The high school track and field meet set for Thursday in Beebe has been moved to Friday, announced Batesville High Coach Tim Howard. Batesville and Southside’s senior girls and boys teams are scheduled to compete in the meet.

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The Band on the Run 5K, an annual White River Roadrunners race benefitting the Batesville High Band, is set for Saturday evening. The race begins and ends on the BHS campus. Registration for the 5-kilometer race will begin at 4:30 at the high school. Entry …

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FULTON, Mo. — Scot scores held steady in the final round of the William Woods Spring Invitational on Tuesday as Lyon College’s Kyle Raberding tied for seventh in men’s play and sophomore Bobie Jo Cooper tied for eighth among women at Tanglewood Golf Course. In …

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ROME (AP) — Baseball and softball’s joint bid for Olympic reinstatement is still lacking a guarantee that major league stars would be freed up to play. International Baseball Federation President Riccardo Fraccari is still holding out hope that Major League Baseball will commit its players …

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The Batesville Pioneer and Lady Pioneer soccer teams remained unbeaten in the 5A-East Conference by shutting out the Greene County Tech teams in Pioneer Stadium on Tuesday. The Pioneers won 3-0 and the Lady Pioneers won 2-0 in matches that looked and felt too familiar, …

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Rain and cold continues to hammer the sports schedule. Only Greene County Tech-at-Batesville soccer matches were played. Knocked out were Batesville-at-Forrest City baseball and softball games, a junior high track and field meet in Mountain Home that included Batesville and Melbourne, four first-round games of …

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Upcoming sports events in Batesville and the surrounding area for Wednesday, April 3 – Friday, April 5, 2013.

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In Monday’s Batesville Guard, errors were made in the results for the 53rd Annual City Tournament at Hollywood Bowl. Anissa Mathews was a member of the winning Kent’s Firestone team, along with Donna Brinkley, Bri Crabtree and Mary Carter, and Dee Dee Jeffery’s scored a …

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Welcome back to BracketRacket, the one-stop shopping place for all your NCAA needs. In this pre-Final Four edition, we’ve got Steve Kerr reminiscing and breaking down the national semifinals, Superman as a super fan, the missing power schools, the Big East’s two-step and early odds …

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PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers fired Head Basketball Coach Mike Rice on Wednesday after a videotape aired showing him shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players in practice and using gay slurs during practice. The videotape, broadcast Tuesday on ESPN, prompted sharp criticism from Governor …

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NCAA Tournament Louisville’s Kevin Ware has taken what he said would be the hardest step in his recovery — the first one. The sophomore guard was back on the Cardinals’ campus after being released from an Indianapolis hospital, two days after millions watched him break …

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Circulation-area high school teams went 2-0 in First Community Bank Pioneer Classic baseball openers Monday at the North Complex. The Midland Mustangs, defending Class 1A state and Pioneer Classic champions, defeated the Hoxie Mustangs 10-3 as senior hurlers Drew Fortson and Skyler Litaker combined for …

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