Between games of his team's final Zone 2 doubleheader Monday evening, Taylor Ambulance Coach Michael Long talked with his team about playing to their capabilities and having "a little fun."

Family Fun Fest, Riverside Park
Batesville, June 27, 2009

In its third decade of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in partnership with ESPN RISE, announced Caleb Cross of Newport High School as its 2008-09 Gatorade Arkansas Track & Field Athlete of the Year. Cross is the first Gatorade Arkansas Track & Field Athlete of the Year to be chosen from Newport High School.

The 2009 edition of the George Kell Motors American Legion entered the season as a deep and talented group who were seeking to follow up on last year's state tournament appearance with a possible run at a state championship.

Newport’s George Kell Motors picked up two important conference victories over Pocahontas Tuesday night sweeping a doubleheader 14-1 and 12-4.

Coach Michael Long could only shrug his shoulders after his team committed eight errors in a 16-7 loss to Cabot at George Kell Park Tuesday night.

FAYETTEVILLE - Drew Smyly has not pitched since carrying a no-hitter into the ninth inning of Arkansas’ two-hit, 11-0  victory over Oklahoma in the May 31 championship game of the Norman Regional.

For the third year in a row the Arkansas State athletics department will be holding the women’s football clinic for Red Wolves fans on Thursday, July 23, from 5-9 p.m. at the ASU Football Complex.

Arkansas State senior Chase Ware has signed a free agent contract with the Cincinnati Reds and will report to the team’s training camp in Sarasota, Fla., today.

The Arkansas Jaguars Invitational Tournament will be held June 26-28 in McCrory.
The double-elimination tournament will take the first eight teams to register in each division which include:

Like their AA counterparts, the rust was evident early for Taylor Ambulance as they returned to action for the first time in four days as rain forced the postponement of Friday's conference double-header with Paragould.

Coach Trakis Donaldson knew when he put his 2009 schedule together that he was "scheduling up" a lot of days.
That is what happens when you play in an American Legion Zone with only three teams including yourself, non-conference opponents become hard to find.

Newport High School will host a Fellowship of Christian Athletes Athletic Camp July 6-9 at the Newport High School  and Keedy Building.

Twelve Arkansas State football players have been named preseason All-Sun Belt Conference in the 2009 edition of Phil Steele’s College Football Preview publication.

Space is still available for girls wishing to attend this summer’s Brian Boyer Basketball Camps at Arkansas State University.  Two camps are on the summer schedule and are open to girls entering kindergarten through high school seniors.