Rubber-armed McKinzie leads Lions into first-round matchup vs. CAC

By Tom Glave Sports Writer // tomg@nwanews.com

GRAVETTE — Ethan McKinzie picked up two wins at the regional tournament to lead the Gravette Lions to their first state tournament appearance since 2004. - Friday, May 9, 2008

Like clockwork : Woodruff not saying if 16th trip his last

By Jim Hall Sports Writer // jimh@nwanews.com

ROGERS — Rogers baseball coach Tom Woodruff asked Billy Bock one time how — in addition to having talent like Torii Hunter — did the Pine Bluff coach win so many state titles. - Friday, May 9, 2008

Approach is simple for Tigers

By Tom Glave Sports Writer // tomg@nwanews.com

BENTONVILLE — The Bentonville Tigers want to put the fun back in fundamental baseball. - Friday, May 9, 2008

Pea Ridge girls armed with experience

From Staff Reports

PEA RIDGE — The Pea Ridge softball team did its growing up last season. Now the Lady Blackhawks are seeing how important experience can be. - Friday, May 9, 2008

Pitching depth key for ’Hawks

By Paul Gatling Sports Writer // paulg@nwanews.com

PEA RIDGE — If nothing else, Pea Ridge baseball coach John E. King found some pitching depth behind Travis Parsons at the Class 3A Region 1 Tournament. - Friday, May 9, 2008

Timing couldn’t be better for Lady Mounties

By Paul Gatling Sports Writer // paulg@nwanews.com

ROGERS — Rogers coach Mike Harper says his softball team played its best game effort-wise of the entire season in Tuesday’s 6-0 loss at Bentonville, a game won by the Lady Tigers in the late innings. - Friday, May 9, 2008

Mounties have big numbers for title defense

By Tom Glave Sports Writer // tomg@nwanews.com

BENTONVILLE — Good thing the Class 7A state track meet is right down the road. That’ll make travel plans for a big Rogers boys team a lot easier for coach Jay Miles. - Thursday, May 8, 2008

Ingram FC offering new youth league

From Staff Reports

BENTONVILLE — Dates have been announced to sign up for the Bentonville Recreational Soccer League, a new program sponsored by Ingram Comets FC beginning next fall. In-person registrations will be held Tuesday, June 3, and Tuesday, June 10, from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Ingram facility on Highway 72 in Centerton. - Thursday, May 8, 2008

Pioneers tackling tough schedule

By Paul Gatling Sports Writer // paulg@nwanews.com

GENTRY — Second-year Gentry coach Brian Little will welcome back a record-setting quarterback in the fall and says his football team has gotten stronger during the offseason. - Thursday, May 8, 2008

Company to launch HS football preview

From Staff Reports

BENTONVILLE — Competition appears to be heating up when it comes to publishing a statewide football preview in Arkansas. - Thursday, May 8, 2008

Firecracker Scramble

The Bella Vista Women’s Golf Club will hold its annual Firecracker Two-Lady Scramble on Thursday, June 26, at Berksdale and Kingswood. Registration forms are now available for all members of the 18-hole club at the pro shops in Bella Vista. - Thursday, May 8, 2008

Hutcheson a Burlsworth Award winner

— From Staff Reports

GENTRY — Gentry’s Colton Hutcheson, an All-Conference senior for the Pioneers in the fall, is the school’s 2007-08 Brandon Burlsworth Award winner, named after the former Arkansas Razorback All-American tragically killed in an auto accident. Each high school football team in Arkansas nominates a player to receive the award. Players should demonstrate drive, diligence to school and good moral character. Hutcheson, a linebacker, led the Pioneers with 114 tackles in 2007. “Colton was always there,” Gentry coach Brian Little says.“To use the expression,‘He came to work every day.’ He didn’t have a whole lot to say but he didn’t have to. He was very dependable, very coachable and very humble. His overall character is the kind that want to see in all kids” - Thursday, May 8, 2008

Lady Tigers, Mountaineers finish on top

By Tom Glave Sports Writer // tomg@nwanews.com

VAN BUREN —Distance crews from Benton County did their jobs Tuesday night — but only after the Rogers boys and Bentonville girls got big points from their field events and sprints to help them run away with 7A-West Conference track titles on Tuesday. - Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Tigers swept; drop to No. 6 seed

From Staff Reports

SPRINGDALE — Gordon Miller drove in 5 runs with a pair of runs the Springdale Har-Ber Wildcats completed a conference baseball sweep of the Bentonville Tigers here Tuesday, holding on for a 10-6 victory in Game 2. - Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Lady Tigers pounce in late innings to put away Rogers

By Paul Gatling Sports Writer // paulg@nwanews.com

BENTONVILLE — Bentonville won Tuesday’s 7A-West Conference softball game against Rogers, but both coaches can claim momentum entering this weekend’s Class 7A State Tournament in Russellville. - Wednesday, May 7, 2008

UCA rallies from deficit to beat Gravette in final

By Brent Harrison Special To The Daily Record

PRAIRIE GROVE — What was a pitcher’s duel for the first four innings quickly became an offensive showcase for both Gravette and Union Christian in the final three innings of Tuesday’s championship game of the Class 4A North Region Baseball Tournament Gravette (21-8 ) tallied three runs in the fifth as Manny Rogers stole home and Quinten Eden delivered a two-run triple. The Eagles retaliated with a pair of runs in the fifth and sixth to take the title in a 4-3 victory. “We thought we were getting ready to get a roll going,” Gravette coach Vernon Scott said. - Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Pea Ridge teams take third place

From Staff Reports

HARRISON — Pea Ridge pounded out 14 hits and Drew Rosser flirted with a nohitter Tuesday in a 16-0, fiveinning win against Lamar in the third-place game of the Class 3A Region 1 Baseball Tournament in Harrison. - Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Lady War Eagle Basketball Camp

Heritage girls’ coach Kevin Ramey will host Lady War Eagle Basketball Camp at the Rogers Sophomore Campus on June 9-11. Cost is $40 for campers in grades K-6. Each camper will receive camp T-shirt and other prizes. For questions or to register call coach Ramey at (479) 631-3590, (479) 283-4217 or e-mail to kramey@lingle.k12.ar.us. - Wednesday, May 7, 2008

AREA SPORTS /RECREATION CALENDAR

BASKETBALL Hoop-in ’ It Up Basketball Camp Camp directors Marty Barnes and Tom Olsen have released the dates for the 2008 Hoop-in’ It Up Basketball Camp. This year the camps are being held in conjunction with both the Rogers and Rogers Heritage basketball programs. Barnes is the head coach of the Rogers Mounties. Olsen, formerly a Rogers assistant, will coach the Heritage War Eagles when Heritage opens in August. The basketball camps will be held at W.E. King Arena on the Rogers High School campus. Each camper will receive a camp basketball and T-shirt. Individual competitions and awards will be presented at the conclusion of each camp. Costs per camper per session are: $70 if pre-registered one week before camp; $85 if registered at the door; and, $120 if pre-registered for two camp sessions. The first session is scheduled June 9-13 and the second session is July 8-11. Family discounts are available. For more information or a camp registration form contact coach Barnes at 636-2202 (ext. 129), 970-1440 or e-m - Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Lund on HR tear for BHS

By Paul Gatling Sports Writer // paulg@nwanews.com

BENTONVILLE — The Bentonville Lady Tigers, who first fielded a fastpitch softball team in the fall of 1997, combined to hit six home runs last year to set a single-season school record. - Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Saints stun Pea Ridge with 4 runs in seventh

By Scott McDonald Special To The Daily Record

HARRISON — The Shiloh Christian Saints exploded for 4 runs on 4 hits in the top of the seventh inning and rallied past the Pea Ridge Blackhawks 4-3 Monday night in the semifinals of the Class 3A Region 1 Baseball Tournament on Jack Williams Field. - Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Tigers try to finish DH today at Har-Ber

From Staff Reports

BENTONVILLE — State playoff seedings will be up for grabs today as the Bentonville baseball and softball teams finish their regular season schedules. - Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Double by McAfee gives Lions walk-off win at regional

By Tom Glave Sports Writer // tomg@nwanews.com

PRAIRIE GROVE — One extra-base hit was just enough for the Gravette Lions on Monday. - Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Morgan shines in regional loss for Pea Ridge

By Heath Allen Northwest Arkansas Times

ELKINS — Pea Ridge had more hits, but back-to-back controversial calls cost the Lady Blackhawks in a 3-1 loss to Charleston the Class 3A Region 1 Softball Tournament semifinals here Monday. - Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Hoop-in’ It Up Basketball Camp

Camp directors Marty Barnes and Tom Olsen have released the dates for the 2008 Hoop-in’ It Up Basketball Camp. - Tuesday, May 6, 2008

NWA Heat spaghetti luncheon

The NWA Heat 12- &-Under softball team will have a spaghetti luncheon for Mother’s Day. The cost is $5 per person and will include spaghetti, breadsticks, salad, dessert and drink.The event will be held at the Masonic Lodge in Gentry from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 11. The team has been invited to a softball tournament in northern California and this will help pay for the trip. For more information call (479) 790-8988 or e-mail nwaheat@gmail.com. - Tuesday, May 6, 2008

NSA umpires, scorekeepers needed

The Rogers Community-School Recreation Association is looking for NSA slow-pitch softball umpires and scorekeepers for the 2008 season. League games are played Monday through Friday from 6-10 p.m. For more information call David Stone at (479) 631-0336 ext. 432 or e-mail : dstone@rogersark.org. - Tuesday, May 6, 2008

New rule affects free throws

BENTON COUNTY — Siloam Springs boys’ basketball coach Jason McMahan still remembers losing the junior high division of the Benton County Tournament to Rogers Elmwood on a putback off a missed foul shot as time ran out. - Monday, May 5, 2008

OTA reaching new heights

Special To The Daily Record

BENTONVILLE — Only four months into the yearly schedule, players from the Ozark Tennis Academy in Bentonville have competed in eight tournaments across three states, garnering numerous trophies and top finishes along the way. - Monday, May 5, 2008

Hog Calls : Shank loved and missed at Arkansas

NATE ALLEN

Every once in awhile in this recent flood of University of Arkansas athletic change, comes a day of high ground. - Monday, May 5, 2008