By FRED CONLEY
T-H Sports Editor
Forrest City girls' track coach Lewis Etheridge celebrated a first Monday, when Jessica Perkins signed a letter-of-intent to attend Garden City Community College in Garden City, Kansas on a track scholarship.
Perkins is the first female track athlete to sign a track scholarship since Etheridge has been coaching girls' track at Forrest City.
She is the first female track athlete to be offered a scholarship since Atrell Razor in the mid 1980s.
Perkins was a three-year letterman for the Lady Mustang track team and was named All-Conference three times.
As a senior this season, Perkins was named Forrest City's female Gatorade Athlete of the Year.
Perkins ran the 100 and 200-meter sprints for Etheridge and anchored the 400-meter relay team.
Her best time in the 100-meter run was 12.7 while her best time in the 200 was 26.6.
Garden City track coach James White signed Perkins to a scholarship, "sight unseen," according to Etheridge.
"I always felt that Jessica could go somewhere at the college level and help a track program," Etheridge. "When I contacted Coach White, he was eager to sign her, based on the numbers and the personal report I gave to him. Jessica is a good recruit. She has good work habits and she does well in the class room."
By FRED CONLEY
T-H Sports Editor
The Head Hunters lived up to their name Monday in adult men's softball by knocking off Kerby's 16-11.
Shortstop Nick Quinn's defensive play and outfielder Glen Hogland's hitting proved to be the difference as the Head Hunters improved to 3-7 for the year.
Kerby's slips to 8-2 but remains in second place behind league leading Gym 2000.
Gym 2000 pushed their season mark to 9-1 Monday by holding off Wal-Mart 13-11. The Gym victory and the Kerby's loss, puts Gym in sole possession of first place in the league standings.
Hogland had an inside-the-park home run for Head Hunters.
The Head Hunters led 5-4 after one inning before Kerby's tied the game at 5-5 in the bottom of the third.
An eight-run, fourth inning by the Head Hunters gave the team a 13-5 lead.
Kerby's got two runs in the fifth and four in the seventh but couldn't overtake the Head Hunters' lead.
Gym 2000 plated seven runs in the first inning and then survived a second-inning rally by Wal-Mart to take their 13-11 win.
Wal-Mart scored six times in the bottom of the second and then added three runs in the third to lead 11-8.
Gym battled back to lead 12-11 after five innings and held Wal-Mart scoreless for the final two innings.
The Middle Busters remained in third place in the league standings by taking down Food Giant 21-15 Monday night.
Middle Busters improves to 7-2. The team, along with A&M Connection are a game back in the standings, after both teams were assessed a double forfeit on June 7, but were not given a loss.
The Middle Busters opened a quick 6-0 lead over Food Giant Monday and added seven runs in the second and added four runs each in the third and fourth innings.
Finally, A&M Connection stayed in fourth place by holding off Laws Contracting 11-9 Monday night.
Laws led 6-5 after three innings but A&M rallied to score four runs in the last inning to take the win.
*In the adult women's league, both Monday night contests resulted in forfeits.
Chism won their seventh league championship last week when Popeyes defeated the Dynamic Divas.
Chism was awarded a forfeit win over Wal-Mart Monday to give the team a final 7-1 season mark.
The Divas was awarded a forfeit win over the Lady All-Stars Monday and finish the year as league runners-up at 6-2.
By FRED CONLEY
T-H Sports Editor
Boar's Head became the first team to reach the finals of the postseason T-Ball Tournament by taking a 21-17 win over Imboden in Monday's often-heated winner's semifinal game.
At times both coaching staffs erupted over the officiating, the official scorekeeping and with each other.
The kids, however, seemed to be content to play in the rain-softened dirt.
Nonetheless, Boar's Head knows they will play for the tournament title on Thursday. The team's opponent, who will come from the loser's bracket, has not yet been determined. The championship game has been tentatively set for 7 p.m.
If the team from the loser's bracket wins the 7 p.m. championship game, the tournament's "if" game will be played Friday.
It was the first loss of the tournament for Imboden who led 6-5 after one inning.
Boar's Head rallied to take a 14-12 lead in the third and then led 21-14 before Imboden came to bat in the last inning.
Kobie Wilson led Boar's Head by scoring three times while Shawn Galloway added two runs.
Imboden drops into the loser's bracket and awaits their next opponent for a 6 p.m. matchup on Thursday.
Tyler Randle, Shelby Wood and Mandy Allison each scored three runs to lead Imboden while Sarajane Armstrong, Cassie Craig, Jed Haynes, Brett Franks and Emily Franks contributed runs.
Forrest City Health Club played a doubleheader Monday and eliminated Bonanza 20-18 before being eliminated by Union Planter's Bank in the second game, 14-5.
Against Bonanza, Kyra Watson, Ashley Williams, Sydnee Wade and Kimani McKnight each scored three runs to lead Health Club while D.J. Williams and Corban Watson added two runs each.
Bonanza got runs from Jala McNutt, Michael Peabody, Timberly Merriweather, Kristen McNutt, Cedric Hall and Chris Slunt.
Union Planters stayed alive in the loser's bracket with their 14-5 win over Health Club. Union will face M&T Paving tonight at 6 p.m.
Union Planters plated nine runs in the first inning to take a big lead.
Gracie Standridge, Joni Fleming, Lucas Whittenton and Justin Brown each contributed runs while Watson, Williams and Wade scored runs for Health Club.
Wilson Law remained alive in the loser's bracket by playing and winning both of their Monday games.
Wilson Law will play Dr. Beasley tonight at 6 p.m.
Wilson defeated Twillies Tigers 25-13 in the first game and then eliminated SWilson CPA 26-21 in the second game.
Wilson Law got runs from Naudia Wright, Daesha Henderson, Stevie Wright, Nicholas McNeary, Tarik Jones, Juwan Hopkins and Chris Patillo while SWilson CPA got four runs each from Claire Hill, Tyra Marrs and Fredarius Carter. Other runs came from Austin Taylor, Madison Hill, Kyndal Clark and Chris Colvin.
SWilson CPA defeated H&H 19-18 to set up the game against Wilson Law.
In that game, Claire Hill scored four runs while Clark, Marrs and Colvin added three runs each.
Mark Sackville scored four times to lead H&H, while Jackson Walker, Collin Hill, Jeffrey Ratton, Matthew Bailey and Claudia Astin helped out by scoring additional runs.
Against Twillies, Wilson Law got run support from everyone in he lineup.
Twillies was led by Maegan Posey, Garrett Mitchusson, Hunter Taylor and Heath Taylor.
The Forrest City youth softball and baseball program has ended its season and almost all of the league champs have been determined.
The postseason T-ball tournament could end Thursday night with a new tournament champ and the 10-under girls' softball league will play its overall championship game Thursday night between Walker Insurance and Forrest City Bank.
Game time will be either 6 p.m. or 8 p.m.
The adult men's softball league has four games remaining.
Chism won the adult women's softball title for the sixth time in the past seven years.
In Minor League, Easley Law completed an undefeated season to win the league title while Leslie Construction won the Bambino 9-10 League title, finishing 11-1.
Lucas Trucking rolled unbeaten to the Bambino 11-12 league title while Machen Ford and Taylor Glass shared the Junior Babe Ruth League title.
The Delta Breeze fast-pitch softball team won the 12-under league championship while Bonanza won the 16-under fast-pitch league title.
Leslie Construction was crowned the Bambino 9-10 League champs last week. The team finished the regular season with an 11-1 record. The team scored 169 runs during the season while allowing only 67 runs. Team members are: Blake Lester, Tanner Henley, Cory Lester, John Gilbreath, Nathan Standridge, Hunter McLean, A.J. Renigar, Calvin Hodges, James Pendergrass, Tyler McElroy Casbeer, T. Giles White and Joseph Tripp. The team was coached by Mike Leslie and John Riggins.