By FRED CONLEY
T-H Sports Editor
Clay Funeral Home scored five runs in the second and fourth innings to help put away Bonanza 15-4 Tuesday night in girls' 16-under fast pitch softball at the Sports Complex.
Bonanza got single runs from Stacey Gracey, Lauren Dover, Amber Hart and Melissa Smith.
Kathryn Parker led Clay by scoring three runs while Patsy Shafer and Veronica Collins scored two runs each. Lauren Clark, Kim Hilliard, Christy Emmerson, Angela Williams, Andrea Cooper, Heather White and Vernice Williams each added single runs.
McDonald's routed Food Giant 16-3 Tuesday night and improved to 6-3 for the season.
Jennifer Ballard led McDonald's by scoring three runs and got help from Fallon Parker, Casey Qualls and Jessica Lewis, who scored two runs each in the win.
McDonald's led 5-0 after the first inning.
Food Giant got a single run from Amanda Grobmyer and two runs from Jessica Long.
Dr. St. John improved to 7-0 for the year Tuesday defeating Boar's Head 15-7 in three innings.
St. John scored their five-run limit in each of the three innings, led by Rebecca Brown, Erin Patterson, Natalie Nelson, Kara Siler, Nicole Thomason, Kristin Rodriguez and Natalie Halbert, who scored two runs each.
Boar's Head put up five runs in the second inning and single runs in the third and fourth.
By FRED CONLEY
T-H Sports Editor
It hasn't been the best start for the Forrest City American Legion AAA and A teams, but at least they're coming home for a while.
Forrest City played their first six dates of the 2001 season on the road.
They have one more road game -- a trip to Blytheville Monday -- before playing seven of their next eight game at the Sports Complex.
The home stand begins on Tuesday, when Paragould comes calling for an A-AAA doubleheader beginning at 5 p.m.
Jonesboro comes to town next Wednesday for an A doubleheader and Searcy visits the Sports Complex on Friday (June 15) for an A doubleheader.
The AAA squad is 0-5 with losses to Mt. Home, Jonesboro, Batesville and Searcy.
The A team is fresh off a 10-9 win over Batesville's Citizen's Bank on Sunday in which Marcus Hancock and Dustin Gore combined for the pitching victory.
Forrest City was helped by a new rule this year in American Legion baseball.
In the bottom of the seventh, with two runners on, one out and Forrest City leading 10-6, Batesville's Robbee Brown singled to right field to drive in Andy Lovell, making it 10-7.
But home plate umpire Jeff Everetts called Brown out for using an illegal bat, and it cost Citizens Bank an out. The umpire led the play stand.
Batesville took a 6-5 lead in a five-run sixth inning, but Forrest City answered with five of their own in the top of the seventh. The teams combined for nine errors -- Forrest City with five -- and Batesville committed three in the sixth.
It was Forrest City's first victory of the year against two losses.
In the AAA game against Batesville, Post 114 overcame mental mistakes and the absence of three starters to beat Forrest City 12-4.
Hancock and Colby McKennon combined for the Forrest City pitching duties.
The A squad was originally scheduled to play in the Sheridan tournament, starting today, but had to withdraw, since Forrest City school is still in session.
Jason Long, a former Forrest City Mustang and American Legion player, is coaching both Legion squads this year.
Long said it will be good to come home for a few games.
The AAA squad is coming off a 1-24 season from a year ago while the A squad won just two games.
By FRED CONLEY
T-H Sports Editor
Giffin's Grins pushed their season record to 6-2 Tuesday night using a 16-13 win over Children's Clinic in girls' 12-under fast pitch softball.
Children's Clinic, 0-6-1 for the year, fell behind 10-3 after two innings, but recovered to score five runs in the third and fourth innings to get close.
Hannah Davenport singled and walked twice and scored three runs to lead Children's Clinic while Anna Horton and Amber Williams scored two runs each.
Giffin's got three runs from Aukeya Galloway and Kemeshia Chism in the victory while Cassandra Jackson, Ikeshia Chism, LaShonda Barton and Stephonia Woods added two runs each.
Times-Herald remained unbeaten for the year with a 15-3 win over Debbie's Flowers Tuesday night.
Aviva Williams scored three times for the league-leaders while Mary Nelson, Layne McQuirt, and Randal Ross added two runs each and Stonie Weeks, Madeline Lawrence, Sara Cate Lewey, Ryan Cole and Sha Neal scored single runs.
Charlie Miller, Nan Thomason and Sarah Dickey provided the single runs for Debbie's.
Debbie's gets Crowley's Ridge and Times-Herald draws Giffin's Friday night. Both games begin at 8 p.m.
The Farm Fest 5K Walk-Run will be held Saturday, June 9, at Wynne.
The event will begin at 8 a.m. at Regions Bank located at the corner of Falls Blvd. and Hamilton Ave (Highway 64B) in Wynne.
Prize money and trophies for the overall course records and overall winners and age-group winners will be presented and the course used is USATF approved.
The entry fee for the 5K Walk-Run is $10 prior to the race and $15 on the day of the race.
A Kiddie Fun Run, for youths 12-under, will be held immediately following the completion of the 5K.
The entry fee for the Kiddie Fun Run is $5.
The event will be held rain or shine and is being held in conjunction with the city's annual Farm Fest celebration, which begins Friday.
For more information or for entry forms call David Reagler at (870) 238-5528 or Gary Crawford at (870) 238-5423.
Rose "Coach K" Kalisak will return to Forrest City, June 18-20, to conduct a three-day, fast pitch softball clinic at the Sports Complex.
The clinic will be in session from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m., each day, and the fee per child is $90.
Checks may be made payable to Rose Kalisak.
The clinic is limited to the first 50 applicants.
For more information, call Karen McQuirt at (870) 633-8537.