SPORTS STORY >> Sports should be about the game, not the antics

By RAY BENTON Leader sports editor In professional sports, there have recently been two high profile shots to the face that were matters of wide discussion. A couple of weeks ago in Major League Baseball, Texas Rangers shortstop Rougned Odor landed a vicious straight right to the jaw of Toronto’s Jose Bautista. A few days ago, Lebron James caught an […]

SPORTS STORY >> Weeks twins face tough Preliminary

By NATE ALLEN Special to The Leader FAYETTEVILLE — The NCAA West Outdoor Track and Field Preliminary meet, the meet that Division 1 coaches loathe, has an additional cause to be disliked. Rain is forecast for the entire Thursday through Saturday that the meet operates in Lawrence, Kan. The NCAA East Outdoor Preliminary is Thursday through Saturday in Jacksonville Fla., […]

SPORTS STORY >> Bear bats hibernate as Magnolia blooms

By GRAHAM POWELL Leader sportswriter FAYETTEVILLE – Sylvan Hills outhit Magnolia in the Class 5A state championship game Saturday afternoon at Baum Stadium, but the Bears couldn’t get the timely hits when they needed them, and the Panthers scored two runs in the fourth inning and one each in the fifth and seventh to win 4-1. Sylvan Hills finished the […]