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The Carroll County Clasico lived up to the billing Tuesday night, as the Berryville Bobcats defeated the Green Forest Tigers, 3-1. "It wasn't the prettiest of games, but that usually happens when you are playing a quality opponent like Green Forest," Berryville coach Dyllan Candelaria said. "They take you out of your rhythm and it gets real physical. You get a little beat up, but that's what it takes to win those big conference rivalry games."...

The Green Forest Lady Tigers lost Monday's road game at Yellville-Summit, 9-0. Coach Ryan Whetham said his team had trouble executing in many different areas. "Trinity McMahan pitched a really good game, we just had a few errors and couldn't hit the ball," Whetham said. "We ended up only having four total hits. Ashley Farrar had two. Rachael Evans had one and Kiara Taylor had the other one."...

The Berryville Bobcats made things look easy in a 17-1 home victory over the Green Forest Tigers on Tuesday evening. Berryville scored nine runs in the bottom of the first inning, which put the game out of reach for the Tigers. "The kids in that game are all close," Berryville coach David Broseus said. ...

The Berryville Lady Bobcats had two nonconference games to start the week and won both of them with ease. Berryville got a four-run victory over Hollister, Mo. on Monday and defeated Omaha 11-1 on Tuesday. The Lady Bobcats struggled in each road game early, though...

It was a busy weekend for the Berryville Lady Bobcats, as they played four matches in three days. On Thursday, the Lady Bobcats defeated Prairie Grove at home before going 2-1 in the Batesville tournament over the weekend. The tournament games were two 20-minute halves...

The Green Forest Tigers won last Wednesday's game at Subiaco Academy, 4-3. The Tigers came back from a 3-1 deficit midway through the second half to get the win. "We get a ball that is bouncing and we put it in," Green Forest coach Jonathan Bryant said. ...

The Berryville Bobcats answered almost every time the Gravette Lions scored in Thursday's home game, but almost wasn’t enough as the Lions left Berryville with a 13-11 win. With Gravette leading 12-10 going into the top of the seventh, Brady Moorman hit a home run to extend the Lions’ lead to 13-10. ...

The Berryville, Eureka Springs and Green Forest track teams competed at the Rosson Invitational on Thursday in Harrison. Branson won the boys competition, scoring 240.5 points. Berryville finished fifth, scoring 32 points, while Eureka Springs finished 14th, scoring 5.5 points and Green Forest finished 15th, scoring 5 points. ...

Berryville stayed perfect in conference Thursday night by getting a 3-0 home win over Prairie Grove. Coach Dyllan Candelaria knows there are still plenty of things to work on, though. "Our biggest thing was when we had the ball, we had silly turnovers and silly penalties," Candelaria said. "I can think of nearly 20 offsides penalties."...

Things didn't go so well for the Green Forest Tigers in Saturday's 20-0 home loss to the Huntsville Eagles. Huntsville led 10-0 after the first inning before going on to get the 20-run victory. Huntsville took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first on a Green Forest error. ...

The Berryville Bobcats got a 7-2 home win on Monday against the Yellville-Summit Panthers. After three scoreless innings, Berryville scored four runs in the fourth and added three in the fifth to get the win. "Baseball is a game of patience at times," Berryville coach David Broseus said. ...

It's been a good start to the week for the Berryville softball team, as the Lady Bobcats defeated their cross-county rival Green Forest, Bergman and Huntsville by a combined score of 49-8. Berryville 20, Green Forest 4 The Lady Bobcats scored 12 runs in the top of the first inning on Monday and all but put the game out of reach...

The Green Forest Tigers must enjoy playing the Marshall Bobcats. After defeating Marshall by 18 runs last week, the Tigers got an 18-2 home victory over Marshall on Tuesday. "That was the second time we have done that to them in a week," Green Forest coach Brandon Stone said. "It was a good confidence-builder. We really needed that. It was good to see some different variations of pitching, get our bats going and be able to manufacture some runs. That's a plus."...

After a disappointing loss to the Berryville Lady Bobcats on Monday, Green Forest softball coach Ryan Whetham was hoping his team would respond in a positive manner in Tuesday's home game against Huntsville. A 14-1 loss isn't what he was looking for...

The Berryville soccer team is now 2-0-1 on the season after getting back-to-back wins to end last week. The Bobcats got a 6-0 win at Lincoln on Thursday and beat Decatur 6-1 at home on Friday. The Berryville Lady Bobcats also got a 9-0 win over Decatur...

The Green Forest Tigers traveled to Eureka Springs on Thursday and came away with a 5-0 victory, which earned the Tigers their third conference victory of the year. "We were up 1-0 at halftime," Green Forest coach Jonathan Bryant said. “Collin Delavin scored his first career high school goal to get us on the board. ...

Green Forest hosted the Anstaff Relays on Thursday. Gravette won the boys competition, scoring 129 points. Berryville finished sixth, scoring 32 points, while Eureka Springs finished 14th, scoring six points and Green Forest finished 15th, scoring five points. Green Forest won the girls competition, scoring 120 points, while Eureka Springs finished ninth, scoring 14 points and Berryville finished 10th, scoring 10 points. Individual results are as follows:...

On Friday, the Berryville Bobcats got a routine 21-1 home victory over Marshall. After a scoreless first inning, Berryville scored seven runs in the second inning, added another in the third and finished with 13 in the fourth. "We just had a really good day at the plate," Berryville coach David Broseus said. "We were able to take advantage of some of their defensive mistakes. It was a good day overall for us."...

The Green Forest Tigers got back in the win column on Thursday by winning at Marshall, 19-1. The Tigers scored three of their runs in the top of the first, but added 16 in the third inning to seal the game. With the bases loaded in the top of the first, Jacob McMahan scored on a fielder's choice. Dakota Grigg went on to score on a Marshall error and Trey Curbow scored on a sacrifice fly. After a scoreless second inning, Green Forest put the game out of reach in the top of the third...

On Thursday, the Berryville Lady Bobcat softball team got a 13-0 home victory, but followed that up with a 12-2 loss at Pea Ridge on Friday. Berryville 13, Yellville-Summit 0 The Berryville Lady Bobcats took advantage of seven Lady Panther errors in Thursday evening's victory...

The Green Forest Lady Tiger softball team was finally able to get back on the field last Thursday. The Lady Tigers walked away with a 15-8 road victory over Bergman on Thursday and lost a home game to Yellville-Summit on Friday, 13-5. Green Forest 15, Bergman 8...

The Berryville Lady Bobcats were finally able to get back on the field Friday afternoon and they took full advantage by getting a 7-6 home win over the Gentry Lady Pioneers. The Lady Bobcats scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh to get the victory...

Green Forest soccer coach Jonathan Bryant stressed the importance of getting off to a strong start once conference play started. The Tigers' first conference match had to be postponed because of weather, but Bryant hopes Friday's 5-1 victory at Prairie Grove will be the spark his team needs moving forward...

The Berryville Bobcats hadn't played in two weeks, but after scoring seven runs in the bottom of the first inning, any rust quickly went away. Berryville went on to get an 11-10 home win in nine innings over the Gentry Pioneers. "Any win you can get in our district is huge and that being a district opponent, I was so pleased that we were able to pull that one out," Berryville coach David Broseus said...

Thursday marked Opening Day for Major League Baseball and that was the only baseball to be seen here in Carroll County thanks to the rain. The Bobcats haven't played a game in two weeks and coach David Broseus hopes to get back out on the field soon...

The Berryville Lady Bobcat softball team had hoped to return from spring break and gain some momentum. Rain has prevented that from happening thus far, as the Lady Bobcats have had to postpone their scheduled games from Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Berryville will attempt to play Gentry, a makeup game from Monday, on Friday and take part in the Harrison tournament over the weekend...

The Berryville Lady Bobcat soccer team has only lost one match so far this season, but the troubling thing is that Berryville has only played one home match, against Harrison, this year. Berryville was supposed to have matches with Danville and Huntsville this week, but rain and scheduling conflicts have postponed those matches...

Spring break has ended, but rain could prevent local teams from getting back on the field this week. Berryville has a home match with Danville on Tuesday and girls soccer coach Aaron Hall said he is exploring possible ways to make the match up if need be...

The 10k Victorian Classic took place on Saturday in Eureka Springs and 46 runners competed. Michael Scoggins won with a time of 41 minutes and 23 seconds. Jacquelyn Griffin finished second in 42:21 and was the top female finisher. Eureka Springs' Kayden Eckman finished third in 43:12, while John Nobles finished fourth in 44:04 and Abrena Rine finished fifth in 44:34. ...

Loyola (Chicago) has been the best story of the 2018 NCAA tournament, but the Ramblers have no right to be in the position they are in. I'm still convinced Michigan will beat the Ramblers in the Final Four on Saturday and Kansas will win the championship game on Monday, but Loyola’s strength of schedule was ranked 126th coming into the tournament and they never sniffed the AP top 25 all year. ...

Berryville's Baylea Smith and Zach Webb were selected as Class 4A all-state basketball players. Smith and Webb each received the most votes of any player from the 4A-1 conference. Smith, a junior who averaged 12 points and three assists per game, was glad to get the award...

It was a disappointing way for the Berryville Lady Bobcat softball team to start spring break, as they lost 6-2 last Thursday at Lincoln. After two scoreless innings, Berryville's Eve Linz hit a ground ball single in the top of the third with two outs. ...

There were plenty of upsets to be had in the first week of the NCAA Tournament and with the likes of Nevada, Kansas State, Texas A&M, Florida State, Syracuse and Loyola (Chicago) still holding on as of Thursday night, there are sure to be plenty more...