PREP TRACK
Mounties start fast
Rogers High’s boys started the Kansas Relays on the right track with a victory in the 4x1,600-meter relay during Friday’s event in Lawrence, Kan.
The team of Taylor Bryant, Jesse Ramirez, Ian Smith and Christian Liddell turned in a time of 18 minutes, 5.77 seconds, almost 8 seconds quicker than second-place Jenks, Okla. Bentonville’s team of Ryan Graziani, Joshua Kruse, Brookss Hedstrom and Jonathan Prince finished third in a time of 18:26.25.
Smith, Ramirez and Bryant teamed with Braden Sims to finish third in the boys distance medley relay, while Bentonville’s team of Prince, Graziani, Kruse and Connor Southern took fifth. Meanwhile, Mounties sophomore Jake Benninghoff match his career-high when he cleared 6 feet, 6 inches in the high jump and finished fifth.
In girls action, Springdale Har-Ber’s Amanda Dillon battled flulike symptoms to finish second in the 400 but opted not to run in the 800. Bentonville’s Taylor Mahone finished fifth in the 100 with a season-best time of 12.12, while Rogers’ Hannah Lueders took 10th.
Bentonville also had a fifth-place finish in the 4x1,600 relay as the team of Katie Andrews, Cami Hedstrom, Carmen Hedstrom and Merril Leak had a time of 22:20.35, while Rogers’ team of Olivia Groeber, B Smith, Lisa Lauschke and Lauren Harrell took seventh. Bentonville sophomore Isabel Neal cleared 11-5.75 in the pole vault and finished fifth.
PREP BASEBALL
MORRILTON 6-1, FARMINGTON 0-1
The Devil Dogs scored all the runs they needed in the first inning and shut out Farmington in the first game of a 5A-West doubleheader Thursday. Morrilton completed the sweep with a 2-1 win in the nightcap. In the opener, the Cardinals (9-8) collected just five hits with Blake Putnam, Kelton Price, Flint Oxford, Hayden Sutton and Trenton McChristian all collecting singles. Oxford was solid in relief, going four innings and allowing just one earned run with four strikeouts. The second game was a pitcher’s duel as Farmington’s Keaton Austin was solid over over six innings, allowing just one earned run on four hits with four strikeouts. Putnam was 2-for-4 with a double for Farmington, and Caleb Reagan added a triple for the Cards.
PRAIRIE GROVE 8, BERRYVILLE 4
The Tigers claimed a road win by taking advantage of seven Berryville errors in 4A-1 Conference action Thursday. The Tigers (10-7) trailed 4-1 after one inning, but tied the score in the second and added runs in each of the final three innings. Gavin Heltemes was 2-for-4 with an RBI to lead the Tigers at the dish. Evan Rush was also 2-for-4, and Sam Dodd added a two-run double. Dodd earned the pitching win in relief of starter Logan Gragg. Dodd went six innings, allowing no earned runs on three hits with three strikeouts.
SHILOH CHRISTIAN 12, GRAVETTE 5
The Saints battered Gravette for 18 hits in a 4A-1 Conference road win Thursday.
Luke Bandy was 5-for-5 with a triple and three RBIs to pace the Saints. Ben Olsen was 4-for-4 with a pair of RBIs. Brod Butler was 2-for-5, both doubles, and Kord Offenbacker was also 2-for-4 with three RBIs. Gunner Gilder added two hits for the Saints as well.
Matthew Stelting led the Lions with a pair of hits and an RBI. Jackson Soule’ was 1-for-2 with three runs scored.
Offenbacker earned the pitching win, going 5.1 innings and allowing two earned runs on six hits with one strikeout. Cody Fields took the loss, allowing three earned runs over 4.2 innings with six strikeouts and nine hits.
PREP SOFTBALL
BENTONVILLE 12, FORT SMITH SOUTHSIDE 1
Bentonville erupted for eight runs in the top of the first inning and cruised to a 7A-West Conference victory Friday over Southside in Fort Smith.
That early cushion was more than enough for Lady Tigers pitcher Maddy Prough, who threw a no-hitter for four innings and finished with a two-hitter. Southside’s only run came in the sixth against reliever Brittany Crowson, and that was not enough to keep the 10-run rule from being used.
Jordan Gartman was 3-for-4 and drove in two runs, while Clairie Lacina was 3-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored. Tymber Riley was 2-for-3 with an RBI and three runs scored for Bentonville (13-3, 7-1).
FARMINGTON 12-12, MORRILTON 1-0
The Lady Cardinals bashed 22 hits in a run-run win in 5A-West action Thursday.
Brooke Larkin was 4-for-4 with a double, and Sara Beth Jones was also 4-for-5. Mackenzie Sill was 3-for-4 with three RBIs. Courtney Bodine had two hits and three RBIs, while Brandy Wallace, Callie Harper and Bethany McKnight all had multiple hits for Farmington (13-7).
Sill earned the win in the circle, allowing just one earned run with seven strikeouts.
Farmington completed the doubleheader with a 12-0 shutout in the second game as Sill and Larkin combined on a two-hitter.
Paige Devecsery led Farmington at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a double. Bethany Doty crushed a pair of doubles and drove in two runs. Brandy Wallace added a double and two RBIs and Larkin also drove in two runs.
SPRINGDALE 13, PRAIRIE GROVE 7
Destini Jones, Cheyanne Mann and Shayla Tatum each drove in two runs as Springdale High beat Prairie Grove 13-7 for a nonconference road win Friday. Mann went 3-for-4, Jones 3-for-5 and Tatum 2-for-4 as the Lady Bulldogs (5-11) racked up 13 hits in the win. Erika Ramirez earned the complete-game win, striking out three and allowing five hits and five walks.
GENTRY 5, LINCOLN 2 (8)
The Lady Pioneers scored three runs in the top of the eighth innings to ease past Lincoln in 4A-1 Conference action Thursday. The game was tied 2-2 after seven innings before Gentry’s Taylor Hull lashed an RBI single to score Micah Turtle in the eighth inning. Gentry added two more runs after that. Hull and Makensi Sweeten each drove in two runs for Gentry. Alyssa Kelton earned the win in the circle, allowing one earned run on five hits with six strikeouts.
THE TICKET
PREP BASEBALL
18: Providence Academy at Neosho (Mo.) Tournament, TBD; Springdale Har-Ber at Ozark, Mo. vs Nixa, Mo. 1 p.m. and Ozark, Mo., 3:30 p.m.
20: Lincoln at Prairie Grove (V/JV), 5 p.m.; Gravette at Gentry (V/JV), 5 p.m.; Berryville at Huntsville (V/ JV), 5 p.m.; Pea Ridge at Shiloh Christian (V/JV), 4 p.m.; Elkins (V/JV) at West Fork, 4 p.m.; Greenland (V/JV) at Lavaca, 4 p.m.; Mountainbvurg at Decatur (V), 4 p.m.; Providence Academy (V/JV) at Oaks Mission, 4 p.m.
21: Southside at Springdale, 4:30 p.m; Bentonville at Rogers High (DH), 4:30 p.m.; Springdale Har-Ber at Fayetteville (DH), 4:30 p.m.; Fort Smith Northside at Rogers Heritage (DH), 4:30 p.m.; Farmington at Vilonia (DH), 4 p.m.; Siloam Springs at Huntsville (JV only), 4:30 p.m.; Providence Academy (V/JV) at Arkoma, Okla., 4 p.m.
22: Dover at Prairie Grove (V/JV), 5 p.m.
23: Rogers Heritage at McDonald County, Mo., (V/ JV), 4:30 p.m.; Huntsville (V/JV) at Elkins, 4:30 p.m.; Gravette (V/JV) at West Fork, 4:30 p.m.; Shiloh Christian (V/JV) at Berryville, 5 p.m.; Westville, Okla. at Lincoln (V/JV), 5 p.m.; Hartford at Decatur (V), 4 p.m.; Providence Academy (V/JV) at State Tournament, TBD
24: Fayetteville at Memphis Houston High Tournament, TBD; Stillwater, Okla. at Prairie Grove (V/ JV), 5 p.m.; Alma at Siloam Springs (V/JV), 5 p.m.; Gentry at Rogers Heritage (V/JV), 4:30 p.m.; Jacksonville at Farmington (V/JV), 5 p.m.; Huntsville (V/ JV) at Green Forest, 4:30 p.m.; Gravette (V/JV) at Fairland, Okla., 5 p.m.; Lincoln JV Tournament, TBD; Valley Springs at Elkins (V/JV), 4 p.m.; Pea Ridge at Greenland (V/JV), 4 p.m.; Providence Academy (V/JV) at State Tournament, TBD; Rogers High vs. Shawnee Mission at Lawrence, Kan, 5 p.m.; Harrison at Bentonville (V), 5 p.m.
25: Fayetteville at Memphis Houston High Tournament, TBD; Lincoln JV Tournament, TBD; Providence Academy (V/JV) at State Tournament, TBD; Rogers High vs. Blue Springs, Mo. at Lawrence, Kan. 11:15 a.m.
PREP SOFTBALL
20: Greenwood at Bentonville (V/JV), 5 p.m.; Gravette at Gentry, 5 p.m.; Berryville at Huntsville (V/JV), 5 p.m.; Lincoln (V/JV) at Prairie Grove, 5 p.m.; Greenland (V/JV) at Lavaca, 4 p.m.; Mountainburg at Decatur (V/JV), 4 p.m.
21: Springdale Har-Ber at Springdale, 5 p.m.; Fort Smith Southside at Fayetteville (V/JV), 5 p.m.; Bentonville at Fort Smith Southside (V/JV), 5 p.m.; Siloam Springs at Gravette (V/JV), 5 p.m.; Rogers Heritage at Rogers High (V/JV), 5 p.m.; Prairie Grove at Farmington, 5 p.m.; Elkins at Huntsville (V/ JV), 4:30 p.m.; Lincoln (V/JV) at West Fork, 4:30 p.m.
22: Fayetteville at Greenland (V/JV), 4:30 p.m.
23: Fayetteville at Springdale High (V/JV), 5 p.m.; Bentonville at Springdale Har-Ber (V/JV), 5 p.m.; Fort Smith Northside at Rogers Heritage (V/JV), 5 p.m.; Gentry at Berryville, 5 p.m.; West Fork at Huntsville (V/JV), 4:30 p.m.; Gravette (V/JV) at Lincoln, 4:30 p.m.; Hartford at Decatur (V/JV), 4 p.m.; Rogers High at Fort Smith Southside, 5 p.m.
24: Alma at Siloam Springs (V/JV), 5 p.m.; Fayetteville at Gentry, 5 pm.; Farmington at Vilonia (DH), 4:30 p.m.; Huntsville (V/JV) at Green Forest, 4:30 p.m.; Ozark at Gravette (V/JV), 5 p.m.; Greenland (V/JV) at Berryville, 4 p.m.