Levi Sims sank two free throws with 27 seconds left to hand the Warriors a 50-49 victory over the Hornets in the final of the boys’ bracket.
Dakota Shipley led Webbers Falls with 18 points in the championship game and Sims finished with 16.
The Warriors had advanced to the championship game with a 46-34 win over Oaks as Chad Dandridge led the way with 11 points, Matt Baucom scored nine and Jacob Glad and Shipley both netted eight.
In the first round of the tournament, Webbers Falls beat Braggs 71-41. Dandridge was the top scorer for the Warriors in that game with 11 points, while Shipley and Glad scored 10 points apiece.
“One good thing about these boys is that no one hogs the glory. It’s been a total team effort and that’s what you have to do to be successful,” said Webbers Falls coach Sean Dandridge.
Chad Dandridge and Glad both made the all-tournament team with Glad, a senior forward, also earning Most Valuable Player honors.
Other all-tournament selections for the boys were Two Leaf Ross and Brice Duvall of Cave Springs, Greg Bezzell of Dewar, Coby Marley of Oaks, Dylan Edens of Watts, Garrett Kizzia of Braggs and Weylon Miller of Okay.
Oaks won the girls’ championship of the Arkansas River Shootout with a 52-49 victory over Dewar.
The Webbers Falls Lady Warriors bounced back from a first-round loss against Watts to win two games in a row and capture the consolation championship. Webbers Falls’ Katie Smith made the girls’ all-tournament team.
Oaks’ Whitney Philpot was named MVP and was joined on the all-tourney team by teammate Jess Thompson., Haley Bias of Braggs, Brittany Scott of Cave Springs, Ricki Potter of Watts, Deanna Fowler of Okay, Ashley Hollaby of Dewar and Whitney Jefferson of Dewar.
