• Scots shoot down Lady Royals

    Lyon Sports Information After building a 14-point halftime lead with 57 percent shooting from the field, the Lyon College women’s basketball team kept up constant defensive pressure and hit 51 percent in the final 20 minutes to defeat the Ecclesia Lady Royals 86-56 in a …

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  • Basketball in town tonight

    Beebe Lady Badgers (1-0, 5A-East District; 10-5, overall) vs. Batesville Lady Pioneers (0-1, 2-8), Pioneer Gym, 6 p.m. Batesville will try to break through tonight when they host another pair of contenders for 5A-East District championships. The Lady Badgers are rolling along with Jamie Jackson, …

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  • Pioneer boosters to elect officers

    The Pioneer Athletic Booster Club members will elect officers for 2013 when they meet Wednesday evening, according to a news release from Becky Bachman. The meeting is set to begin at 5:15 in the Batesville High School fieldhouse. Parents and guardians of any student playing …

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  • Sports Calendar

    Upcoming sports events in Batesville and the surrounding area for Tuesday, January 8 – Saturday, January 12, 2013.

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  • Hillcrest, Izard County juniors advance to semifinals

    LYNN — The Hillcrest Junior Screamin’ Eagles advanced into the semifinals of their own tournament here  Monday, defeating the Izard County Junior Cougars 44-31. The Junior Eagles led 8-6, 21-15 and 28-19 at the quarter breaks. Walker Morgan led the winners with 11 points. Tyler …

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  • AP notebook shows how Tide rolls

    MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Alabama controlled just about every aspect of the BCS title game. Including the clock. On the way to beating Notre Dame 42-14 for the national championship on Monday night, the Crimson Tide also won the time-of-possession battle in every quarter …

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  • Hogs, young and old, gearing up for SEC opener at Texas A&M

    Coty Clarke has returned ready to debut in the SEC, University of Arkansas Coach Mike Anderson said of his junior college transfer forward. Arkansas’ second-leading rebounder is averaging 5.2 boards off the bench while starting forward Marshawn Powell averages 5.6. Clarke was excused from last …

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  • Sports Briefs

    Pro football ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — It doesn’t sound good for Robert Griffin III. An injury that sidelines RG3 well into next season is a very real possibility — or at least it seemed that way after coach Mike Shanahan described the results of tests …

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  • Tide crushes Irish

    MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Barely taking time to celebrate their latest national championship, Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide are ready to get back to work. That’s how they make it look so easy. In what must be an increasingly frustrating scene for the …

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  • ’Bama, SEC dominate final AP football poll

    MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Alabama is No. 1 at being No. 1. The Crimson Tide (13-1) was voted national champion by The Associated Press for the ninth time, more than any other program in college football, after routing Notre Dame 42-14 on Monday night. …

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  • Civil War group to meet

    The Batesville Civil War Round Table will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at First Community Bank’s George Rider Room. The meeting is open to guests. Mary Cooper Miller, editor of the group’s newsletter, will be standing in for Dr. George Lankford, who will be rehearsing …

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  • Two new Sharp JPs sworn in

    ASH FLAT — Among those taking their oaths of office Thursday in Sharp County were two new justices of the peace — Gary Rogers in District 5 and Jackie Pickett in District 6, said County Judge Larry Brown. During the Sharp County Quorum Court’s regular …

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