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STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BOUND - Woodlawn relief pitcher Brayden Jones reacts after recording the final out in the Bears' 8-5 victory over Cedar Ridge Saturday.

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BOUND - Woodlawn relief pitcher Brayden Jones reacts after recording the final out in the Bears' 8-5 victory over Cedar Ridge Saturday.

Bears Back To Title Game; Lady 'Cats, Lady Bears Fall

News Staff
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
PALESTINE - The Woodlawn Bears will be pursuing their fourth consecutive state baseball championship this weekend when they face the Ouachita Warriors in the Class 2A state finals at 4 p.m. Saturday at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway.
HALL GETS VICTORY - Woodlawn junior Tate Hall gets ready to del iver a pitch against Murfreesboro in the Class 2A South Region finals Saturday afternoon at Parkers Chapel. Hall got the victory after scattering four hits with one walk and seven strikeouts over six and one-third innings. He also went 2-for-4 at the plate with a double and two RBIs.

HALL GETS VICTORY - Woodlawn junior Tate Hall gets ready to del iver a pitch against Murfreesboro in the Class 2A South Region finals Saturday afternoon at Parkers Chapel. Hall got the victory after scattering four hits with one walk and seven strikeouts over six and one-third innings. He also went 2-for-4 at the plate with a double and two RBIs.

Bears Outscore Opponents 33-4 to Win South Region

News Staff
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
PARKERS CHAPEL - Tate Hall scattered four hits and drove in two runs as the Woodlawn Bears beat the Murfreesboro Rattlers, 11-2, in a clash beween the two no. 1 seeds in the Class 2A South Region championship game Saturday afternoon at Parkers Chapel.Woodlawn (31-1) earns the South Region's no.

'Cats Leads Early But Fall to Rattlers

News Staff
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
PARKERS CHAPEL - Eight runs by the Murfreesboro Rattlers in the bottom of the fifth allowed them to overcome a three-run deficit as they ended the season for the Rison Wildcats, 8-5, in the first round of the Class 2A South Region Tournament last Thursday at Parkers Chapel.

Rison's Bennett Takes 3rd In 110 Hurdles at State Meet

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Wednesday, May 8, 2024
QUITMAN, Ark. - Braylin Bennett finished third in long jump while Trey Ballard was fifth in the 110 hurdles for the Rison Wildcats' best finishes at the Class 2A State Track Meet held April 30 at Quitman High School.Bennett's distance of 19 ft, 11.75 in.
STEALING SECOND - Rison's Layne Potter (right) begins her slide beneath the tag of Woodlawn's Kendall Tooke (left) during first inning action of Saturday's Clas 2A South Region championship game. Potter went on to score what would be the first of five runs for the Lady Wildcats in the opening frame.

STEALING SECOND - Rison's Layne Potter (right) begins her slide beneath the tag of Woodlawn's Kendall Tooke (left) during first inning action of Saturday's Clas 2A South Region championship game. Potter went on to score what would be the first of five runs for the Lady Wildcats in the opening frame.

Fast-Starting Lady 'Cats Beat Lady Bears for Title

News Staff
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
PARKERS CHAPEL - A fiverun first inning by the red-hot Rison Lady Wildcats set the tone early as they frustrated the Woodlawn Lady Bears, 9-0, in an all-Cleveland County finals at the Class 2A South Region Tournament Saturday afternoon at Parkers Chapel.

Potter Powers Rison Past Murfreesboro; Knock Off Foreman

News Staff
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
PARKERS CHAPEL - Layne Potter went 4-for-4 with three doubles while MacKenzie King went 3-for-4 with three RBIs as the Rison Lady Wildcats knocked off the Murfreesboro Lady Rattlers, 7-3, in the Class 2A South Region semifinals on Friday at Parkers Chapel.

Lady Bears Beat Horatio, Acorn at Regional

News Staff
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
PARKERS CHAPEL - Backto-back doubles by Kendall Tooke and Anna Fitzgibbon in the top of the third fueled a fourrun third inning as the Woodlawn Lady Bears as they knocked off the 7-2A conference champion Horatio Lady Lions, 6-2, Friday afternoon in the Class 2A South Region Tournament semifinals at...
RISON LADY WILDCATS SWEEP CHAMPIONSHIPS

RISON LADY WILDCATS SWEEP CHAMPIONSHIPS

Lady Wildcats Edge Lady Bears for 8-2A Tourney Title

News Staff
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
JUNCTION CITY - Woodlawn had the tying run at third in the top of the seventh but Rison's Josey Edwards got a fly ball to end the game as the Lady Wildcats held on to edge the Lady Bears, 5-4, in the 8-2A District Tournament championship game Saturday afternoon at Junction City.