HEBER SPRINGS – Heber Springs outscored Mount Vernon-Enola 14-8 in the third quarter and that proved to be the difference in a 40-35 victory for the Panther junior boys basketball team.
The War Hawks led 14-7 at the end of the first quarter and 20-18 at the half, but two 3-pointers by Rhett Herring and one by Samuel Bush helped fuel a third-quarter comeback.
HEBER SPRINGS SCORING (40): Seth Dudeck 9, Liam Buffalo 11, Jacob Haskett 6, Ty West 5, Rhett Herring 6, Samuel Bush 3.
RUSSELLVILLE – Thirty-nine high school student-athletes and three four-year transfers have joined the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys 2020 football program, announced by head coach Kyle Shipp on Wednesday.
Of the new additions, 24 are from the state of Arkansas, with student-athletes from Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Missouri also joining the program.
“I’m excited about all of the kids that we’re signing – I feel like it’s a very good class from top to bottom,” Shipp said. “This class is a building block to where we want to get to in the future. Along with our returning class we feel like this group will have the chance to be pretty special.”
LITTLE ROCK – Looking to continue their momentum after splitting on the first day of the Philander Smith Classic, Central Baptist College volleyball took the court today for two more game at Mims Gymnasium. CBC (2-2) won the first match of the day over Texas College 3-1 (23-25, 25-19, 25-20, 25-10) before dropping the second match to Tabor College 3-1 (15-25, 25-16, 11-25, 18-25).
Juliane Abernathy (FR/Katy, Texas) had a big day, posting double-digit kills in both matches. Taylor Folsom (FR/North Little Rock), Hope Johnson (SR/Rogers) and Alizea Garza (JR/Odessa, Texas) also posted double digits in assists and digs in both matches as well.
The Mustangs dropped the first set against Texas College before winning the final three. Emily Farmer (FR/Vilonia) posted a double-double, recording 17 kills with 19 digs, while Abernathy posted 14 kills and hit .333 in the match. Folsom had 33 assists and Johnson had 17 while Garza also recorded 18 digs. CBC had 58 kills to just 33 for the Steers while hitting .205 to just .128 for TC.
CBC struggled to keep momentum in match two, winning set two before dropping the final two sets to fall to 2-2 for the weekend. Abernathy led the way with 12 kills while Folsom recorded 17 assists and Johnson had 12. Garza recorded 22 digs while Kelsy Knox (SR/Barling) added 15 digs of her own. Tabor outhit the Mustangs .197 to .016 and posted seven blocks to just three for CBC.
UP NEXT
The Mustangs return to the court on Tuesday night in Tyler, Texas, when they will face the Steers of Texas College for a second time. First serve is scheduled for 6 p.m.
ST LOUIS – The American Midwest Conference office has announced the Offensive and Defensive Athletes of the Week for men’s soccer this week. Ryan Lee (FR/North Little Rock) and Andrew Montoya (SO/Rogers) were chosen through voting by the AMC’s Sports Information Directors.
Lee earned the award after having a huge offensive week. The forward scored three goals, two against Central Christian and once against Avila, helping the Mustangs win twice. He also had two assists, including the winning assist against Avila. This is the first Athlete of the Week award for Lee.
Montoya earned his second career Defensive Player of the Week. Montoya notched two wins while making 17 saves and helping the Mustangs move to 3-1 this season. He made a career-high 11 saves against Central Christian and then added six more saves to his total against Avila, shutting out the Eagles for almost 89 minutes.
SILOAM SPRINGS – Freshman Jacob Zamarron and senior Britt Wisener were selected as the SAC’s first Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week, respectively, the league office announced on Monday (Aug. 26) for their performances against Texas A&M – Texarkana and Lyon.
The selection was the first for Zamarron, who posted seven points in his first two collegiate outings. Meanwhile, the honor is the second in the career of Wisener, who backstopped the Golden Eagles (2-0-0) to a pair of victories.
John Brown picked up a tough 2-1 road win at Texarkana (0-1-0) to open the season. Zamarron tallied in his collegiate debut – a header in the box off a service from sophomore Adrian Immel. The goal was instrumental in building the lead for JBU as the visitors would hold on for the narrow victory.
Wisner needed to make just one save in the match against Texarkana.
Back at Alumni Field last weekend against the Scots (0-2-0), the Rogers native wasted little time in finding the scoresheet as he booted home a strike from just inside the left corner of the box, lofting a shot over the Scot keeper. While his goal would hold up as the game-winner, he later distributed a trio of primary assists in the second half, including twice in sophomore Goncalo Verissimo hat trick effort to lead the Golden Eagles to a 7-1 lopsided win over the Scots in the home opener.
Wisener, from Houston, Texas, gobbled up a pair of saves in the victory, moving to 12-8-1 all-time in his collegiate career.
Currently, Zamarron is tied for 10th in the nation with his seven-point outburst over the two-match stretch.
Up Next The Golden Eagles welcome Bethel (Kan.) to Alumni Field on Friday (Aug. 30) for a 6:30 p.m. kick off. The match will be part of the university’s annual First Friday Fùtbol celebration.
KANSAS CITY – Carrying some momentum from a win on Thursday night, Central Baptist College men’s soccer took on Avila University this afternoon. CBC (3-1) got goals from Ryan Lee (FR/North Little Rock) in the first half and Nicholas Reed (JR/Morrilton) in the second half and held on to beat Avila (1-1) 2-1.
Lee’s goal gave him the team lead for the season and Reed, a defender, scored again to seal it. Andrew Montoya (SO/Rogers) was brilliant between the sticks yet again.
MUSTANG NOTES
Lee’s goal came in the fourth minute off an assist from Tyler Maynard (SR/White Hall) that finished a counter attack
Reed’s goal came from Lee in the 68th minute and gave CBC a 2-0 lead at the time
Montoya made six saves for his third victory of the season
EAGLE NOTES
Jake Gaynor scored in the 88th minute to cut the lead in half
Chris Guldenpfennig made three saves
UP NEXT
The Mustangs are now off until Sept. 6, when they play Evangel in Springfield, Mo., with kickoff slated for 7 p.m.
