PARAGOULD — The Batesville Junior Pioneers broke through here Thursday night, collecting their first 5A-East District basketball victory with a 37-30 decision over the Greene County Tech Junior Eagles. “We actually started off really slow,” Batesville Coach Chip McDonald said. “We were three minutes into …

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Blytheville Lady Chickasaws (0-2, 5A-East District; 5-9, overall) vs. Batesville Lady Pioneers (0-2, 2-6), Pioneer Gym, 5:30 p.m. One team will register a first victory in the district. Iasha Humphrey leads the Lady Chicks in scoring. Because of the travel time, tonight’s opener is starting …

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Upcoming sports events in Batesville and the surrounding area for Friday, January 11 – Saturday, January 12, 2013.

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PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — Major League Baseball will test for human growth hormone throughout the regular season and increase efforts to detect abnormal levels of testosterone, a decision the NFL used to pressure its players. Baseball players were subject to blood testing for HGH …

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Pro football CLEVELAND (AP) — Rob Chudzinski’s first head coaching job will be with the team he loved as a kid. Chudzinski, who spent the past two seasons as Carolina’s offensive coordinator, has been hired by the Browns as their sixth full-time coach since 1999. …

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SWIFTON — The Cave City Cavemen advanced to the semifinals of the Kell Classic Wednesday by defeating the Corning Bobcats 58-49. The Cavemen improved to l9-4 overall after leading 13-8, 30-19 and 47-27 at the quarter breaks. Chaz Mathews led the Cavemen with 19 points. …

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SEARCY — Seth Bailey, a 12-year-old swimmer for the Independence County Youth Athletic Association Torpedoes, won five races in the Shark ATAC Winter Sprint Invitational Meet at the Harding Ganus Center on Saturday. Competing in the 11- and 12-year-old division, Bailey won the 50-meter freestyle …

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Park University Pirates (1-1, American Midwest Conference; 4-7, overall) vs. Lyon College Scots (2-0, 12-2), Becknell Gym, 5:30 p.m. The Pirates are led in scoring by senior guard Brianna Beirdon (16.4 points per game) and junior forward Jessica Madsen tops the rebounds (six per), but …

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Upcoming sports events in Batesville and the surrounding area for Thursday, January 10 – Saturday, January 12, 2013.

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COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Kourtney Roberson led Texas A&M’s domination of the boards, collecting 12 rebounds and scoring 13 points as the Aggies powered to a 69-51 victory over Arkansas on Wednesday night. Roberson, a sophomore forward, registered the first double-double of his career …

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NEW YORK — Nobody was happier about the Hall of Fame shutout than the Hall of Famers themselves. Goose Gossage, Al Kaline, Dennis Eckersley and others are in no rush to open the door to Cooperstown for anyone linked to steroids. Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, …

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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Glenn Robinson III scored 14 points, which included a pair of crucial dunks in the second half, and No. 2 Michigan equaled its best start to a season with a 62-47 victory over Nebraska on Wednesday night. The Wolverines (16-0, …

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