Sports

Mechanically Challenged may be the official name for their team, but the robotics students at Viola High School are working hard to ensure that their team’s name is a complete misnomer. The 8-person team competed at the Arkansas Regional First® Robotics Tournament at Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas from March 31 – April 2, 2022.

On March 29, area schools competed in the Berryville Invitational Junior High School Track Meet at Berryville High School. The top 30 finishers from Marion County and related schools are reported. There were more finishers from the area competing most races.

On April 6, the Yellville-Summit Panthers and Lady Panthers traveled to Springdale to compete in the Tyson Invitational Track Meet. The Lady Panthers Senior girls won the meet and Kambree Gibson qualified for the the State Track meet in the 100-Meter Dash.

Pueblo – PBR (Professional Bull Riders) today announced the PBR Challenger Series, a new competition series that will launch in May 2022 following PBR World Finals, competing from May to November when its Championship is held in Las Vegas.

Everyone dreams of catching the world breaking record of a trout, bass, crappie, or maybe a catfish. You love to see it, big ole fish getting hooked, caught and just living. It’s what keeps us all running to whatever water we can find, the big waters.

The VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) agreed to sponsor the 2022 Big Cat Classic hosted the Yellville-Summit Panthers and Lady Panthers at the Yellville-City Park. This year’s classic will see the Panthers face off against the Valley Springs Tigers, Norfork Panthers and the Mountainburg Dragons in baseball.