By FRED CONLEY
T-H Sports Editor
Each of the two 10-under girls' softball league divisions -- the American and the National -- have co-leaders.
Stevens and Walker Insurance are tied for first in the National division side of the league while Forrest City Bank and Dr. Schwartz are the co-leaders in the American side of the league.
All four teams are 2-0.
By far, the most dramatic of Friday's schedule of games was the nine-inning affair between Stevens and Title Company.
Stevens scored three runs in the top of the ninth and then held Title Company to two runs in the bottom of the inning to secure a 10-9 victory.
Title Company had the potential game-tying run on second base when the last out of the game was made.
Kelsey Ferguson led Stevens by scoring four runs on a single, a double and two home runs.
Kaitlyn Peterson added three runs on three singles. Taylor Billingsley scored twice and Caroline Nimocks added a single run.
Title Company got five runs from Semiko Grady who had a pair of singles, two home runs and reached once using a Stevens error.
Katie Davis scored two times as did Meghan Clark.
Walker held off True Value 9-7, but needed only four innings getting two runs each from Tejarra McClinic, Shaquita Loney and Maurielle Hunt.
Molly Howard and Breyunna Boyd scored two runs each to lead True Value.
Food Giant plated five runs in the fourth inning to put away Pizza Inn 14-11 Friday.
Juanita Hawkins and Anita Hawkins scored two runs each to lead Pizza Inn while Food Giant got multiple runs from Kiuana King, Kim Norment, Raven Harrell and Deidra White.
Dr. Schawrtz needed three runs in the fifth to edge Southern Furniture 8-7 Friday while Forrest City Bank had an easy time against Sanyo, winning 13-2.
The 12-under and 16-under fast-pitch leagues will be in action tonight at the Complex.
By FRED CONLEY
T-H Sports Editor
Joey's Muffler scored all the runs they would need in the first inning Friday to move to 2-0 for the year in Bambino 9-10 League play.
Joey's plated six runs in the bottom of the first inning and then added two more runs in the third to take an 8-4 win over Derrick CPA Friday night.
Derrick scored all four of their runs in the top of the first.
Joey's remains in a tie for first place in the league with Mr. T Auto, a 16-4 winner over Arkansas Electric on Friday.
Cadarius Parchman scored twice to lead Joey's and got help from Kerrie Barden, Dusty Smith, Lloyd Hamilton, Corey Robichaud, Demond Watson and Joewaan Mitchell.
Caleb Sugg, Lance Hughes, Devante Mitchell and Nathan Derrick scored single runs for Derrick CPA, 1-1 for the year.
Ryan Green scored three runs to lead Mr. T Auto. Xavier Clardy, Anthony Guyton, Larry Smith, Davyan McKinney and Chatman Tucker each scored twice in the win.
Arkansas Electric led 4-3 after two innings but Mr. T sent 11 batters to the plate in the top of the third to score eight runs for a n 11-4 lead.
Mr. T closed out the victory by pushing five more runs across the plate in the fourth.
In other Bambino League games played Friday, Cochran Auto picked up its first win of the year defeating Giffin's Grins 6-5.
Xavier Banks scored the winning run in the bottom of the fourth inning to break a 5-5 tie. Banks scored two of the Cochran runs.
Both teams were tied at 2-2 after one inning before Cochran scored three times in the bottom of the second to lead 5-2.
Giffin's tied the game at 5-5 by scoring three times in the top of the third.
Sanyo was awarded a forfeit win over National Carpet One.
The Bambino 11-12 League will play tonight.
*In Minor League (pitching machine) T&J Properties pulled into a tie for first place using a 19-3 win over Forrest City Lion's Club.
T&J and JB Sports are both 2-0 in the league standings.
Nine of T&J's 10 players scored at least one run in the victory.
Colin Love scored four of those runs while Tyrin White and Landon McFadden scored three times each. Delan Parkman, Reid Wingo and Jacob Siler scored two runs each.
Devazier Brothers evened their season mark at 1-1 by taking a 12-11 win over Hill's Delta Concrete.
Hill's grabbed the early lead by scoring five runs in the top of the first inning.
Devazier finally got on the board in the bottom of the second with two runs but Hill's pushed their lead to 9-2 with four runs in the top of the third.
Devazier plated three runs in the bottom of the inning and then added four more runs in the bottom of the fourth to tie the game at 9-9.
Hill's regained the lead with two runs in the fifth before Devazier added a single run in the fifth and two runs in the bottom of the sixth to win the game.
Nick Wright scored the game winning run after Ross Trail scored to tie the game at 11-11.
Wright led Devazier by scoring four times. Trail, Harrison Devazier and Jacob Graves each added two runs.
Joseph Tripp and Draylon Willis each scored three runs for Hill's.
T&J returns to action tonight when they take on Giffin's Grins and 6 p.m. and JB Sports will go against Lion's Club in the late game.
By FRED CONLEY
T-H Sports Editor
Arkansas Concrete's unbeaten streak ended Saturday at Southaven, Miss.
Playing in the Sonic Slam Tournament, the Forrest City traveling team saw their 20-game winning streak come to a halt during a 6-5 loss to the St. Charles (Mo.) Saints.
Arkansas Concrete entered the tournament Friday night at 19-0 and ran that mark to 20-0 with an opening-round 6-1 win over the Bolivar (Tenn.) Fire Ants.
Following the loss to the Saints, the Concrete failed to make it out of pool play when they lost to the other Arkansas-based team in the 12-under mix -- the Central Arkansas Trailblazers from Benton.
The Trailblazers took a 4-2 win and went on to reach the championship game, losing to Germantown 11-4.
There were 16 teams in the 12-under portion of the tournament.
Other Arkansas teams competing at the Sonic Slam include the Truman Baker Cardinals from Searcy, playing in the 11-under bracket; the Central Arkansas Indians from Little Rock and the Arkansas Lasers from Luxora in the 13-under bracket.
The East Arkansas Razorbacks from West Memphis played in the 14-under division.
The dates and times for the upcoming Forrest City Mustang/Lady Mustang basketball camps have been set.
The elementary camp, for boys and girls, 4th-6th grade, will be held June 9-12 and the junior high camp for boys and girls, 7th-9th grade, will be held June 16-19.
The girls will meet from 8 until 11 a.m., each day while the boys' session is from 12 noon until 3 p.m. at Mustang Arena.
Cost per individual camper is $20 and forms may be obtained at Mustang Arena or from the offices at the elementary and junior high campuses.