Sports

Harrisburg Lady Hornets scrimmage in preparation for upcoming season.

Local players play in annual tournament.

Arkansas State junior quarterback Logan Bonner was announced Tuesday as one of 42 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) players across the nation named to the 2019 Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List. The award recognizes the top offensive player in FBS who also exhibits the enduring characteristics that define Earl Campbell – integrity, performance, teamwork, sportsmanship, drive, community and tenacity. ...

Arkansas State junior linebacker Tajhea Chambers was one of 91 players in the nation named Thursday to the 2019 Wuerffel Trophy Watch List. The Wuerffel Trophy, known as “College Football’s Premier Award for Community Service,” is presented each February in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. ...

Marked Tree putting in the work getting ready for upcoming season.

EPC braving the heat getting ready for the season opener.

Harrisburg's football teams enjoy some ice cold watermelon.

Kylee Henderson competes in recent All-American softball tournament.

Trumann Wildcats getting ready for season to start.

Harrisburg football will have 14 seniors leading their football team this upcoming season. Twelve of those have played all three seasons under Coach Aaron Thornton.

Arkansas State’s junior cornerback Jerry Jacobs has been named to the 2019 Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Preseason Watch List. Jacobs was tabbed to the 46-player list, announced by the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame. The award annually recognizes the best defensive back in college football and is based on an individual’s on-field performance, athletic ability and character, making it one of the most coveted awards in college football...

Arkansas State senior Cody Grace, a two-time All-Sun Belt Conference football selection, was one of 26 punters across the country named Wednesday to the 2019 Ray Guy Award Watch List. Grace is the only player in school history to appear on the watch list for the nation’s top collegiate punter three times.  He was tabbed one of 10 semifinalists for the award each of the last two seasons...

Harrisburg head volleyball coach Chastan Carpino enters her fifth year at the helm of the Lady Hornets volleyball teams. Carpino is also the head softball coach. A 2003 graduate of Paragould High School, Carpino earned her degree from Arkansas State University in 2008. ...

Trumann head volleyball coach Kayla Malcom enters her second year at the helm of the Trumann volleyball program and is looking for good things this season. Malcom is a 2014 graduate of Marion High School and a 2018 graduate of Williams Baptist College. ...

Lady Wildcats play at Brookland Team Camp.

Trumann's Kody Redman takes back to back golf championships.

Poinsett County Junior 4-H Shooting Sports team competed in the Junior 4-H State Shooting Sports Championship recently at the C.A. Vines Center in Ferndale. The Junior Team, consisting of Ethan Wark, Caleb Farmer, James Dunman and Chase Hendrix, placed first overall in archery, second overall in shotgun and third overall in hunting skills. ...

Lady Wildcats participate in volleyball camp at Valley View.

Local duo end season on high note!

Arkansas State junior center Jacob Still, a 2019 Preseason Second Team All-Sun Belt Conference pick, has been named to the Rimington Trophy Watch List, announced Friday by the Rimington Trophy Committee. Still was among 80 FBS centers named to the watch list as the Rimington Trophy celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. ...

Arkansas State sophomore Marcel Murray was recently named to the 2019 Doak Walker Award Watch List, issued annually to the nation’s top running back. Murray, one of 71 players to find a place on this year’s version of the prestigious watch list, becomes the sixth all-time A-State running back to earn the recognition as he joins Warren Wand (2016-18), Michael Gordon (2014-15), David Oku (2013), Reggie Arnold (2007-09) and Jonathan Adams (2000-01). ...

Poinsett County was well represented this past Saturday at the Dare to be Fierce softball tournament at Southside Softball Complex in Jonesboro.

The 23rd Annual Youth Hunter Education Challenge (YHEC) was held recently at the C. A. Vines 4-H Center near Little Rock (Ferndale). The event, which was attended by more than 400 youth, volunteers and spectators, is a program sponsored by the National Rifle Association. ...

Arkansas State senior wide receiver Kirk Merritt, a First Team All-Sun Belt Conference selection and the league’s Newcomer of the Year last season, has been named to the 2019 Maxwell Award Watch List announced Monday by the Maxwell Football Club. Merritt is one of 80 players from across the nation to earn a spot on the watch list for prestigious award, issued to America’s College Player of the Year since 1937. ...

East Poinsett County head football coach Brandon Powell enters his sixth season with the Warriors after going 6-5 last year with a second place finish in the 2A-3 conference and a trip to the Class 2A state football playoffs. Powell is a 2001 graduate of East Poinsett County High School and 2009 graduate of Arkansas State University. ...

Waylon Dunn will enter his 27th year of coaching this fall as he guides the Marked Tree Indians' football team. Dunn is a 1986 graduate of Marked Tree High School and a 1992 graduate of Arkansas State University. He has spent 26 years coaching at Marked Tree and coached one year at Stuttgart High School. The Indians went 1-8 last season. “We had a good spring playing in some seven on seven camps. I'd like to see our numbers increase before fall gets here,” Dunn said...

Maple Grove Baptist Church Main Street Campus hosts Sports Camp.

Hosted by the Red Wolves Foundation, the eighth annual “Helmets and Heels” program featuring members of the Arkansas State football team is scheduled for Tuesday, July 30, at Centennial Bank Stadium. The event will take place in the Johnny Allison Tower and begin at 5:00 p.m. ...

Harrisburg head coach Aaron Thornton enters his third year at the helm of the Hornet's football program. A graduate of Batesville High School, Thornton attended Lyon College earning his degree in 2011. Thornton's first coaching job was Greene County Tech High School followed by a stint at Har-Ber High School. ...

Craig Green enters his second year as the head coach of the Trumann Wildcats. Green led the Wildcats to a 7-4 record in this first year at the helm including a tie for the conference championship and a first round state playoff game at home. Green played football at Pocahontas High School graduating in 2008. ...

Governor Asa Hutchinson today announced the appointment of Anne Marie Doramus of Little Rock to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. She is the first woman appointed to a full term on the commission in the state’s history. Arkansas Game and Fish Commissioners are appointed to serve 7-year terms. Anne Marie will replace outgoing commissioner Ford Overton and begin her 7-year term in July...

Head coach Blake Anderson and the Arkansas State Red Wolves will host the Wolf Cub Football Youth Camp on July 28 from two p.m. to seven p.m. at Centennial Bank Stadium in Jonesboro. The cost is $75 and includes snacks, sandwiches and a camp t-shirt. Fun drills, skills and games for ALL ages and skill levels. Campers need to bring tennis shoes, cleats, shorts and a t-shirt. To register go to www.astatefootball.com/wolf-cub-youth-camp.cfm...

Eight Poinsett County athletes garnered more post-season awards as two were selected to play in the all-star softball games, one for the all-star football game, four to the Best Under the Sun (BUTS) softball team and one to the Best Under The Sun baseball team...

Local players and umpire participate in state tournament.

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission voted unanimously to create a new Disabled Veteran Lifetime Combination License that would be available at a reduced rate for resident military veterans meeting certain criteria during today’s regularly scheduled meeting...