Sports

The Ozark Gateway Tourist Council third annual golf tournament, recently held at the Turkey Mountain Golf Course in Horseshoe Bend, was a huge success, said Cathy Drew, Ozark Gateway’s executive director. “Not only was it a perfect day weather-wise, especially in August, but we were also able to raise $10,000 for additional tourism promotion for the eight counties in northcentral Arkansas we represent,” Crystal Crow, new region president, said. ...

FNBC Bank will be the presenting sponsor at the Ozarka College Foundation Golf Tournament in Izard County. The tournament will be a four-person scramble, taking place on September 29, 2018 at Cooper’s Hawk Golf Course in Melbourne, Arkansas. There will be a shotgun start at 9:00 a.m. and all proceeds will benefit the students of Ozarka College. ...

School sports are fun and the exercise is healthy, but competition creates emotional risks for children and adults, said Brittney Schrick, assistant professor and extension family life specialist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture...

Each year Spring River Valley Friends of NRA dinner and auction is a sold out event! One hundred percent of our net dollars are put to work in grants. These fundraisers and our volunteers are the foundation of this program. This is how we raise all of the dollars we put to work in our state. Below are last year’s local grant recipients...

Championship Flight: First Place, Smart/ Smart/ Goins, 58, prize $240; Second Place, Smith/ Smith/ Nicholson, 60, $180; Third Place, McGuffee/ Barker/ Yingling, 61, $120. A Flight: First Place, Brown/ Tynes/ Overman, 70, $240; Second Place, Ward/ Ward/ Curtis, 70, $180; Third Place, Criss/ Franks/ Howell, 70, $120...

Like other livestock farmers trying to make a living in the grasp of a severe drought, Adam Boman was on the road to Kansas City in early August to market some of his cattle. But Boman, owner of Good Life Grass Farms, was only transporting the few cows he direct markets each month. The others were still back on the Lawrence County farm where he raises grass-fed beef in a rotational-grazing system that was still providing plenty of forage for his herd...

The Ozark Gateway Region Golf Classic three-person scramble will be held Aug. 25 at the Turkey Mountain Golf Course, 3 Club Road, Horseshoe Bend. Tee-off time is scheduled for 8 a.m., with coffee and doughnuts to be served beginning at 7. The entry fee is $120 per team. However, this does not include the cost of cart rentals, according to a news release...

In its second year of recognitions, the Highland High School Rebel Athletic Hall of Fame will honor the following inductees during halftime of the first home football game on Friday, Aug. 31: Sandy Golden Murphy, Scott Street and Johnny Carter. A dress-casual reception for the honorees will begin at 5 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. Food and drink will be provided by First Community Bank of Highland. All Rebel families and friends are invited...

Event: Scramble on July 5 Chairman: John Raney First place winners were D. Keylor, B. Brown, J. Branch and R. Roberts. Second place winners were J.Raney, G. McCain and C. Ward. First place winners in the nine-holers flight were D. Lofquist, L. Harrass, G. Peck and D. Hall...

Star of the Week 2 Game Score Plus Handicap, Wayne Yanke 213 July 30 Game Winners Pit 1 Watson and Lewis 189 Pit 2 Gruger and Hollis 192 Pit 3 Kimber and Prusak 193 Pit 4 McHugh and Howe 180 Pit 5 Brackett and Clementi 192 Aug. 3 Game Winners...

Arkansas deer hunters will have more ability to help slow the spread of chronic wasting disease this year, thanks to new regulations passed by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. In response to new positive cases of CWD detected during last deer season’s sampling efforts, five counties have been added to the CWD management zone. The addition of Benton, Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian and Washington counties extends the outer boundary of the zone west to the Arkansas-Oklahoma state line...