SEC meeting DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference held one of its shortest business meetings in league history Friday. The powerful conference wrapped up its annual spring meetings with presidents and chancellors not taking a single vote, quite possibly the first time that’s happened …

Read More

For the second year in a row, not enough players were available to put together two Batesville American Legion baseball teams so Batesville High will now try its hand at an extended high school season. “Last year, when we didn’t have enough kids for a …

Read More

Two Southside High School athletes were recently named to Arkansas Democrat-Gazette All-Arkansas Prep softball team. Senior Krysta Beeler was selected to the first team and sophomore Alexus Lawellin was named to the sophomore-freshman team. The newspaper will honor their selections for ”Players and Coaches of …

Read More

Lyon Sports Information Carl Albert State College sophomore Ashala Watson and 4-year Argyle High School standout athlete Morgan McInaney have signed NAIA letters of intent to play basketball for the defending American Midwest Conference co-champion Lyon College women’s basketball team, according to Lyon Coach Tracy …

Read More

LOCUST GROVE — Races scheduled for tonight at the Batesville Motor Speedway have been canceled due to the heavy rains that fell in the last 24 hours. Points racing is scheduled to resume next Friday.

Read More

SEARCY — The Tri-County Vipers defeated the Little Rock’s Blue Chip Elites in the finals of the Land of Frost AAU basketball tournament here recently. The team includes Coby Everett, Chase Orf and Noah Everett (Izard County), Caleb James (Evening Shade), Caleb Faulkner (Salem) and …

Read More

FAYETTEVILLE (AP) — Former Southwest Conference football rivals Arkansas and Texas Tech have announced plans to play each other. The University of Arkansas said in a news release Wednesday that the Razorbacks and Red Raiders will play in Lubbock on Sept. 13, 2014, and in …

Read More

Upcoming sporting events in Batesville and the surrounding area for Friday, May 21 – Saturday, June 1, 2013.

Read More

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi State coach John Cohen has always embraced a gritty, blue-collar approach to baseball that emphasizes toughness. That’s why he has so much respect for the three teams coming to the Starkville Regional this weekend. Mississippi State (43-17) is the host …

Read More

College sports COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The president of Ohio State University said Notre Dame was never invited to join the Big Ten conference because the university’s priests are not good partners, joking that “those damn Catholics” can’t be trusted, according to a recording of …

Read More

FAYETTEVILLE (AP) — Arkansas catcher Jake Wise paused for a few seconds when asked to describe this season. Wise finally looked up and offered as direct an answer as possible about a season that hasn’t lived up to expectations after beginning with the Razorbacks ranked …

Read More

PARAGOULD — Three Independence County Youth Athletic Association Torpedoes won races at a Southwind Conference swim meet here last weekend. Seth Bailey, a 12-year-old, led the way with three victories. Competing in the 11- to 12-year-old division, he won the 50-meter freestyle in 25.61 seconds, …

Read More