By FRED CONLEY
T-H Sports Editor
The 2004 postseason T-Ball tournament started Friday with four first-round games.
Four more first-rounders will be played tonight at 6 p.m. before the double-elimination style tournament shifts into the loser's bracket mode Tuesday.
Dr. Beasley got past Wilson Law 17-12 on Friday and will advance to meet Union Planters Bank tonight. Union Planters ran all over Long Real Estate 27-1.
Union got five runs each from Gracie Standridge and Brett Forrester and four runs each from Lucas Whittenton and Justin Brown. Emily Isringhouse and Joanie Fleming scored three runs each.
Calvin Goodwin scored Long's only run.
Boar's Head, a 16-4 winner over H&H Monuments Friday, will play Bonanza tonight.
In other games tonight, Twillies Tigers faces Perkins while Western Auto will face M&T Paving.
The tournament continues through Tuesday, June 29, when the championship game or games will be played at 6 p.m.
Boar's Head opened with seven runs in the first inning to lead 7-4 before putting the game out of reach with a nine run, second inning, keyed by two runs each from Shawn Galloway, Marcus Etherly, MaKyla Stewart and Julian Hughes.
Finally, Imboden returns on Tuesday to face the SWilson CPA/Forrest City Health Club winner. Imboden routed Parker Furniture 27-6 Friday.
Imboden got three runs each from Justin Martin, Cassie Craig, Emily Franks, Shelby Wood, Sarajane Armstrong, Mandy Allison and Brett Franks.
First National Bank (9-2) added another victory to their season total Friday the easy way when Joey's Muffler failed to field enough players for the schedule Bambino 9-10 League game. First National was awarded a forfeit win.
Leslie Construction (11-1) remained in control of the league with a 20-2 win over Taco Bell. Food Giant kept pace by sending Pearson Insurance to a 13-6 loss while improving to 8-4 for the year and Sanyo rolled all over Giffin's 21-0 to get to 8-4 for the season.
Leslie scored 13 runs in the top of the second inning and never looked back in their win over Taco Bell.
Joseph Tripp, Corey and Blake Lester led the way by scoring three times while James Pendergrass, T. Giles McElroy, John Gilbreath, Nathan Standridge and Calvin Hodges added two runs each.
Tripp and Pendergrass clubbed home runs.
Taco Bell got single runs from Elbert Hamilton and Maurice Bradley.
Sanyo exploded against Giffins, scoring 13 runs in the first inning, four runs in the second and four in the third.
Matt Lansford and Austin Kennedy each crossed home plate four times while Matt Jumper, Barlow Herbert and Kendall Lee scored three runs each.
James Alldredge, Colin Love, Malik Mosby and Jarrod Wright added single runs.
Food Giant broke open a close game in the top of the fourth inning, turning a 4-3 lead into an 11-3 advantage by scoring seven times.
Pearson answered with a single runs in the bottom of the fourth and two in the fifth.
Food Giant got two runs each from A.J. Martin, Devantri Garza,, Brian Morgan, Andrew Harvey and Cameron Smith and single runs from Cameron Weeks, Jolen Britton and Malik Avant.
The 9-10 Bambino League will wrap up season play Tuesday.
The Bambino 11-12 League ended their season last week as did the Junior Babe Ruth League.
In the lone Minor (pitching machine) League game played on Friday, Vaccaro had an easy time putting away Lion's Club 13-1 to improve to 9-3 For the year.
Tyler Wilson and Jared Haynie scored three times each to lead Vaccaro while Michael Bernard and Adam Hoy each scored twice. Ethan Adams, Cody Tittle and Kenny Ivory scored single runs.
Bernard, Haynie and Ivory each hit home runs for Vaccaro.
Kirby Alderson scored the lone run for Lions Club.
Easley Law, a winner over Arkansas Electric last Thursday, returns to the field tonight at 6 p.m., to take on Ridout.
Easley is 12-0 for the year.
The Minor League will continue to play this week, making up several rain out dates.
Finally, in the girls 10-under slow pitch league, Walker Insurance stayed unbeaten for the year with a 15-6 win over Stevens.
Walker pushed their season mark to 12-0 in the National Division and have already clinched the division championship.
Mary Burks and Bailey Hunt each scored three times for Walker while Kelsey Morris, Briana Burke and Maurielle Hunt added two runs each.
Food Giant held off Sanyo 8-2 Friday while Southern Furniture got past Children's Clinic 10-4 and Forrest City Bank kept its stranglehold on the American Division of the league with a 15-5 win over Dr. Schwartz.
Forrest City Bank led 5-0 after one inning and 10-0 after two before Schwartz scored five runs in the the top of the third.
Morgan Hight, Casohony Lumpkin, DaJar Wynne, Samantha Kearns and Chloe Harris scored single runs for Schwartz while Emma Gadberry, Jessica Stultz, Kaylin Roberts, Eryn Laws and Julia Glasper scored two runs each for Forrest City Bank.
B&E Tire had the night off.
Southern Furniture trailed 4-3 after one inning but rallied for five runs in the second for an 8-4 lead.
Haley Morris and Brandi Morgan scored two runs each for Southern while Linetta Ivey, Jade Haymer, Keviece Lee, Brihanna Ware and Lori Ratton scored single runs.
Sanyo was able to push five runs across in the top of the second to help the team to their 8-2 win over Sanyo.
The 12-under and 16-under girls' fast pitch leagues concluded their seasons last week. Bonanza won the 16-under title while Delta Breeze won the 12-under title.
The adult men and women's slow pitch leagues will play tonight as scheduled.
Forrest City will host the adult men's and women's district tournament, scheduled for July 15-18.
By FRED CONLEY
T-H Sports Editor
Forrest City sophomore Marcus Britt put on a shooting exhibition over the weekend at the Charles Ripley Basketball Camp played at Keith Jackson's P.A.R.K. facilities in Little Rock.
Britt's touch helped the Forrest City Mustangs win their division championship, finishing the three-day camp and tournament at 5-2.
Forrest City Coach Dwight Lofton took 11 players to the weekend tournament in which 14 teams were divided into two divisions. The teams opened Friday in pool play and advanced to the championship rounds on Sunday.
In pool play, Forrest city defeated Conway's JV 58-32 and lost to Conway's varsity 43-41 Friday. On Saturday, the Mustangs opened with a 53-50 overtime loss to Little Rock Catholic before defeating Lonoke 50-41 and Pulaski Robinson 45-39.
On Sunday, Forrest City defeated Benton in the semifinals 45-38 and then held off Little Rock Christian 45-37 in the championship game.
"I was impressed by our two sophomores -- Britt and Stephon Weaver," Lofton said. "They are going to give us an extra dimension during the next high school season."
Lofton credited senior-to-be Chris Williams for stepping up and assuming the leadership role on the floor and point guard Jarvis Palmer.
"We need to work on our inside game," Lofton said. "Right now, we are using senior Jacobi Morton, who played on the junior varsity squad last year in the middle right now."
Lofton said senior Nick Grady, who missed most of last year, played well over the weekend in his role off the bench.
"He is trying to work his way back into the mix," Lofton said.
Lofton started Weaver, Britt, Williams, Palmer and Morton and used nine of the 11 roster players over the weekend.
The Forrest City American Legion Post 4 will return to action today by taking on Blytheville on the road.
Post 4 has not played in two weeks, due to having two dates cancelled and another rained out.
The team lost two playing dates to Brinkley, which did not field a team this season and were rained out last week against Searcy.
Forrest City will play Jonesboro Tuesday on the road and will start play in the Newport Tournament on Thursday.