Sports

The Berryville Lady Bobcat cross country team is coming off a second-place finish at the Class 4A state championships last year. Each of Berryville’s top five runners return, and coach Andrew Killingsworth is excited about this year’s prospects. "The girls are definitely a bright spot this year," Killingsworth said. ...

Monday was the first day of school for Green Forest students. With that, the Green Forest football team picked up an additional four players, increasing the roster size to 27. Coach Bobby Bishop knows the Tigers need more depth. "It's been a little bit frustrating," Bishop said. ...

Can Carroll County's success of the fall sports season last year be replicated in 2017? It won't be an easy task, as there were many highlights from last year, but there is reason to believe it can happen again. The Green Forest Tiger cross country team won yet another Class 3A state championship. ...

Attendance at preseason football practices has continued to be up and down for the Berryville Bobcats, but coach Doug Shott says it’s all part of the process. "We don't have a program yet, we are building one," Shott said. "When we have a program, the kids won't want to miss. If we ever get to the point where kids don't want to miss, then we have a program."...

The Carroll County Country Club hosted the first high school golf tournament of the year on Tuesday. The Berryville boys won, shooting a 130. Ty Allen shot a 38, while Rusty Colbert Shot a 45 and Abdiel Marts shot a 47. Brandon Robinson shot a 65 and Jace Walker shot a 66. ...

There are golfers who have been playing their entire lives who only dream of shooting a 77. Berryville's McKayla Hussey only took up the game a couple of years ago, but she accomplished that feat on Monday at the Big Creek Golf and Country Club in Mountain Home while playing in an Arkansas State Golf Association (ASGA) sanctioned event...

Colin Kaepernick's life changed forever last year when he decided to begin kneeling for the National Anthem. He wanted to draw attention, not on himself, but to shed light on how he believes this country still oppresses people of color. That is his view and Kaepernick felt the best way to let his message be heard was by kneeling during the National Anthem. ...

The Berryville Lady Bobcat volleyball team returns two starters from a team that reached the quarterfinals of the Class 4A state tournament a year ago. The Lady Bobcats graduated seven seniors last year. Berryville coach Kristin Whetham said this shouldn't be a cause for concern, though...

The Green Forest Tigers come into the 2017 season looking to win their fourth consecutive Class 3A cross country state championship. Things won't be easy for the Tigers, though as they lose the likes of Gabriel Ramos, Rhett Williamson, David Nelson and Jose Lozano...

The Berryville Bobcat football program got one more addition for the 2017 season. Jesse Frost, a graduate of Arkansas Tech University, will serve as the seventh grade football coach, as well as an assistant coach for the quarterbacks and fullbacks for the junior high and high school. In the spring, Frost will serve as an assistant baseball coach...

A week into fall camp Green Forest football coach Bobby Bishop isn't pleased with the turnout, but the group that has been in attendance has shown promise. "The numbers aren't good, but the concentration level has been real good," Bishop said. "We like what we see so far."...

The Arkansas Activities Association (AAA) found a way to make things even more complicated at Monday's annual meeting in Little Rock when it decided to pass Proposal No. 9. Berryville will remain in Class 4A for all sports, but Eureka Springs and Green Forest will be affected. These changes will take effect in the fall of 2018 and end in the spring of 2020...

First-year coach Doug Shott is looking for Berryville Bobcat football players to buy into what he is selling. Thus far, Shott says he has seen a great attitude from the team, but wants a stronger showing from at practices. The Bobcats have averaged around 26 players at practice and Shott hopes to see that number jump to 35 once the season starts...

In June, the Berryville varsity cheer team attended a competitive team camp with the National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) in Hot Springs. The team brought home the Herkie award, showing that Berryville displayed qualities that the NCA was founded on. They also received blue ribbons for their performance routine, camp chant and cheer...

In April, Doug Shott was hired to be the new Berryville football coach. Former head football coach Austin Winters elected to become the head wrestling coach after Matt Ferguson left to take a job in Springdale. At the July 24 school board meeting, Winters turned in his resignation and he will also be taking a job in Springdale. Defensive coordinator Derrek Aynes will help fill the void as the Bobcats’ new wrestling coach...

Thanks a lot Bryce Harper. Michael Brantley, Jose Bautista, Robinson Cano, I had high hopes for you guys, too. Ever since I hung the cleats up 10 years ago, the only competitive thrill I can cling to is fantasy sports. It started out as something fun among friends, and it still is fun. We would get together in college, do an NFL draft at the beginning of the season and keep track of our teams and let the best man win...

Golf is something that most people do for fun, but for Berryville golfers Anna Caroline Stone and McKayla Hussey, it has turned into a full time job. Stone and Hussey have spent countless hours at the Carroll County Country Club throughout the summer and after scoring high enough in the four Arkansas junior PGA events, they have qualified to play in the state tournament at The Greens at North Hills in Sherwood on Thursday...

There is no greater pressure than the pressure on athletes who compete in individual sports. When things aren't going well, it's easy to get down on yourself. It's easy to lose focus and lose control of what's going on. Jordan Spieth was in danger of losing his composure on Sunday at the Open Championship when he bogeyed three of his first four holes and hit his drive on the par-four 13th 100 yards right of the fairway. ...

The Berryville Lady Bobcat soccer team made it to the semifinals of the Class 4A state tournament last year. Coach Aaron Hall hopes that last week’s three day camp with Alex Burgess can help in getting the Lady Bobcats back to the state tournament. "It was extremely informative in terms of the technical stuff," Hall said. ...

For the last three days, the Berryville girls soccer team has had the pleasure of working with Alex Burgess, the director of coaching for "Real Arkansas," a club team in central Arkansas and formerly with Manchester City in England. Burgess began playing soccer around the age of 5 in England and got involved with Manchester City's Academy when he was 7. He stayed with that club team until he was 16. For the next two years, he played semi-professionally...

The Juice will soon be loose once again. After spending nearly nine years in prison for his role in a 2007 armed robbery case, O.J. Simpson could be released as early as Oct. 1. Simpson, who is now 70 years old, could have had it all. After a stellar college career at USC, Simpson went to Buffalo and in 1973, his fifth year in the NFL, rushed for 2,003 yards and scored 12 touchdowns. ...