Stories from Wednesday, December 28, 2016

COLLETTE BRADT passed away on Christmas morning, 2016 in the loving care of The Circle of Life Hospice Home in Bentonville, Arkansas. Collette was born January 17, 1929 in Denver, Colorado to Gail and Jewel Ireland. A true Colorado native daughter of a Colorado Attorney General, Collette Ireland was raised in Denver, and then attended The University of Colorado in Boulder, where she met her life partner for 67 years, Gordon Bradt, a veteran just returning from World War II. ...

There might not have been enough food to go around at the Christmas party, but you will get your fill of basketball starting Wednesday at Bobcat Arena. The Cornerstone Bank Holiday Hoops Tournament starts at 10 a.m. Wednesday and runs through Friday...

Some of the better players in the coming NFL draft have decided to skip playing in "meaningless" bowl games in order to prepare for the draft. I'm not here to criticize these players for doing so because I was never in that position and I never will be...

The Berryville Lady Bobcat basketball team made it to the semifinals of the Class 4A state championship last year. That was the highlight in Bobcat athletics for 2016, but there were plenty of other accomplishments as well. The Lady Bobcats relied heavily on senior Ally Teague to get to the state tournament a year ago, but younger players such as Baylea Smith and Hannah Morrell also played key roles...

The Green Forest Tigers had plenty of athletic success this year. A large part of that success can be credited to the cross country and track programs that have been established at Green Forest. The Green Forest boys cross country team won its third consecutive championship in November. Green Forest scored 29 points and placed seven of its runners in the top 25 en route to the victory. Patrick Hunter, Gabriel Ramos and Rhett Williamson each had good enough times to qualify for all-state...

The Eureka Springs Highlander basketball team graduated one of the most decorated senior classes in program history a year ago. The Highlanders lost to Junction City in the first round of the Class 2A state tournament, but that was the second year in a row Eureka Springs had made it to the state tournament and the senior class finished with 79 wins...