SPORTS >> Van Buren hurler puts clamps on Cabot bats

By KELLY FENTONLeader sports editorBetween a bad strain of mononucleosis and an overpowering Van Buren pitcher, the Cabot Panthers find themselves reeling at just the wrong time. The Panthers dropped their third in a row when Van Buren fireballer Brandon Moore shut them down on two hits on Saturday in a 4-0 Pointer win.“It’s been a long time since we’ve […]

SPORTS >> The Masters: So thrilling, it’s easy to forget your lunch

By KELLY FENTONLeader sports editorNASCAR has roar and raw power, basketball frenetic grace and non-stop action. Football offers us sheer brute force underneath all that speed and agility.So it may seem counter-intuitive to suggest that golf — a stoic, genteel, polyester game whose greatest showcase is introduced each year with a few treacly notes of the piano and a backdrop […]

SPORTS >> Bears climb out of early hole to beat Searcy 11-6

By JASON KINGLeader sportswriterIn a showdown of established tradition versus growing tradition, chalk the win up to the establishment.Sylvan Hills had four-run sprees in the fourth and sixth innings to claim an 11-6 non-conference win over Searcy on Friday at Kevin McReynolds Field. A three-run home run by Nate Eller in the bottom of the fourth broke open what was […]

SPORTS >> MSRA invades Beebe

By JASON KINGLeader sportswriterThe Mid South Racing Association will make the first of three scheduled appearances at Beebe Speedway this Friday. The 40-lap, $2,000-to-win event at the quarter-mile sandy clay oval will be the fourth race on MSRA’s 24-date 2009 schedule.It also marks the first time that the series based out of Beebe will run at its hometown track. Late-model […]