By FRED CONLEY
T-H Sports Editor
DeMario Peters and Louis Driver combined to no hit Title Company Tuesday night in a 10-1 VIP's victory in Junior Bambino (9-10) League play.
Title Company scored its lone run in the fourth inning when RoRo Steverson walked and scored.
The VIPs plated four runs in the first inning and two runs each in the second, third and fourth innings.
Jerrod Barnes homered for the VIPs in the fourth. Josh Brock took the loss for Title Company, giving up the 10 runs on six hits and eight walks.
Both teams are 1-1 for the year.
Sanyo 9, Mr. T. 3
Sanyo used a seven-run, first inning to take a 9-3 win over Mr. T. Auto Tuesday.
Derek Buchanan worked the first three innings for Sanyo, striking out three and walking two while not allowing a hit or a run. Cory Deere took over and gave up three runs on one hit and two walks while striking out two.
Akeem Bogart and Ladarius Hartaway led Sanyo with two runs each.
Lucas Trucking 15, Farm Credit 1
Daries Banks struck out 10 and held Farm Credit to one run on one hit Tuesday to lead Lucas Trucking to a 15-1 win.
Banks also scored three times while Bruce heard homered and scored twice. Jim Bailey, Jarvis Bolden and Theodis Goodwin also scored twice.
Farm Credit's only hit was by Wes McGill and the team's lone run was by Justin Crawford in the bottom of the fourth.
Lucas scored seven times in the first inning and added three runs in the second, one in the third and four in the fourth while banging out 15 base hits.
A&C Motors 11, Food Giant 10
Food Giant scored four times in the top of the third to force a 10-10 tie against A&C Tuesday.
A&C won the game 11-10 with a single run by Bakari Norman in the bottom of the inning.
Norman and Tyler Clark scored twice each for A&C.
Food Giant led 4-1 after one inning and 6-1 going into the bottom of the second before A&C scored nine runs on 10 walks to lead 10-6.
Chandler Sorrells and Chris Chism scored twice for Food Giant.
By FRED CONLEY
T-H Sports Editor
Joey's Muffler scored seven runs in the bottom of the second inning to take a 14-3 win over M&T Paving Tuesday in Minor League play.
Joey's improves to 2-0 for the year while M&T falls to 1-3.
Michael Ludwig and Jarrod Wright hit back-to-back home runs for Joey's in the first inning to tie the game at 2-2.
Ludwig led Joey's with three runs while Wright, Dusty Smith, La Loyd Hamilton and Deion Colbert added two runs each.
Joseph Tripp, Matthew Vaughn and Scott Gracey scored single runs for M&T. Gracey homered in the fourth.
Devazier 23, Lion's Club 14
Forrest City Lion's Club hit three home runs but Devazier Brothers just scored a lot of runs in a 23-14 win Tuesday.
Lion's Club led 5-0 after one inning but Devazier (3-1) rallied for a 7-5 lead after three innings.
Lion's Club regained the lead 9-7 in the fourth before Devazier tied the game at 9-9 in the top of the fifth. The Lions took their last lead at 13-9 with four runs in the fifth before Devazier exploded to score 14 runs over the final two innings.
Jordan Chatter, Jacob Tittle and Marcus Scott each hit home runs for Lion's Club (0-2).
Nicholas King led Devazier by scoring four runs while Zane Walton and Brian Morgan scored three times each.
By FRED CONLEY
T-H Sports Editor
Kaitlyn Peterson scored three runs Tuesday night to help lead Stevens Funeral Home to a 12-6 win over Title Company in girls' slow pitch 10-under softball.
Steven's is 1-1 for the year while Title Company falls to 0-2.
Kayla Burns added two runs for the winners.
Steven's plated five runs in the first inning and then pushed their lead to 12-2 by scoring twice in the second inning and five times in the third before Title Company scored four times in the bottom of the last inning.
Rachel Morphis led Title Company by scoring twice.
Forrest City Bank 18, Sanyo 17
Forrest City Bank improved to 2-0 for the year Tuesday night but the team had to do it the hard way.
Trailing 17-13 going into the bottom of the fourth inning, Forrest City Bank scored five runs in their final at-bat to take a come-from-behind 18-17 win.
Joy Stephens, Whitney Morgan and Amber Jones led Sanyo by scoring four runs each in the loss.
Kristen Heard and Grace Ramsey led Forrest City Bank with three runs each.
Walker Insurance 9, True Value 4
Walker Insurance improved to 1-1 for the year Tuesday with a 9-4 win over True Value.
Mary Burks scored three times for Walker while Shanneka Barber scored twice for True Value.
Food Giant 11, McDonald's 2
Food Giant moved to 2-0 for the year with an 11-2 win over McDonald's.
Kiuana King, Kimberly Shafer and Tanesha Parchman each scored three runs and each hit a home run to lead Food Giant.
Lane Neblett and Chiquita Loney scored runs for McDonald's.
Dr. Schwartz 9, Southern Furniture 6
A five-run, third inning helped push Dr. Schwartz past Southern Furniture 9-6 Tuesday.
Schwartz trailed 6-4 before rallying for the win.
Southern scored four runs in the first to build a 4-0 lead.
Brittney Kidd led Dr. Schwartz by hitting a home run and scoring twice.
The 10-under league will return to action Friday night, weather permitting, beginning with four games at 7 p.m.
The Flat as a Pancake 5K Walk/Run will be held in Wynne, on Saturday, June 8.
The 3.1 mile course is USATF certified.
There will also be a 12-under Fun Run.
Entry fee are $10 before race day, $15 on the day of the race and $5 for the fun run.
The first 100 race entrants will receive a short-sleeve t-shirt.
Rain or shine, the 5K will begin at 8 a.m., at the Women's Progressive Club, located across from the Wynne Post Office, 222 Merriman Ave.
Trophies for overall male and female, first, second and third places and trophies for Masters Overall, male and female, first, second and third.
Trophies for male and female age divisions first, second and third and trophies for male and female walkers, first, second and third.
The 12-under Fun Run is approximately one mile and the run is limited to 25 youths.
For more information call David Reagler at (870) 2238-5528 or Gary Crawford at (870) 238-5423.
East Arkansas Community College will sponsor a youth soccer camp and a youth baseball camp during the month of June.
The soccer camp will be held June 3 through June 7, with instructors from the Germantown (Tenn.) Soccer Club.
The week-long camp has two age divisions for both boys and girls.
Those youths ages 5-8 will meet from 8:30 until 10:30 a.m., each morning while those youths, ages 9-13, will meet from 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. each day.
Individual camp fees are $60 and all checks may be made payable to EACC. There is no registration deadline for the soccer camp, which will be held on the EACC soccer field and will focus on skills and tactical awareness using small-scale scrimmages.
The youth baseball camp, for boys and girls, will be held the week of June 17-19 at EACC. Dulin's Sports Academy of Memphis will provide the instructors for the camp.
The registration deadline for the baseball camp only is Friday, May 24.
Like the soccer camp, the baseball camp will be divided into two separate age divisions.
Youths, ages 6-8, will be attending the camp from 9 a.m. until 12 noon and those youths, ages 9-12, will be meeting from 1 until 4 p.m. each afternoon.
The baseball camp fees are $85 per camper and t-shirts will be given to each camper.
For more information about either of the two camps, call EACC at (870) 633-4480 Ext.261 or 333.
By FRED CONLEY
T-H Sports Editor
Times-Herald opened the 2002 12-under fast-pitch season with a 15-9 win over McDonald's Tuesday.
Times-Herald is the defending league champion, finishing 12-0 a year ago.
Led by Stonie Weeks and Sara Cate Lewey, who scored three runs each, T-H put up five runs in each of the three innings to get the win.
In other 12-under games played Tuesday, Giffin's Grins won their opener over Crowley's Ridge 10-8, getting two runs each from Iesha Chism, Cassandra Jackson and Jasmine Scott.
Jazzalyn Rodgers led Crowley's by scoring twice.
Stone Cold Chemical held off Children's Clinic 15-14 by scoring the five-run limit in each of the three innings and then holding Children's to two runs in the third and fourth innings.
Courtney Burns, Megan Meridith, Kayla Ballard, Lindsey Renigar and Heather Hodges scored two runs each for Stone Cold.
The 16-under fast pitch softball league also opened season play Tuesday with Sanyo, Bonanza and Food Giant walking away with victories.
Sanyo defeated Boar's Head 12-6, Bonanza used an eight-run, fourth inning to roll up Dr. St. John 13-5 and Food Giant slipped by Clay Funeral Home 7-4 by scoring three runs in the third and holding Clay to a single run in the fifth.
The Forrest City Arkansas Wildcats won the Forrest City Beta Club Invitational Basketball Tournament held last Saturday at Mustang Arena.
The Wildcats defeated Memphis Tigers in the championship game 86-67 behind 21 points from DeWayne McDonald and 19 points and 14 rebounds from Felix Thomas, both former Forrest City Mustang basketball players.
McDonald and Thomas were named the co-MVPs of the tournament.
The Wildcats, a semipro traveling team, also includes former Forrest City players Rufus Ellis and Tommy Ellis and are coached by Terry Burgess, a 1978 graduate of Forrest City, who played under Bill Baxter.
"The turnout for the tournament was very good and we appreciate Forrest City High School, its administration, the superintendent and coaches for allowing us to use the school's facilities," Burgess said.
* CITY LEAGUES
YOUTH BASEBALL
Minor League (Pitching Machine)
Monday's Scores
T&J Properties 14, Ben's Auto 2
Devazier 14, M&T Paving 3
Tuesday's Scores
Joey's Muffler 14, M&T Paving 3
Devazier 23, FC LIons Club 13
Junior Bambino League (9-10)
Tuesday's Scores
Lucas Trucking 15, Farm Credit 1
VIPs 10, Title Company 1
A&C Motors 11, Food Giant 10
Sanyo 9, Mr. T Auto 3
GIRLS' SOFTBALL
10-Under League (Slow-Pitch)
Tuesday's Scores
Steven's 12, Title Company 6
Dr. Schwartz 9, Southern Furniture 6
Walker Insurance 9, True Value 4
FCity Bank 18, Sanyo 17
Food Giant 11, McDonald's 2
12-Under League (Fast-Pitch)
Tuesday's Scores
Times-Herald 15, McDonald's 9
Stone Cold 15, Children's Clinic 14
Giffin's Grins 10, Crowley's Ridge 8
16-Under League (Fast-Pitch)
Tuesday's Scores
Sanyo 12, Boar's Head 6
Food Giant 7, Clay 4
Bonanza 13, Dr. St. John 5