Stories from Friday, March 23, 2007

Tribune Editor Teachers and parents crowded the high school library Monday night as the Marked Tree School Board met to discuss the school's academic audit report. Superintendent Gary Masters reviewed the 74 page report, which was projected on the wall for all to see...

Robert Boxley of Marked Tree is one of 24 men and women selected from across the state to take part in LeadAR, a leadership development program sponsored by the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service. Boxley recently attended a three day seminar focusing on major issues facing the state, including agriculture, education, the environment, the criminal justice system and legislative issues...

Special to the Tribune (Editor's note: O'Roark was born in Marked Tree and served as editor of the Marked Tree Tribune in 1948. He and his wife Joanne Stignani live in East Memphis.) I used to be the fast-draw champion of the world! Not really, but for one brief moment back in 1965 some folks wondered, "Could this be the guy?"...

Tribune Sports Staff As expected, the baseball game between rivals Marked Tree and EPC last Saturday at Lepanto was a hotly contested affair. In the end, the Warriors took their second loss of the season against 12 wins as the Indians brought their record even at 5-5...

Tribune Sports Staff "After losing Saturday we needed a win like this," coach Brian Weathers said about the Warriors 16-3 victory at Harrisburg lat Monday afternoon. "Plus the nine-run first inning helped Justin (Parnell) to relax. He asked to pitch the game, we gave him the chance and he came through."...

Tribune Sports Staff The Lady Indians moved into the winning category at 5-4 when they traveled to Blytheville and defeated the Lady Chicks 8-5 in eight innings last Thursday. The Lady Tribe never trailed as they took the lead 3-0 after two innings. Blytheville came back to tie the game 3-all in the bottom of the third...

Wadie Moore with the Arkansas Activities Association announced the recipients of the All-Tournament awards for the various state tournaments. In the Tri-City area EPC's Sade Madden was named to the 3A team. Madden, a senior, has been one of the mainstays for the Lady Warriors who have been to the state tournament for the last three years. Last year, they made it to the state final where they were defeated by Strong for the state championship...