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BJHS girls, visiting boys win big in Pioneer Gym
Batesville and Forrest City’s junior high varsity basketball teams both won big Monday night in Pioneer Gym. The Batesville Junior Lady Pioneers jumped to a 22-2 first-quarter advantage en route to a 55-10, 5A-East District victory over the Forrest City Junior Lady Mustangs. The Junior …
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Soccer match-fixing review prompts search for Singapore businessman
SINGAPORE (AP) — Revelations that a Singapore-based crime syndicate has been involved in fixing soccer matches around the world has put extra pressure on authorities in the Southeast Asian city-state to take action against the alleged ringleader. The Singaporean businessman known as Dan Tan has …
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Hogs respond positively to lineup shuffle
Amazing sometimes what a start can do for a bench warmer, and coming off the bench can do for starters. Arkansas freshman forward Michael Qualls got deserved statewide accolades for his game-high 11 rebounds and devastating dunks in his debut start in Saturday’s 73-60 SEC …
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Sports Calendar
Upcoming sports events in Batesville and the surrounding area for Tuesday, February 5 – Saturday, February 9, 2013.
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Orange strikes back against Irish
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — C.J. Fair totaled 18 points and 10 rebounds, freshman Jerami Grant scored a season-high 14 points and No. 9 Syracuse beat No. 25 Notre Dame 63-47 on Monday night to snap a 2-game losing streak that had dropped the Orange three …
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Sports Briefs
Pro football NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The cause of a 34-minute blackout at the Super Bowl remained under investigation, but public records showed that Superdome officials were worried about a power outage several months before the big game Sunday night. An Oct. 15 memo released …
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Bielema fires up crowd at Bud Walton Arena
FAYETTEVILLE — Coach Bret Bielema wasted little time in playing to the eager crowd. The new University of Arkansas football coach picked up the microphone at halftime of the Razorbacks’ basketball game against Tennessee, said some kind words about his first few months in Fayetteville …
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Plans for Super Bowl includes complete game, officials say
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — NFL officials were sure they’d get the Super Bowl finished on Sunday night. And if they couldn’t, the league championship still would not have ended where it temporarily stopped, with less than two minutes gone in the third quarter. The Lombardi …
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Scot women post 20th victory in Walnut Ridge
WALNUT RIDGE — Though it included one low light, Lyon College’s women’s basketball Coach Tracy Stewart-Lange hit all the highlights of the Scots’ 55-48 victory over the Williams Baptist Lady Eagles with a few words. “Twentieth victory, on the road, against your rival and after …
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Visitors win opening series against Scot diamondmen
Scots delivered big hits on Friday, but not Saturday. That was Coach Tony Roepcke’s review of Lyon College’s season-opening weekend. The Scots won 9-4 on Friday. Saturday, the visiting Oklahoma Wesleyan Eagles swept, winning 5-3 in a scheduled 9-inning contest and 7-0 in the 7-inning …
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Sports Calendar
Upcoming sports events in Batesville and the surrounding area for Monday, February 4 – Thursday, February 7, 2013.
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Pirates record second straight 30-win season
GREERS FERRY — Jacob Roark scored 23 points and added six assists as the Concord Pirates defeated the West Side Greers Ferry Eagles 64-57 to finish 1A 2-South District play unbeaten and recorded their second 30-win season. They are 14-0 in the district and 30-5 …
