Sports

Only in the first year of existence at Trumann High School, Cade Gartman and Jay Morgan have had a great season for the Trumann Fishing Team and hope to cap it off with a national championship. The duo, along with boat captain Jarrett Prince, will head to Pickwick Lake in Florence,Alabama for the 2017 High School National Championship that will be held June 26 through July 3...

Meagan Allen capped off a fantastic freshmen season with her selection as a member of the Class 2A all-state softball team. Allen was also selected as all-conference for the Lady Warriors. Allen helped lead her team to a school record 22 wins and their first ever trip to the state softball tournament. ...

Harrisburg’s Jehlian Wright capped off her sophomore softball season with her selection to the Class 4A all-state softball team. Wright was productive at plate as well as a smooth defensive player from her shortstop position. Wright batted for .516 for the Lady Hornets to go along with a .589 on-base percentage and a .759 slugging percentage. ...

Sweet play made in youth baseball action in Trumann.

Daly Taylor of Trumann was selected for the Class 4A all-state softball team for her accomplishments on the softball field. The junior to be batted .430 as she collected 43 hits (three of those were homeruns) while scoring 26 runs with 30 RBIs for the Lady Wildcats. ...

Bay's Taylor Layne has been selected as a member of the Class 1A all-state baseball team for this past baseball season. Layne helped lead Bay to a 22-6 record before losing to eventual 1A state champion Woodlawn in the quarter-finals of the state baseball tournament. ...

Delta teams do battle in local tournament!

Marked Tree's Harley Daniels, a sophomore, was selected for the Class 2A all-state softball team for this past season. Daniels batted .391 for the Lady Indians finishing with 27 hits, 19 runs scored and 15 RBIs in 69 at-bats. She received the team's hitting award and RBI award. ...

Chanc Gray was recently selected for the Class 1A all-state baseball team to cap off his senior year. Gray, who played shortstop and pitched, hit .462 with 30 hits, 30 runs scored, 24 RBIs, 26 stolen bases and an .805 fielding percentage for the Warriors. ...

Harrisburg takes home championship trophy.

Post-season 10U baseball tournament action.

Wildcat band wins awards at camp.

Lady Hornet Keely Curtis was recently selected to the Class 4A all-state softball team capping off a productive senior year. Curtis was a force at the plate as she batted .500 on the season with a .540 on base percentage. She had a .637 slugging percentage with 40 runs scored, 19 RBIs and 30 stolen bases. ...

Bay's Nolan Smith capped off his high school baseball career with being selected to the Class 1A all-state baseball team. Smith helped lead Bay to the quarter-finals of the state baseball tournament falling to eventual state champion Woodlawn 7-0. Smith batted .336 this past season with three homeruns for the Yellowjackets. ...

Plays at home were plentiful this past week in youth tournament action.

Memorial weekend tournament a success at Southside Softball Complex.

EPC's Brandon Smith signs letter of intent to play at Central Baptist College.

Future Trumann Wildcats hit the football field for two days this past Monday and Tuesday to learn drills and have fun.

Cade Gartman of Trumann used a personal best in both the bench press and power clean to take honors in his weight class at the state weight lifting meeting meet recently in Alma. The Trumann team took home second place overall missing out on the title by 40 pounds...

The Harrisburg Hornets split teams and played their annual spring game last Thursday.

Red Wolves down UALR 19-2 in regular season finale.

Harrisburg and EPC battled in 10U action this past Tuesday in Harrisburg.

Bay (22-6) played toe to toe with top-ranked Woodlawn for five innings in a quarter-final match-up of the Class 1A state baseball tournament this past Saturday in Woodlawn. The Bears scored seven runs in the bottom of the sixth inning on their way to a 7-0 win over the Yellowjackets. The loss ended Bay's season...

EPC (22-9) fell behind early and could never catch up as Rison ended the Lady Warriors' season with a 7-1 win this past Friday in the Class 2A state softball tournament in Lepanto. The Lady Wildcats used two errors, a hit and two walks to plate three runs in the the top of the first inning to take the early lead over EPC. ...

Trumann (21-12) could only muster three hits on the day as they lost 8-0 to Pottsville in the opening round of the Class 4A state softball tournament last Thursday in Lonoke. The loss ended the Lady Wildcats' season. Pottsville used two Trumann errors to plate a run in the top of the first inning to take an early 1-0 lead. ...

Harrisburg (18-11) jumped out to an early 2-0 lead on Crossett in the opening round of the Class 4A state softball tournament last Thursday in Lonoke. The wheels came off for Harrisburg as the Lady Crossett Lady Eagles scored eight runs over the fourth and fifth innings on their way to an 11-3 win ending the Lady Hornets' season...

The old saying it's hard to beat a team three times in the same year proved true this past Monday in Trumann as the Lady Wildcats beat Harrisburg 3-0 in the consolation game of the 4A-East regional softball tournament. Harrisburg had beaten Trumann in the regular season and in the district finals...

Kayla Moore of Harrisburg signed her letter of intent to cheer for University of the Ozarks.

Bay (6-13) had a 6-3 lead over Izard County Consolidated (ICC) after three innings only to see the Lady Cougars score five in the fourth to go up 8-6 and then nine in the sixth holding Bay scoreless to beat the Lady Yellowjackets 17-6 to end their season...

Three Bay pitchers combined for a one-hit 10-0 shutout of Norfork on a windy day this past Friday in the opening round of the 1A-2 regional tournament in Armorel. The Yellowjackets came back on Saturday to beat Viola 5-1 to reach the finals and extend their winning streak to 15 games. In the fourth meeting of the season with the Tigers, all games decided by one run, Bay had their winning streak stopped as Armorel downed the 'Jackets 13-2...

Harrisburg (17-8) finished as runner up in the 4A-3 district tournament as the lost 10-0 to Westside in the finals. The Hornets, who set a new school record for wins in a season, got to the finals with a 2-1 win over Highland on Jaxson Hawkins' walk-off single. ...

EPC (20-7) kept it close until a three run Salem sixth was to much to overcome as the Lady Warriors lost 8-3 to the Lady Greyhounds in one semi-final game of the 2A-2 district tournament last Thursday at Marked Tree. EPC opened the tournament with a 7-2 win over Flippin and took a 11-10 walk-off win over Cotter to get the third seed for the regional tournament...

EPC (9-15) held a 4-0 lead through four innings only to see the Greyhounds scored five runs over the fifth and sixth innings to take a 5-4 win over the Warriors in 2A-2 district tournament action this past Friday in Marked Tree. The Warriors played again later in the day in the third place game losing 22-11 to Salem to finish with a fourth-seed headed to the regional tournament...

Bay (19-4) scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh, the winning run on a walk-off walk by Nolan Smith, to take a 4-3 win over Armorel to win the 1A-3 East district title this past Friday in Bay. The Yellowjackets posted an 11-1 win over Ridgefield Christian School (RCS) in one semi-final game earlier in the day on Friday...

Bay (8-11) could only produce one run against Armorel as they lost 6-1 in the finals of the 1A-3 East district tournament this past Monday in Bay. Bay beat Rector 11-5 in the first game of the day to reach the championship game. Jessie Martin struck out looking to lead off the game for Bay as Sophia Rottinghaus followed by striking out. ...

The Harrisburg Lady Hornets (17-8) came back from an early 2-0 deficit before using a six run sixth inning to take an 11-5 lead before beating Cave City by the same score in opening round play of the 4A-3 district tournament in Cave City. Harrisburg came back Friday to beat Pocahontas 15-10 in the semi-finals before getting a 13-12 walk-off win over Trumann in the finals...

Trumann (18-9) scored a run in the bottom of fifth to break a 2-2 tie then added a run in the sixth before hanging on for a 4-2 win over Westside in 4A-3 district tournament play in Cave City. The win gives the Lady Wildcats a berth in the regional tournament next week in Trumann...

Harrisburg (16-7) scored five runs in the bottom of the second inning and never looked back as they beat Cave City 7-3 in their opening round game of the 4A-3 district tournament in Cave City. The win earns the Hornets a spot in the regional tournament next week in Trumann...

Trumann offense couldn’t figure out any of the four pitchers the Westside threw at them as the Wildcats had their season come to an end with a 5-0 loss in the opening round of the 4-3 district baseball tournament in Pocahontas. The Wildcats went down in order in the top of the first as Cade Gartman grounded out, Will White looked at strike three and Garrett Woods grounded out. ...

Marked Tree’s offense could only muster one hit on the day as the Lady Indians were handed a 10-0 loss by Marmaduke this past Monday in Marked Tree. Jordan Mays led off for Marmaduke with a single as Natalie Lentz followed with a walk. Sammi Henry singled to load the bases before April Kennedy’s bunt single scored Jordan Mays making it 1-0 Lady Greyhounds. ...

Trumann (5-13) kept the Mustangs off the board over the last two innings to hang on for a thrilling 4-3 win this past Friday in Trumann. The game also matched brother against brother as Jason Dahl coaches the Wildcats as brother Adam Dahl coaches the Mustangs...

Jordan Hindman struck out nine of the ten batters he faced on his way to a no-hit performance as the Hornets beat the Seminoles 19-0 this last Thursday in high school baseball action in Harrisburg. Osceola went down in order as Hindman struck out the side in the top of the first inning. ...

Walnut Ridge scored a run in the top of eight innings as EPC couldn’t answer in the bottom half giving the Bobcats a 7-6 win last Wednesday in Lepanto. Walnut Ridge threatened to score in the top of the first having runners on first and third with two outs before a popped out ended the threat. ...