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Local teams stay put in reclassification (7/20/21)Berryville, Eureka Springs and Green Forest will be staying put in the Arkansas Activities Association’s 2022-24 classification cycle, but that doesn’t mean they won’t see some changes. The AAA recently released its ’22-’24 classification numbers for the state’s public high schools Berryville will continue to compete in Class 4A for all sports, with Eureka Springs in Class 2A. Green Forest will remain in Class 4A for football and Class 3A for all other sports... -
Farrar excited about move to Eureka Springs (7/20/21)Brian Rambo and Kyle Farrar first became acquainted as high school basketball rivals more than 30 years ago. They renewed their acquaintance after both became successful coaches in Carroll County — Rambo as the head boys coach and athletic director at Eureka Springs High School and Farrar as the head girls coach at Green Forest... -
Basketball: Lady Bobcats enjoying more routine summer (7/20/21)The Berryville Lady Bobcats had a successful 2020-21 basketball season, advancing to the regional tournament despite having to overcome some adverse circumstances created by COVID-19 protocols. The pandemic meant that the Lady Bobcats’ spring and summer workouts were wiped out, so it took a while for coach Daniel Cornelison’s team to work out the kinks in the regular season... -
Ragball tournament to benefit child abuse victims scheduled (7/20/21)The ‘Grand Slam for Grandma’s House’ benefit ragball tournament will be played Saturday, July 24, at A.L. Carter Ballfields in Berryville. Teams from across Northwest Arkansas will compete for first place while all proceeds raised will go directly to the child abuse victims of Carroll and surrounding counties. This tournament will begin at 9 a.m., is free to the public and will have concessions available all day. ...
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Bobcats ready to take some chances (7/13/21)The Berryville Bobcats will have a new personality on both sides of the football under coach Bryan Hutson. Hutson, who left Elkins during the offseason to become the Bobcats’ new head coach, is installing a Spread offense that promises a more wide-open passing scheme. Defensively, he said the Bobcats are going to take some chances... -
Basketball Tigers hoping to build on success (7/13/21)The Green Forest Tigers had one of their most successful basketball seasons in years in 2020-21. Now coach Shane Compton’s team is hard at work trying to build on that success. “So far, we’ve had a pretty good summer,” Compton said recently. “We’re going to be going to several camps and and we feel like we played pretty well in all of them, trying to figure out who we are right now.”... -
Legends reach state tournament final (7/13/21)The Carroll County Legends advanced to the championship game of the 10-under Cal Ripken state baseball tournament in North Little Rock on the first weekend of July. The Legends rallied to defeat Stuttgart 12-5 in their first game of the tournament, then shut out Bismarck 12-0 to move into bracket play. From there, the Legends beat Bismarck 12-3 to advance to the semifinals... -
Tigers stocked with experience for ‘Year 1B’ (7/6/21)Technically, the Green Forest Tigers are entering Year 2 of Greg Tibbitt’s tenure as their head coach, but Tibbitt says another description might be more accurate. “I’m not so sure that this won’t be like Year 1B,” Tibbitt said recently, referring to the unusual circumstances the Tigers faced in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic... -
Talent-laden Bobcats aiming to skip typical rebuilding phase (7/6/21)When a high school basketball team has the kind of success the Berryville Bobcats experienced last season, it’s often followed by a bit of rebuilding over the next couple of years. Even though it’s still very early, however, indications are that the Bobcats might not have reached their peak just yet... -
Basketball: Transfer bolsters high hopes for Eureka Springs (7/6/21)Between the uncertainty created by COVID-19 and a questionable decision by 2A-1 superintendents that cost his team a potential opportunity to play a first-round district tournament game on its home floor, Eureka Springs coach Brian Rambo was so frustrated by the end of the last basketball season that he says he didn’t sleep for a week...
