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Boys Team Scores: Melbourne – 129, Izard County – 148, Viola – 165, and Hillcrest – 169. Boys Individual Scores: Roby Cooper, Melbourne 39; Gage Harris, Viola 39; Brady Gunther, Melbourne 45; Ethan Seay, Melbourne 45; Landon McBride, Izard County 48; Hayden Lewis, Izard County 48; Nick Powell, Hillcrest 51; Drew Foster, Izard County 52; Trevor Nunnally, Hillcrest 58; Owen Cooper, Melbourne 58; Bryson Doyle, Hillcrest 60; Brandon Martin, Viola 62; Luke Worsham, Viola 64; and Tanner Durham, Hillcrest 70.. ...

The Salem High School Volleyball Team is currently 1-2 overall for the season and 1-0 in conference. The team opened the season on Aug. 26 with a loss on the road at Cedar Ridge (Newark, Ark.). Cedar Ridge won the match in three games. Cedar Ridge won the first game with the score of 25-8; Salem’s scoring improved as Cedar Ridge won the second game by 25-17; and, in the third game Salem challenged Cedar Ridge, eventually falling to the home team 25-21...

The Melbourne Bearkatz unleashed a powerful and efficient offense against the Midland Mustangs. It didn’t take many plays for the Bearkatz to score their 56 points. The offense scored four touchdowns, and the defense also scored touchdowns (two punt returns and two interceptions)...

The Salem Greyhounds had a successful voyage to Mountain View on Friday, Sept. 6 to start the season 1-0. The Greyhounds prevailed by a score of 52-14. The potent offense picked up where it left off last year, and the defense, which was also strong last year, held the Yellowjackets to 14 points...

Blue Eye angler Bill Babler set the record with a 40-pound, 6-ounce fish. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) confirms Bill Babler of Blue Eye is now the new state-record holder for brown trout after catching a monster 40-pound, 6-ounce fish at Lake Taneycomo Sept. 4 using a pole-and-line...

After scoring 30 points against Hayti on the road in week one, the Thayer Bobcats exploded for 50 points against the Doniphan Dons on Sept. 6 in the first home game of the season. Thayer threw four passes in the game and completed them all for 103 yards in the air for an average of 25.75 yards per pass. ...

The August full moon has helped the striper bite this year on Norfork Lake. I had 5 guided trips this past week and all but the last 1 caught their limits. Today we boated 8 and missed or broke off 10 more. The bite has been awesome for us. I’m fishing at the dam and caught limits of stripers that must be kept because of the depth of the water column the fish are in. ...

The Cave City Cavemen traveled to Southside to take on the Southerners on Friday, Sept. 6 for their second game of the season. Southside prevailed by the score of 46-8. Southside scored 13 unanswered points in the first quarter and matched their first quarter production in the second quarter. ...

The Highland High School Volleyball team is off to an 0-5 overall and 0-4 in conference for the season. The next game is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 9 against Southside. Highland recorded a 3-0 loss to Hoxie on August 26. Hoxie won game one by 25-8; game two by 25-21 and game three 25-11...

After a Sept. 5 loss to Hoxie 3-0, the Cave City Volleyball team had a 2-2 overall record and were 0-1 in conference. Hoxie won in three straight games by scores of 25-21; 25-12 and 25-4. On Sept. 3, Cave City lost 3-2 to Ridgefield Christian. Cave City won the first game 25-19. Ridgefield won the second game 25-13. Ridgefield prevailed in the third game 25-15. Cave City won the fourth game 25-19 requiring a fifth game which Ridgefield won 15-10...

Cave City Cavemen The Cave City Cavemen hosted the Hoxie Mustangs in the first game of the season. Hoxie’s speed presented the Cavemen with a challenge all evening. The final score was Hoxie 48 and Cave City 21. Hoxie scored 14 unanswered points in the first quarter. Then, Hoxie outscored Cave City 15-8 in the second quarter for a half-time score of 29-8. Cave City scored 7 points in the third quarter to 6 for Hoxie. Hoxie scored 13 points in the fourth quarter to 6 for Cave City...

The Highland Rebels traveled to Harding Academy in Searcy on Friday, Sept. 6. Harding Academy won the game by a score of 47-20. The win provided the Harding Academy Wildcats with a 2-0 record, and the loss dropped the Rebels to 0-2 for the season. The Wildcats came out scoring in the first quarter and put 16 points on the scoreboard. ...

Week of Aug. 26 and Aug. 30 Star of the Week 2 Game Score Plus Handicap Wayne Kimber 202 Aug. 26 Game Winners Pit 1 Prusak and Jones - 189 Pit 2 Morgan and Gruger - 187 Pit 3 Ruuska and Watts - 203 Pit 4 Garner and Kimber - 196 Aug. 30 Game Winners...

Missouri’s fish gigging season will be extended by 15 days to now end Feb. 15, 2020. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is extending the fish gigging season by 15 days beginning this season. The upcoming season will run Sept. 15 through Feb. 15, 2020...

Changes will become effective in 2020, require 20 acres for free deer and turkey permits, stay at five acres for other uses, add discounted permits for nonresident landowners, and add registry. Starting in 2020, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) will increase the minimum acreage requirement from five to 20 acres for resident landowners and members of their immediate households to receive free permits for deer and turkey hunting...

Mark Crawford, a trout fishing guide on the Spring River, sent the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission this photo of a young angler, Peyton Holder, who got to join Crawford on the river for his first big fly-fishing excursion. Peyton won the trip in a drawing held in June during the AGFC’s Youth Fishing Derby Day, which featured free fishing derbies at the AGFC’s five hatcheries. ...

Kelly Wiedemann, a sophomore outside/right side hitter for the Missouri State University-West Plains Grizzly Volleyball team, was named to the Rose City Classic all-tournament team this past weekend at Tyler, Texas. Wiedemann, West Plains, was one of 12 players, and the only Grizzly, selected for the team...

Some area schools participated in the Arkansas “0” week games last Friday night. Cave City, Highland, Melbourne and Thayer all opened action for the season on Friday night. Salem, Ark. is scheduled to open its season on Friday, Sept. 6, when the Greyhounds travel to Mountain View, Ark. to play the Yellowjackets...

With as much as a few inches of rain falling in some areas of the state within the last few days, dove hunters looking for options on opening day this Sunday are encouraged to scout ahead to ensure recent storms didn’t saturate their chances at a good dove hunt. ...

With a month left before the opening day of archery deer season, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is busy distributing this year’s hunting guidebook. Copies will begin arriving in sporting goods stores and AGFC regional offices throughout Arkansas in the next few weeks. But for folks who want to get the inside line on hunting seasons and regulations, an online version is available to view and store on your phone...

The August full moon has helped the striper bite this year. Over the last four days Thursday – Sunday we had 4 outings and our clients boated 11 limits. The bite starts around 6 am and continues up to 10 am, the stripers are holding on flats from 80’ to 100’ with the most consistent depth at 88’. ...

The Highland Boys placed second Aug. 27 behind Batesville shooting a team score of 135. Austin Circle was co-medalist shooting a 41. Senior Keylee Circle has started the golf season medaling in four of six matches and shooting the low round of the Cougar Classic helping the Lady Rebels secure the championship. Keylee also shot her lowest round with a 43 at Rolling Hills Country Club in Pocahontas Aug. 27...

Crown Lake (updated 8-28-2019) Boxhound Marina (870-670-4496) said the water temperature is in the high 80s and the clarity is clear. Water level is normal. Anglers are catching big bream, they report. Excellent catches of bream in the past week on crickets. No reports on crappie. Black bass are biting well late in the evening, mostly. Good reports for anglers targeting 20 feet depth. Catfish are good on chicken livers...

Cherokee Village Horseshoe Pitching Association weekly scores Weeks of Aug. 19 and Aug. 23 Star of the Week, 2 Game Score Plus Handicap: Ray McHugh, 197. Aug. 19 game winners Pit 1 G. Ruuska and Clementi 194 Pit 2 Thomas and Weeks 177 Pit 3 McHugh and Morgan 186...

Changes to reservation system for managed waterfowl hunts start this hunting season. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds waterfowl hunters that its pre-season reservation period to apply for managed waterfowl hunts will run Sept. 1-18 with results posted Oct. 1...

New regulations on deer-carcass movement and disposal will take effect February 2020. Starting in 2020, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has added additional regulations to the Wildlife Code of Missouri as part of its ongoing efforts to slow the spread of the deadly deer disease called Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). ...

The annual Sportsman’s Rendezvous Trade Day event will be held Sept. 7 at the Ash Flat Fire Station. Doors will open at 9 a.m. and admission is free. Table rental is $20 for one or $30 for two. Hunting, fishing, camping, shooting, trapping and other sportsman related items are welcome to be bought, sold or traded...

Highland, Salem, and Bay played a golf match Monday, Aug. 12 at the Cherokee South Golf Course. The Rebel girls placed first with a team score of 152. Keylee Circle was medalist with a score of 48. Tressie Carter and Abby Kulczycki tied in second with a 52. The Rebel boys placed first with a team score of 142. Nathan Kulczycki was co-medalist...

The U.S. Forest Service and Southern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards are hosting the second annual Great Rivers Wilderness Skills Institute Nov. 4 – 8, at the Lake Dardanelle State Park in Russellville, Ark. The free training offers a Crosscut Saw A/B certification, fundamentals of re-handling traditional tools, and learning Wilderness Stewardship history and fundamentals. Registration for the institute began Aug. 9 and ends Sept. 13...

When the University of Arkansas Razorbacks take the field against Portland State in Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium Aug. 31, they’ll be hitting the gridiron on new grass. The athletics department chose a new Bermudagrass variety from Oklahoma that was tested in variety trials conducted by University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture turfgrass scientists...

John Katrosh, Kim Tucker Floyd, Ronnie Brogdon and Jay Hansen are the newest inductees of the Highland Rebel Hall of Fame. They will be recognized at a reception on Friday, Aug. 30 at 5 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. John Katrosh Coach Katrosh worked at HHS from 1974-1988 and 2011-2013. ...

The annual guided kayak/canoe float trips down the White River are so popular, the state park is offering two float trips. Join park interpreters from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 1 or Monday, Sept. 2 for a floating adventure. The floats will depart from the park’s Trout Dock and travel approximately two to three hours depending on river level downstream to the White Hole Access. ...

Wildlife habitat at Sheffield Nelson Dagmar Wildlife Management Area in Monroe County has seen a huge boost for the future, thanks to proactive work to create the next generation of forest on a small portion of the area managed for waterfowl. Habitat surveys conducted this spring show excellent results from the recent removal of select trees on Mud Slough Greentree Reservoir, promoting food for ducks, deer and a variety of other wildlife species for many generations to come...

Crown Lake (updated 8-14-2019) Boxhound Marina (870-670-4496) said the lake is clear and it feels “very hot,” probably in the 90s, they report. Water level is normal. Bream are good on worms and crickets. Crappie reports are poor. Black bass are good, with anglers using worms. Catfishing is good using worms, chicken liver and, at night, crickets...

The annual Sportsman’s Rendezvous Trade Day event will be held Sept. 7 at the Ash Flat Fire Station. Doors will open at 9 a.m. and admission is free. Table rental is $20 for one or $30 for two. Hunting, fishing, camping, shoooting, trapping and other sportsman related items are welcome to be bought, sold or traded...

Weeks of Aug. 12 and Aug. 16 Star of the Week, 2 Game Score Plus Handicap, Paul Prusak – 203. Aug. 12 game winners Pit 1 Kimber and Clementi 193 Pit 2 Prusak and G. Ruuska 200 Pit 3 McHugh and Metheny 179 Pit 4 Jones and Thomas 180 Pit 5 Weeks and Gruger 183...

As summer begins to take its toll and the start of deer season nears, many deer hunters are beginning to think about how they can help the deer in the areas where they hunt. Many are thinking of loading a feeder with corn to help the deer through the summer stress. However, there is a better way...

Golf Southside and Brookland will travel to the Cherokee Village North Course for 18-hole competition on Thursday, Aug. 15 at 3:30 p.m. Football Highland Rebels are currently preparing for their scrimmage game at Mountain Home on Aug. 22 at 6 p.m. Volleyball...

The 2019 Arkansas Outdoor Hall of Fame is coming up Saturday, August 24 at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. This year marks the 28th anniversary of this celebration of the outdoors and the men and women who have stepped up to promote Arkansas’s natural resources...

Crown Lake (updated 8-7-2019) Boxhound Marina (870-670-4496) said the clarity is “very clear” and the level is normal. Bream are good on redworms and crickets. Crappie reports are poor. Black bass are good using plastic worms and live worms. Catfishing is good with live worms...

Boys Team Results Pocahontas 255 Highland 278 Bay 302 Cedar Ridge 303 Shirley 313 Izard County 324 West Side 324 Viola NTS Boys Individual Results Jackson Hunt, Bay 82 Jared Erwin, Pocahontas 84 David Weick, Pocahontas 85 Logan Dunkerson, Pocahontas 86...

Game day results for July 30 18-holers First place: Randy Curler, Dave Keylor, Larry Thomas and Bob Bryson. 9-holers First place: Walt Brown. Second place: Lee Harris, Don Hall and Dale LofQuist. Third place: Truman Easley. Game day results for Aug. 6...

Game day results for July 30 18-holers First place: Randy Curler, Dave Keylor, Larry Thomas and Bob Bryson. 9-holers First place: Walt Brown. Second place: Lee Harris, Don Hall and Dale LofQuist. Third place: Truman Easley. Game day results for Aug. 6...

Star of the Week, 2 Game Score Plus Handicap, John Watts - 212. Aug. 5 game winners Pit 1 Yanke and Matheney 202 Pit 2 Lewis and Morgan 189 Pit 3 Prusak and Watts 210 Pit 4 Hollis and Clementi 185 Pit 5 Thomas and Weeks 196 Aug. 9 game winners...