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Thursday’s schedule includes Mountain Home’s junior high softball team on the road for a doubleheader with Heber Springs. The first game begins at 5. On the high school level, Cotter entertains Mammoth Spring, Flippin is home against Valley Springs for a doubleheader, and Calico Rock hosts Greers Ferry West Side.

PANGBURN — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Archery in the Schools Program will launch arrows in a new direction April 5-6 when Pangburn High School hosts the agency’s first state-level 3D tournament compatible with the National Archery in the Schools Program. Nearly 360 archers, representing 28...

Lonoke was the 5-3 winner over Heber Springs when they last played one another back in April of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. The Lonoke Jackrabbits took a 14-9 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Heber Springs Panthers on Tuesday. Melody Peppers was...

Heber Springs is 8-1-1 against Westside since April of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Heber Springs Panthers will head out on the road to square off against the Westside Warriors at 5:00 p.m. For the first time this season, Heber Springs was...

Westside is 1-8-1 against Heber Springs since April of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Westside Warriors will be playing at home against the Heber Springs Panthers at 5:00 p.m. Westside was not able to break out of their rough...

Our track season officially starts today! Our junior high track team will head to Heber Springs for their first track meet, and our high school track team will head to Bryant for their first track meet of the season! Let's support our Running Birds!! GO BIRDS!!Visit here for more details.

Lisa Academy has been on the road for four straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Heber Springs Panthers at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Lisa Academy's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for four straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.

Old B Bank is undefeated in the Marianas Soccer League 2 with three wins, while Shirley’s Football Club and Kanoa Football Club is undefeated in the Tinekcha-Awaal (Premier Division) Spring 2024 Dove Women's League. Old B Bank won their third game after blanking Paire FC, 3-0, last Sunday at...

Heber Springs is 8-1 against Westside since April of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Heber Springs Panthers will head out on the road to square off against the Westside Warriors at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

RISON - A little more than a year after he was hired, Rison High School head football coach Caleb Carmikle is stepping down to become head coach at his alma mater, Heber Springs High School.Carmikle said he informed the team Monday afternoon of his intentions to become the new head coach of the Panthers. Heber Springs' previous head coach, Van Paschal, left after one year there to become the head coach at Cross County."I think some of them were upset, but I hope they understand," Carmikle said about the reaction from the players.Carmikle said he will remain with the Rison program through March 31 before officially beginning his new duties at Heber Springs on April 1.Carmikle was hired in February 2023 to succeed Clay Totty, who had directed the Wildcats to two state championships over his 25-year career at Rison. Carmikle had been coach at Magnet Cove for six seasons prior to be becoming the head Wildcat.Rison finished 3-8 under Carmikle this past season but did earn a playoff berth, falling in the first round to Jessieville, 40-27. Heber Springs was 6-4 this past season.A 2011 graduate of Heber Springs, Carmikle said it was the the only job he would leave Rison for. He said the opportunity to be near his mother and family as well as coach at his alma mater was something he could not pass up.Carmikle said he felt good about the future of the Wildcat football program. He said they were having a good off-season, and he was excited about the potential of a good nucleus of returning player mixing with some talented newcomers moving up from the junior high team as well as some who were returning to the program after taking the past couple of years off. He said he expects whoever takes over the reigns will field a solid team next year.Rison football historian Stan Sadler said Carmikle is the fifth head coach since 1946 (post-World War II era) to leave the Wildcat football program after one year.Rison High School Athletic Director Davy King said he was already receiving…

KANOA and Shirley’s football clubs remain unscathed in the Tinekcha-Awaal (Premier) Division of the 2024 Dove Women’s League after collecting their third win against their respective opponents at the NMI Soccer Training Center in Koblerville on Sunday. KNFC bagged their third win by beating Paire Football Club, 4-2.

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High school basketball makes up the local Wednesday schedule as regional tournaments begin in Arkansas. The Class 1A Region 2 Tournament gets underway at West Side High School in Greers Ferry. On the girls’ side, Norfork and Maynard tip off at 4, and Viola faces Mammoth Spring at 7. Viola’s boys meet Marked Tree at 8:30.

The Rural Special senior boys put on a three-point shooting clinic in their district semifinal game against top-seeded Concord Feb. 15, propelling the fourth-seeded Rebels to a 73-51 victory. The team got 11 long-range baskets from sophomore Brayden Watts and recorded 18 overall. The team could not repeat the shooting...