Stories from Thursday, March 27, 2014

TRUMANN - Mrs. Irene Laughinghouse, 78, of Trumann died Friday March 21, 2014 at Hometown Nursing Center in Trumann. She was born in Whitehall and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was a caregiver and member of the Providence Baptist Church. Mrs. Laughinghouse was preceded in death by her first husband, Junior Whitman; one son, Billy Whitman; one grandson, Scott Jones; three brothers; and her parents, Albert and Hattie Houge Walker...

GERMANTOWN, TENN. - Sammie Lou Bell Wamble of Germantown, Tenn. died March 20, 2014 at Germantown Methodist Hospital. She worked at Harris, Madden and Powell. She was a member of Forest Hill Irene Baptist Church. Mrs. Wamble is survived by her husband, Roy Glenn Wamble; daughters, Melissa Wamble of the home and Patty Gossage and husband Bobby of Lepanto; sisters, Sue Rose of Dallas, Tex., Rose Ming of Marked Tree, and Diana Allison of Marion; Cindy Rapa of Fairview Heights, Ill. ...

Trumann stayed close for five innings but a 15 run sixth inning spelled doom as the Nettleton Lady Raiders posted a 26-6 win over Trumann last Thursday in Trumann. Trumann got on the board first when Makayla Hicks reached on an infield single. Hicks scored on a double from Hannah Wood to make it 1-0 Trumann. Nettleton sent 10 batters to the plate in the top of the second scoring six runs to go up 6-1...

Arizona Sharp baffled the Piggott batters and thrilled the Hornet fans by tossing a no-hitter this past Friday in high school baseball action in Harrisburg. Sharp walked two and struck out 10 in the 7-0 win. Harrisburg gave Sharp all the runs he'd need in the bottom of the first inning. ...

On a chilly and windy afternoon, Bay's pitchers had trouble finding the strike zone and Trumann took advantage of the situation to post a 20-2 win over the Lady Yellowjackets this past Monday at Bay. The Lady Wildcats send 22 batters to the plate in the top of the first inning scoring 16 runs. Megan McGowan had a RBI single in the inning, Neely Blagg drove in two runs with a hit and Hannah Wood plated a run with a hit too. McGowan struck out the side in Bay's first at bat of the game...

Brody McCrary overcame a slow start on the mound to record 10 strikeouts and Hunter Malone drove in four runs as the Marked Tree Indians downed Corning 7-3 in high school baseball action in Marked Tree this past Tuesday. The Bobcats scored two runs in the top of the first as they capitalized on a hit batsman and an error to go up 2-0. ...