Panthers, Lady Panthers snag Homecoming wins

January 17, 2012 at 11:38 a.m. | Updated January 17, 2012 at 11:38 a.m.

Prairie Home's Trever Huth grabs a rebound during the Panthers' Homecoming game Friday. At right is Jamestown's Ethan Hunziker.

Prairie Home's "Friday the 13th" themed Homecoming started off on a high note Friday night as both the Panthers and Lady Panthers won their basketball games against Jamestown.

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Rescuers inspect the scene Monday after a high-speed train derailed and slammed into another passenger train in Zibo in eastern China's Shandong province. At least 70 people were killed and more than 400 injured, making it China's worst train accident in a decade.

The evening started off with the varsity girls capturing a 42-20 win from the Lady Eagles. The Lady Panthers led 10-4 after one quarter and 16-8 at the half. Prairie Home led 32-11 after the third quarter and outscored Jamestown 10-9 in the fourth to secure the win.

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The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, former pastor to presidential candidate Barack Obama, talks to the National Press Club on Monday in Washington.

Prairie Home seniors and their parents were recognized during halftime of the varsity girls' game. The varsity boys' game followed, in which the Panthers used a fourth-quarter comeback to defeat the Eagles 49-48.

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Parents Mona and Ron Ward leave in the middle of a news conference Monday at Arkansas State Police headquarters where forensic pathology professor John Pless announced that he rules out homicide as the cause of Olivia Jane Ward's death at a 1989 party in Searcy County.

For more of this story check out the Jan. 18 issue of the California Democrat.