Stories from Friday, April 22, 2016

MARY LAVONE GRIGG, a resident of Green Forest, Arkansas, was born July 7, 1928 in Green Forest, Arkansas, a daughter of William Homer and Berniece (Gray) Tipton. She departed this life Wednesday, April 20, 2016 in Green Forest, Arkansas, at the age of 87 years...

BERRYVILLE -- With the game tied at one through 79 minutes of play, mostly everyone at Ronnie Clark Field felt as if the Green Forest Lady Tigers and the Berryville Lady Bobcats were going to be heading to penalty kicks. That is, until Berryville got an opportunity at a corner kick inside the final minute of the game...

Trailing 8-5 going into the bottom of the seventh with one out against Bergman on Monday, things weren't looking good for the Green Forest Tigers. Consecutive walks put Dakota Grigg and Kyle Allen on base. A Tyler Swofford fly ball scored Jordan Mahaffey, Dakota Grigg's courtesy runner. ...

Trailing 8-5 going into the bottom of the seventh with one out against Bergman on Monday, things weren't looking good for the Green Forest Tigers. Consecutive walks put Dakota Grigg and Kyle Allen on base. A Tyler Swofford fly ball scored Jordan Mahaffey, Dakota Grigg's courtesy runner. ...

With the Eureka Springs Highlanders down five points early in the fourth quarter in a home game against Mountainburg this past season, senior leader Reggie Sanchez was forced to leave the game after being cut in the eye. A loss by the Highlanders could have have sent them spiraling down the conference standings. That is why Sanchez knew it was important he return to the game...

Eureka Springs and Green Forest had one final tuneup before the district track meets start up next week. Here is a list of how some of the local athletes did. Boys 100-meter dash: Green Forest's Nathaniel Harp finished fourth at 11.87 and teammate Dalton Anglin finished ninth at 12.21...

BERRYVILLE -- The Berryville Lady Bobcats only needed one out to come away with a home victory on Tuesday evening. With the bases loaded in the top of the seventh, Berryville pitcher Emma Hill walked West Fork's Spencer Sagely to make the score 7-5. With the next West Fork batter facing a full count, she hit a line drive to Maleah Bryant, preserving the Berryville victory...

The Berryville Bobcats faced a Huntsville Eagles team that came out swinging for the fences on Monday in an 11-1 home loss. Caleb Whelchel, the first Huntsville batter of the game hit a solo home run. After Huntsville runners got on base on a Berryville error and a single to short, a Clay Siegrist double score two more Eagle runs. A fly ball to right scored Remington Cozad and a bases-loaded walk scored the final run of the inning for Huntsville...