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Nettleton sweeps BHS in 5A-East contests
JONESBORO — Nettleton swept Batesville in 5A-East District high school basketball games here Friday night, with the Lady Raiders winning 42-32 in a defensive struggle and the Raiders routing the Pioneers 60-28. Fast starts, though they looked considerably different, were the name of the game. …
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Izard County tournament gets rolling in Melbourne
MELBOURNE — The Izard County teams experienced different results in the opening round of the Izard County Invitational Tournament Saturday in Melbourne as the Cougars defeated the Rural Special Rebels 58-39 and the Salem Lady Greyhounds walloped the Lady Cougars 65-44. Trenton Hatman led the …
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Junior Pioneer cagers win, lose
MOUNTAIN HOME — Batesville teams won and lost here Saturday in the first round of the Mountain Home Junior Invitational Tournament. The Junior Lady Pioneers defeated the Flippin Junior Lady Bobcats 46-22 as Haley Cole fired in 14 points and Summer Strecker added nine. Batesville …
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Sports Calendar
TODAY High school bowling: Melbourne vs. Flippin at Bull Shoals Lanes, 3:30 p.m. Junior and senior high basketball: Izard County Invitational Tournament at Melbourne — Izard County junior girls vs. Rural Special, 4:30 p.m., Melbourne junior boys vs. Salem, 5:45, Rural Special senior girls vs. …
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Super Bowl to provide lots of firsts
This Super Bowl will be filled with firsts — and one significant last. The Harbaughs, San Francisco’s Jim and Baltimore’s John, will be the first pair of brothers to coach against each other in the NFL title game. Quarterbacks Colin Kaepernick of the 49ers and …
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Baseball reflects on Musial, Weaver
One was born in St. Louis, the other became a star there. Aside from that, Earl Weaver and Stan Musial were about as different as two Hall of Famers could be. “Talk about your odd couple,” said George Vecsey, the longtime sports columnist for The …
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Junior Pioneer basketball teams drop close ones in Paragould
PARAGOULD — The Paragould juniors won two close ones over Batesville in 5A-East District basketball action here Thursday night. The Junior Lady Rams won 36-32 after losing the lead briefly in the fourth quarter. Paragould led 9-5, 17-15 and 29-25 at the quarter breaks. “We …
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Melbourne wins 3 of 4
MELBOURNE — The seventh- and eighth-grade Melbourne Junior Bearkatz won three of four Thursday against Cave City. The Cave City eighth-grade boys won 27-13. The Melbourne eighth-grade girls won 20-15. Jared Chaney led the seventh-grade Melbourne boys with 17 points as they won 40-20. The …
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Scots record 2nd 2-win night in AMC basketball
Lyon College posted its second straight sweep of an American Midwest Conference basketball opponent Thursday night in Becknell Gymnasium when the women won 92-48 and the men won 64-58 over visitors from Springfield, Ill. The women’s game was about what fans would have expected as …
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Sports Calendar
Upcoming sports events in the Batesville and surrounding area for Friday, January 18 – Saturday, January 19, 2013.
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Raven’s Tucker ready for opportunity
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — If the Baltimore Ravens need a field goal in the waning seconds of the AFC championship game, they’ll call upon a rookie with little regard for history. Justin Tucker knows all about the 32-yard kick that Billy Cundiff missed last …
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Sports Briefs
Cycling CHICAGO (AP) — He did it. He finally admitted it. Lance Armstrong doped. He was light on the details and didn’t name names. He mused that he might not have been caught if not for his comeback in 2009. And he was certain his …
