By FRED CONLEY
T-H Sports Editor
FORREST CITY -- Wynne scored five times in the second inning and went on to beat Forrest City 9-2 Friday afternoon in nonconference fast-pitch softball at the Sports Complex.
The Lady Mustangs fall to 3-14 overall for the year and have now lost seven straight game.
The junior varsity Forrest City girls picked up a win in the second game.
Wynne senior pitcher, Jessica Stepp picked up the win from the mound for the Lady Yellowjackets, who improved to 7-6 on the season. Forrest City pitcher Stacey Gracey took the loss.
Gracey gave up the nine runs on 11 hits and four walks and she hit two Wynne batters, including her cousin, Jenna Gracey, Wynne's first baseman.
Kanetra Pendleton and Kim Hoots scored Forrest City's two runs.
Stepp pitched all seven innings, struck out seven and allowed both runs on just two hits and one walk.
Wynne had just five hits total but Quinita Harris had a game-high three runs batted while Ali Imboden had two RBIs.
Wynne led 5-0 after the second inning and added three runs in the third to lead 8-0 before Forrest City got on the board.
The JV Lady Mustangs got runs from Chasity Lowe, Randle Ross and Gracey in a 4-3 win over the Lady Jacket JV.
Today's scheduled game against West Memphis will be played beginning at 4:30 p.m.
*Palestine-Wheatley pitcher Libby Martin held Carlisle to one base hit Friday and got plenty of offensive help as the Lady Patriots improved to 6-1 for the year with a 12-0 shutout win over the Lady Bison.
Martin also scored twice in the victory.
Jenny Loewer led the way for the Lady Patriots, scoring three runs and driving in two going 4-for-4 at the plate. Fallon Parker scored twice as did Kara siler, who was 2-for-3.
Andrea Cooper was also 2-for-3 with one run scored and one RBI while Beth Varvil drove in two runs and Lauren Dover had an RBI. Brittney Gorden scored a single run for P-W.
P-W's scheduled game today at Clarendon has been cancelled.
In other softball action on Friday, it was Paragould 8, Jonesboro 6; Bay 11, Riverside 4; Rivercrest 5-5, Gosnell 1-1 and Hoxie 12, Walnut Ridge 8.
By FRED CONLEY
T-H Sports Editor
Matt Owens threw a complete game, allowed four runs on four hits and two walks with 13 strikeouts to lead Riverside to a 12-4 win over Hughes in high school baseball Friday at Hughes.
Hughes led 2-1 after one inning and both teams were locked in a 4-4 tie before Riverside scored three times in the top of the fifth to lead 7-4.
Riverside plated the three runs using four walks, a hit batter and four Hughes errors.
Cory Scarborough took the loss for Hughes despite pitching six strong innings.
"Cory did his job," said Hughes Coach John Bateman. "He threw strikes and that's what we wanted. Our defense let him down."
Hughes got single runs from Cory and Eric Scarborough, P.J. Blocker and Cody Ladner.
Owens helped his own cause at the plate by going 2-for-3 with a run batted in.
Matt Snyder added four RBIs on a 2-for-5 day and Michael DeWitt went 1-3 with three RBIs for Riverside.
Leading 2-1 through four innings, Riverside (4-9 overall, 4-0 3AA-South) opened up the fifth with three runs on four walks, a hit batter and four errors.
Hughes remains winless at 0-6. It was the second meeting between the two schools this season. Roverside won the first matchup 16-1.
EPC 7, Cross County 6
Jared Wyatt's infield single drove in Christian Saliba in the bottom of the eight inning to give East Poinsett County a 7-6 victory over Cross County Friday in senior high baseball.
Wyatt paced the Warriors (5-8) by going 3-for-4 with three runs batted in.
Brandon Fortenberry, son of former Forrest City coach John Fortenberry, added a 3-for-4 performance.
Jonesboro 13, Doniphan 2
Jonesboro scored 13 runs on eight hits as the Hurricane cruised to a 13-2 five-inning beating of Doniphan, Mo., in senior high baseball Friday at Woodland Field.
Jack McGrath (5-0) threw five strong innings, allowed one earned run on two walks and four hits while striking out two.
RUSTON -- One day after being snubbed on the Associated Press All-American team, Louisiana Tech senior center Cheryl Ford was named the Louisiana Sports Writers Association State Player of the Year.
Voting was done by a LSWA panel of media members and sports information personnel from basketball-playing institutions around the state.
Joining Ford on the first team were Tech's Trina Frierson and LSU's Semoine Augustus, Temeka Johnson and Aiysha Smith. LSU head coach Sue Gunter was voted LSWA Coach of the Year while Augustus was a unanimous selection for Freshman of the Year with New Orleans' Monique Taylor being named Newcomer of the Year.
Former Palestine-Wheatley standout, Erica Smith was named to the second team, along with teammate Amber Obaze.
Ford led Tech to a 31-3 record, the Western Athletic Conference regular season and tournament titles, a 29-game winning streak, a No. 6 national ranking and a trip to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.
Ford was named the Western Athletic Conference's Player of the Year for the second straight year while also being the WAC Tournament MVP.
Frierson averaged 15.0 points and 7.3 rebounds per game for the Lady Techsters this season while leading the team and the WAC in field goal percentage at 52.9 percent.
Smith, last year's LSWA State Freshman of the Year, also earned second team honors this season after averaging 11.4 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.1 steals per game for the Lady Techsters.
Smith hit 38 percent of her three-pointers on the year and hit 76 percent of her free throws.
Smith, whose 42 three-pointers made were the second most ever by a Tech sophomore, scored a career-high 28 points in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.