Stories from Friday, April 5, 2013

A.J. Winningham and Cameron Jones were named to the 4A-3 All-Conference basketball team. (DT Photo/Anthony Cossey)

Kelly Guthrie was tabbed to be a member of the north squad for the upcoming Queens of the Hardwood match. Trumann Coach Matt Mink was choses as an assistant for the north squad.

The Convocation Center in Jonesboro was rocking last Thursday night as the stars from TNA Impact wrestling were there for a night of action. Sting, Hulk Hogan, Jeff Hardy, Kurt Angle, Bully Ray and the Aces & Eights gang were just a few of the stars that were hand for the evenings festivities...

Marked Tree (8-1, 4-1 2A-3) down Riverside 12-1 in girls high school softball action this last Thursday in Marked Tree. Peyton Carter had a huge day as she got the win on the mound giving up one run on three hits while walking one and striking out eight. Carter also had four hits on day and drove in four runs...

EPC (7-5, 4-2 2A-3) got a complete game 10 strikeout performance from Caleb Harston as the Warriors downed McCrory 10-7 in baseball action this past Thursday in Lepanto. Hunter Hinton, Aaron Scales and Corbin Truelove each had two hits on the day. McKenzie Betts, Josh Skipper, Kyle Harbin and Truelove all had a RBI for EPC...

The Lady Wildcats had one bad inning against Rivercrest this past Monday in Trumann and could not recover from it as they lost 6-5 to the Lady Colts. The Lady Colts opened the game by scoring a run off a Lady Wildcat error to go up 1-0. Trumann went three up and three down in the bottom half of the first. ...

he Trumann Wildcats hosted Forrest City this past Thursday in a non-conference baseball match up. The Wildcats jumped out to a 2-0 lead before hanging on for a 3-2 win. Trumann got the board first in the bottom of the first as Cameron Jones walked and stole second base. Taylor Wilson reached on an error before Nate Maxwell scored Jones with a ground out for a 1-0 Trumann lead. Josh Evan plated Wilson with a singled to make it 2-0 after one...

Monday night at the American Legion Hut in Lepanto, a Vietnam veteran from Memphis was reunited with medals he hasn't seen in 15 years. Ricky Laden came into possession of the medals, a Bronze star with a V for Valor and a Purple Heart from April of 1966, after his brother found them in a delinquent mini-storage he bought four years ago. Since then, Laden has been trying to find the man they belong to or his family. He came to Mayor Steve Jernigan for help...