Stories from Thursday, July 18, 2013

Marked Tree's Blake Daniels was named newcomer of year in the 2013 Best Under The Sun baseball edition sponsored by the Jonesboro Sun. EPC's Caleb Harston was named to the infield and Trumann's Cameron Jones was selected as a utility player. Daniels batted .396 this past season for the Indians and drove in 28 runs while playing catcher and shortstop. On the mound, Daniels went 6-2 with a 3.16 ERA with 53 strikeouts...

Marked Tree Sports Center opened district play last Friday in Paragould against Mountain Home and were handed an 9-3 loss. Marked Tree jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first as Bailey Gilbert walked, stole second and scored on a double by Blake Daniels. ...

Fat City and Riceland met for the second time in a week. The game was close for the first three innings before back to back four run innings propelled the Ricemen to an 11-4 win. Fat City threatened in the opening inning but a Ricemen double-play helped get them out of trouble. ...

Marked Tree's Connor Fields recently signed his letter of intent to continue his baseball career at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky. Fields, who transferred from Carlisle, was the starting catcher and pitched for the Indians baseball team this past season...

American legion baseball district tournament opened in Paragould this past Friday.