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LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas fourth-year junior guard Jalen Harris is graduating and will enter the transfer portal, he announced via Twitter on Tuesday.
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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
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BENTON, Ark. – A Bryant teen who is an Arkansas Razorbacks football signee has been arrested on sexual assault charges in an investigation that began back in January.
2A-4 @ Hector
Pottsville 59, Clarksville 54
2A-4 District Tournament @ Hector
By Mike Irwin
While the Russellville Cyclones are still four games away from the postseason play the smaller schools (4A and below) are gearing up for district tournaments around the area. Some of them are in win-or-go-home situations starting Monday.
Friday Night Hoops Results
BATON ROUGE, LA--Former Atkins softball player Mary Kate Brown started her collegiate softball career with two hits against SEC program LSU.
Brandon Bunton and Drew Rust may have been rivals on the football field, but they will now be teammates on the college level as they both chose the green and gold of Arkansas Tech and the Wonder Boys.
By Kevin McPherson
Russellville 57, Vilonia 55
By Kevin McPherson
Saturday Arkansas picked up their third loss of the season against Kentucky. Making that loss sting that much more it was their eighth straight loss to the Kentucky Wildcats. It wasn’t without a fight. With just under eight minutes Kentucky coach John Calipari took a huge chance as the mome…
Dover. Lady Pirates 49, Ozark Lady Hillbillies 18
FAYETTEVILLE — Whatever gameplan Vanderbilt head coach Jerry Stackhouse drew up to slow down Arkansas leading scorers Mason Jones and Isaiah Joe — two of the SEC’s top four point-producers — it was brilliant as the duo was shut out in the first half and held in check for most of the game.
Morrilton 54, Pottsville 51
From head coach Jeff Weaver: There is a mandatory meeting for Cyclone football players in the 9th-11th grades and their parents tomorrow night at 7 pm in the RHS cafeteria.
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By Kevin McPherson
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – New Arkansas head coach Sam Pittman has completed his on-field coaching staff with the hire of four new assistants – Jon Cooper, Scott Fountain, Derrick LeBlanc and Jimmy Smith.
Russellville 67, Van Buren 55
By Kevin McPherson
Russellville 60, Danville 56
Pottsville 51, De Queen 49
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by: Kevin McPherson
Arkansas has named a new head football coach and that coach is Sam Pittman. Pittman comes from Georgia where he was renowned as the best offensive line coach in the country by some. Rivals.com rates Pittman the best recruiter in the SEC and third best in the nation. He had a stint at Arkan…
Just a couple months after I joined River Valley Now when I wrote a column entitled, “Arkansas has to get this right; History offers mixed results.” In that column, I stated that Arkansas usually makes the wrong hire when the history is written. What do Jimmy Johnson, Gus Malzahn, and Bear …
QUITMAN--Amelia Besterfeldt hit for 22 points, 5 rebounds and 4 steals and teammate Kaylee Singleton accounted for 21 points 5 assists and 5 steals as the Lady Pirates rolled to an 84 to 21 win over the J.A. Fair Lady War Eagles. Singleton was perfect in all aspects in the shooting departmen…
Bree McCrotty poured in 29 points and had 3 steals as the Jr. Lady Pirates ran their record to 11-0 (0-0) on the year. Avie Reams pulled down 6 boards, had 2 blocks and added 8 points and Logan Young (7 points) and Kylee Hodge (8 points in first quarter) rounded out the Lady Pirate scoring.
Pottsville 52, Prairie Grove 35