Sports

The Mammoth Spring Bears and Lady Bears recently hosted Hillcrest for Senior Night. In senior girls action, Hillcrest defeated Mammoth Spring, 56-53. Stephine Henry led the Lady Bears in scoring with 25 points. The Mammoth Spring Bears came out with the win over Hillcrest, 57-55. Top scorers for the Bears were Jacob Golden with 15 points, Devon Cray with 15 points and Alex Mero with 13 points...

Arkansas anglers will continue to see world-class fishing in The Natural State’s cold-water trout streams, even during the current shutdown of federal government facilities, thanks to cooperation between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission...

Eddie Morgan, of Jonesboro, did a 611 pound deadlift for a First Place World Championship and broke the world record for Push Pull (total of dead lift and bench press) by 125 pounds in the 61 to 67 age group when he bench pressed 303 pounds and dead lifted 611 pounds for a total of 914 pounds at the World Association of Benchers and Deadlifters (WABDL) Meet in Las Vegas in November. ...

Highland Elks Lodge #2539, Cherokee Village sponsored their annual Hoop Shoot Free Throw Contest on Saturday, Jan. 5 at the A. L. Hutson Center. Thirty-five boys and girls, ages 8 – 13, from seven area schools, participated in the event. The first place winners from each age group will continue on to Hot Springs in February to compete in the Arkansas State Elks Hoop Shoot Contest. ...

ICC AT MT. VERNON/ENOLA On Jan. 4 the Izard County Consolidated (ICC) Cougars (20-4 overall and 8-0 in conference) opened the new year by traveling about two hours south to meet the Mt. Vernon/Enola Warhawks (12-8 for the season and 7-2 in conference) in a non-conference matchup. ...

Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that deer hunters in Missouri harvested 12,080 deer during the alternative-methods portion of the fall firearms deer season, which ran Dec. 22 - Jan. 1. Of the total harvest, 3,081 were antlered bucks, 1,586 button bucks, and 7,413 does. Top harvest counties were Callaway with 304 deer harvested, Osage with 278, and Franklin with 263...

Due to the threat of inclement weather, this Mammoth Spring’s Friday home game against CRA has been moved up to Thursday, Jan. 10.

Thayer Lady Bobcats win over Salem Lady Tigers 81-44. The Lady Bobcats are 10-2 in the season and 2-0 in the SCA. Four team members scored in the double digits in their win over Salem.

Mammoth Spring Senior Girls won over Armorel 49-45 making them 10-9 and 3-1. High scorers were Stephine Henry with 24 points, Lauren Mitchell with 13 and Terra Godwin with 10 points. Mammoth Spring Senior Boys faced Armorel, winning 59-28 with a season of 13-9 and 5-0 so far. Alex Mero had 14 points, Cole Young-12, Daniel Mayfield-12 and Zack Flynn-11 points...

Chronic wasting disease has been found in Scott County. A hunter-harvested white-tailed deer harvested north of Waldron tested positive for the disease, according to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. The buck, sampled through the AGFC’s network of partnering taxidermists, was confirmed as CWD-positive by the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in Madison today...

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission stocked 7,451,885 fish to supplement The Natural State’s waters and provide increased opportunity for anglers in 2018. According to hatchery reports compiled by the AGFC Fisheries Division’s Aquatic Culture Section, 18 fish species were produced on AGFC hatcheries and nursery ponds. ...

The Norfork Lake winter striper bite is great if you can find the shad, otherwise its slow. I fished Float creek Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday and caught stripers each trip but only 1 time did I catch a limit. There is limited bait holding in Float but there seems to be stripers in the 50 to 60’ of water. ...

Horseshoe Lanes Monday Hillbillies 12/17/2018  Jerome McCormick         221;482 Brian Vest                           218;512 Wade Hilliker                     186;499 Mike Powell                       155;376 Ernie Coursolle                  204;544...

By Bob Mitchum MAMMOTH SPRING VS COTTER—SENIOR BOYS To kick off the Marvin Newton Classic, the Mammoth Spring Bears (10-8 overall and 4-0 in conference) met the Cotter Warriors (5-12 overall and 2-2 in conference). In the first quarter, Tucker Coots hit a three for Cotter. Zack Flynn had a three for Mammoth. Cotter led 9-3 at the end of the first quarter for a slow start to the action...

MAMMOTH SPRING VS COTTER—SENIOR BOYS To kick off the Marvin Newton Classic, the Mammoth Spring Bears (10-8 overall and 4-0 in conference) met the Cotter Warriors (5-12 overall and 2-2 in conference). In the first quarter, Tucker Coots hit a three for Cotter. Zack Flynn had a three for Mammoth. Cotter led 9-3 at the end of the first quarter for a slow start to the action...

The Marvin Newton Classic was held Saturday, Dec. 15 at Viola High School. A recap of local teams' games will be published in next week’s edition of The News. Organizers of the event, the children of Marvin Newton, estimated 1,200 people attended the games on Saturday, making this year’s tournament the largest attended. ...

Mammoth Spring High School recently hosted the Battle of the Border Tournament. Championship games were postponed due to weather but took place Wednesday, Dec. 12. In boys action, the Mammoth Spring Bears defeated the Mountain View-Liberty Eagles, 66-64 for the championship. ...

The Battle of the Border Tournament, hosted by the Mammoth Spring Bears, was held Dec. 3-8. Championship games were scheduled to be played on Saturday, Dec. 8 but will be played Wednesday, Dec. 12. The following is a list of match-ups and scores for the week...

Farm Bureau Insurance is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2018 Farm Bureau Insurance Awards. The Farm Bureau Insurance Awards honor Arkansas’ top offensive player, defensive player and coach of the year for each classification. The veteran staff at Hooten’s Arkansas Football selects three finalists for each category, and those 45 finalists and their families are invited to attend the Farm Bureau Awards in North Little Rock...

Izard County Consolidated (ICC) Cougars came to the Viola Longhorn Gym on Tuesday evening, Nov. 27 and left with two victories. The Junior Boys game went right down to the wire with the Longhorns battling back to create an exciting final few minutes in the game. ...

Individual honors for performance during the 2018 football season have been announced and several Salem Greyhounds have been recognized.

On Tuesday, Nov. 27, the Melbourne Bearkatz traveled to Mammoth Spring to take on the Bears in senior girls and senior boys competition. They split the evening with the Lady Bearkatz defeating the Lady Bears and the Bears coming out on top of the Bearkatz...

In the battle of the red and white, Melbourne and Highland split their varsity match ups last week. In the senior girls’ game, Highland jumped out to an early lead when Briley Pena drained a trey to kick the scoring off. After a Kylee Humphries bucket in the lane cut it to one point, Cheyenne Yates hit a short jumper to keep the Lady Rebs out in front. ...

The Viola Longhorns traveled to Mammoth Spring to take on the Bears Monday, Nov. 19. In senior girls play, the Lady Longhorns prevailed over the Lady Bears, 63-57. Stephanie Henry led in points for Mammoth Spring with 27 points. In senior boys play, the Bears edged out the Longhorns with a close victory, 56-54. Top scorers for Mammoth Spring were: Jacob Golden with 14 points, Alex Mero with 14 points and Zack Flynn with 11 points...

The Izard County Consolidated School District (ICC) FFA Shooting Sports team traveled to Jacksonville, Ark. for the annual FFA Shooting Sports State Competition. The competition took place on Nov. 16 and ICC placed 13th out of 71 teams. Additionally, ICC had individual scores in the Top Ten...

Monday Hillbillies Nov. 19: Maureen Fortuna – 165;439, Elaine Brink – 187;497, Will Ryals – 203;522, Rosa Hudson – 170;442, Phil Haagenson – 235;689, Jason Thick – 247;660, Jerry Cheek – 174;447, Shawn Draper – 166;464, Samanthia Strano – 126;365, Bob Petersen – 192;513, Art Johnson – 243;584, Jesse Burch – 205;587, Justin Shelton – 236;658, Matt Hastings – 179;470, Billie Shelton – 197;527...

Highland Rebel Football players Tristan Hudson, Robert Morrow and Joel Hoppe have been selected as All-Conference players. Congratulations to these three Rebels!

Oaklawn Racing and Gaming recently announced plans to build an expansion project in excess of $100 million that includes the construction of a high-rise hotel, multi-purpose event center, a larger gaming area, and additional on-site parking. The project is one of the largest hospitality investments in the history of Arkansas. “This historic announcement represents a new chapter in the rich 114-year history of Oaklawn,” said Louis Cella, president of Oaklawn Jockey Club. ...

On Friday, Nov. 16, the Viola Longhorns celebrated Homecoming 2018 with victories in two out of the three contests. In the opener, the Longhorn Junior Boys were defeated by the Western Grove Junior Warriors. The Lady Longhorns got off to a somewhat slow start as the Lady Warriors came out of the dressing room running in the first quarter and held a 15-10 lead after the first quarter. ...

Salem rolled into the second round of the state playoffs after thumping Dierks and was looking forward to moving on to the next round, Friday, Nov. 16, but Earle had different plans. Earle won the toss and elected to defer, giving Salem a shot at offense first. Jordan Turner returned the kickoff out to the 36 where Salem started their first drive...

Mammoth Spring Bears and Lady Bears battled against the Maynard Tigers on Friday, Nov. 16. The Bears came out on top while the Lady Bears were just a few points shy of bringing the victory home. Senior boys final score was Mammoth Spring 46 and Maynard 45. Leading scorers were: Jacob Golden with 13, Alex Mero with 11 and Devon Cray with 10...

Koshkonong senior Stone Peterson recently signed a National Letter of Intent to play baseball for the Scots at Lyon College in Batesville, Ark. During his junior campaign, Peterson finished his junior year with a .628 batting average with 28 hits, seven doubles, four triples and 16 runs scored. Throughout his junior year Peterson also hit five home runs. Peterson has received All-Conference and All-District honors throughout his high school career...

Home field advantage is always a good thing. So is playing on a Saturday afternoon with temperatures a surprisingly mild upper fifties to low sixties, and playing in the quarterfinals of the Missouri state playoffs, are all makings for a great day for football...

Monday Hillbillies Nov. 12: Judy Wyatt – 180;467, Jesse Burch – 245;630, Matt Hastings – 184;479, Bobbie Cantrell – 181;486, Jason Roberson – 182;493, Justin Shelton – 247;589, Alicia Burke – 228;543, Doug Reeves – 257;766, Rosa Hudson – 180;474, Casey Hall – 216;555, Charlene Schales – 190;475, Jason Thick – 241;620, Dave Lenart – 210;578, Jerry Cheek – 174;466, Kristy Hall – 178;426 and Bill Loucks – 185;541...