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The Berryville High School wrestling team hosted the annual Bobcat Winter Blowout on Saturday, Jan. 18, bringing 12 teams to Bobcat Arena.

Berryville coach Daniel Cornelison says the Lady Bobcats are a better basketball team when Lilli Compton is shooting well. Based on that, the Lady Bobcats were a pretty good team Friday, Jan. 17, in Springdale.

Playing three conference games in four days is a difficult assignment for any basketball team, especially when one of those games is a down-to-the-wire nail-biter at home and the other two are on the road.

Eureka Springs coach Brian Rambo didn’t find the Highlanders’ performance against Cotter on Friday, Jan. 17, to be particularly pleasing from an aesthetic point of view. The final result, though, was pleasant enough for Rambo and the Highlanders.

Lead Hill jumped out to a big lead by halftime and beat Green Forest 67-44 in a nonconference game Friday, Jan. 17, at the Grim Gym. Lead Hill led 22-11 at the end of the first quarter, then held Green Forest to three points in the second quarter for a 35-14 halftime lead...

It was supposed to be a challenging week for the Berryville Bobcats, with three conference games in four days — starting with a difficult Tuesday night home game against Harrison. So far, however, so good for the Bobcats.

The Berryville Lady Bobcats don’t like to lose. And they especially don’t like to lose two games in a row.

The Berryville wrestling team celebrated Senior Night on Tuesday, Jan. 14, hosting Hollister, Mo., and Gentry for a dual meet.

The Eureka Springs Highlanders played one of their best games of the season Tuesday night, defeating Haas Hall Academy of Fayetteville 56-48 at Highlander Arena.

The Clinton Yellowjackets pulled away from visiting Green Forest and beat the Tigers 56-41 Tuesday night. Clinton led 28-24 at halftime before outscoring Green Forest 28-17 in the second half. Junior Daniel McDonald led Green Forest (3-14, 0-6 2A-1) with 14 points while sophomore Jordan McLoud added eight. Senior Coby Rincon had nine rebounds for the Tigers...

The Alpena Lady Leopards outscored visiting Northwest Arkansas Classical Academy 82-0 over the first three quarters and went on to a 100-9 victory Tuesday night. Amelya Cook led Alpena (17-4, 1-1 1A-1) with 35 points while Katherine Rodas added 31 and Desi Deitrich scored 22...

A year ago, the Pulaski Academy Bruins beat the Berryville Bobcats by three points for the Class 4A state wrestling championship. It looks as if the two teams will be battling for another title in 2020, and it might be another razor-thin margin.

The Berryville Bobcats’ game at Hollister, Mo., on Tuesday, Jan. 7, had all the ingredients of a trap game. Berryville was coming off a 35-point victory four nights earlier at Green Forest, with a return to conference play looming Friday with a road game at Gentry...

By Scott Loftis CarrollCountyNews@cox-internet.com The Eureka Springs Lady Highlanders were looking to build some momentum on Tuesday, Jan. 7, and their efforts were successful. Eureka Springs defeated Decatur 48-30, the Lady Highlanders’ second consecutive victory coming off the Christmas break and their third in four conference games this season...

The Berryville High School wrestling team competed against Shiloh Christian on Jan. 6 in Springdale, with the Saints outscoring the Bobcats 40-36.

Berryville sophomore Ella McMellon looks to make a move to the basket in a game against Green Forest on Dec. 3. The Lady Bobcats haven’t played since but will be back in action Tuesday night, hosting Harrison.

By Scott Loftis CarrollCountyNews@cox-internet.com The Eureka Springs Highlanders picked up their first conference victory of the season on Tuesday, Jan. 7, winning 45-35 at Decatur. Sophomore Matthew Lester, who started as a freshman last season, scored 27 points to lead Eureka Springs. Lester scored eight points in the first quarter as the Highlanders jumped out to a 17-8 lead. He added 10 in the fourth quarter, all on free throws, as Eureka Springs held on for the win...

It took the Berryville Bobcats one quarter to really start rolling in Friday night’s game at the Grim Gym in Green Forest. But once the Bobcats’ shots started to drop, they just couldn’t stop.

Going into Friday night’s road game at Green Forest’s Grim Gym, Berryville coach Daniel Cornelison said the Lady Bobcats wanted to get off to a quick start. “We really wanted to try to get on them early and set the tone for the game,” Cornelison said. Well, mission accomplished.

The Eureka Springs Lady Highlanders seemed to come out of nowhere last season.

Eureka Springs coach Brian Rambo knew this season could include some growing pains after the Highlanders lost several key players from last year’s team that won 33 games and a regional tournament championship.

The Berryville High School wrestling team competed in the Mountain Home Bomber Battle on Friday and Saturday. Berryville finished fourth in the team standings behind Conway, Greenbrier and Mountain Home, all of whom compete in higher classifications.

Berryville coach Brent Compton said his players were disappointed after a 56-43 loss to Dumas in the championship game of the annual Holiday Hoops tournament Saturday night at Bobcat Arena. “They were hurting in the locker room,” Compton said. “They wanted to win.”

The Berryville Lady Bobcats were determined to play better against Dumas on Saturday afternoon in the third-place game of the Holiday Hoops tournament at Bobcat Arena than they did the night before in a loss to Mountain View. Lexy Anderson made sure of it.

The Green Forest Tigers picked up their third victory of the season on Friday, defeating Mountain View 42-40 in the second round of the Holiday Hoops tournament at Bobcat Arena. Senior Micah Hutchinson made three of the Tigers’ six three-pointers and scored 13 points for Green Forest, which also got 13 points from junior Adrian Serna...

Based strictly on the Green Forest Lady Tigers’ record so far this season, it’s been a tough year. But Lady Tigers coach Kyle Farrar wants people to know one thing about his basketball team. “I want to say to everybody, these kids are phenomenal kids,” Farrar said Monday. “At the end of the day, that’s what really counts.”

After knocking on the door three times, the Berryville Lady Bobcats finally pushed their way into the Class 4A state championship game in 2019.

The Berryville High School wrestling program is still relatively new, but the Bobcats are quickly becoming a forced to be reckoned with in the state of Arkansas

Katelyn Ross didn’t feel as if she played especially well during the Class 2A girls state golf championships on Sept. 30 at Turkey Mountain Golf Course in Horseshoe Bend.

The Green Forest Tigers didn’t win the Class 3A boys state soccer championship last season, but they came awfully close.

The Green Forest girls track program is a model of consistency, and the 2019 season was just another example. The Lady Tigers won their 14th consecutive conference championship and finished second in the Class 3A state meet on May 1 on their home track...