SOCCER TOURNEY 1ST ROUND UPDATES:
GIRLS: Lady Badgers will host Nashville this Friday (April 26) at 6:00 pm at AHS; winner to State Tourney and on to conference semis.
BOYS: Badgers will travel to Robinson Monday night (April 29) at 7:00; same “win or go home” scenario.
BASEBALL: Badgers hold on to 9-2 lead in bottom of 7th to defeat Malvern 9-8 in Malvern. AHS moves to 8-2 in 4A-7 play; sets up Thursday game vs 10-1 Nashville in Arkadelphia for 1st place.
BASEBALL: The Badger baseball makeup game at Malvern today has been moved up to a 4:00 start time and will be Varsity only.
MONDAY/TUESDAY RESULTS:
Monday:
Girls' Soccer: Arkadelphia 6, Mena 0 (O. Dixon 1st half hat trick)
Boys' Soccer: Mena 4, Arkadelphia 0
Softball: Nashville 16, Arkadelphia 0
Tuesday:
Softball: Arkadelphia 18, Hope 6
Baseball: Arkadelphia 13, Hope 4
AHS 4A State Track Meet Qualifiers
GIRLS:
Tajhanna McKenzie: 100, 200, Long Jump, Triple Jump
Tracie Page: Shot Put
Latanya Price: 200
Reyna Rogers: Pole Vault
BOYS:
Cannon Turner: 200
4x100 Relay: Trey Bledsoe, Jayson Campbell, Braeden Thomas, Cannon Turner
Congratulations to Lady Badger Tajhanna McKenzie for winning the High Point total award at today’s 4A-7 Senior High Girls’ District Track Meet at Mena.
UPDATED with START TIME CORRECTION: Our apologies, we published the incorrect start time for today's JV baseball games at Lake Hamilton. The games will begin at 4:3o instead of 5:00.
The correct version is attached
BASEBALL & SOFTBALL CHANGES:
Both the softball and baseball games scheduled for tomorrow vs Nashville have been postponed.
Softball - Mon., April 22
Baseball - Thurs., April 25
Congratulations to AHS senior Rhett Womack for signing to continue to his wrestling career as a student-athlete at Williams Baptist University in Walnut Ridge. Womack was a state runner-up as a junior and won a State Championship as a senior with Badgers.
GIRLS’ SOCCER UPDATE: El Dorado has had to make last-minute switch of start time of tonight’s girls’ match with their boys’ match vs JA Fair. The Lady Badgers will now begin approx 6:30 tonight instead of 5:00. Team will be dismissed from class at 3:00 instead of 1:00.
This Week in APSD Athletics: April 15 - 20
SOCCER from Bauxite:
Girls: Arkadelphia 5, Bauxite 0
Boys: Arkadelphia 4, Bauxite 0
- Great wins for both teams!! Next matches are Thursday at Pulaski Academy; 5:00 and 7:00
BASEBALL: Badgers chip away at 8-1 deficit & score 3 in 7th to walk it off in a 9-8 win over Bauxite. In bott. 7th: Matt Parnham draws one-out walk; Cole Turner follows w/RBI triple; RBI double from Peyton Edington ties game 8-8 & Matt Green drives in game-winner with RBI single.
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This Week in APSD Athletics: April 8-13
Congratulations to the Badger soccer team on their finish in the weather-shortened Southside HS Tourney in Batesville. AHS had 4 All-Tourney selections in Eric Cervantes, David Noriega, Nick LeVar and Brantley Neel.
BASEBALL CHANGE No. 2: With rain in forecast for Monday & the possibility of Tuesday conference game vs. Bauxite in doubt, Arkadelphia will now play Bauxite Monday at HSU. The game will be varsity only Monday at 5:30 at HSU. Any makeup date for Fountain Lake game is TBA.
The 1st change to our schedule this week involves Monday's baseball games vs. Fountain Lake. The game will now be at 5:30 at HSU and will be a varsity-only game. Look for complete schedule for the week this evening.
BOYS’ SOCCER:
Badgers defeat Baptist Prep 3-0 in semifinals of Southside Tournament in Batesville. Weather permitting, Arkadelphia will play the Batesville Pioneers in the finals at 6:00 pm.