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Pirates head to state tournament (5/8/24)By JOSEPH FONDREN Sports Connection Team WILSON - The Gosnell Pirates offense came alive in the later innings to defeat the Harrisburg Hornets, 13-3, and earn the third place seed from the 3A-2 region heading into the 3A state tournament. this week in Hot Springs. ...
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Colts fall to Bobcats in 3A-2 championship game (5/8/24)By JOSEPH FONDREN Sports Connection Team 3A-2 Championship game: Walnut Ridge Bobcats 16, Rivercrest Colts 1 WILSON - The Rivercrest Colts seemed in control of the 3A-2 Championship game on their home turf leading 1-0 until the fifth inning when the Walnut Ridge Bobcats erupted for 16 runs in the final three innings to defeat Rivercrest 16-1. ...
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Lady Warriors fall to Des Arc in regionals (5/8/24)By COSMO COSSEY Sports Connection Team MONETTE - EPC (17-9) faced off against Des Arc in the third/fourth place game in the 2A North Regional Tournament to determine placement in the upcoming Class 2A State Tournament. EPC jumped out to an early lead but couldn't hold on in a 6-4 loss. The Lady Warriors will be the fourth seed out of the region. EPC will play Central Arkansas Christian on Thursday, May 9 at Palestine-Wheatley...
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Lady Mustangs lose 1-0 to Des Arc (5/8/24)By COSMO COSSEY Sports Connection Team MONETTE – BIC (13-10) was held to three hits on the day as the Lady Mustangs lost to Des Arc 1-0 in the opening round of 2A North Regional Tournament this past Thursday. The loss ended BIC's season. The Lady Mustangs went three up and three down to start the game as Jaylyn Cagle and Hallee Wells both struck out looking as Parker flew out. ...
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Rebels get third seed out of regional tournament (5/8/24)By COSMO COSSEY Sports Connection Team MONETTE - The Riverside Rebels (26-5) beat Carlisle 6-3 in their opening game of the 2A North Regional Tournament this past Thursday. The Rebels lost to Palestine-Wheatley 12-2 this past Friday before beating Rector 3-2 in the third/fourth place game this past Saturday. The Rebels will be the third seed from the regional and will play Poyen on Thursday, May 9 at 5:30 p.m. at Palestine-Wheatley...
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Melbourne edges Gosnell, 4-2 (5/8/24)By STEVE KNOX Sports Connection Team WILSON - Gosnell won a game that was a tightly contested pitchers dual 4-2 Saturday at the 3A-2 Regional Tournament at Rivercrest High School. The Lady Bearkatz scratched across a run in the fourth inning after having been set down in order over the first three innings by Gosnell ace Savana Gist...
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Salem defeats Rivercrest, 5-2 (5/8/24)By STEVE KNOX Sports Connection Team WILSON - Salem broke a 2-2 tie in the fourth inning and went on defeat Rivercrest 5-2 Friday in the first of two semi-final games in the 3A-2 Regional Softball Tournament at Rivercrest High School. The Lady Greyhounds drew first blood in the game as they two runs in the top of the first off of Lady Colts starter Katey Ostendorf. Rivercrest would be unable to muster anything on offense in the bottom of the inning and it was 2-0 Salem after one inning...
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Rivercrest punches its ticket to the 3A State Tournament (5/8/24)By STEVE KNOX Sports Connection Team WILSON - Rivercrest scored twice in the bottom of the sixth to take a 5-4 lead and hung on for a one-run win over Walnut Ridge in the 3A 2 Regional Tournament Thursday at Rivercrest High School. The Lady Colts (12-7) also punched their ticket to the 3A State Tournament at Hot Springs in the process...
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Lady Bearkatz oust Lady Hornets (5/8/24)By STEVE KNOX Sports Connection Team WILSON - Melbourne kept Harrisburg off the scoreboard and went on to run-rule the Lady Hornets 10-0 and punch their ticket to the 3A State Tournament next week in Hot Springs. Melbourne (20-6) scored in the bottom half of the first when Grace Cross drew a one out walk, and Rylee Hoskinds followed with a walk. ...
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Salem outlasts Corning 9-6 (5/8/24)By STEVE KNOX Sports Connection Team WILSON - The 3A-3 fourth seed Corning gave unbeaten Salem everything they had, perhaps even throwing them a scare as the Lady Greyhounds had to rally for a 9-6 win over the Lady Bobcats in the Region 3A-2 Softball Tournament Thursday at Ridgecrest High School...
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Gosnell rallies past Tuckerman to advance to 3A state (5/8/24)By STEVE KNOX Sports Connection Team WILSON - Gosnell dug itself out of a six run hole to advance to the 3A State Tournament for the first time in school history with a 13-10 victory over Tuckerman at the 3A-2 Regional Tournament Thursday at Ridgecrest High School...
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Rivercrest edges Harrisburg 6-5 (5/8/24)By STEVE KNOX Sports Connection Team WILSON - Rivercrest earned a spot in the 3A Region 2 championship baseball game with a 6-5 victory over the Harrisburg Hornets Friday at the Regional Tournament at Rivercrest High School. Harrisburg gave their conference foe another tight game as the Hornets scored three times in the top of the first aided by a couple of Colts errors. ...
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Harrisburg upsets Melbourne to earn 3A State berth (5/8/24)By STEVE KNOX Sports Connection Team WILSON - Harrisburg jumped out to an early lead then hung on through a couple of rain delays to hold off the Melbourne Bearkatz and pick up a spot in the 3A State Tournament at Hot Springs. The Hornets scored three first inning runs as Max Tracy reached on an error, moved to second on a single by Eastin Gray and scored on a single by Trey Blackwood to make it 1-0 in favor of the Hornets. ...
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Gosnell edges Newport 5-3 (5/8/24)By STEVE KNOX Sports Connection Team WILSON - Gosnell built a 5-0 lead after five innings, but had to weather a sixth inning rally by the Newport Greyhounds to get a 5-3 victory and advance to the Class 3A State Tournament at Hot Springs. The Pirates and Greyhounds were locked in a pitchers duel for first three and a half innings as neither team was able to scratch across a run. ...
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Walnut Ridge weathers late Manila rally (5/8/24)By STEVE KNOX Sports Connection Team WILSON - Walnut Ridge built an 8-0 lead heading into the top of the seventh inning, but had to weather a Manila rally in the inning to secure an 8-6 victory. The Lions, who had managed only two base runners to that point would get six consecutive hits to cut the Bobcats lead to 8-5. ...
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Rivercrest slips past Cave City 1-0 (5/8/24).By STEVE KNOX Sports Connection Team WILSON - Ian McClain’s first inning RBI single which scored Kevin Morris would prove to be the only run Rivercrest would need as the Colts made that run stand up in a 1-0 victory over Cave City. The Colts win in the 3A-2 Regional at Rivercrest propelled them to a bid in the Class 3A State Tournament next week at Hot Springs...
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Rivercrest competes in Track Meet (5/8/24)
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Monroe Carr named Lady Pirates head coach (5/8/24)By Joseph Fondren Sports Connection Team GOSNELL— The Gosnell School District announced Tuesday, April 30 via Facebook that former high school athlete standout Monroe Carr would serve as the next head coach as the Gosnell Lady Pirates basketball program. ...
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Hairston named head coach of the Gosnell Pirates (5/8/24)By Joseph Fondren Sports Connection Team GOSNELL— During the Gosnell School District’s April school board meeting, the board hired junior high boys basketball coach and assistant varsity coach Nathan Hairston to be the next coach of the Gosnell Pirates varsity basketball program. ...
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Marked Tree boys finish second, Armorel eighth (5/8/24)The Marked Tree boys track and field team tied for second with Ozark Catholic, just two points out of first at the Class 1A State meet at Wonderview High School. Armorel finished in eighth place. The Indians had a strong showing winning state championships in the 200 meters (Terry Hodges, 22.88 seconds), Long Jump (Hodges, 20-9.25 feet) and 4x200 Meter Relay...
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Tigers fall in regional championship game (5/8/24)By JOSEPH FONDREN Sports Connection Team MARKED TREE— The Armorel Tigers advanced to the 1A State tournament with an impressive showing at the 1A-2 Regional tournament where they fell 2-1 in the championship game to West Side Greers Ferry Saturday afternoon in Marked Tree High School. ...
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Lady Rebels beat Carlisle for 2A North Regional title (5/8/24)By COSMO COSSEY Sports Connection Team MONETTE – Riverside (24-1) scored two runs in the top of the seventh inning to break a 2-2 tie before hanging on to win 4-2 over Carlisle in the 2A North Regional Tournament championship game this past Saturday. The Lady Rebels will be the one seed from the north and will play Bigelow on Thursday, May 9 at 10:00 a.m. at Palestine-Wheatley...
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Manila softball defeats Corning 12-8 (5/1/24)By STEVE KNOX Sports Connection Team CORNING - Freshman Madison Tune drove in four runs and Chloe Helms scored twice as the Manila Lady Lions picked up their third conference win of the 2024 season in a 12-8 victory at Corning in the regular season finale for both teams...
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Armorel girls outlast Mammoth Spring to win 1A-3 meet (5/1/24)By STEVE KNOX Sports Connection Team POCAHONTAS - The Armorel girls track and field squad won eight of the 18 events and went on to win the 1A-3 Conference track and field meet held Thursday April 22 at Pocahontas High School. Armorel scored 148.5 points to best second place Mammoth Spring (125.5 points). ...
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Marked Tree easily wins the 1A-3 boys title (5/1/24)By STEVE KNOX Sports Connection Team Marked Tree blew past the field in the 1A-3 boys track and field conference championship held April 25 at Pocahontas High School. The Indians amassed 197 points to easily win the team title. Ridgefield Christian School was second with 111 points, Mammoth Spring finished third with 98 points. Armorel, paced by meet high scorer Braylen Williams was fourth with 92 points. Maynard was fifth with 77 points and Crowley’s Ridge Academy was sixth with 37 points...
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Corning girls win 3A-3 track meet (5/1/24)By STEVE KNOX Sports Connection Team MANILA - Corning scored 23 team points in the shot put to Manila’s 12 and edged the Lady Lions 156-148 in the 3A-3 track and field championships held April 22 at Manila High School. The Lady Bobcats won four first place titles as Taylor Whitley won the 1600 and 3200 meter runs with times of 7:29.13 and 18:11.19. ...
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Lady Warriors beat BIC 7-2 in district semi-finals (5/1/24)By COSMO COSSEY Sports Connection Team MONETTE - After two one run loses during the regular season, EPC () jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the top of the first before going on to beat BIC () in the semi-finals of the 2A-3 softball district tournament. Terrin Powell singled leading off for the Lady Warriors before stealing second base. ...
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Indians fall in district semi-finals (5/1/24)By COSMO COSSEY Sports Connection Team MARKED TREE - Marked Tree (9-13) jumped out an early 3-0 but couldn't make it stand up as Hillcrest came back for a 7-3 win in the semi-finals of the 1A-3 district tournament. Tate Swink singled leading off the game for Marked Tree before stealing second base. ...
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Armorel falls to Hillcrest in district tourney finals (5/1/24)By COSMO COSSEY Sports Connection Team MARKED TREE - Armorel (14-8) couldn't produce much offense against Hillcrest in the finals of 1A-3 district tournament as the Tigers lost 13-3 to the Screamin' Eagles. Hillcrest jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning as Ben Braswell grounded out leading off the bottom of the inning for Armorel. ...
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Rebels beat Rector 4-1 for district title (5/1/24)By COSMO COSSEY Sports Connection Team MONETTE - Riverside (24-4) used a strong pitching performance from Zane McClure to beat Rector 4-1 and claim the 2A-3 district tournament title. The Rebels also won the regular season title. Rector got two runners on in the top of the first inning before McClure got a strikeout and ground out to get out of the jam. ...
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Lady Pirates claim second straight district title (5/1/24)By DAVID PIERCE Sports Connection Team GOSNELL – Twice the Gosnell Lady Pirates and the Rivercrest Lady Colts had met prior to Wednesday’s 3A-3 District championship game. And each held a victory – identical 2-1 scores in the two matchups. However, in the third game between the two, it was three-run differential as Gosnell claimed its second consecutive district title with a 7-4 win...
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Lady Wildcats win thriller in district opener (5/1/24)By COSMO COSSEY Sports Connection Team It took an extra inning to find a winner as Trumann's Faith Munt lifted a sacrifice fly deep enough to score Topanga Elliott giving the Lady Wildcats (6-8) a 15-14 win over Highland in the opening round of the 4A-3 district softball tournament played at Westfield High School...
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Corning downs Manila in 3A-3 tournament (5/1/24)By STEVE KNOX Sports Connection Team GOSNELL - Corning scored seven runs over the first two innings and was able to weather a Manila comeback bid and went on to claim a 7-6 victory in first round action at the 3A-3 Conference softball tournament Monday at Gosnell...
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Colts Ralph slams door on Gosnell, leads team to district title (5/1/24)By DAVID PIERCE Sports Connection GOSNELL – Big games call for big time performances and Rivercrest’s Joe Louis Ralph answered Wednesday with a shutout of top-seeded Gosnell in the 3-3A District Championship. The junior pitched a complete game while allowing just two hits, striking out 10 and walking three in the 3-0 win, the Colts first in the last five games against the Pirates. ...
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Gosnell rallies by Rivercrest, claims outright conference title (4/24/24)By DAVID PIERCE Sports Connection Team WILSON – It wasn’t a thing of beauty but a win is a win as the Gosnell Pirates rallied for a 9-8 victory over rival Rivercrest Thursday. With the Pirates trailing 8-7 in their half of the seventh and the bases full, Trent Middleton laced a 1-2 offering from Joe Louis Ralph into right field plating both Blake Brothers and Parker Wells with the tying and what would prove to be the winning run...
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Jenkins pitches a no-no in 14-0 victory over the Lions (4/24/24)By Joseph Fondren Sports Connection Team GOSNELL -- The Gosnell Pirates dominated cross county rival and 3A-3 conference foe the Manila Lions Wednesday night with a 14-0 victory as senior hurler Rylan Jenkins tossed a no hitter in a complete game performance...
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Pirates finish regular season with win on senior night (4/24/24)By Joseph Fondren Sports Connection Team GOSNELL-- The Gosnell Pirates capped off their 2024 3A-3 Conference Championship season with an 11-1 victory Friday night against the Holcomb Hornets on senior night for Gosnell. The Pirates (18-5 overall, 11-1 overall) honored nine seniors during senior night activities...
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Gosnell’s Middleton and Reams sign to play college baseball (4/24/24)By STEVE KNOX Sports Connection Team GOSNELL - Trent Middleton and Jake Reams followed up on their verbal commitments to play college baseball Wednesday afternoon in a signing ceremony at the Gosnell High School Library. The two Gosnell Pirate baseball standouts signed to play college baseball for ASU Mid-South in West Memphis. Both had verbally committed to play for the Greyhounds earlier this year...
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Lady Rebels suffer first loss against GCT (4/24/24)By COSMO COSSEY Sports Connection Team PARAGOULD - Riverside (18-1) suffered their first loss of the season to Greene County Tech (GCT) this past Thursday in non-conference softball action. The Lady Rebels had only four hits in a 13-0 loss to the Lady Golden Eagles...
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Marked Tree holds on for win over EPC (4/24/24)By COSMO COSSEY Sports Connection Team MARKED TREE – Marked Tree (8-12) held on for a 7-6 win over EPC (9-11) this past week after Timothy Risper battled the wind to make the catch for the final out in a battle of Poinsett County baseball teams. Tyler Moore bunted for a base hit leading off the game for EPC and promptly stole second base. ...
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Lady Mustangs take 11-7 win over Trumann (4/24/24)By COSMO COSSEY Sports Connection Team MONETTE - The BIC Lady Mustangs (11-8) bounced back from an early deficit to take an 11-7 win over Trumann (5-8) in non-conference softball action. Faith Muntz led off with a walk for Trumann followed by a single from Sadie Carter. ...
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Tigers claw back to victory on senior night (4/24/24)By Joseph Fondren Sports Connection Team Armorel Tigers 9, Marked Tree Indians 8 ARMOREL— The Armorel Tigers were down 4-0 after the top of the first to 1A-3 conference foe the Marked Tree Indians; however, the Tigers clawed their way back to stay undefeated in conference play with a 9-8 victory on Senior night. ...
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Tigers win 1A-3 Conference; fall in second game (4/24/24)By Joseph Fondren Sports Connection Team Armorel Tigers 10, Hillcrest Screamin’ Eagles 6 - Game 1 Hillcrest Screamin’ Eagles 4, Armorel Tigers 3 - Game 2 ARMOREL --- The Armorel Tigers were crowned the champions of the 1A-3 conference Friday night after splitting a doubleheader -- 10-6 Tigers; 4-3 Hillcrest -- with conference foe the Hillcrest Screamin’ Eagles...
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EPC boys win it all (4/24/24)By STEVE KNOX Sports Connection Team While one Poinsett County squad was considered a favorite, their Class 2A neighbor wasn’t even an after thought... that team was the EPC Warriors. But EPC would go on an improbable post-season run, ending up in Hot Springs. The Warriors would go on to shock the state by winning the 2A State Title. The win further cemented Northeast Arkansas as being a powerful force in high school hoops in the state...
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EPC: 2024 2A State Basketball Champions (4/24/24)
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EPC's defense carried team to state title (4/24/24)By COSMO COSSEY Sports Connection Team EPC peaked at about the same time of season for the second year in a row, only this time that peak and team defense carried the Warriors to the top. The Warriors capped a great season with a 68-61 win over Marshall in the 2A State Championship to win the school's fourth state title in basketball and first for head coach JaMarcus Thaxton. “These guys bought into that defense wins games. All the credit goes to them,” Thaxton said...
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EPC: 2024 2A State Basketball Champions (4/24/24)
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Indians cap magical season (4/24/24)Recap By STEVE KNOX Sports Connection Team When the 2023-2024 basketball season began, one Poinsett County boys basketball team was considered an odds on favorite to make a return trip to Hot Springs for another shot at a state title. The Marked Tree Indians were widely regarded as having a great shot at winning the title, one season after coming up short against the County Line Indians and ending as the runner-up...
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Wilburn-Covington selected AHSCA COY (4/24/24)By STEVE KNOX Sports Connection Team LITTLE ROCK - Barbara Wilburn-Covington, head coach of the state champion Marked Tree boys basketball team, has been selected basketball’s Outstanding Coach. Wilburn-Covington, who led the Indians to a 35-3 mark this season, was honored as coach of the year by a vote of her peers...
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Marked Tree Indians: 2024 1A State Basketball Champions (4/24/24)