Stories from Wednesday, May 28, 2014

BERRYVILLE -- Berryville clinched the 4A-1 North title Wednesday afternoon as the Lady Bobcats drilled cross-county rival Green Forest 6-2 to finish the league slate unbeaten at 6-0. Rachel Lehr netted a hat trick, Yoyci Perez knocked in two goals and Shaila Perez added another for Berryville while Celeste Lemus found the back of the net twice for the Lady Tigers...

BERRYVILLE -- The 2014 quest for the Carroll County Cup will be remembered as one for the ages. Green Forest beat Berryville 1-0 at Bobcat Stadium Wednesday night in the most recent edition of the annual affair, an emotion-filled game that ended with the two squads almost coming to blows at midfield. ...

GREEN FOREST -- Green Forest claimed it's ninth consecutive 1-3A Conference title with 236.33 points at Thursday's district meet, outpacing second-place Cedarville by nearly 100 points. The Lady Tigers earned points in every event, including Emily Glassell's top finish in the 100-meter hurdles, Kenley Williams first-place pole vault of 7'0", Jennifer Newberry's top jump of 14'10.5" in the long jump and Payton Watson's first-place finish in the triple jump (31'3")...

PEA RIDGE -- Berryville wrapped up its season with a 5-3 loss to Gravette Thursday at Pea Ridge in the first round of the 1-4A Conference Tournament. The Lady Bobcats led 2-0 in the third inning before the Lady Lions rallied for two runs in the third and fourth innings to take a 4-2 advantage. Berryville answered with a run in the fifth to pull within a run. But Gravette extended the lead back to two runs in the sixth for the final margin...

PEA RIDGE -- Berryville's baseball season came to an end Thursday afternoon with a 12-0 loss to Pea Ridge in the first round of the 1-4A Conference Tournament. The Blackhawks scored 11 times in the first inning off junior righty Tate Ferguson, who recorded one out before surrendering the mound to Luke Mock. ...

GRAVETTE -- Berryville's girls placed second and the boys finished fourth in Thursday's 1-4A Conference track meet at Gravette. The Bobcats earned 77 points while the Lady Cats tallied 221. Seven girls qualified for the Class 4A state meet in Heber Springs, slated to begin at 10 a.m. on Tuesday while the Bobcats will be represented by five boys...

DARDANELLE -- Eureka Springs' season drew to a close Monday afternoon as the Highlanders dropped a 2-1 decision to Dardanelle in the first round of the Class 4A soccer playoffs. Trailing 2-0 in the second half, Oscar Mendez netted a goal to put the Highlanders on the board. But the Sand Lizards held on down the stretch to advance to the second round...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Eureka Springs hosted the 2A-4 West Conference track meet on Wednesday with the Highlanders placing fourth and the Lady Highlanders ranking third. Nathan Andress led the Highlanders with top finishes in the 1600 and 3200-meter runs. ...

DANVILLE -- Molly Montez netted her first career hat trick Saturday afternoon in the first round of the Class 4A state playoffs. But it wasn't enough as the Lady Highlanders suffered a season-ending loss to Danville. Montez scored all three goals in the first half, including the first of the game just 22 seconds into the match. After a 3-3 tie in regulation, the Lady Little Johns won the affair with a 3-2 performance in penalty kicks...

CEDARVILLE -- Green Forest dropped a 5-4 extra-inning decision to Cedarville Saturday afternoon as the Pirates outlasted the Tigers in eight innings. Devin Taylor absorbed the loss on the mound, pitching a quality seven innings, allowing 10 hits, walking one and striking out seven...

MORRILLTON -- Clayton Watson paced back and forth between the 10- and 20-yard lines on Morrillton's football field, his mind searching for answers on what it was going to take to secure an individual track and field state title. During the regular season, Watson qualified for five events at the state meet, including long jump, triple jump, high jump and the 110- and 300-meter hurdles...

GREEN FOREST -- Green Forest had it's season come to an end in penalty kicks Tuesday afternoon at Danville as the Lady Tigers dropped a 2-1 decision in the first round of the Class 4A playoffs. Alexandria Fernandez gave Green Forest a 1-0 advantage 15 minutes into the first half. But the Lady Little Johns scored the equalizer with 20 minutes left in regulation to force overtime...

GREEN FOREST -- Green Forest overcame a sluggish start to Wednesday's first-round playoff game against Dardanelle, breaking a 2-2 halftime score to win 5-2 with three second-half goals. With the win, the Tigers (10-1-1) punched their ticket to next week's state tournament and will play again Friday at 5:30 at Subiaco Academy in order to determine seedings for the state tournament...

HEBER SPRINGS -- Trying to win back-to-back state titles, Berryville junior Hannah Noble matched a personal best with a 5 foot 7 inch high jump at Tuesday's Class 4A state meet in Heber Springs. Crossett senior Kelsey Herman waited until the last minute to usurp Noble's efforts, landing on the bag after clearing 5'8" to relegate Noble to second place...

HARRISON -- In a matter of less than two weeks, Green Forest went from being a No. 1 seed to a No. 4. Following Saturday's 3-1 loss to Danville in the third-place game of the 1-4A Conference Tournament at Harrison, the Tigers stumble into the playoffs and will face top-seeded Episcopal Collegiate at noon on Thursday...

HARRISON -- Berryville dropped a 3-1 decision to Subiaco Academy Saturday afternoon at Harrison's First National Bank Soccer Complex in the championship game of the 1-4A Conference Tournament. With the loss, the Bobcats enter this week's state tournament at Burns Park in Little Rock as a No, 2 seed and will play Thursday at 4 p.m. against third-seeded Warren...

HARRISON -- Berryville came out flat against Gentry Saturday afternoon at First National Bank Soccer Complex in Harrison, dropping a 5-4 decision to the Lady Pioneers in the championship game of the 1-4A Conference Tournament. With the loss, the Lady Cats enter next week's state tournament at Burns Park in Little Rock as a No. 2 seed and will play eStem at 2 p.m. on Thursday...

LAVACA -- Green Forest had it's baseball season come to an end Saturday with a 15-5 loss to Charleston in the 1-3A Regional Tournament. The Tigers scored five runs on four hits and took advantage of three Charleston errors. Clayton Watson led Green Forest with a double and single. He drove in a run and scored one in his prep finale...

LITTLE ROCK -- Green Forest found a way to win on Friday, eased to victory on Saturday and dominated in a win on Monday to earn a right to play for the 2014 Class 4A State Championship Saturday at 4 p.m. in Fayetteville. The Tigers needed overtime to beat Episcopal Collegiate 3-2 Friday afternoon to open the state tournament, shut out Cossatot River 3-0 on Saturday in the quarterfinals and upended Valley View 3-1 on Monday. ...

LITTLE ROCK -- Berryville's soccer season came to an end Monday in the semifinals of the Class 4A State Tournament with a 3-2 overtime loss to Central Arkansas Christian. The Bobcats reached the semis with a 5-1 win over Warren in Friday's opening round and outlasted Maumelle in a marathon thriller that ended in a penalty-kick shootout 0-0 (6-5)...

LITTLE ROCK -- Berryville's run at a state soccer title came to an end Saturday at Burns Park in North Little Rock as the Lady Bobcats dropped a 6-0 outing to Valley View in the quarterfinals of the Class 4A State Tournament. The Lady Cats opened the event on Friday with a 7-0 win over eStem, a charter school in downtown Little Rock. But Valley View proved to be too much for an injury-plagued Berryville team that was shut out for the first time this year...

HEBER SPRINGS -- Clayton Watson wrapped up his stellar prep track and field career at the Meet of Champions in Heber Springs on Saturday, competing in four events at the annual season finale. Watson placed eighth in the 300-meter hurdles and third in the long jump, finishing off the leader board in the triple jump and high jump...

HEBER SPRINGS -- There is uncertainty as to what happened to Hannah Noble Saturday afternoon at the Meet of Champions in Heber Springs. Whatever it was prevented the talented Berryville junior from competing in her second consecutive Meet of Champs in the high jump...

HEBER SPRINGS -- Eureka Springs' Nathan Andress finished ninth in the 1600-meter run and 12th in the 3200-meter run to wrap up his junior track campaign at Saturday's Meet of Champions in Heber Springs. Competing in his second straight Meet of Champs, set a personal best with a time of 4:48.02...

HEBER SPRINGS -- Eureka Springs' Jake McClung finished his prep track career with a 12th-place finish in the 800-meter run at Saturday's Meet of Champions in Heber Springs. It was the second consecutive year for McClung to run among the best runners in the state...

The Berryville Community Center Karate Club had two noteworthy events that occurred in April of this year. A Black Belt test was held on April 12th and two students were promoted to Shodan (Black Belt 1st Dan). These two students have been taking karate at the Berryville Community Center for eight years...

Roy Richard Keyes, Sr. died on Thursday, May 22, 2014, in Fayetteville at the age of 84. He was born on June 5, 1929, in Riner, Wyo., to Roy Leath Keyes and Clara M. Englehard. He was preceded in death by his wife, Alma; his parents; three sisters; and two brothers...

Marie B. Walker, a resident of Berryville, was born on Aug. 16, 1927, in Madison County, Ark., a daughter of Willis and Artie (Allred) Binam. She departed this life on Friday, May 23, 2014, in Springfield, Mo., at the age of 86. Marie worked as a homemaker and was a member of the Berryville United Methodist Church...

Betty Bailey, a resident of Green Forest, was born on March 5, 1929, in Denver, Colo., a son of Phylemon George and Clara Elizabeth (Perry) Taylor. She departed this life on Tuesday, May 27, 2014, in Fayetteville, with family by her side, at the age of 85...