The Henderson State University Athletic Department announced its annual athletic award recipients for 2012-13.Duke Wells Inspirational AwardSenior football player Robbie Aldridge was named the recipient of the Duke Wells Inspirational Award. The award is in recognition of legendary coach Duke Wells who was a former Reddie athlete, football coach and athletic director. The award is given to a...

Henderson State University will offer numerous volleyball camps this summer for all ages.The Little Lady Reddie Volleyball Clinic begins the camp season on June 5th through June 7th and is for those campers in grades 1 through 6.The clinic will begin each day at 9 a.m. and will end at noon.The clinic is designed to teach the skills of volleyball, with campers getting to...

A new policy approved by the Arkansas State Legislature will allow home-schooled students in the Arkadelphia Public School District to be eligible to participate in extracurricular activities.

The Bismarck Lady Lions were able to take a 6-1 win over the Prescott Lady Curley Wolves Tuesday afternoon off 12 hits to end their season on a high note.The Lady Lions took the early lead, scoring two in the bottom of the second, and Prescott was able to score their only run in the top of the fourth.The Lady Lions doubled their score in the bottom of the inning for a 4-1 lead.

The Arkadelphia Badgers were able to garner 19.5 points to take fifth place at the 7-4A District Meet last week, and the Lady Badgers picked up 38.5 for sixth.For the Badgers, James Howard took eighth place in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.8 seconds, which was 0.69 seconds behind the first place finisher. Howard also was seventh in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.0 seconds, and he was eighth in the long jump with a distance of 19...

The Arkadelphia Badger baseball team went 1-1 in the 7-4A District Baseball Tournament, defeating Malvern 7-5 on Saturday and falling to Central Arkansas Christian Monday 12-2 to take a number two seeding into the 4A South Regional to be held in Ashdown starting Friday.Arkadelphia 7, Malvern 5Malvern got off to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning, but the Badgers were able to...

The Bismarck Lions and Lady Lions both took third at last week’s 7-3A District Meet in Prescott.The Lions garnered 84 points while the Lady Lions picked up 97.5.In the 100-meter dash, Jacob Richerson took second place with a time of 11.70 seconds, while teammate Zach Roberts was seventh with a time of 12.09 seconds.Richerson was again second, this time with a...

The Bismarck Lady Lions struggled in their two most recent competitions, falling 4-3 at Centerpoint on Friday and falling 8-5 to Horatio at home Monday.Centerpoint 4, Bismarck 3The Lady Lions got off to a strong start, holding the home team scoreless for much of the game, and the visitors lit up the scoreboard first, scoring one in the top of the second.The...

The Arkadelphia Lady Badgers played a much better game against the Lady Panthers of Magnet Cove, but they still were unable to pick up the win as they fell 10-6 on the road Monday.The Lady Badgers got off to a strong start, picking up three runs in the opening inning.Brooke Pritchard led off with a single, and Ashley Whittle ended up sending her home on a single.With one...

The Bismarck Lions split their last two games, taking the win over Centerpoint on the road while falling to Horatio at home.Bismarck 9, Centerpoint 2The Lions wasted no time in getting ahead on the road as they scored four in the opening inning.Kyle Johnston led off with a home run, and Hayden Thornton, Cameron Davis and Trace Pee each were walked.

The Malvern Leopard soccer team came to Arkadelphia Monday afternoon to make up last Thursday’s game, but the Badgers ended up on top, dominating the game on their way to a 5-3 victory.The game was expected to be a tough matchup for the Badgers, as the Leopards were also 3-1 in conference action.The score remained 0-0 for much of the first half, but the Badgers were the first on the scoreboard,...

The Arkadelphia Badgers had no trouble defeating the Sheridan Yellowjackets Monday afternoon at Sturgis Field, batting around in the first inning on their way to a 9-2 victory.After allowing only one runner on base in the top of the first, the Badgers took control of the game offensively.Jakahari Howell reached on an error by the shortstop, and Ty Kosters followed up with a single to left field.