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FORREST CITY — On Monday, June 10, East Arkansas Community College will host the 13th annual EACC Golf Tournament at the Forrest City Country Club’s 18-hole course to benefit the EACC Foundation. This year’s co-sponsors for the tournament are Arkansas Concrete Co., Boar’s Head, and Forrest City Medical...

WYNNE — Wynne Lady Jackets volleyball has announced the rosters for the 2024-2025 varsity and junior varsity teams. Named to the varsity team are Emily Banks, Emma Hall, Lilly Lovell, Bree Pardy, Lynsey Andrews, Camille Crawford, Zoë Scott, Julia Shepherd, Baylee Williams, Alerie Anderson, Lia Bunch, Clara Davis, Blair Huddleston, Landry Lovell, Ella Reed, and Laekyn Smith.

WYNNE — With the spring sports season in the books, the Arkansas Activities Association has released its All-State selections for soccer, baseball, softball, and track for the 2024 season. Wynne’s Tyler Bushey, Brayden Mattox, and Madison Hoselton were named All-State in soccer, and Jace McDaniel was named to the...

WYNNE — A Wynne police officer joined in the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Arkansas yesterday (Tuesday). Sam Lawhon is the Community Oriented Policing (COPs) officer for the Wynne Police Department. Officer Lawhon joined in the run, accompanying the torch on its route from Forrest City to Wynne yesterday. Officer Lawhon ran for about three miles and was joined by Arkansas State Troopers and representatives from Arkansas Game & Fish.

VILLAGE CREEK — Registration is now open for the 9th annual Colonel’s Classic golf tournament. The tournament is held in memory of former Wynne football coach Bill Smith and funds a scholarship in Smith’s name at Wynne High School. Dub Smith, son of the late Bill Smith,...

WYNNE — The second of three Stingers football sign-up nights will be held tomorrow. It will be held from 5-7 p.m. at Wynne Junior High School. Josh Wingo is the director of the program. “The way I look at it and tell parents if you have a kid at...

FORREST CITY — The ONE Razorback Roadshow made a stop yesterday in Forrest City. The event featured Vice Chancellor and Athletic Director Hunter Yurachek, members of the spirit squad and band, and Big Red. Matt Zimmerman, color analyst for Razorback men’s basketball radio broadcasts and co-host of the Razorback...

PALESTINE - Woodlawn could never figure out Riverside pitcher Klaire Womack as she pitched a no hitter to lead the Lady Rebels to a 5-0 win over the Lady Bears in the Class 2A state semifinals Saturday afternoon at Palestine-Wheatley High School.Womack and the Lady Rebs have been nearly perfect this season as they advance to the state championship game with a 27-1 record. Their only setback this year was a 13-0 loss to Green County Tech, a team which advanced to the Class 5A state semifinals on Saturday. Woodlawn Coach Synthia English, who was filling in for head coach Kyle Thaxton (see related story this issue), had high praise for Womack."As a junior, she is phenomenal," English said. "Her movement is crazy. You can only do one of two things, you can either scoot up (in the batter's box) and get in close, or you can stay normal… That girl can just swing it. That rising ball is just beautiful." Woodlawn batters did move to the front of the box to get in front of Womack's movement, but English said the pitches were coming too quick to make much contact.Over the first three innings, it looked as though it was going to be a pitching battle between Womack and Lady Bears ace Lilly Faye McWhorter.The only hit over the stretch came from Womack herself when she was sent an 0-2 pitch over the left field fence to give the Lady Rebels a 1-0 lead.As the game wore on, it became evident that McWhorter was starting to struggle. McWhorter was sidelined for the final three weeks of the regular season with a nagging injury. She became active again during the regional tournament, used mostly in relief roles before getting to start in the regional finals. After retiring the first two batters she faced in the fourth inning, McWhorter gave up a walk and then Riverside's Ryley Eakins doubled into right. Both runners end up scoring off a fielding error to give the Lady Rebs a 3-0 lead. McWhorter returned in the fifth inning, and after the leadoff batter reached on an error, she retired…

PALESTINE - Magnet Cove's Mailyn Tanaka hit a two-strike, two-out homerun in the top of the seventh inning to lift the Lady Panthers to a 2-1 victory over the Rison Lady Wildcats in the Class 2A quarterfinals last Friday afternoon at Palestine-Wheatley High School.It was a hearbreaking loss for the Lady 'Cats as they came out on the short end of a pitching duel between Rison's Josey Edwards and Magnet Cove's Bella Harville.Tanaka was 0-for-2 in the game when she stepped to the plate with two out in the top of the seventh. She had flied out and struck out in her previous two appearances at the plate, and was working a 2-2 count when she made contact and sent the ball sailing over the left field fence.Rison put itself in position to perhaps tie the game in the bottom of the seventh when freshman Riley Hyatt had a two-out double, and Layne Potter was then intentionally walked to put two aboard. However, a fly ball to right ended the game.The Lady Wildcats led for much of the game. Three consecutive singles from Josey Edwards, Carlese Johnson and MacKenzie King allowed Edwards' courtesy runner, Elissa Summar, to score and give Rison a 1-0 lead.Magnet Cove tied it in the top of the fifth when Kynsli Brashears' led off with a single, and then scored on Izzy Sawyer's one-out double, making it a 1-1.The Lady Wildcats had some other scoring opportunities in the game, but were unable to cash in.In the first inning, Edwards and Johnson had back-to-back singles with two out before a strikeout ended the inning. Haven Simpson then started the second with a lead-off single but could never advance.Both pitchers had some success controling the opposing batting order.Up until Tanaka's dinger with two out in the seventh, Edwards had given up just four singles without a walk, and had struck out two. Magnet Cove's Harville allowed seven hits and one walk while striking out four.The loss brought an end to a turnaround season for the Lady 'Cats, who had won 14 straight and 19 of their…

WYNNE — Brayden Mattox took home three major awards at the Wynne athletic awards program last night at the Wynne High School auditorium on the temporary Wynne High School campus. Mattox was named the winner of the Coach Don Campbell Memorial Scholarship, the Wynne Sportsworld’s Lindell Staggs Character Award,...

WYNNE — Wynne Yellowjacket Athletics has announced sign-ups for baseball, softball, and soccer for the 2024-2025 school year. Wynne Yellowjackets baseball has postponed varsity and junior varsity tryouts for students entering grades 9 through 12. The tryouts were originally scheduled for Friday, but have been postponed due to the weather.

BAUXITE, Ark. – In a hard-fought first-round match of the 4A State Soccer Tournament on Thursday, May 9, 2024, at Bauxite, the Warren Lumberjacks fell to the Wynne Yellowjackets by the final of 1-0, brining an end to the 2024 season for the orange and black. This Lumberjack game...

WYNNE — The Wynne Yellowjacket football program is partnering with the Fumble Club for a new event for players and parents. “We’re going to do what we call Spring Swarm. It’s going to start at 6 o’clock here at the stadium on May 30. I believe that’s a Thursday night. We’ll have our 7th graders come out for about 15 minutes and run a few plays,” said Wynne Yellowjackets coach Clay Totty. “It gives them some motivation because we’re doing install with them in the period as well. We’ll have our 8th graders do about 15 minutes of some plays that we’ll be installing with them. That will be your 8th and 9th to be.

WYNNE — The Wynne Yellowjackets are back on the gridiron for the start of spring football after a challenging first year for coach Clay Totty. The Jackets finished the 2023 season 5-5-1 and made the playoffs, which should be considered an accomplishment following the tornado. “I was proud of...

Hughes is still looking for their season's first win. They lost 13-5 to the Lewis County Panthers on Thursday. For Lewis County's part, Addison Morgan was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over six innings pitched. Morgan was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with a double.