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Meridian vs Forrest City, Arkansas December 28th

December 29, 2006 on 9:34 am | In 06-07 Season | Comments Off

This is an article from the Meridian Star newspaper
about the Forrest City Mustangs beating the Meridian,
Mississippi basketball team on Dec 28th.

The New Hope Trojans lost to the Forrest City team at
the Rumble on the Ridge in November by a score of
60-55.

The Clarion Ledger has Meridian ranked number ONE in
the state of Miss.

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Meridian boys fall hard in Missouri

From staff reports — Meridian High School’s boys could
not overcome a horrid start Thursday in first-day
action at the Poplar Bluff (Mo.) Showdown.

Forrest City, Ark. started the game with a 19-0 run
and took advantage of 16 first-half turnovers by
Meridian to knock off the Wildcats 83-51.

Meridian, which is now 9-3, trailed 44-15 at halftime.

Chris Gamble led the Wildcats with 12 points.

Ernie Watson’s MHS bunch is back in action in the
tourney today at 4 p.m., when they take on Harrison
High School of Kennesay, Ga. Harrison lost an 84-80
overtime thriller Thursday.

— Rocky Higginbotham