LITTLE ROCK CENTRAL 4-2, CABOT 1-8 Cabot senior Adam Hicks retired 14 consecutive batters and finished with a four-hitter as the Panthers earned a split of their 7A/6A-East doubleheader with Little Rock Central at Buddy Coleman Field. Hicks struck out 10 and walked only one in the complete-game victory. Cabot took advantage of five Central errors and picked up two hits each from Lee Sullivan, Riley Knudsen and Denver Mullins. In the first game, Central pitcher Joey Abraham struck out 12 and limited the Panthers to four hits. The Tigers’ Brandon Randall banged out a two-run single in the second inning and Nathan Abraham and Larry Johnson eachdrove in runs in a two-run fifth inning. Cabot’s Zach Patterson struck out seven and walked four, while Knudsen drove in his team’s lone run. Central leads the conference with a 6-2 record. Cabot is 3-5 in league play.
CONWAY 13, RUSSELLVILLE 4 Cade Jones collected three hits and drove in six runs as the Wampus Cats defeated the Cyclones and improved to 5-2 in 7A/6A-Central play. Bubba Carter went four innings and struck out seven for Conway, which had eight hits and took advantage of three Russellville errors. Conner Williams drove in four runs for Conway. Russellville fell to 4-3 in league play.
TUESDAY’S RESULTS
BASEBALL 7A/6A-CENTRAL Little Rock Catholic 7, Fort Smith Northside 6 Conway 13, Russellville 4 Fort Smith Southside 21, LR Hall 0 7A/6A-EAST Little Rock Central 4-2, Cabot 1-8 Mountain Home 4-2, Jonesboro 3-3 7A/6A-SOUTH Benton 5, Pine Bluff 4 7A/6A-WEST Bentonville 7-5, Rogers 3-0 Fayetteville 6-4, Springdale Har-Ber 1-0 Rogers Heritage 6-17, Siloam Springs 0-1 Van Buren 8-5, Springdale 1-0 OTHERS Brookland 6-13, Trumann 2-0 Conway St. Joseph 5, Hector 0 Dover 7, Pottsville 1 Harding Academy 3, Heber Springs 0 Lamar 8-3, Danville 2-1 Malvern 11, Stuttgart 7 Marked Tree 5, Buffalo Island 0 Pangburn 7, Salem 6 Pulaski Academy 15, Episcopal 0 Rivercrest 15, Piggott 2 Star City 15, Lake Village 0 Subiaco Academy 14, Waldron 3 White Co. Central 11, Sloan-Hendrix 0 Wynne 4-1, Forrest City 1-0
SOFTBALL Bald Knob 4, Heber Springs 0 Benton Harmony Grove 15, Perryville 4 Bentonville 11, Fayetteville 0 Booneville 2, Mena 0 Bryant 10, El Dorado 1 Corning 5, Rivercrest 1 Morrilton 7, Harding Academy 5 Mountain Home 13, Jonesboro 7 Pocahontas 14-11, Jonesboro Westside 4-3 Rogers 3, Rogers Heritage 2 Rose Bud 14-22, Barton 8-9 SS Batesville 16, Riverview 8 Springdale Har-Ber 10, Springdale 0 White Hall 17, Hot Springs 0
BOYS SOCCER Arkadelphia 5, Benton Harmony Grove 1 Bentonville 1, Rogers 0 CAC 7, Cossatot River 0 Fayetteville 4, Siloam Springs 1 FS Northside 1, LR Catholic 1 (FS Northside wins 7-6 in PKs) Greenwood 6, LR Parkview 0 Hot Springs 3, White Hall 1 Searcy 2, North Little Rock 1
GIRLS SOCCER Arkadelphia 6, Benton HG 0 CAC 6, Cossatot River 0 Fayetteville 2, Siloam Springs 1 Greene Co. Tech 3, Paragould 1 Mountain Home 6, Jonesboro 0 Mount St. Mary 6, FS Northside 0 North Little Rock 2, Searcy 0 Sheridan 4, Texarkana 1
Sports, Pages 26 on 04/16/2014