• Scot softballers end weekend with win over Michigan team

    Lyon Sports Information Lyon College broke through with a softball victory Saturday, and the Ashford Saints ruled in the first Lyon College Southern Bank Classic. The Saints from Clinton, Iowa, went 4-0 defeating Lyon, Blue Mountain and Davenport by a total of 22 runs. Their …

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  • Sports Calendar

    Upcoming sports events in Batesville and the surrounding area for Tuesday, February 19, 2013.

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  • Lyon College basketball teams sweep in Illinois

    Lyon Sports Information SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The 20th-ranked Lyon College women’s basketball team took an 8-point halftime lead and then held Benedictine to just 17.2 percent shooting from the field in the second half to move past the Bulldogs and post a 60-29 victory in …

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  • Roadrunners set first meeting; announce 2012 awards

    A preview of upcoming races for the 2013 season is part of the agenda for the first monthly White River Roadrunners meeting set for Tuesday night at 7 in the Citizens Bank Annex, according to a news released from Bruce Oakley, the club’s president elect. …

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  • SAU baseball player with local ties listed as candidate for national award

    MAGNOLIA — Jason Dahl, the son of Gayla and Dale Dahl of Southside, is one of three Southern Arkansas University baseball players on the Tino Martinez Award Watch List, according to a news release from the school. The award is annually presented by College Baseball …

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  • Southerners fall in semis after impressive run

    NEWPORT — The Southside Southerners finally ran out of gas Thursday night against the Lonoke Jackrabbits in the 4A-2 District Tournament, falling 68-49 in the semifinals. The Southerners entered the game winning six of their last seven games, upsetting the host Newport Greyhounds 53-45 in …

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  • Sports Calendar

    Upcoming sports events in Batesville and the surrounding area for Friday, February 15 – Sunday, February 17, 2013.

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  • Grandson of local resident hired to coach soccer in Jackson, Tenn.

    Jacob Long, the grandson of area resident Geneva Long and the late Norman Long, was recently hired to direct the boys soccer program at Madison High School in Jackson, Tenn. Long played the sport at Union University in Jackson, Tenn., where he graduated in May. …

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  • Sports Briefs

    Olympics PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee sprinter dubbed the Blade Runner, was charged in the Valentine’s Day slaying of his girlfriend at his upscale home in South Africa, a shocking twist to one of the feel-good stories of last summer’s Olympics. …

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  • Scot softball team looking at more beginnings

    In some ways, it’s another beginning for the Lyon College softball team. Last season was the Scots’ first under rookie Coach Kristen Kolter. This weekend they will begin their second season under Kolter, but the roster is full of fresh faces and, like all the …

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  • Cavewomen fall in OT to hosts of district tourney

    BROOKLAND — The Cave City Cavewomen lost a heartbreaker in the semifinals of the 4A-3 District Tournament Wednesday night, falling to the Brookland Lady Bearcats 62-59 in overtime. The Cavewomen are still alive, however. They qualified for the 4A East Regional Tournament in Heber Springs …

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  • Batesville High senior signs with Lyon softball

    Batesville High senior Tess Hurley signed a national letter of intent to attend Lyon College and play softball for the Scots in a ceremony at Pioneer Gym, announced Lyon Coach Kristen Kolter. “I watched Tess  play last spring and she’s a talented kid — a …

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