Sports

Marked Tree Indians run through drills preparing for upcoming football season.

Area players showcase talent in front of college coaches.

Arkansas State senior running back Warren Wand is a preseason candidate for the 2018 Doak Walker Award, presented annually to the nation’s premiere running back. Wand finished the 2017 campaign by rushing for 715 yards and six touchdowns to lead the Red Wolves’ rushing attack for the second straight season. ...

Harrisburg School District filled its last remaining coaching position last week with the hire of a new boys' basketball coach. The hire completes the coaching staffs of all the schools in Poinsett County. Here is a breakdown of the coaches for the upcoming school year...

Local players play in all-state youth baseball games.

Trumann Wildcats put in work this past Tuesday.

Germantown Lady Red Devils win national championship.

Trunmann hosts basketball play day with Harrisburg, Westside and Armorel.

Harrisburg Hornets hard at work in pre-season drills this past Monday.

Arkansas Chaos 14U take World Series title in Alabama.

The EPC Warriors work on different drills this past Monday in Lepanto.

Local players fair well in World Series tournaments.

EPC sophomore Meagan Allen has been named to the Class 2A all-state softball team after a banner sophomore season for the Lady Warriors. Allen was most dominant in the circle for EPC going 24-7 with a 1.57 ERA in 182.1 innings of work. She gave up 124 hits, 89 runs (41 earned) while walking 78 and striking out 354. ...

Local players hit the diamond for softball action this past weekend.

Marked Tree's Northeast Arkansas Youth Football League teams will have sign-ups for the 2018 football season on Tuesday August 7 and Wednesday August 8 from 6-8 pm at the Marked Tree Armory. This is kids who will attend the Marked Tree School District and are in grades 3-6. Practices will begin on August 9 at 6:30 pm...

Cade Gartman tabbed top angler.

Harrisburg's Zach Biggers was recently selected to the Class 4A all-state for the 2018 high school baseball season. Biggers was a force at the plate and on the mound for the Hornets. Biggers batted .311 on the year collecting 15 hits, 11 runs scored and four stolen bases while only striking out six times. ...

Jace McPhink of Trumann won the Home Run Derby title at the state tournament this past weekend.

Mallory Hartley of Bay earned Class 1A all-state honors in softball this past season for the Lady Yellowjackets. Hartley adds this honor to her all-state basketball selection earlier this year. Splitting time at catcher and shortstop Hartley finished the season with a .879 fielding percentage. ...

Brayden Duffel of Harrisburg played in the Cal Ripken 9U state tournament this past weekend in Paragould.

Trumann duo finish 58th in National High School Fishing Tournament.

Nathan Higgins of Bay was recently selected to the Class 1A all-state baseball team. Higgins batted .523 for the Yellowjackets on the season with a .611 on-base percentage and a .773 slugging percentage. He hit one home run on the year and finished with 12 RBIs and 19 runs scored while only striking out five times in 60 plate appearances. ...

Delta 8U, made up from Poinsett County players, played in the state tournament this past weekend in Jonesboro.

Harrisburg's Kloey Harlson was named Newcomer of the Year for the 2018 edition of the Best Under the Sun softball edition. Also named to the the team were Meagan Allen of EPC, Olivia Greenwell of Trumann and Jehlian Wright of Harrisburg. Four area players got to participate in high school all-star games this past weekend in Conway. ...

Daly Taylor, Ansley Wixson and Sydney Callahan played in the AHSFPA Sophomore/Junior Showcase in Conway.

Not many kids have a chance to meet a professional athlete. The hundreds of kids that attended the High Five Camp this past Monday at Valley View got to do just that. Lepanto native and current Charlotte Hornets basketball player Malik Monk visited with each age group for a question and answer session before having pictures made and signing autographs for the kids...

Bailey Williams of Bay was recently selected to the Class 3A-2A-1A all-state bowling team. Williams was the girls' individual conference champion this past season after rolling a 550 series with games of 200, 134 and 216. Williams had a season average of 169.28 with a high game of 225. Williams also garnered all-conference honors while also being a 95.3 The Ticket Player of the Week selection...

The Trumann Fishing high school team of Cade Gartman and Jay Morgan finished 10th out of 332 boats last year in the state high school fishing tournament. After an impressive spring season, the duo are headed back to Pickwick Lake with their eyes on the top prize this year...

Four Poinsett County athletes are gearing up to play in their respective all-star games as one assistant coach gets to coach her player one last time. EPC's Madison Wiggins and Trumann's Olivia Greenwell will lace up the cleats one more time as they play in the high school all-star softball game, Trumann's Cade Gartman will don the pads for the East team in the high school all-star football game as Marked Tree's Markel Perry will fill the stat book one more time as Marked Tree head basketball coach Barbara Wilburn gets to coach Perry one final time in the high school all-star basketball game.. ...

Harrisburg Junior Hornets beat Brookland for 7 on 7 title.

Alex Moses signs to continue basketball career at Williams Baptist College.