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Thursday, Feb. 22, the Corning Bobcats celebrated a win against Mountain View in the first round of the Regionals that would ensure their trip to the State Tournament in Elkins. The last time the Corning Bobcats were headed to the State Tournament was in 1979. Corning would fall to Marked Tree that year. The 1979 Corning Senior High Boys Basketball team, coached by Albert Brown and Don Sharpe, led the team to a successful 14-11 season. The Bobcats took first place in the District 2AA North Tournament at Walnut Ridge.

The Corning Bobcats punched their ticket to the State Tournament for the first time in 45 years after defeating Mountain View in a 1st round Regional win by a score of 58-51 on Thursday night, Feb. 22 in Manila. The game was neck-and-neck with Corning leading going into the half by one point; 26-25. The Bobcats continued to lead as they entered the 4th quarter; 42-37. In the final quarter, the Cats scored 16 points with the Yellow Jackets scoring 14 beating Mountain View by 7 points.

The Lady Bobcats lost to Mountain View at Manila in the first round of the Regionals on Thursday, Feb. 22 by a score of 72-42. Corning ended their season with 21 wins. The Senior High Girls Basketball Team has won a total of 45 games in the last two seasons having back-toback 20-plus winning games each season. Coach Jerry Songer has coached this year’s seniors for the past six years as they won tournament championships, conference championships, and won Conference and District Runner-Up. This year’s graduating seniors are Presley Martin, Addison George, Kenlie Watson, Symantha Riley and Katie Zimmer.

After winning against Osceola in the first round of the District Tournament at Gosnell by a score of 53-26, the Lady Bobcats fell to the Lady Colts in the second round; 58-54. .

The Bobcats win in the first round of the District Tournament on Feb. 12 at Gosnell.

The Bobcats were narrowly defeated by Osceola on Feb. 13 during the second round of the District Tournament.

Back row: Roman Davis, Spencer Blanchard, and Jayce Couch Front row: Daniel Watson, Cannon Cummings and Luke Blanchard .

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