Stories from Saturday, April 20, 2019

The Gosnell Pirates crushed the Marion Patriots Wednesday 15-2. The Pirates jumped out to a 4-0 lead against the Patriots. GHS added five runs in the top of the fifth to lead 9-0. The Patriots, however, weren’t to be shutout as they drove in two runs in the bottom of the fifth...

The Blytheville Chickasaws on April 16 lost to Batesville 10-0 in seven innings in AAAA/3 Conference play at the Blytheville Youth Sportsplex in their last home game of the year, and the Lady Chickasaws (0-13, 3-17) were defeated in softball by the Lady Pioneers 20-3. The Chickasaws (1-14, 1-15) on April 17 fell at Pocahontas 17-6 in 4A-3 Conference play in their last regular season game, and the Lady Chickasaws softball team (0-14, 3-18) fell to the Lady Redskins 11-7 in league action...

Salem played poor host to Riverside Tuesday afternoon, pounding out a 15-4 victory over the Rebels. The Greyhounds scored in every inning, including putting up four runs in the first, third and fifth frames. Riverside got a bases loaded double from Grayson Emery in the fourth inning while Trae Barnes delivered an RBI single in the first. ...

Manila fell twice in softball action, losing Tuesday at Gosnell 11-1 before dropping a 14-4 decision Wednesday at Trumann. Gosnell scored four runs in the first and added four more in the second on their way to run-ruling the Lady Lions. Brailey Hampton delivered Manila’s only run, belting an RBI double in the fifth inning, scoring Grace Wilkins. Sydney Adcock had Manila’s only other hit...

Buffalo Island Central and Bay split a twin-bill in 2A-3 softball action Tuesday at Monette. BIC took the first game 10-0 behind the two-hit shutout pitching of Mason Hastings. BIC scored one run in the first, five in the second, three in the third and one more in the fourth...

Bay swept Buffalo Island Central in a Tuesday afternoon doubleheader, winning the first game 9-2 before shutting out the Mustangs 15-0 in the nightcap. Bay scored in every inning but the fourth in winning the opener, out-hitting BIC 11-4. Tyler Hartgen had three hits for the Yellowjackets. Dylan Creech singled and doubled while Trey Norris added a pair of RBI. Nathan Higgins picked up the win, allowing just two runs on four hits while striking out six...

Manila traveled to Walnut Ridge Tuesday afternoon with the 3A-3 conference baseball title on the line. The Bobcats scored a run in the second inning to take an early lead before Manila answered when Elijah Nichols cracked an RBI single in the fourth to square the game 1-1...

The Armorel Tigers finished their 1A-3 Conference schedule off in style as they defeated the Ridgefield Christian Warriors 16-1 Tuesday. Then, the league champs traveled to Maynard Wednesday in battle of the Tigers where Armorel prevailed 16-0. The Tigers collected a total of 23 hits in both games...

Blytheville Baseball Softball Boosters league action continued Tuesday at the Blytheville Youth Sportsplex. Thursday’s games were rained out. Rookie League Farmers Bank 4, Family Eye Care 3 Family Eye Care jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the early game Tuesday night but Farmers Bank and Trust tied the game at two in the top of the third. FBT added two more runs in the top of the fifth to lead 4-2. Family Eye Care rallied but fell short as they were defeated 4-3...

It is an exciting time for young people who are about to graduate from high school. Most know the days, hours and maybe even minutes they have left receiving their diplomas. It shocks me when I look on the calendar and realize just how few days are left. It seems the 2018-2019 school year just started and now it is about to become a memory...

I’m going to write another nerdy column this week, so if you are one of the 10 people in the world who don’t watch Game of Thrones, you may want to skip this one. Last Sunday the final season premiere graced the televisions of many eagerly awaiting fans anxious to see just how quickly things are going to go wrong now that winter is here...

To the editor, Thank you for your financial contributions to the effort to rid guns from falling into the wrong hands. There were 24 guns turned in 45 minutes during the Cash4Guns, and at least 10 turned back due to lack of funding. We raised $1,450.00 and Healing in the Hood and TBG gave $1,000 to make it successful...

Recently, State Rep. Monte Hodges (D-Blytheville) was selected as one of 20 leaders from across the country to join the NewDEAL (Developing Exceptional American Leaders), a selective national network of state and local elected officials led by honorary co-chairs U.S. Senator Mark Warner and former Governor Jack Markell...

Manila School Board accepted the resignations of Scott Morgan, teacher/coach, and Sabrina Morgan, special education teacher, at the Monday, April 18, meeting. Several new teachers and reassignments were approved on the recommendation of Superintendent Jason Evers. Each passed unanimously with all board members present...

At Tuesday’s Blytheville City Council meeting, Councilman Matt Perrin addressed the full council about a concern that he had concerning Ordinance 1840. Though it was not on the agenda, Perrin moved to amend the ordinance shortly into the meeting, requesting that the first sentence of Section 4A be removed...

The fate of the old Fruit of the Loom building appears to remain a mystery with conflicting stories coming to the surface at Monday night’s Osceola City Council meeting. The council voted last year to sell the structure to Ben Tangye, of MRG, for $3 million. ...

The Mississippi County Economic Development committee met on Tuesday to hear from economic developer Clif Chitwood. Chitwood proposed two hiring incentives for companies coming into the county. He also discussed with the committee at length about a potential study that the county could pay for that would look into the possibility of supplementing the workforce in the county...