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With temperatures hovering around the 90-degree mark, PHS football player Jace Horton helps campers keep hydrated while they participate in the Rams Youth Football Camp on Wednesday morning. The annual camp for players in grades 3-6 will wrap up today, with an awards ceremony set for 11 a.m. at the fieldhouse. Mike McKinney / Daily Press

Gators compete in conference finals

The Gators' Alyssa Reece and Shelby Adams (right) shared high-point honors in the girls' 15-18 age division at the South Wind Conference swim finals held at Batesville last weekend. Reece, a 2017 GCT graduate, will be headed this fall to Ouachita Baptist University where she has signed to swim and run cross country.

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BATESVILLE -- Several Greene County Swim Team members claimed first-place finishes Saturday as the Gators competed in the South Wind Conference finals.
Mountain Home's boys and girls captured first place overall with 2,458 points, followed by Jone . . . more »

Allred, GMC blank Russellville

Paragould's Ethan Allred throws to the plate in a baseball game earlier this season. Allred went the distance in a 10-0 run-rule win over Russellville in the American Legion AAA state tournament at Conway. Paragould resumes play Thursday night, facing Fort Smith at Hendrix College.

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CONWAY -- Ethan Allred pitched a complete game as Paragould Glen Sain GMC run-ruled Russellville 10-0 in an elimination game of the American Legion AAA state baseball tournament Monday at Hendrix College.
With the win, Paragould (32-4) will return . . . more »

Nichols signs with Pioneers

Riverside High School graduate Preston Nichols signed to play baseball and golf at CRC during a ceremony Tuesday at the college. Joining Nichols at the signing were (from left, seated) his mom, Melissa Nichols, and his dad, Shane Nichols; (standing) head coach Brenden Camp; Preston's sister, Lauren; his brother, Elijah; and assistant coach Tray Malone.

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Preston Nichols, a 2017 Riverside High School graduate, signed Tuesday afternoon to play baseball and golf for Crowley's Ridge College.
In baseball, Nichols plays second base and outfield. He received All-Conference honors in both sports three yea . . . more »

Gone Camping

Gone CampingThe Greene County Tech Junior High girls team recently competed at Harding University team basketball camp in Searcy where it finished with a 6-3 record. Team members are (from left): Haley Oden, Zoe Maag, Abbie Bobbitt, Brianna Foster, Scarlett Jarman, Brooke Barnes, Skye Snider, Bailey Overshine, Macey McClain and Hannah Gray. The team is coached by Brad Hayes (left).

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