Stories from Tuesday, April 28, 2015

MOUNTAIN HOME -- Eureka Springs and Green Forest went to its final regular season track meet of the year in Mountain Home last Monday. Highland won the boys competition, scoring 183 points. Green Forest finished third at 84 points and Eureka Springs finished eighth at 18 points. Harrison won the girls competition, scoring 225 points. Green Forest finished third at 123 points and Eureka Springs finished 10th at nine points. Individual results for the boys are as follows:...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The Eureka Springs baseball team had hopes of getting its first win Thursday evening against Union Christian Academy. Things didn't go the Highlanders' way, however, in a 16-0 loss. Through five innings, the Highlanders trailed 6-0, but the bottom of the sixth is when things got out of hand...

Valley Springs scored the first run of the game. The Lady Bobcats scored the next 12 en route to a five inning sportsmanship rule 12-1 victory Monday evening. Emma Hill pitched another complete game, striking out 11 and only allowing two hits. She also drove in four runs on two hits. Ciera Foster drove in three on a hit and Allie Ashford drove in one on three hits...

The weekend is finally upon us. For three straight days, we will get to see 99 percent gel and 1 percent Mel Kiper Jr. For the 'Gridiron Glens' and ''Touchdown Travis' of the world, it is time to see how well their "big boards" fare compared with the real ones...

BERGMAN -- A back-and-forth affair between Green Forest and Bergman on Thursday evening ended with the Tigers winning 9-6. With the score tied at 6-6 and runners on second and third in the top of the sixth, Gavin Nelson delivered a two-out single to score Tristian Snyder and Caleb Lucas. Gavin Nelson moved to third on a Panther error and scored on a wild pitch...

Austin Winters has been promoted to head coach of the Berryville High School football team. Winters, who also is the school's softball coach, served as the Bobcats' defensive coordinator last year. Winters said he plans to make some changes next season, but didn't go into specifics...