<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1lRblL_1GvhtpCM00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1lRblL_1GvhtpCM00" width="504" height="720" ><figcaption>Mountain Home's Max Bryant goes up and under for a layup against Paragould on Monday at The Hangar. (Neal Denton/The Baxter Bulletin)</figcaption></figure>The Mountain Home Bombers finished off Paragould with a 15-0 run in the second half and ran to a 58-40 victory over the Rams in the season opener for both teams Monday night at The Hangar.Mountain Home scored the game’s first eight points, and the Bombers kept the Rams off the scoreboard for the first 5:18 of the game. Paragould did not score until a pair of free throws from a bookkeeping technical foul by the Bombers at the 2:42 mark.“We knew Paragould was young, but we didn’t know much about them,” Mountain Home head coach Josh Fulcher said. “They lost eight or nine seniors from last year. They have a talented sophomore group. We knew they would get after us. They put pressure on you and make you make decisions. At times we handled it well, and at times we didn’t.”Paragould climbed to within 8-4, but Mountain Home’s Max Bryant scored four straight for a 12-4 cushion. The Bombers led 14-9 after one quarter and were up only 16-13 early in the second period when Tayshaun Henry and Bailor Tate each buried 3-pointers for a 22-13 advantage.“We went through a tough, physical first quarter,” Fulcher said. “We got in the bonus early and couldn’t take advantage of it. We settled for too much perimeter. I would have liked to stretch that lead out in the second quarter. We played some selfish basketball. We talked about that at halftime, and in the third quarter, the ball moved better.”Mountain Home took a 27-19 lead into halftime, but the Bombers allowed only four points from the Rams in the third period. Satch Cheek gave the hosts their first double-digit lead at 31-21 on a putback.Mountain Home’s lead grew to 34-21, and after Paragould scored its second bucket of the quarter, the Bombers scored the final seven of the frame, including five straight by Davin Reasons, for a 41-23 cushion.“We did a good job of rebounding in space,” Fulcher said. “We were talking about Davin coming in and being an animal on the glass. We’ve been preaching that to him. When we play aggressive and just play ball, we can do a lot of things.”The Bombers outrebounded the Rams, 28-16, in the victory and also owned a 19-14 turnover advantage.“We switched up our man and our zone in the first half,” Fulcher said. “We talked about it at halftime, and coach (Calvin) Henry said we should go to a full-court man and get after them. It didn’t allow our guys to have safety nets out there and made it to where they had to make good decisions. There are some things we still need to work on with our ball screen coverage.”The Bombers kept the run going in the fourth, scoring the first eight as Landon Newton scorched a 3-pointer, Cheek converted an old-fashioned 3-point play, and Bryant scored off a steal for a 49-23 cushion to end the 15-0 run. Mountain Home led by as many as 28 early in the fourth quarter.Cheek led all scorers and rebounders with 18 points and eight rebounds. Raidyn Harvey paced Paragould with 12 points.Mountain Home’s boys return to action at 4:40 p.m. Saturday when they travel to Nettleton.“I was proud of the way we came out of halftime,” Fulcher said. “We flipped the game, and it allowed us to play several guys who did good things. It’s a brand new team, and so many guys are in new positions this year. It’s a good start to a growing process. We need to take a few steps forward, because Nettleton is a different level.”Mountain Home won the JV game, 40-34, as Drew Nelson tossed in 10 points and Tanner Alkire and Lincoln Clements added seven apiece.RAMS (0-1)Harvey 12, B.Holden 9, Haynes 8, Henry 5, Burkheart 3, Webb 2, D.Holden 1.BOMBERS (1-0)Cheek 18, Tate 9, Bryant 8, Cormican 7, Reasons 7, Henry 3, Newton 3, Sabo 3.PARAGOULD 9 10 4 17 — 40MTN.HOME 14 13 14 17 — 58</div></body>

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The Mountain Home Bombers finished off Paragould with a 15-0 run in the second half and ran to a 58-40 victory over the Rams in the season opener for both teams Monday night at The Hangar. Mountain Home scored the game’s first eight points, and the Bombers kept the Rams...

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The Mountain Home Bombers finished off Paragould with a 15-0 run in the second half and ran to a 58-40 victory over the Rams in the season opener for both 

Bombers blast Rams in season opener

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