SPORTS >> Cabot racer shakes loose rust, returns to speedway

Batesville driver and defending MSRA series champion Billy Moyer, Jr. hot laps at Beebe Speedway prior to the season opener.By JASON KINGLeader sportswriterThe car was new but the number, paint scheme and driver were quite familiar to local late model fans.It was Stacy Taylor’s first trip to Beebe Speedway in well over a decade in his white 27 car with […]

SPORTS >> Red Devils get to Rockets late

Nick Rodriguez delivers a pitch for Jacksonville on Friday.By TODD TRAUBLeader sports editorIt’s too bad for Jacksonville that Friday’s Arkansas Activities Association benefit game with Little Rock Catholic didn’t count.It certainly was a keeper as far as Jacksonville was concerned.Jacob Abrahamson and Patrick Castleberry hit home runs as the Red Devils broke open a close game in a 6-1 victory […]

SPORTS >> Panthers use Steele to strengthen lineup

Cabot’s Chase Thompson dives back to first after reaching in a recent game.By TODD TRAUBLeader sports editorIt was two comebacks in one for the Cabot Panthers at Beebe on Friday.Panthers third baseman Ty Steele continued his comeback from a torn leg ligament, and with his help Cabot bounced back from a late-inning deficit to blow past Beebe 9-2 in a […]

SPORTS >> ‘Smooth’ sailing at Beebe

By JASON KINGLeader sportswriterBatesville’s Billy Moyer, Jr. avoided an opening-lap pileup and overcame stubborn lap traffic to hold off Memphis driver Dane Dacus on the way to a $2,000, first-place payday at Beebe Speedway in the first round of the 2010 Comp Cams MSRA tour Friday.The defending series champion known as “Kid Smooth” began his title defense in dominant fashion […]

SPORTS >> Travelers leave road, take to familiar turf

By TODD TRAUBLeader sports editorThe Arkansas Travelers have gotten to know their roomy team bus during the first road trip of the Texas League season, but now they are back to where the real elbow room can be found.After going 3-3 in a swing through Texas, the Travelers start their first homestand of the year against the Midland RockHounds at […]