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Holiday Basketball Tournaments Wind-Up

Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 8:05 AM

By Scott McCaulley X @smcckc

Harrison and Bergman match-up in Girls Third Place Game at Lendel Thomas Classic (Photo by Scott McCaulley)

The Holiday Basketball Tournaments are in the books for 2025.

The final day of the Lendel Thomas Classic saw the Earle Lady Bulldogs use a smothering defense in the second half to outrun the Branson Lady Pirates 65-41 for the title while Bergman ran past Harrison in the third-place game 54-32. Viloa took fifth and Cutter Morning Star seventh in the classic.

The Boys Games were close throughout the day with Van Buren holding off Vilonia in the title game 61-57 while Harrison beat Carthage in overtime 61-53 for third and Earle holding off Bergman 61-58. Mena won a close game over Marshall for seventh place.

Meanwhile in Highland, Forsyth finishes second in the Maverick Division of the Bad Boys Mowers Tournament, losing the title game to Flippin 68-43.

Lendel Thomas Classic Scores
Van Buren 71 Vilonia 67 (Boys 1st)
Earle 65 Branson 41 (Girls 1st)
Harrison 61 Carthage 53 OT (Boys 3rd)
Bergman 54 Harrison 32 (Girls 3rd)
Earle 61 Bergman 58 (Boys 5th)
Viola 56 Marshall 47 (Girls 5th)
Mena 70 Marshall 66 (Boys 7th)
Cutter Morning Star 71 Jasper 57 (Girls 7th)
 

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