• Razorbacks look to keep heat off Wilson

    FAYETTEVILLE — At times this season, Tyler Wilson has looked anything but comfortable in the pocket. The Arkansas quarterback admitted as much following a win over Tulsa last week, a game in which Wilson endured a series of crushing hits from the Golden Hurricane defense. …

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  • Anderson says Hogs fit his mold of play

    FAYETTEVILLE (AP) — Mike Anderson can’t say for sure how far he thinks Arkansas will go this season. What the second-year Razorbacks coach can say is he has a team much more molded to his pressing, up-tempo style — one he hopes can break the …

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  • Aplin, Oku spark Wolves to league lead

    JONESBORO (AP) — Ryan Aplin threw a 70-yard touchdown pass to Taylor Stockemer to break a tie early in the third quarter, David Oku ran three scores, and Arkansas State held off Louisiana-Monroe 45-23 on Thursday night to take the Sun Belt Conference lead. Aplin …

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  • Miles starting again for Gamecocks

    COLUMBIA, S.C. — Kenny Miles wasn’t sure he wanted to spend another season just getting spot duty when South Carolina star Marcus Lattimore needed a breather. Now, all the eyes are again on Miles when the 12th-ranked Gamecocks host Arkansas. Miles was South Carolina’s leading …

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  • Sports Briefs

    Pro baseball INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — With baseball awash in record revenue as the signing season starts, slugger Josh Hamilton and pitcher Zack Greinke are among the top players in a relatively weak free-agent class. It also includes outfielders B.J. Upton, Michael Bourn, Torii …

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  • ‘Mutt and Jeff’ arrival keeps Pioneers moving on

    Call them the “Mutt and Jeff” of the Batesville Pioneer offense, and just be sure to call on them. Jonathan “Kansas” Hendrix, a 6-foot-2, 250-pound tight end, and Phillip Archuleta, a 5-6, 150-pound tailback, resemble the old comic strip characters in stature and endearing qualities, …

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  • Fast-finishing Lakeside Rams bound for Batesville

    Measure the Hot Springs Lakeside Rams Coach by extra possessions and their opponents, said their coach. The Rams collected 20 turnovers (14 fumbles and six pass interceptions) and gave up 13 turnovers (eight interceptions and five fumbles) while going 6-4 overall and 4-3 in the …

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  • Southside, two other circulation-area teams move into semifinals of basketball tourney

    SOUTHSIDE — The Southside Junior Southerners advanced to the semifinals of the First Community Bank Junior High Basketball Tournament Wednesday night, along with two other Guard-circulation area teams. The Junior Southerners defeated the Tuckerman Bulldogs 31-23 in a game that started slow. The host team …

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  • Sports Calendar

    Upcoming sports events in Batesville and the surrounding area for Thursday, November 8 – Saturday, November 10, 2012.

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  • Sports Briefs

    Pro hockey NEW YORK (AP) — If time spent at the bargaining table indicates progress, the NHL and the locked-out players’ association finally could be on their way to making a deal to get hockey back on the ice. A second straight day of marathon …

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  • Columbia ends Scots’ record-setting soccer season

    Lyon Sports Information COLUMBIA, Mo. — After suffering just one loss in their last 16 matches, the Lyon College men’s soccer team was held scoreless for only the third time this season on Tuesday night as they bowed from the American Midwest Conference Tournament with …

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  • Missouri Baptist KOs Lyon in volleyball tourney opener

    Lyon Sports Information ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The second-seeded and 13th-ranked Missouri Baptist Spartans came from behind in the first game and then swept past the seventh-seeded Lyon College Scots in the American Midwest Conference Tournament on Tuesday. The scores were 25-20, 25-19, 25-14. Suzanne …

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