2014 2A BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL: Cedar Ridge 64 Clarendon 40

[Brian G]

Congrats to Cedar Ridge!

[Brian G]

                         1st  2nd  3rd  4th  Total
Clarendon           17    3      9    11    40
Cedar Ridge        21    10    13   20    64


                             Clhs-b         Crhs-b
Field goals         15-48 31.3%   24-43 55.8%
3-point FGs          3-17 17.6%   4-10 40.0%
Free throws          7-12 58.3%   12-19 63.2%
Reb (O-D)            23 (8-15)       39 (9-30)
Turnovers               10               15
Last FG                4th-00:03   4th-02:34
Large lead              none       30 (4th-02:34)

[Brian G]

Cedar Ridge (34-3) 

Player   FG 3FG FT Reb  A  F Pts
12 REAVES, Austin  * 3-7 0-1 5-6 1 6 3 11
15 CRABTREE, Cole  * 5-9 0-1 4-7 13 2 2 14
30 CRABTREE, Cade  * 5-6 0-0 1-3 5 0 3 11
31 REAVES, Spencer  * 9-17 4-7 1-1 9 1 3 23
45 FREEMAN, Crawford  * 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0
01 COMBEE, Tyler  0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0
03 HARRISON, Kegan   1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 2
04 PARKS, Robbie  0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0
14 FORD, Taylor  0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0
22 VINSON, Tanner  0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0
23 POWELL, Zachery  0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 0
44 EASLEY, Nathaniel   1-1 0-0 1-2 5 0 3 3

Clarendon (30-1) 

Player   FG 3FG FT Reb  A  F Pts
02 LOWERY, Donnie * 2-7 0-3 2-2 5 1 4 6
10 Eason, Derrick  * 1-6 1-4 0-1 2 0 3 3
20 DAWSON, Justin * 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 2
23 TYLER, Styleen * 9-17 1-3 3-5 3 0 1 22
24 KNOX, Richard  * 1-7 0-2 2-3 5 0 5 4
03 JONES, Homer  0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 0
11 HAYDEN, Daylon   1-5 1-3 0-0 1 0 1 3
21 WHITFIELD, Brandon  0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 1 0
22 FLUKER, Kylynn   0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0

[Lions84]

Congrads to Cedar Ridge .

[MomaLion]

Congratulations to CR.

[Timberwolf08]

Proud of our boys!! They played with determination and class throughout this season.

I am curious, has the mercy rule ever gone into effect in a state final before? I heard several people saying Saturday night that they'd never seen it before, but would love some facts?

[bdubyab60]

EPC beat osceola by 33 for thier first title but there wasnt a mercy rule back then. But here as of late I havent seen it.

[HorseFeathers]

EPC beat osceola by 33 for thier first title but there wasnt a mercy rule back then. But here as of late I havent seen it.

Osceola beat Harrison in the 4A state finals in 2001 by 30...
Girls MOrrilton beat Heber Springs in the 4A state finals by 37 in 2003...

[LHHC]

How many back to back state champions have there ever been?

[Googlymoogly]

Proud of our boys!! They played with determination and class throughout this season.

I am curious, has the mercy rule ever gone into effect in a state final before? I heard several people saying Saturday night that they'd never seen it before, but would love some facts?

I have been going to Hot Springs for the finals since 2008 (except of course for last year when it was in Little Rock) and there has been at least one mercy rule per weekend. Last year the one that sticks out the most was the Greenland girls over Jessieville in the 3A title game

[Googlymoogly]

How many back to back state champions have there ever been?

Well there were THREE two-time state champs this weekend. Besides Cedar Ridge, North Little Rock won is second straight 7A championship and the Malvern girls won its second Class 4A title

[Timberwolf08]

BIC won back to back 05-06.

[bdubyab60]

EPC, CR, Althiemer, BIC twice and those are just the ones I know that went back to back of the top of my head.

[Googlymoogly]

OK, I did a little research on that and come up with all the back to back champs for boys and girls. There are several with three in a row and a few with four in a row. Probably the most famous of the back to back state champions was West Memphis in 1980 and 81 as both those teams were undefeated those years. And in 1979 and 1980, BOTH the Parkdale boys and girls won back to back titles:

BOYS
Four-straight
LR Central 1944, 45, 46, & 47
LR Hall 2010, 11, 12, & 13

Three-straight
Pine Bluff 1933, 34, & 35
Valley Springs 1950, 51, & 52

Two-straight
Altheimer 2003-04
Buffalo Island Central 2005-06; 1992-93
Cedar Ridge 2013-14
Clarksville 2011-12
Conway 1972-73
Drew Central 1983-84
Dumas 1993-94
East Poinsett County 2011-12
FS Northside 1958-59
Green Forest 1967-68
Greenbrier 1965-66
Guy-Perkins 2005-06
Jonesboro 1937-38
LR Central 1972-73; 1917-18; 1912-13
LR Parkview 2011-12; 1992-93; 1971-72
Magnolia 1974-75; 1971-72
Malvern 1989-90
Marmaduke 1978-79
McNeil 1976-77
North Little Rock 2013-14
Parkdale 1979-80
Pine Bluff 1923-24
Pulaski Academy 2002-03
Saratoga 1995-96
Stephens 1971-72
Turrell 1999-2000
West Memphis 2004-05; 1980-81



GIRLS
Four-straight
Bradley 1966, 67, 68 & 69
FS Northside 1999, 00, 01, & 02
Stephens 1975, 76, 77, & 78

Three-straight
Calico Rock 1974, 75, & 76
Central Ark. Christian 2005, 06 & 07
Greenbrier 1956, 57, & 58
FS Southside 1985, 86 & 87
Guy-Perkins 2001, 02 & 03
Harrison 2000, 01, & 02
Perryville 1965, 66, & 67
Van Buren 1953, 54 & 55

Two-straight
Ashdown 1968-69
Batesville 1991-92; 1982-83
Bryant 1988-89
Camden Fairview 2007-08
Carlisle 2007-08
England 2011-12
Fayetteville 1993-94
Greenland 1999-00; 2012-13
Hot Springs 1997-98
Leslie 1962-63
LR McClellan 1980-81
LR Parkview 2004-05
Marked Tree 1948-49
Marshall 2007-08
McNeil 1982-83
Ozark 2000-01
Palestine-Wheatley 1982-83
Parkdale 1979-80
Sacred Heart 2006-07
Southside-Bee Branch 1989-90
Strong-Huttig 2005-06
Van Buren 1950-51
Van-Cove 1996-97
Watson Chapel 2010-11

[Timberwolf08]

Thanks, Googlymoogly!

[HorseFeathers]

Didn't james anderson from junction city outscore jessieville by himself in a finals blow out a few years ago?

[Googlymoogly]

Didn't james anderson from junction city outscore jessieville by himself in a finals blow out a few years ago?

In 2007, Anderson scored 43 points to lead Junction City to a 68-35 mercy-rule win over Jessieville

[Googlymoogly]

Proud of our boys!! They played with determination and class throughout this season.

I am curious, has the mercy rule ever gone into effect in a state final before? I heard several people saying Saturday night that they'd never seen it before, but would love some facts?

I have been going to Hot Springs for the finals since 2008 (except of course for last year when it was in Little Rock) and there has been at least one mercy rule per weekend. Last year the one that sticks out the most was the Greenland girls over Jessieville in the 3A title game

And I had forgotten this but probably the worst beating in the state finals history (since 1993) was the CAC girls' 75-24 win over Ashdown in 2006 at Alltel Arena.