night.

Harmony Grove gets better of the Beavs
On Friday night in Harmony Grove, Glen Rose was in town to close out the first half of the 5AA South season.  

In senior girls action, the Lady Cardinals pulled away in the second half, after Glen Rose kept it close for most of the first half.  Harmony Grove cruised to another conference win, while Glen Rose Continues to struggle.

In the senior boys game, it was a game of runs.  The game stayed close at the onset, but Harmony Grove pulled away to get a little breathing room to end the first half up by 8.  In the second half, Glen Rose stormed back and tied the game, but Harmony Grove pulled away one more time to get the win.

Poyen slams through Glen Rose
The Poyen Indians are running away with the 5AA South Conference.  After their 69-32 win over the Beavers on Friday, the improved their record to 21-0 with no signs of slowing down.  Neil Smart was the leading scorer for the Beavers.

The Lady Beavers also fell on Friday night to a good Lady Indian squad from Poyen.

Beavers go into holidays on a sour note
On Tuesday, the jr. boys, sr. girls, and sr. boys traveled to Fountain Lake to play in a non-conference match-up before the holiday break.  The results were not good for any of the teams from Glen Rose.  More

Beavers get first home conference loss
The junior boys were in action first on Friday night, as Mountain Pine came for a visit.  In a good game down the stretch, the Beavers found themselves down by one with time running out.  They had the ball, and after a couple of timeouts, finally got a play off.  The ball was lobbed into Wes Copeland.  Copeland put up a shot and was fouled with no time left.  He knocked down both free throws to give the Jr. Beavers a win.

The senior girls played well, but couldn't get over that hump, and lose once again.

The senior boys offense wasn't where it had been the last few games, but never the less they still had chances to win down the stretch.  But they ended up losing a close 48-46 game.  The Beavers fall to 2-3 in conference play with the loss and 5-7 overall.

Beavers continue to play well at home
Tuesday Ouachita came to Beaver Gymnasium to play in a trio of games.  The first game of the night featured the Junior High Girls.  The girls continue to play well getting another win to the tune of 26-22.  Holly Green led the way for the Jr. Lady Beavers with 12 points.

In senior girls action, the Ouachita Lady Warriors rolled to a 56-38 win.  The Lady Beavers continue to struggle due to key injuries.  Jackie Jones and Brynn Murphree were the leading scorers each putting in 8.

In the final game of the evening, the Beavers got back on the winning track after they beat the Warriors 47-43.  The Beavers took a 11-9 lead after one, and at the half lead 25-18.  Ouachita wouldn't quit, and fought back to make the game close at the end.  Josh Scott lead the Beavers in scoring with 21 points, Neil Smart had 9, Richard Holder had 7, Spencer Burroughs got 5, Heath Clardy had 4, and Jerme Hill scored a free throw.

The week in review
Saturday the Jr. High Girls won the Jessieville Invitational Tournament. The Jr. Girls are playing well having lost only one game all season long. On Monday the Sr. Girls played in the Harmony Grove Invitational, and lost. Tuesday night the Junior Girls, Sr. Girls and Sr. Boys were all in action at Manget Cove.

The Junior Girls found themselves another win after taking care of the Jr. Lady Panthers. The Sr. Girls struggles didn't stop after another top loss. Four Lady Beavers were in street clothes watching the action.

The Beavers didn't have much luck on the offensive side of the floor, they couldn't get a shot to fall, and ended up on the losing end of a 43-30 score. That dropped the Beavers record to 2-2 in conference play and 4-5 overall.

The Beavers were in action again on Wednesday night in the Harmony Grove Invitational. They took on Abundant Life. The Beavers played a strong first half, going in to the locker room up by 7. The Owls came back though with a fourth quarter rally. They took the lead and extended it out of the Beavers reach and ended up putting the Beavers out of the tournament with a 83-71 win.

Beavers even up record at 4-4
The Beavers conference record improved to 2-1 Friday night after they defeated the Bauxite Miners 42-34 at Beaver Gym. Glen Rose's overall record improves to 4-4 after the victory. They will take on Manget Cove on Tuesday at Magnet Cove, and then they will play Abundant Life in the first round of the Harmony Grove Tournament on Wednesday.

In other action on Friday the Lady Beavers continue to struggle losing their third straight conference game. The Junior Beavers are continuing to play well they got another win Friday night.

Beavers fall to 1-1 in conference play
The Beavers fell to 3-4 overall on the season on Tuesday night at Jessieville. Jessieville jumped all over the Beavers 63-34. Glen Rose will try to reach the .500 mark again when Bauxite comes for a visit on Friday night.

In other action on Tuesday the Lady Beavers continue to struggle losing their second straight conference game. The Junior Lady Beavers are continuing to play well they got another win Tuesday night.

Conference opener a sucess for Beavers
The Beavers evened up their record at 3-3 on Friday and climbed to 1-0 in conference play with a 40-36 win over Cutter Morning Star.

The Lady Beavers lost their first conference game, while the Jr. Girls and Jr. Boys both got wins.

Beavers win a thriller
The Senior boys avenged an earlier loss to Sparkman Monday night with a 54-53 last second win. Josh Scott tipped in the winning basket with .7 seconds left on the clock.

The senior girls and junior boys also came away with wins.

Back-to-back losses
The Lady Beavers and the Beavers suffered through back-to-back losses on Thursday and Friday night. Thursday Woodlawn came to Beaver Gymnasium and squeeked out a couple of wins, and on Friday the Beavers travelled to Ouachita. More

Lady Beavers 1-0
The Lady Beavers travelled to Sparkman on Friday, and absolutely slaughtered the Lady Raiders. It was all Glen Rose from the get go leading early with a 26-12 lead. The Lady Beavers will host Woodlawn on Thursday.

The Beavers didn't have the same luck as their female counterparts. But they did well in playing a much quicker team, they held there own, and were trailing by three late in the game until Sparkman hit some big shots and pulled away for the 51-39 win.

Beavers open up season with win
The Beaver basketball team opened up their season on Tuesday night with a big 50-38 win over Perryville. Senior Josh Scott played in his first game in a Glen Rose uniform and contributed 27 points. Neil Smart had eight steals. The Beavers travel to Sparkman on Friday.

Beavers hold weekend practices
The 2001-2002 Glen Rose Beavers opened up full squad practices on Saturday. They had two practices on Saturday and one on Sunday in preperation of their opening night game Tuesday at Perryville. This is the third year the Beavers open up at Perryville.

Lady Beavers open up season this saturday
New Lady Beaver head coach Brad Matthews will showcase the new-look Lady Beavers at the Arkadelphia Jamboree on Saturday. While the Lady Beavers are warming up for the season on Saturday, their male counterparts will be in the gym practicing twice on Saturday in preperation for their first game of the year which is on the following Tuesday at Perryville.

Matthews takes the helm
Brad Matthews takes over the head coahing job for girls basketball at Glen Rose this season. He was hired in the summer after former head coach Jeff McDaniel took a job at England High School.

Matthews has practiced with the girls all fall long and looks forward to the season.

Basketball season ends
Monday night was no good for Glen Rose. It was opening night of the 5AA South District Tournament. It came to be the last night that Glen Rose would participate in the tourni.

The Lady Beavers played in the 3rd game of the evening, and closed up there dissapointing season with a loss to Bauxite.

The second game of the night featured the Beavers against conference rival Eagles of Cutter Morning Star. It would be a back and forth battle all night long. Cutter took a one point lead into the locker room at the half. In the third quarter Cutter pulled out to a 7 point lead and things looked bad for Glen Rose, but the Beavers would fight back. Cutter would pull away a few more times, but the Beavers fought right back. At the end of regulation the score was tied. Overtime. Overtime was just like the rest of the game, back and forth, the Eagles got the last say in this one, ending the Beavers hopes of going to the regional tournament 61-60.

Senior Night good for the Beavs
It was Senior Night on Tuesday at Beaver Stadium. The seniors on both basketball teams, and the spirit groups were recognized before the game.

In the first game of the night, the Lady Beavers couldn't come through with a senior night victory. As Cutter Morning Star dominated.

The last game of the night was a good one. The Beavers were down 2 at the half, but came out in the second half on fire. They would take a 6 point lead. Cutter came right back, though. The Beavers held on to a slim lead, and Neil Smart's free throw put the icing on the cake with 2 seconds left, Beavers win 37-33.

Tough week for GRHS
It was a tough week for Glen Rose on the basketball courts. Tuesday the Lady Beavers and the Beavers got sent home from Harmony Grove with losses. Friday Poyen came to visit the Beaver Gymnasium. The Lady Beavers had a tough night against the Lady Indians losing 82-42.

In Sr. Boys action, though, it was close all the way until Poyen would finally put it away late in the second half 61-50.

Mt. Pine round 2
Mountain Pine was the opponent two nights in a row, and pretty much the same results came out of the games.

The Lady Beavers got their second win of the season, this one was closer than the Thursday night game, but never the less it was still a win.

The Sr. Boys struggled on Friday night. Mountain Pine had a 16-11 lead after one, but they scored 22 points to the Beavers 4 in the second quarter. That would eventually end up as a 60-34 win for the Red Devils.

Homecoming
Homecoming 2001 is over. The Lady Beavers came through with a big win, while the Sr. Boys couldn't hang on in a close one. More

Lady Beavers & Beavers go 0-2
It was a tough week for Glen Rose. The Lady Beavers are still looking for their first win, and this week didn't help. Tuesday they took on the Lady Lions from Jessieville, and hung in until late in the second half. Friday night the Lady Beavers played close all the way until the last minute and fell in the fourth quarter.

The Beavers were close in both of their games this week, losing to Jessieville 53-49, and then losing to Bauxite 58-51.

Beavers fall
On Friday night the Jr. Beavers stayed close in the first half, but Harmony Grove's Jr. Cardinals pulled away late and ended up winning the game.

In Senior High Girls action, the Lady Cardinals left the Lady Beavers still looking for their first victory of the season.

Finally, in the Sr. Boys game. Harmony Grove dominated the first half, and were able to hold off a comeback from the motivated Beavers. The Beavers fall to 2-9 with the loss. 1-5 in conference play.

Beavers drop two in short week
The Beavers dropped two games last week. On Thursday night they took on the Cobras of Fountain Lake in the Ouachita Sr. High Tournament. They lost it 59-22.

On Friday they faced Poyen, and lost big, after keeping it close the entire first quarter.

The Lady Beavers lost to Kirby on Thursday, and they didn't win their battle against Poyen.

Panthers pounce on the Beavers
Magnet Cove got three wins with their visit to Beaver Stadium.

In the Jr. Boys game the Jr. Beavers were rallying late but there wasn't enough time in the game, Magnet Cove wins.

The Lady Beavers have yet to win a game, and this one was no different with Magnet Cove winning 75-40.

66-52 was the final score in the Senior Boys game. The Panthers jumped up on the Beavers in the second quarter when they outscored them 18-6. Magnet never looked back.

Tough weekend
Last Friday night the Junior boys lost, the Sr. Girls lost, and in the last game of the night, despite a 3 quarter rally the Beavers lost 47-44.

In the Harmony Grove Senior High Invitational Tournament, Glen Rose played Mountain Pine. It was a close game all afteroon, the Beavers led most of the way, but at the half it was tied 26-26. In the fourth quarter the Red Devils finally got the lead, and they kept it, as they knock the Beavers out of the tournament 48-44.

Long night for the Beavers
The Junior High Lady Beavers lost a tough one after coming back against Jessieville. Jessieville took the game 31-26. Holly Green led all scorers with 8.

The Sr. Girls are still searching for their first win, they lost another one, 61-35. Jessica McDougal was the leading scorer with 10. Brittany Cates had 7, Jennifer Gardner had 6, Amber Wilson had 5, and Jackie Jones and Brynn Murphree had 3.

In the Senior Boys game, the Lions from Jessieville were up by as much by ten. But late in the fourth quarter the Beavers hung on to a 3 point lead. Jessieville shot a prayer and nailed it to tie the game and go to overtime. At the end of regulation the score was 59-59. In a back and forth overtime, the score was tied at the end of it as well 65-65, now we head to overtime number two. Again it was back and forth and it was tied 71-71 after two overtimes. But finally in the third overtime Jessieville pulled away, and eventually won 83-77. Jake Doddridge was the leading scorer for the Beavers with 40 points. Brett Cruse had 16, Nick Fuller had 9, Drew Furr had 8, and Neil Smart had 4.

Glen Rose wins a close one
Glen Rose came away with 2 wins and 2 losses on a trip to Cutter Morning Star.

In Jr. High action the girls boosted their record to 2-1 with a win. The boys lost and dropped their record to 1-2.

The Lady Beavers lost big, and are still looking for their first win at 0-4.

Down-the-stretch free throws were the key to a Glen Rose victory in the final game of the night. The Beavers narrowly escaped 51-48 to boost their record to 2-2. Free throws were key at the end of the game, and the Beavers did a good job at the line late.

Jr. Girls get first win
The Junior Lady Beavers traveled to Sparkman, and got their first win of the season. They boosted their record to 1-1.

The Sr. Girls are still searching for their first win as Sparkman blew the Lady Beavers away. The Lady Beavers fall to 0-3.

In the final contest of the night, it was close early, but a few turnovers gave the game to Sparkman. Sparkman pulled away late in the third to eventually win 68-41. The Beavers record falls to 1-2.

Cobras bite Beavers
All four teams competed in the first game of the season at Beaver Gymnasium. Fountain Lake was the visitor.

In the Jr. Girls game, the Lady Cobras pulled away early and never looked back. The Jr. Boys lost as well.

The Lady Beavers kept the game close, in fact they were only down by 4 at the half, but the Lady Cobras came out and opened up a 10 point lead and it stayed that way.

In the final game of the night Fountain Lake downed the Beavers 77-36. The Beavers looked out-of-sync early and never could get a hold of things.




GO BEAVERS GO!

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