COLLEGE BASEBALL Arkansas, UCA in final polls
Arkansas and Central Arkansas were ranked in the final polls Wednesday from Collegiate Baseball and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.
The Razorbacks and Bears finished 18th and 25th in both polls, respectively. National champion UCLA was ranked No. 1 in each poll.
Arkansas (39-22) lost to Kansas State in the Manhattan (Kan.) Regional. UCA (42-22) won the Southland Conference Tournament title before losing to Mississippi State in the championship game of the Starkville (Miss.) Regional.
- Jeremy Muck
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Genoa Central coach retires
Genoa Central Coach Eddie Jackson has retired because of health problems, Genoa Athletic Director Bear Bryant said.
Jackson coached the Class 3A Dragons the last three seasons - the school’s first three as a varsity program - but had a brain tumor removed in the off season and also had a serious knee problem, Bryant said.
Jackson led Prescott to the Class A state championships in 1973 and 1975 and to the Class AA state championship in 1995.
Mansfield Coach Jason Gill was named Greenwood Junior High School’s new coach Wednesday afternoon, Greenwood Coach Rick Jones said.
Gill coached the Class 3A Tigers to a 47-33 record the last six seasons, highlighted by a conference championship and quarterfinal playoff berth in 2010.
Jones said former junior high coach Kenneth Thornton will continue to work with the team’s linemen.
- Robert Yates
ATHLETICS Hogan charged with DWI
UALR associate athletic director Gary Hogan was arrested for driving while intoxicated and cited on two other charges last week, according to a North Little Rock police report.
Hogan, who has worked at UALR in various capacities since 1985, was arrested on charges of DWI, refusal to submit and unsafe driving last Thursday night, according to the report.
The report said Hogan’s 2012 white Chevrolet Corvette was pulled over at 9:36 p.m. last Thursday at 4600 Hampton Road in North Little Rock. A portable Breathalyzer test was administered and revealed his blood-alcohol content to be 0.148. Arkansas’ legal limit is 0.08.
He was taken to the Pulaski County jail, where he was booked and later released on his own recognizance.
Hogan is scheduled to appear in court July 15.
UALR Athletic Director Chris Peterson said Wednesday that Hogan, 63, will not face disciplinary action from the university.
“Gary Hogan has been a fantastic ambassador for UALR and the greater Little Rock area for 26 years,” Peterson said. “He made a mistake that he is personally paying a heavy price for. … I know Gary has the issue in hand and we will go forward.”
Hogan served as sports director at KTHV-TV, Channel 11, in Little Rock before compiling a 275-299 record as UALR’s baseball coach in 1985-1996. He resigned as coach to take a job with UALR’s athletic department where he has remained since, serving as one of its chief fundraisers. UALR’s home baseball field in Curran Conway Park is named after Hogan.
- Troy Schulte
GOLF Conway golfer wins junior girls title
Casey Ott from Conway shot a final-round 76 on Wednesday to capture the overall title at the 15th annual ASGA Junior Girls Stroke Play Championship held at the Country Club of Little Rock.
Ott, 12, finished with a two-day total of 158 and became the youngest overall champion at the event. Ott birdied the last four holes to edge runner-up Maria Emma Edwards by two strokes. Edwards won the 16-year-old division.
Kirsten Garner, playing in the 17-year-old division, finished third overall at 161.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL University of Ozarks hires Ferrell
The University of the Ozarks has hired David Ferrell as its men’s basketball coach.
Ferrell spent the past 21 years as the boys coach at West Fork High School, where he had a record of 458-176 while leading the Tigers to the state tournament eight times. Ferrell has a career record of 510-202 in 24 years as a head coach. He also has coached at Shiloh Christian, Lincoln and Gravette.
Ferrell’s son, Josh, will be a freshman guard for the Eagles this season, and his daughter Jordyn is an assistant women’s basketball coach at the university.
Sports, Pages 23 on 06/27/2013