HECTOR -- Wildcats head football coach Scott Poteete said his team could play a football game tomorrow if it needed to, despite the unusual offseason caused by the coronavirus epidemic.

Arkansas’s bear population has made the news on more than one occasion in the last few weeks. Arkansas Game and Fish Biologists have had to relocate some black bears from a few towns in The Natural State recently, with one even taking a stroll on the University of Arkansas’s campus. The upti…

The Russellville Cyclones won a nine-hole match against the Dover Pirates and Pottsville Apaches on Monday at the Russellville Country Club.

Cyclones head coach Jeff Weaver said his players are chomping at the bit for some football after a long summer with altered practices thanks to the coronavirus outbreak.

Dardanelle Sand Lizards head basketball coach Russell Sturdivant said the introduction of a shot clock at the high school level of basketball was inevitable following the Arkansas Activities Association's 183-69 vote on Monday in favor of adding a 35-second clock beginning in the 2022-23 season.

Pottsville's Josh and Jake Dugger won the Arkansas BASS State Collegiate Championship on Saturday at Dardanelle State Park.

Brayli Roberson has dreamed of being a Razorbacks Cheerleader since she was a toddler and this summer that dream came true. Roberson, a former Russellville Cyclones cheerleader, was selected to the team in July.

Arkansas Tech University head women's cross country and track and field coach Brock Hime has been appointed to serve as the Central Region Representative for the NCAA Division II Men's and Women's Track and Field Championship Committee. Hime's appointment is four years and will see him serve…

When Taelon Peter left the Russellville Boys and Girls Club to pick up pizza for the kids, he had no idea he was coming back to a going-away party on Friday. Peter, a former Cyclone who spent his summer as a Youth Development Professional at the club, leaves to play basketball for Tennessee …

Some people read. Some people play music. Sara Velazquez plays basketball. The Russellville Lady Cyclones senior said it clears her mind.

Russellville athletic director Johnny Johnson said he believes Russellville School District is "on top of it" shortly after the district announced "several" Cyclones cheerleaders tested positive for COVID-19.

American Legion Post 20 Pirates head coach Dave Dawson hopes his players keep their heads up following Tuesday's 4-2 loss to Fort Smith in the finals of the AAA American Legion State Tournament in Sheridan.

Americans seem to have fallen back in love with the outdoors during the recent COVID-19 pandemic. With organized sports, spectator-fueled events and formal schools being shuffled to the side to slow the spread of the virus, time in the outdoors seems to have become a rediscovered gem to many…

Arkansas Tech University has nominated former Golden Suns softball student-athlete Megan Goodnight for the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year award.

For the fourth-straight year and sixth out of the past seven years, the Arkansas Tech women's tennis team has been named an ITA All-Academic Team. In addition to the team honor, six individual Golden Suns received ITA Scholar-Athlete recognition.

The Russellville Lady Cyclones  basketball team seems like the perfect fit for Ryan Koerdt.

Russellville Cyclones guard Trey Allen has spent a lot of his summer in the gymnasium putting in extra hours. In fact, Russellville head coach Kyle Pennington said Allen is the hardest working kid on the team.

Arkansas Tech University head women's basketball coach Dave Wilbers has announced the hiring of Blake Huber as an assistant coach for the storied Golden Suns program.

The Great American Conference Council of Presidents unanimously approved a plan to delay the start of all intercollegiate athletic practices until the week of August 31, with the launch of competition postponed until the week of September 28.

Russellville Cyclones alum Tony Jones landed back home after Tuesday's Board of Education Meeting inside Gardner Auditorium. Jones was hired to coach the wide receivers and defensive backs at Russellville Junior High School.

Arkansas Tech University Interim Director of Athletics Abby Davis has announced that Amy Anderson will step down from her post as head coach of the Golden Suns golf team and will transition into athletic administration full-time. In her administration role, Anderson will remain the director …

Cyclone Peewee Football Board President Michael Swindle has one goal for the hopefully upcoming 2020 peewee football season — that it's safe and healthy for all those involved.

Danville Little Johns first-year head coach Drew Smyly is finding plenty to do during the offseason football program despite the restricted format thanks to the coronavirus outbreak.

The Russellville Cyclones and Lady Cyclones golf teams will kick off their season at 3:30 p.m. on Aug. 3 at the Russellville Country Club against the Pottsville Apaches.

ATKINS — Red Devils athletics will return to action on Monday, July 20 after an athlete tested positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday, July 14.

Abby Davis, interim director of athletics at Arkansas Tech University, announced that Daniel Gallegos has been hired as director of athletic communications in the ATU Department of Athletics effective July 15, 2020.

Russellville Cyclones Cycling met for its first practice on Monday with nearly double the members as last season, said head coach Kevin Holmes.

It's never easy to be a first-year head coach, but Dover Pirates recent hire Will Cox has spent his inaugural offseason not only preparing his players for football season but battling the coronavirus outbreak restrictions on athletics.

Hector Wildcats alum and current Arkansas Tech University Wonder Boy Tanner Gaines has one more football season ahead of him — as a player at least. If things go according to plan, Gaines will be coaching football for a long time to come.

Two Lady Cyclones track and field athletes broke indoor track Russellville High School records earlier this year.

It's not easy training a football team during a pandemic, but fortunately, it's a problem every school is having to face this year, said Russellville Cyclones head coach Jeff Weaver.

Russellville graduate Taelon Peter entered the 2020 track season with a real chance to break the state high jump record, but when the coronavirus outbreak shut down schools, Peter saw his opportunity vanish before his eyes.

The Arkansas Razorbacks will not be returning their leading scorer to next season's basketball team as Mason Jones made his intentions known that he will be declaring for the 2020 NBA draft. 

LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas fourth-year junior guard Jalen Harris is graduating and will enter the transfer portal, he announced via Twitter on Tuesday.

By Otis Kirk

Area All-State Basketball Players 

The Southeastern Conference announced that all organized team activities including practices would be suspended until April 15. All baseball, softball, track, and any other spring sport will be affected by this announcement.   

Knee jerk reactions abound in our society. Right now, they seem to be the rule, not the exception, when dealing with the COVID-19 virus. The NCAA probably made the biggest knee jerk reaction of any by cancelling all winter/spring sport championships. While it is sad that March Madness isn’t …

By Otis Kirk

Razorback basketball player Mason Jones has received one of the top honors in the college basketball as he was named SEC Player of the Year by the Associated Press. Jones was awarded Player of the Year despite the team finishing 11th out of 14 in the SEC. 

The Quitman Lady Bulldogs (28-3) have made their presence felt in class 2A recently and they look poised to do that again in 2020 as they defeated the Hector Lady Wildcats (8-21) 84-45 on Tuesday.

It wasn’t supposed to end this way, but someone forgot to inform the Jonesboro Hurricane (17-10).  Coach Wes Swift and his Jonesboro team handed Russellville (23-6) their first home loss of the season.  Unfortunately, for the Cyclones it was in the first round of the state tournament and sub…

Russellville hosts the 5A state tournament this week, but several area teams are prepping for tournaments in their respective classes.  

The Pottsville Apaches (16-12) fell to Ozark (23-9) in the 4A North Regional regional final on Saturday night 44-38.  Pottsville has won 11 of their last 14 games, but Ozark has been two of their three losses during that span.  

Boys Little Rock Christian 72, Russellville 67 OT

Pottsville 40, Prairie Grove 36 

4A @ Berryville