High school basketball makes up much of the local Friday schedule and includes the start of the postseason for Mountain Home. The Bombers and Lady Bombers will both be in front of the home crowd for their openers in the 5A-West District Tournament.
Mountain Home’s girls begin the night as their opponent will be Van Buren. The Lady Bombers ended the regular season at 4-20 overall and 3-10 in the 5A-West after falling in overtime at Russellville on Tuesday. The Lady Pointers improved to 9-15 and 3-10 with a four-point win at Alma. Mountain Home won the tiebreaker for the No. 6 seed by sweeping Van Buren during the regular season.
The Bomber boys will have the late game as they will be paired with Greenbrier. Mountain Home is 7-12 overall, and they finished the 5A-West at 3-7 after losing at Russellville three nights ago. Greenbrier is 6-14 and 3-7 after getting beat up by Vilonia. This will be the first meeting this year between the Bombers and the Panthers after both games in the regular season were called off.
The girls’ game tips off at 5 p.m. at Bomber Gymnasium. Senior Night activities will follow as Mountain Home honors the outgoing members of the basketball, cheerleading, dance, bowling and swim teams. The boys’ game is set for 7:30.
Both games can be heard on Classic Hits 101.7 and streaming live at ktlo.com.
Flippin will be at home as they play for the championship of the 2A-1 District Tournament. The top-seeded Bobcats host Alpena at 6 p.m.
Top-seeded Ozark Mountain will entertain Lead Hill for the boys’ title game of the 1A-1 East District Tournament. Friday’s contest will be on the campus of Western Grove.
Two area girls’ teams will compete for the championship of the 1A-2 District Tournament. Viola will travel to Fox to take on top-seeded Rural Special for a 6 p.m. tip-off.
Mammoth Spring’s girls will be in front of the home crowd to play in the final of the 1A-3 District Tournament. The top-seeded Lady Bears will host Maynard at 5:30.
The Melbourne boys are set for their first game in the 2A-2 District Tournament. The top-seeded Bearkatz are home against Cedar Ridge in the semifinals at 6 p.m.
Gainesville’s boys will be on the road with a state tournament bid on the line. The Bulldogs will head to Norwood for the title game of the Class 2, District 10 Tournament. Tip-off is at 6 p.m.
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