November 22, 2019 - Marked Time

STEVE LANDERS COWBOY CHEVROLET HOLIDAY CLASSIC at HEBER SPRINGS DECEMBER 26-28 SENIOR GIRLS December 26 Game 1 - Southside Batesville vs. Greene County Tech, 11 a.m. Game 3 - Mayflower vs. Sheridan, 1:30 p.m. Game 5 - Pea Ridge vs. Rose Bud, 4 p.m. Game 7 - Heber Springs vs. DeWitt, 6:30 p.m. December 27 Game 9 - Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 1, 11 a.m. Game 11 - Loser Game 7 vs. Loser Game 5, 1:30 p.m. Game 13 - Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 1, 4 p.m. Game 15 - Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 7, 6:30 p.m. December 28 Game 17 - Loser Game 9 vs. Loser Game 11, 11 a.m. Game 19 - Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 11, 1:30 p.m. Game 21 - Loser Game 15 vs. Loser Game 13, 4 p.m. Game 23 - Winner Game 15 vs. Winner Game 13, 6:30 p.m. SENIOR BOYS December 26 Game 2 - Southside Batesville vs. Greene County Tech, 12:15 p.m. Game 4 - Mayflower vs. Sheridan, 2:45 p.m. Game 6 - Batesville vs. DeWitt, 5:15 p.m. Game 8 - Heber Springs vs. Rose Bud, 7:45 p.m. December 27 Game 10 - Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 4, 12:15 p.m. Game 12 - Loser Game 8 vs. Loser Game 6, 2:45 p.m. Game 14 - Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 2, 5:15 p.m. Game 16 - Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 6, 7:45 p.m. December 28 Game 18 - Loser Game 12 vs. Loser Game 10, 12:15 p.m. Game 20 - Winner Game 12 vs. Winner Game 10, 2:45 p.m. Game 22 - Loser Game 16 vs. Loser Game 14, 5:15 p.m. Game 24 - Winner Game 16 vs. Winner Game 14, 7:45 p.m.

The 2019 Heber Springs Girls Cross Country Team. Pictured, front, from left, Allison Wildman, Katia Rubio, Waverlee Decker, Sydney Buffalo, McKenzie Becerra, and Natalie Buffalo. Back, from left, Taylor Hammons, Maddie Vowels, Sophie Lawrence, Maygan Jarvis, Ellie Riddle and Vallie Cantrell.

November 21, 2019

By LARRY “SCOOP” McCARTY

Heber Springs High School cross country teams capped a successful season by finishing among the top 10 at the Class 4A state meet in Hot Springs and two runners named to the all-state team.

The Lady Panthers, who were ranked third going into the state meet, finished third, with Sydney Buffalo selected to the all-state team. The Panthers, who were ranked 10th, claimed eighth place, with Nathan Poff named to the all-state team.

Poff finished 13th in the boys’ race, while Buffalo was 17th in the girls’ race.

“Our top five boys’ runners set personal bests,” Heber Springs head coach Dale Cresswell said. “The girls ran well. All I want every meet is for each runner go out and do their best.”

For the girls, Vallie Cantrell and McKenzie Becerra finished among the top 50 at 24th and 34th places, respectively. Taylor Hammons (52nd), Maygan Jarvis (54th), Sophie Lawrence (69th), Allison Wildman (89th) and Waverlee Decker (92nd) were in the top 100. Katherine Rojas was 120th.

Four boys’ runners finished among the top 100 — Parker Hill (57th), Gabe Tate (67th), Mason Harris (80th) and Brad Baker (90th). Reagan Buell (128th), Dalton Scoggins (168th), Scott Shatterly (168th) and Evan Burgess (192nd) also competed.

“Our standards at Heber Springs are always high,” Cresswell said. “We have a lot of good young runners, like Harris and Hill. Hill missed most of the season because of an illness. He ran at the conference meet and one of the reasons the team moved up two spots at the state meet.”

The future looks bright for both programs.

“We have a lot of good young runners coming up,” Cresswell said. “We have runners that will come up from the junior high team who can help us next year. Both teams worked hard all season. They will never hear any complaints from me when they work hard and do their best.”

Cresswell hopes momentum will carry over into the spring for track and field.

“All of them will be on the track team, but not just as distance runners,” he said. “We expect a few football players to compete. I expect us to have a successful track season. “