Sports

Grant a consistent player for Smackover Smackover’s first-year coach Makara Frazier was searching for consistency when she took over the girls’ basketball program. She needed a player she could count ... by Tony Burns - April 5, 2020

PC native doing work, getting set for Oklahoma State School’s out. Or, is it? Oklahoma State football player Dezmon Jackson, a redshirt junior from Parkers Chapel, is back home due to the coronavirus pandemic. Th... by Tony Burns - April 4, 2020

El Dorado's Rice gets good news after difficult year The NCAA granted spring athletes an extra year of eligibility after the coronavirus pandemic shut down spring college sports in 2020. For Belhaven University so... by Tony Burns - April 3, 2020

Sutton hoping to get induction call from Hall of Fame FAYETTEVILLE — For the seventh time since 2002, Eddie Sutton is a finalist for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. by Bob Holt - April 2, 2020

With debut season completed, Stars aiming higher in Year Two In their return to the hardwood, the South Arkansas Community College men’s basketball team won seven games. by Jason Avery - April 2, 2020

Arkansas softball standouts adjusting to new schedules Sydney Parr and Braxton Burnside are still trying to adjust to being off the field at a time when, for many years, they would have been in the middle of their s... by Chip Souza - April 1, 2020

SouthArk women’s basketball roster taking shape South Arkansas Community College’s women’s basketball team never saw their debut season get off the ground due to low numbers. by Jason Avery - April 1, 2020

El Dorado’s Simmons headed to Central Arkansas El Dorado’s basketball season wasn’t a dream-come-true for Brendan Simmons. by Tony Burns - April 1, 2020

Arkansas’ Van Horn speaks on potential roster crunch, draft FAYETTEVILLE — The NCAA voted to allow member schools provide an extra year of eligibility to spring sports athletes at their discretion on Monday night, but th... by Tom Murphy - March 31, 2020

Kjerstad, Opitz finding creative ways to stay fit FAYETTEVILLE — University of Arkansas junior outfielder Heston Kjerstad is glad his parents didn’t get rid of that set of weights he used to work out with befor... by Bob Holt - March 31, 2020

Parkers Chapel’s Jacobs reaches out to student-athletes As coaches and players try to find ways to prepare themselves just in case high school competition is able to resume, Parkers Chapel athletic director and footb... by Jason Avery - March 30, 2020

El Dorado native still has her eyes on the Olympics On Tuesday, the International Olympic Committee and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe jointly announced the postponement of the 2020 Olympics to no later than ... by Tony Burns - March 29, 2020

El Dorado native's career path goes back to South Dakota State El Dorado native John Johnson has been steadily moving up the coaching ladder. He hopes the road will lead to a head coaching position at the highest level, the... by Tony Burns - March 28, 2020

Razorbacks get go-ahead for video conferences FAYETTEVILLE — Late last week, University of Arkansas Coach Sam Pittman was hoping to receive word that his coaching staff would be able to start having online ... by Tom Murphy - March 27, 2020

Arkansas’ Jones to enter NBA draft FAYETTEVILLE — University of Arkansas guard Mason Jones, a junior this season, is among 38 college basketball players with eligibility remaining who have announ... by Bob Holt - March 27, 2020