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Bad Boy 98 attracts strong field of late models
LOCUST GROVE – If weather permits, one of the biggest races of the Batesville Motor Speedway season will take place this weekend as drivers prepare to rumble around the oval in the Bad Boy 98. In its second year, the 2-day event attracts some of …
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Lyon student-athletes earn all-academic honors
Lyon Sports Information ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Thirty members of Lyon College springtime sports teams were recently honored when they were named to the 2013 American Midwest Conference All-Academic team. Student-athletes must be in their second term of attendance at their institution and have a …
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Sports Calendar
Upcoming sporting events in Batesville and the surrounding area for Thursday, May 16 – Sunday, May 19, 2013.
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Orb to have an inside view of Preakness from rail
BALTIMORE (AP) — For a while there, it looked as if the Preakness was shaping up to be a runaway victory for Kentucky Derby winner Orb. Then came the post-position draw. Suddenly things got very interesting. Orb’s pursuit of the Triple Crown received an unexpected …
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Sports Briefs
Golf PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Two marshals say Tiger Woods never said anything to them about whether Sergio Garcia had played his shot. Two other marshals disputed that account, one of them saying he told Woods that Garcia had already hit on the …
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Lyon’s Howell named first-team All-AMC
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Lyon College junior catcher Valerie Howell led the Scots in 10 different offensive statistical categories in 2013, while finishing in the Top 10 in the conference in eight as she led 18 student-athletes named to the American Midwest Conference First-Team softball squad …
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4 Scots named all-league first team; Kohlstedt collects top frosh award
Lyon Sports Information SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Four members of the 2013 Lyon College baseball team were honored for their offensive performances this season by being named to the All-American Midwest Conference first-team, while three Scots earned league Golden Glove Awards and Kris Kohlstedt was named …
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Sports Calendar
Upcoming sporting events in Batesville and the surrounding area for Thursday, May 16 – Sunday, May 19, 2013.
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Beltran’s slugging helps rookie Gast to win in debut
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mike Matheny is still waiting for rookie left-hander John Gast to show some emotion. “He’s the same all the time … he never smiles,” the St. Louis manager said. “Real even keel.” Gast used that business-like approach to pick up a …
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Sports Briefs
Pro baseball LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bryce Harper arrived at Dodger Stadium a little bit smarter. Less than 24 hours earlier, the 20-year-old Washington Nationals slugger ran headfirst into the right-field wall while chasing a fly ball. The violent collision left him with 11 stitches …
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Lyon hires new softball coach
Lyon Sports Information A proven winner, a multi-sport athlete in college and self-proclaimed teacher of the game, Travis Owen becomes the fifth head coach of the Lyon College softball program after being named to the position on Monday by Lyon Director of Athletics Kevin Jenkins. …
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New event for soccer set at Lyon
The inaugural NCAR (North Central Arkansas) “Stars of the Pitch” All-Star Classic is scheduled for May 25 on Lyon College’s Marshal Huser Field, announced organizer Rodney Stroud of S&S Event Management. The event is for high school soccer players and 2013 graduates of central and …
