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ROAD RACING Hogeye Marathon set for Sunday

A move up on the calendar has Hogeye Marathon officials hopeful for ideal weather conditions when the 38th Hogeye hits the streets of Fayetteville this weekend.

The 26-mile marathon race will be go off at 7:30 a.m. Sunday. Last year the marathon was held April 14, but moving it up two weeks should provide runners with better conditions this year.

At least, that’s the plan.

“It’s going to be the best yet,” race director Tabby Holmes said. “We’re going to be a couple hundred short from it being the biggest, but we wanted to get some colder weather for our runners and we think we’re going to get that.

“When we first moved the date we weren’t aware of the dates for spring break, so I’d say the local spring break does have something to do with our numbers being a little down. But there’s still time to register for the races, so we don’t know for sure how many we’ll have.”

Along with the full marathon, this year’s Hogeye features a half-marathon, a four-person relay, a 5K run and a 1-mile Fun Run. A Kid’s Marathon will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Kohl’s parking lot in Fayetteville, and the Hogeye pasta dinner will take place Saturday night. A new corporate challenge also has been added to the list of events.

The marathon course has one minor difference this year, with the finish line at the Walton Arts Center parking lot. Previously, the finish line was behind the Bank of Fayetteville building directly off the town square.

Runners can register online or at the Chancellor Hotel in Fayetteville from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and from 5:45 a.m. to 7 a.m. Sunday.

More information is available at hogeyemarathon.com.

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BASKETBALL Shipley, Fernandez honored by NAIA

John Brown guards Sierra Shipley and Eliana Fernandez have been named to the NAIA Division I women’s All-America teams.

Shipley, a senior from Fayetteville, landed on the third team. She led JBU in scoring with 16.2 points per game.

Fernandez, a junior from Duitama, Colombia, was an honorable mention selection. She averaged 10.8 points per game before her season ended Feb. 8 because of injury.

The Golden Eagles finished 28-8, losing to Oklahoma City in the NAIA semifinals.

BASEBALL

Arkansas Baptist sweeps doubleheader

Colton Welch drove in two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to send Arkansas Baptist College to a doubleheader sweep of Southeast Community College. Arkansas Baptist won the opener 5-3 and the second game 4-3.

Lane Moore (2-0) picked up the victory in the second game. Derek Wooten (5-0) was the winner in the first game. Connor Anderson had two hits in the first game, and Bryant Anderson drove in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning.

Sports, Pages 23 on 03/28/2014

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