Stories from Wednesday, September 25, 2024

By COSMO COSSEY Sports Connection Team After a sluggish first half, EPC (1-2) came out and played well on both sides of the ball on their way to a 32-13 win over Manila (0-3) in non-conference football action this past Friday at Lion Stadium in Manila...

By COSMO COSSEY Sports Connection Team Cross County took the opening kick-off down in Marked Tree territory before coughing the ball up with Dewayne Pollion recovering the ball at the Indians’ 40-yard line with 5:49 left. Marked Tree gave the ball back a few players as they fumbled the ball with Cross County recovering at their own 42-yard line with 4:43 left in the opening quarter. ...

By COSMO COSSEY Sports Connection Team The Trumann Wildcats (1-2) will travel to Jonesboro to take on the Westside Warriors (1-2) in the 4A-3 conference opener for both teams at Warrior Stadium. Trumann is coming off a bye week after getting a 36-14 win over Harrisburg in week three. The Warriors beat Riverview 34-19 this past Friday...

Buffalo Island Central won a three-way match over the Mustangs B Squad and Rector Sept. 17 at Thunder Bayou Golf Links in Blytheville. The Mustangs fired a 146, while the B Squad and Rector both had a total of 162. Gosnell and Blytheville both competed but only had two players each, so their team scores were not counted. Conner Whitehead of Gosnell was medalist with a 44. Landon Thomas had a 45 for Gosnell. The Chickasaws competitors were Jordan (60) and Johnny Moore (57)...

The Gosnell girls golf team, paced by medalist Anna Claire Smith’s 35, defeated Buffalo Island Central and Rector. Smith’s score paced Gosnell which had a team score of 128. Morgan Hatch (43) and Aubrey Hill (50) were the other Lady Pirates whose scores counted. Also competing for Gosnell were Whitney Ashley and Sara Smith, both of whom fired a 52 and Cayleigh Whitehead (54)...

Gosnell, led by medalist Anna Claire Smith’s 75 (right), finished second at the 4A-3 District Golf Tournament. Morgan Hatch had an 89 for the Lady Pirates, while Aubrey Hill shot a 95. Ashley Whitney also competed for Gosnell and had a 98. The Lady Pirates team score was 259. ...

Osceola broke open a tight game with a pair of second half touchdowns in posting a 25-6 Conference 3-3A victory over the visiting Manila Junior Lions Thursday at Seminole Stadium. Osceola led 13-6 at the half and added a score in the third and fourth quarters to gain the victory. Coach Shawn Hearn’s squad improved to 2-0, 1-0 on the season with the win. The Junior Seminoles continue their two-game home stand with a game against Hoxie Thursday. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. (Photos By Steve Knox)...

Riverside tennis takes on CRA and Piggott The Riverside Boys and Girls tennis teams took on Crowley’s Ridge Academy with the Riverside girls winning and the CRA boys defeating Riverside. In the girls singles action Riverside’s Kaylee Cox defeated CRA’s Elizabeth Evans 6-0. The Rebels Blakely Biggers defeated Evans as well 6-2...

By COSMO COSSEY Sports Connection Team The EPC Warriors (1-2) will travel to Brockewll this Friday to play the Izard County Cougars (0-3) in 2A-2 conference football action at Izard County Stadium. The Warriors are coming off a 32-13 win over Manila on the road this past Friday for their first win of the season. ICC returns to traditional football after playing eight-man football last season...

By COSMO COSSEY Sports Connection Team The Trumann Lady Wildcats volleyball team took the court twice last week with a 3-0 win over Blytheville on Tuesday and a 0-3 loss to Brookland on Thursday. A gainst Blytheville, Trumann go 25-12, 25-8, 25-11 set wins as Olivia Matos led the Lady Wildcats with 12 assists. In the Brookland match, the Lady Wildcats lost all three sets, 11-25, 11-25, 9-25 as Keely Beavers finished with 10 digs...

By COSMO COSSEY Sports Connection Team The Harrisburg Hornets (0-3) will host the Rivercrest Colts (3-0) in a 3A-3 conference match-up at Jordans Stadium in Harrisburg. Harrisburg is coming off a bye week and Rivercrest beat Forrest City 48-34 this past Friday...

By DAVID PIERCE Sports Connection Team The Gosnell Pirates have spiraled since an opening game win over Greene County Tech. Since the team has lost back-to-back games to Missco rivals Rivercrest and Osceola. Can the Pirates right the ship? It may be a difficult task as they are sailing through rough waters on their way to a matchup against Highland - one of the 4A-3 Conference preseason favorites...

By DAVID PIERCE Sports Connection Team The Blytheville Chickasaws are mired in a five-game losing streak dating to last season but a remedy could come in the form of the Cave City Cavemen Friday. Yes, the Cavemen have posted a 2-1 mark but are coming off a 48-0 blowout at the hands of Melbourne Sept. ...

By DAVID PIERCE Sports Connection Team FORREST CITY – Forrest City High School honored its Class of 2024 Hall of Fame class at halftime of Friday’s football game. But the visiting Jayden Young had a Hall of Fame performance of his own. Similar to Rivercrest teammates Cavonta Washington and Buddah Harris, who accounted for seven and four touchdowns respectively, the week before, Young put on a show with five scores in a 48-34 win over the host Mustangs...

BLYTHEVILLE - The City of Blytheville will participate in the Mississippi County Fall Clean-Up Saturday, Sept. 28. The Blytheville Community Clean-up will be held from 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. at 708 N. 6th Street (across from Sonic). Items accepted will be furniture, appliances, empty paint cans, clothes/shoes and tires (no more than four per vehicle...

By REVIS BLAYLOCK NEA Town Courier The Gosnell School Board reviewed land bids, heard the annual report, and elected board officers at the Monday, Sept. 23, meeting. Superintendent Len Whitehead opened sealed bids for lease of school owned farmland for five separate locations. The lease agreements are for five years beginning Jan. 1, 2025 and ending Dec. 31, 2029. Bids were submitted by Wright Planting, Wagner, Jaden Lammers, Chris Robinson Farms, K Wayne Farms and Half Moon Farms...

By STEVE KNOX - Times Staff The bridge replacement on both Highway 77 and Highway 140, which was to have begun Monday, Sept. 23, has been pushed back to Tuesday, Oct. 1, according to Logan Hardin with the Arkansas Department of Transportation. Hardin disclosed in an email distributed Monday morning, the decision to postpone the bridge work had been reached due to the potential for more additional and possible heavy rain forecast from a Tropical system which could impact the area later this week...

This week the NEA Town Courier, The Osceola Times and our advertiser are paying a special tribute to area farmers and the harvest season. As a farmer’s daughter, I have the upmost respect for those men and women who work around the clock bringing in the harvest. I remember those days well...

By REVIS BLAYLOCK NEA Town Courier Leachville held a storm shelter celebration on Friday at one of the three community storm shelters placed throughout the town for the safety of the residents. The shelters will hold 45 to 50 people and cost about $12,000 each. One of the shelters is located behind city hall and the fire station; the second one is at the fire substation near Highway 18; and the third one is at the south end of the city park...

By STEVE KNOX Sports Connection Team Manila volleyball took on conference rival Cave City Monday with the Junior and Senior Lady Lions both winning. The Junior A squad won both sets, while the Senior girls won in straight sets 25-13, 25-19 and 25-11...

Jerred Price with the Leachville Beautification Corporation said they are excited to announce the very first home improvement grant winner, Ellen and Clifton Morris. “They were in dire need of a new porch, with the fear of it falling in every time they walked out of their front door,” LBC founder/president Jerred Price said. “The porch was starting to rot and was very unstable. Now, they have a sturdy, safe porch to walk out onto...

Maxine Louise Householder, 87, of Trumann passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. She was preceded in death by her parents, Lester and Susie (Tippett) Kraus; daughter Dana Berry; five sisters, Bertha Alford, Edith Penrose, Betty Davis, Pauline Gastons and Janet Brown; three brothers, Johnny Kraus, Paul Kraus and Richard Kraus...

Linda Sue Baldridge, 68, of Monette, passed away peacefully at St. Bernards with her two daughters by her side on Sept. 24, 2024. Linda was born Sept. 12, 1956, in Paragould. Linda spent her younger years working as a sr. electrician and eventually settled in Craighead County in Monette for the remainder of her life. Anyone who knew “Momma Sue” knew that she loved her family, friends and spending free time finding good bargains...

Edna Mae “Sue” Yarbro, 78, of Manila, passed from this life Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, at the NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. Daughter of the late William and Ethel Wigington Henry, she was born in Portageville, Mo., and raised in Southeast Missouri. ...