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Wallace wins in Bald Knob Electionresults
Searcy MayorDavid MorrisBelinda LaForce
Bald Knob MayorDoyle WallaceBob Carpenter
Pangburn MayorJames WilliamsHarold E. Glenn
Final unofficial election results.
Pangburnmayorstays inoffice
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By Luke [email protected] Wallace won the Bald
Knob mayoral runoff Tuesday witha comfortable lead.“Well, I'll tell you, this was one
race where I could not get a feel forwhether I'm doing better or whether[Bob Carpenter’s] doing better,”Wallace said. “It was a good, cleanrace, there wasn't any mud slingingor anything like that. We're friends,
our families have been friends foryears.”Wallace said the
race was positive. “Itfeels good,” he said.“Being an old ex-football coach, youalways want to winwhen in competition.I feel like we havegot some things tooffer. I have a lot of friends in Bald
Knob I'm looking forward to it.”Fortheimmediatefuture,Wallace
plans to relax and get his bearings intown. “This has been a struggle,” hesaid. “I'll have to wait and look intothe situation— I'm not up on the dif-ferent departments—between nowand then I'll find out everything thatneeds to be done and do my best toget them done.”“I was mayor before,” he said. “I
was on the city council for six years
and so I know quite a bit about howthings are done. I’m not really up onwhat needs to be done currently, butit won't take me long to learn.”“I want to congratulate Bob
Carpenter on a good, clean racewithout having anything negativeto say about each other—which isa little unusual in local, small townpolitics—everything went off well,”he said. “It feels good and I'm just
By Luke [email protected] the Pangburn mayoral
race came to a head, the runoffended with incumbent JamesWilliams back in office.“I want to thank everyone
that came outand voted for meand the mayor,”said police chiefHarold Glenn,who facedWilliams in therunoff. “It showsthat the peopleof Pangburn docare. I believe that the peoplehave spoken and are satisfiedwith what has gone one for thepast four years, and the city
Poll worker Frankie Mitchell, right, sets up a voting machine for Barbara Headley and grandson Tanner Balmer, 2, looks on at theDowntown Church of Christ in Searcy Tuesday afternoon. Jacob Brower/[email protected]
Burge appointed Bald Knob interim superintendentBy M. A. WebbSpecial to The Daily CitizenBALD KNOB — The school
board unanimously named for-mer Riverview School DistrictSuperintendent Hugh Burge as theinterim superintendent.Burge will serve from Dec. 1
until the end of the school term.The decision came at the regu-
larly scheduled school board meet-ing Monday night.
After serving three and a halfyears, the current superintendent,James Staggs, is retiring at the endof the month.Burge addressed the board say-
ing that he had the highest regardfor Staggs.“I have big shoes to fill,” Burge
said.Burge pledged to work toward
yielding positive results for thechildren of Bald Knob.In other business, transporta-
tion director Gary Vest recom-mended that the school board pur-chase two buses.
He explained that the buseswould replace bus Nos. 9 and10. Vest said that he had com-piled three bids and suggested thatthe board buy the least expensivebuses.The board unanimously agreed
to acquire two 71-passenger busesfor $68,600 each.The board unanimously accept-
ed two personnel recommenda-tions.Custodian Paula Wright was
moved from substitute status to asalaried position David Landerswas hired as a bus driver.
Elementary teacher KariNixon and middle school instruc-tor Stephanie Muckelberg wereacknowledged for achievingNational Board Certification. TheElementary and Middle SchoolChess Team was honored for theirperformance at theWilbur D.MillsCo-Op competition.The next meeting of the Bald
Knob School Board will be 6 p.m.Dec. 27.The board meets the fourth
Monday of each month at 103 W.Park.
Current, future voters come to polls
AGFCwantslawsuit tossedThe Associated PressLITTLE ROCK — The
Arkansas Game and FishCommission is asking a judgein Pulaski County to dismiss alawsuit filed by its former chair-man who says the panel's com-mittee structure is illegal andviolates the state constitution.Sheffield Nelson sued the
seven-member commission inPulaski County Circuit Courtin September, claiming that it isviolating the state Constitution.Nelson claims in the lawsuitthat the panel's committee rulesallow three members to "exer-cise total and complete domina-tion and control" of the commis-sion's actions.
Plan to purchasebuses is on the move
123 (68.33%)57 (31.67%)
2,022 (59.58%)1,372 (40.42%)
226 (58.85%)158 (41.15%)
WALLACE
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Williamswins with68 percent of vote
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WILLIAMS
going to kind of lay back forjust a little while here andabsorb what this all means.”Carpenter also expressed
relief that the race wasover. “There was low voterturnout,” he said. “But I’vealready called [Wallace] andcongratulated him for win-ning. I said I’d help him tran-
sition as smoothly as pos-sible.”“It’s not the end of the
world or anything,” he said.“The sun's still going to comeup. I congratulated [Wallace]
and I'm sure he'll be down inthe next few days and we'llstart to transition.”
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David Morris celebrates with wife Gail after two of four Searcy precincts were announced at the White CountyCourthouse Tuesday evening. Morris unseated incumbent Mayor Belinda LaForce, 59 percent to 41 percent. JacobBrower/[email protected]
By Frederic J. FrommerThe Associated PressWASHINGTON — Three
environmental groups suedthe Environmental ProtectionAgency on Tuesday to forceit to prevent lead poisoning ofwildlife from spent ammuni-tion and lost fishing tackle.ThelawsuitwasfiledinU.S.
DistrictCourt by theCenter forBiological Diversity, PublicEmployees for EnvironmentalResponsibility and the hunt-ers group Project Gutpile. Itcomes after the EPA deniedtheir petition to ban leadammunition and lead fishingtackle, which the groups saykills 10 million to 20 millionbirds and other animals a yearby lead poisoning."The EPA has the ability
to protect America's wildlifefrom ongoing preventablelead poisoning, but continuesto shirk its responsibility,"said Jeff Miller, conservationadvocate with the Center forBiological Diversity.The lawsuit asks a judge to
order the EPA to develop rulesto prevent wildlife poisoningfrom spent lead ammunitionand fishing tackle.In August, the EPA denied
the ammunition part of thepetition, saying it didn't haveauthority under the ToxicSubstances ControlAct.Afewweeks ago, it rejected the fish-ing tackle portion, saying thepetition didn't demonstrate aban was necessary to protect
against unreasonable risk ofinjury to health or the environ-ment, as required by the law.In the lawsuit, the groups
say that EPA erred when itsaid it didn't have the authorityto ban lead ammunition. Theyargued that the legislative his-tory of the Toxic SubstancesControlAct makes it clear thatcomponents of ammunition— shots and bullets — maybe regulated as chemical sub-stances. The groups' originalpetition cited nearly 500 peer-reviewed scientific articlesthat they said document thetoxic effects of lead on wild-life, and the lawsuit arguesthat large amounts of leadcontinue to be deposited intothe environment. Accordingto the lawsuit, animals oftenmistake lead shotgun pelletsand fishing tackle for food,grit or bone fragments, andavian scavengers are particu-larly vulnerable to lead in car-casses, gut piles and woundedprey species.Gordon Robertson, vice
president of the AmericanSportfishing Association, saidthe EPA got the decision rightthe first time."We fundamentally think
this is the jurisdiction of statefish and wildlife agencies toaddress these types of prob-lems where they may exist,"he said. "The data shows thisis not a population problem asit relates to the use of lead infishing gear."
By Warren [email protected] White County Judge David
Morris was elected mayor of SearcyTuesday in a run-off threeweeks after the GeneralElection.Current Mayor
Belinda LaForce wasvoted out by a 60 per-cent to 40 percent mar-gin, and her eight-yearoccupancy of the city’schief executive’s officewill end in 38 days on Dec. 31.“What do I say?” Morris said
moments after White County ElectionChairman Winston Collier announcedthe results, prompting an eruption ofcheering from a group of his supporterson the second floor of the courthouse. “Iwant to thank all the people of Searcythat put their trust and confidence in mesince February when I announced I wasgoing to run.”Unofficial results showed Morris
garnered 2,022 votes to LaForce’s1,372.“This election wasn’t about David
Morris, it was about a lot of peopleworking hard,” Morris said.Morris, who will take the oath of
office Jan. 1, said he will work on aeasy transfer of power with the currentadministration.“I look forward to working with
Mayor LaForce on a smooth transition,”Morris said.“I’ve got a lot of specifics to learn
about the city budget and I want to meetwith all the department heads in the verynear future.”The vote tally was significant, Morris
said.“I feel like the people of Searcy
have made a statement,” Morris said. “Ipledge to them to treat everyone fair andequal and do the best of my ability tolead our city government.”LaForce said she was disappointed
with the outcome of the race, but pledgeda smooth transition.
“We had a very positive campaign,and I’m very proud of that,” she said.“We knew the outcome of a run-offcould go either way, but we accept theoutcome and we’ll move on from here.”LaForce thanked those who support-
ed her throughout the campaign, andduring her tenure as mayor.“I think the hardest part about leaving
is all the wonderful relationships andfriendships I’ve had with everyone inthe city. I appreciate their support. It willbe tough not being here to see the citythrough some things, but I’ll turn thoseover to the hands of the incoming mayorand I’m sure things will turn out great.”
Former county judgewins by 3-to-2 margin
White County Election Commission Chairman Winston Collier reads thefinal election results at around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the White CountyCourthouse, as David Morris and wife Gail listen from the front row. JacobBrower/[email protected]
LAFORCE
council will be at ease now.”Williams refused to com-
ment for this story.Glenn said the race did not
go quite the way he expected.“[The results were] pretty sur-prising, after the man said hedidn't want the job,” Glennsaid. “When it comes to rela-tions like this, it's compli-cated. I'm sure that the mayorand I will be talking prettysoon and we'll thrash thingsout. I just want it understoodthat when I got into this race,mayor Williams had told methat he did not want to con-tinue serving as mayor.”
Pangburn:Mayor staysin office
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3 groups sue EPA
Cliff Lee gives $1M toArk. Children's HospitalThe Associated PressLITTLE ROCK —
Arkansas Children's Hospitalsays Texas Rangers pitcherCliff Lee and his wife,Kristen, have donated $1 mil-lion to fund an endowed chair
in pediatric hematology andoncology.Lee, an Arkansas native,
made the donation in honorof his son, Jaxon, who battledcancer as an infant atArkansasChildren's Hospital.
The donation also honorsDr. Robert Saylors, who wasJaxon's physician atChildren'sHospital. Jaxon was diag-nosed with acute myeloid leu-kemia, a cancer that starts inthe blood marrow, when he
was 4 months old. He's nowhealthy and cancer-free.Lee led theRangers to their
first World Series appearancethis year, and he's one of thetop free agents in the leagueright now.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2010 SPORTSSECTION B
Interim Sports Editor Annette Whitehead501-268-8621
[email protected] Citizen
The
Harding University senior midfielder Hayley Withrow hadfour shots in the game against West Florida Friday. TheLady Bisons finished the season with an 8-9-1 record. HUSports Information
Harding wide receiver Jordan Watson jumps for a pass from quarterback JoshPowell during The Bison's 42-7 Homecoming win over Arkansas Tech Saturday. JacobBrower/[email protected]
BISONS CELEBRATE HOMECOMING WITH VICTORY
Harding runningback Kale Gellesrushes past a pack ofArkansas Tech defend-ers during the Bisons'42-7 Homecomingwin over the WonderBoys at First SecurityStadium Saturdayafternoon. Gellesrushed for 257 yardsin the contest. JacobBrower/[email protected]
HardingdominatesTech 42-7
By Annette [email protected] celebrated their 51st Homecoming
game with a victory Saturday when they beat outArkansas Tech 42-7 at First Security Stadium.
“I couldn’t be prouder,” said Head coach RonnieHuckeba. “I’ve been say-ing all year long that thisis a really good footballteam. I think today weproved, without a doubt,that we are. I’m so proudof our guys becausewe had a great week ofpractice.We have beenextremely focused.We’vebecome more encourag-ing, more positive, andtoday was a culminationof that.”The Bisons rushed more than 300 yards against
Arkansas Tech, which has only allowed an average of66 yards per game. Most of those yards were from KaleGelles, who had 257 yards.“The O-line was a big part of it,” Gelles said. “When
I did get the ball and could see an opening, it was huge.I’d just try to run as fast as I can, which isn’t very fast.”Gelles now has more than 1,000 career rushing yards
and he said he’s trying to increase his speed.“Jeremy Holt is trying to teach me to be faster and
he said, ‘you have got to trust your speed,’” Gelles said.“So I kept looking forward and tried not to look back.I’m always expecting someone from behind.”
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Hardingwins 3rdstraightGSC titleBy Nathan LooneySpecial to The Daily CitizenHOOVER, Ala. – The
Harding men’s cross countrycruised to itsthird straightGulf SouthConfe r encechampionshipand its 10thin the last 11seasons onSaturday atVeterans Park.Junior Daniel Kirwa becamethe first runner ever to winthe GSC individual cham-pionship three straight sea-sons.Harding, ranked 10th
nationally in Division II,finished with 24 points andwon by 39 points over sec-ond-place West Florida (63points).Kirwa finished the 8K
race in 25 minutes, 15.50seconds. Three otherHarding runners also earned1st Team All-GSC honors.Junior Philip Biwott placedsecond in 25:36.12, andsenior Wojciech Kopec wasthird in 25:59.24. FreshmanTaylor Lively placed sixth in26:19.54.Sophomore Manase
Busienei placed 12th in26:43.47, and junior RyanJohnson placed 14th in26:46.29. Both earned 2ndTeamAll-GSC.The Bisons will be back
in action on Nov. 20 at theNCAA Division II SouthRegion Meet in Huntsville,Ala.
KIRWA
Women’sXC places2nd at
GSCmeetBy Nathan LooneySpecial to The Daily CitizenHOOVER, Ala. – The
Harding women’s cross coun-try team placed second among14 teams at the Gulf SouthConference Championships,held Saturday at VeteransPark.Ha r d i ng ,
ranked No. 3in theNCAAIISouth Region,had two run-ners in the topthree and fourin the top 20and finishedwith 68 points.Alabama-Huntsville, the No.2 team in the region, won themeet with 52 points.The Lady Bisons will be
back in action in two weeksat the NCAA II South RegionMeet in Huntsville, Ala.The top two finishers at theRegional Meet advance to theNCAA II National Meet inLouisville, Ky.Sophomore Naomi
Landecker placed second forHarding, finishing the 5K racein 19 minutes, 4.16 seconds.She earned 1st Team All-GSChonors for the second straightseason after finishing ninth lastseason.Junior Gladys Kimtai
placed third for Harding in19:15.30. It was Kimtai’s thirdstraight All-GSC honor. Shehas finished in the top foureach time.Harding had two run-
ners earn 2nd Team All-GSChonors. Senior Rysper Sirmaplaced 13th in 19:51.47, andjunior Mary Samoei placed15th in 19:53.97.The Lady Bisons fifth run-
ner was senior Laura Lovett,who placed 35th in 21:01.35.Jeniffer Cherono of
Alabama-Huntsville won therace in 18:45.81.
LANDECKER
Lady Bisons fall toWest Florida in tourneyBy Nathan LooneySpecial to The Daily CitizenPENSACOLA, Fla.
– The Harding women’ssoccer team saw their sea-son come to end on Fridayas they fell to No. 7 WestFlorida 5-0 in the firstround of the Gulf SouthConference Tournament inPensacola, Fla.The Lady Bisons finish
the 2010 campaign with an8-9-1 record.Harding stayed with the
2010 GSC regular seasonchampions until the 19thminute when Jodi-AnnRobinson put the LadyArgonauts on the board.West Florida forward
Shakira Duncan, GSCPlayer of the Year, had thefirst of her three goals whenshe found the back of the
net in the 24th minute.Aminute and a half later,
Noha Saleh found Duncanfor her second goal on theday.The LadyArgonauts took
a 3-0 lead into halftime.Duncan completed her
hat trick in the 47th min-ute with Tina Murray foundDuncan for her 30th goalon the season, which leadsthe GSC.Robinson finished
the scoring for the LadyArgonauts in the 61st min-ute when she found the backof the net for her 19th goalon the season.Harding took 14 shots
in the match, four were ongoal.Senior goalkeeper
Chelsea Hornbeck had foursaves for Harding.
LSU trickery works again in24-21 victory overAlabama
By Brett MartelThe Associated PressBATON ROUGE, La. —As Les Miles'
latest stab at fourth-down trickery wasabout to unfold, the LSU coach bent down,snatched up someblades of grass —and ate them."I have a little
tradition that hum-bles me as a man,that lets me knowthat I'm a part ofthe field and partof the game,"Miles said as a smile widened on his face."You should have seen some games beforethis. I can tell you one thing: The grass inTiger Stadium tastes best."What Miles saw next was even sweeter
for him than anything coming out of thesprawling sugar cane fields only a fewmiles away. DeAngelo Peterson went 23yards with a reverse on fourth-and-1 to setup Stevan Ridley's go-ahead 1-yard plungein the fourth quarter, and No. 12 LSU heldon for a 24-21 upset of the fifth-rankedCrimson Tide on Saturday.The victory added to Miles' growing
resume of audacious fourth-down conver-sions— the most recent a fake field goal toset up a winning TD at Florida. Miles, who
fans call the Mad Hatter, argued his play-calling isn't always as risky as it seems."We practice these things. It's not a grab
bag," said Miles, who called a timeoutbefore running the play. "This play lookedto be there and it was prepared extremelywell by our team and it would have been amistake not to call it."The triumphant result inspired players
to give Miles the game ball and broughtroars of approval from fans that for nowshould drown out any critics still longingfor the days when Nick Saban coachedLSU.The victory came at Saban's expense
and likely knocked Alabama (7-2, 4-2SEC) out of contention for a second straightnational championship. Now the CrimsonTide will need LSU (8-1, 5-1) to lose twiceand Georgia to beat Auburn just to have ashot to repeat as SECWest champions."This whole year, everyone around us
has been very concerned about the resultsin comparison to what was accomplisheda year ago, and that has not been the bestthing for the development of this team,"Saban said. "They have become too result-oriented, and we never have developed tobecome as good a team as we can be. ...How we respond to this will show us whatkind of character we have and what kind ofpride we have."
No. 4 TCU blasts No. 6 Utah, 47-7By Lynn DeBruinThe Associated PressSALT LAKE CITY —As a smattering
of TCU fans chanted his name, quarterbackAndy Dalton ran into the visitors lockerroom satisfied that the Horned Frogs hadmade a statement."We showedwe can play with anybody,"
he said.Daltonpassed for a career-high355yards
and three touchdowns and the fourth-rankedHorned Frogs turned the biggest game inMountain West Conference history into 47-7 demolition of No. 6 Utah on Saturday.From the opening drive, TCU looked
every bit like a team worthy of busting intothe BCS championship game.
Dalton passed for two first-quarterTDs and receiver Jeremy Kerley, a QBin high school, also threw a TD pass asTCU (10-0, 6-0) jumped out to an early20-0 lead, quieting a sellout crowd cladalmost entirely in black for the "blackout"showdown.By halftime, the Horned Frogs had out-
gained Utah 328-72 en route to a 23-0 lead.They finishedwith an advantage in every
statistical category: first downs (23-11),rushing yards ( 177-51), passing yards (381-148), and third-down conversions (.66.7percent to 23 percent) ."They smoked us. It's disheartening. We
got killed," Utah defensive end ChristianCox said.
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Interim Sports Editor Annette Whitehead501-268-8621
Bald Knob passes playoff test
BISONS END SEASON WITH LAST-MINUTE HOME WIN
Daily CitizenThe
By Warren [email protected]
BALD KNOB — The stage wasset for a local showdown this Fridaynight with the Bald Knob Bulldogsagainst the Harding AcademyWildcats as Bald Knob made shortwork of Lafayette County Friday
night, winning 56-20 in the firstround of the state playoffs.
The Bulldogs started slow, givingup the ball on their first drive whenquarterback Cordell Crisp threw thefirst of two interceptions of thegame and the Cougars marched tothe Bald Knob nine. The Bulldogdefense held, however, and with4:27 left in the first quarter BaldKnob began a seven-play, 91-yardscoring drive capped by a touch-down pass to Jordan Johnston.
Bald Knob got the ball back onan interception at 1:29 left in the
first quarter and eight plays laterwas once again in the end zone andenjoying a 14-0 lead just as the sec-ond quarter began.
Recovering their own onsidekick, the Bulldogs quickly fumbledon the next play, but the Cougarswere unable to take advantage.
With 3:03 left in the first halfLafayette burst into the endzonewith a 51-yard run and with a failed
BALD KNOB VS.LAFAYETTE COUNTYFinal score: Bald Knob 56,Lafayette County 20Next for Bald Knob: Visit HardingAcademy, 7:30 p.m. FridayBig dog: Chris Joyce, 85-yard inter-ception TD
Bulldogs advance tosecond round, will visitHarding Academy
Harding running back Colton Kamper crosses the goal line for a touchdown during the second quarter of the Bisons' season finaleagainst North Alabama at First Security Stadium Saturday afternoon. Jacob Brower/[email protected]
Harding defeats No. 15 North Alabama
Bisons defensive back Eddie Russ Jr.intercepts a North Alabama pass in theend zone during the second quarterof Harding's season finale against theLions Saturday afternoon. Jacob Brower/[email protected]
By Annette [email protected] ended the season
on a high note againstNo. 15 North Alabama
Saturday at First SecurityStadium, making a last-minutecomeback to win 29-28.
Harding was the first toput points on the board whenColton Kamper scored his firsttouchdown of the season justfive minutes into the game.
North Alabama answeredback with an interception, onlythe second for Harding thisseason. Three plays later, theLions were on the board with atied score.
Harding missed its nextopportunity to score with amissed field goal from AdinMenkin from the 42-yard line,but was able to come up with afumble recovery not long after.Though the first quarter endedwith the tied score, that didn’tlast long.
With the Bisons on the 4-yard line, it only took one playand four seconds for Kamperto score his second touchdown.Halfway into the quarter, theBisons inched the score up with
a 26-yard field goal by Menkin.Three minutes later, Hardinglengthened its lead with a 49-yard rush by Jeremy Holt. TheLions took over after a Hardingfumble at the 17-yard line, andwas able to get a score with 38seconds left in the half, leavingthe score at 23-14 at the half.
The third quarter started offbadly for the Bisons when theyfumbled the ball and NorthAlabama ran it 73 yards for thefirst touchdown of the secondhalf. The rest of the quarter wassaturated with fumbles and pen-alties, adding to Harding’s sea-son-high of seven fumbles dur-ing the game. North Alabamawas the team able to benefit
from the mistakes, scoring atouchdown with less than twominutes left on the clock, tak-ing the lead. The third quarterended after the Lions recoveredanother fumble from the Bisons,but the score stayed at 28-23.
“They’ve got great play-ers,” said head coach RonnieHuckeba. “They were causingthose turnovers. They madesome adjustments at halftimeand gave us some differentlooks. The looks they gave uswere a little bit more difficultfor us to decipher out there. Ithink we finally figured it out,but when we figured it out,we’d already allowed them toestablish some momentum.”
The fourth quarter wasscoreless until the final 45seconds. The Bisons got theball with two minutes left andwere able to convert two fourthdown plays before setting upfor the final touchdown whenquarterback Josh Powell con-nected with Jordan Watson ona leaping 22-yard catch into theend zone to bring the Bisonsjust a point ahead of UNA. Thecatch by Watson gave him more
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BEEBE BADGERSFriday's result: Lost to Alma34-14 at home in the firstround of the playoffs.Final record: 6-5
Badgers’ lossbrings endto winningseason
By Alexandra McClainSpecial to The Daily Citizen
After a promising confer-ence season, Beebe took the fieldFriday in what would turn outto be their final game of theseason.
“The score makes it lookworse than it was,” BadgersHead Coach John Shannon of histeam’s 34-14 loss to Alma in thefirst round of the playoffs Fridaynight. “We played a good game,we played them close.”
The Badgers drew first bloodonly 10 seconds into the secondquarter when quarterback ScotGowen connected with ChaseWeatherly on a 57 yard passto go up 7-0, but the Airedalesanswered by returning the sub-sequent kickoff for a touchdown.Entering halftime, the Badgerstrailed 14-7. After tying it up inthe third, the Airedales scoredthree unanswered touchdowns.
“It was a tough loss, espe-cially for our seniors, we weren'tready for the season to end butwe made some mistakes and theycapitalized on them,” Shannonsaid.
Jay Holdway and MichaelKirby lead Beebe's offense.Holdway had 20 carries for 130yards and Kirby chipped in 100.
The Badgers had more totaloffense than Alma, 369 yards,308 coming from the groundgame, compared to the Airedales323 yards.
The defense held Alma'skey play maker Isaac McCoyin check, allowing him only 5
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SEARCY LIONSFriday's result: Lost toTexarkana 26-14 on the road inthe first round of the playoffs.Final record: 5-6
Lions endgridironseason 5-6
Persa leads Northwestern past No. 13 Iowa, 21-17By Andrew SeligmanThe Associated Press
EVANSTON, Ill. — Dan Persa'slast pass of the seasongave Northwesternit's biggest victory ofthe year.
The Wildcats' starquarterback connect-ed with DemetriusFields on 20-yard TDpass to with 1:22 toplay, then ruptured hisAchilles' tendonwhenhe started running to join his celebrat-
ing teammates. Persa accounted forall three Northwestern touchdowns ina 21-17 victory Saturday that dealt asevere blow to No. 13 Iowa's Big Tentitle hopes.
The injury will end Persa's sea-son.
"He'll be back and ready to forhis senior year," coach Pat Fitzgeraldsaid. "When you look at the firstchapter for him as a full-time starter,it's pretty impressive. One thing Iknow about Dan is he won't be satis-fied, No. 1. No. 2, you better look outbecause he's going to come back."
Persa threw for 318 yards andcapped an 85-yard TD drive with a6-yard pass to Jeremy Ebert with 6:21to go to bring the Wildcats withinthree. The touchdown throw to Fieldscompleted a 91-yard drive, but Persanever even reached his joyous team-mates.
Persa was on the ground, holdinghis right leg. He was helped to thesideline and several of his teammatescircled the table he was on to keepTV cameras away.
Persa was scheduled to undergosurgery later Saturday.
Iowa (7-3, 4-2 Big Ten) is nowa long shot to win the Big Ten andits home game against Ohio Statenext week just lost much of its luster.Again Northwestern (7-3, 3-3) playedspoiler to the Hawkeyes, beating Iowafor the fifth time in six games.
"The Big Ten race, obviouslywe're out of that," quarterback RickyStanzi said.
And for that, he was blaminghimself.
Northwestern was trailing 17-7after Stanzi threw two touchdownspasses early in the third quarter.
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Searcy’s head football coachTim Harper spoke with pride ashe discussed his team’s end tothe season.
The Lions traveled more thanthree hours Friday night to getto the field where they wouldultimately play their last game ofthis year. They faced Texarkanain the first round of playoffgames, but the home team wonout, beating Searcy 26-14.
“I think it was a better ball-game than the score indicated,”said head coach Tim Harper.“Overall we played well, offen-sively and defensively.”
Harper said some of the issueswere mentality, special teams andbad field position.
“They were up 16-7 at thehalf,” he said. “They’d gotten asafety. The kids responded well.It was 19-14 early in the fourth.”
The coach said after a penaltyagainst the Lions for roughingthe punter got the opposing teama new set of downs, it was over.
Harper said the long tripdidn’t affect the team, but theweather did.
“It was pouring rain,” he said.“We had to go for it on fourthand eight and were unable tocomplete it.”
Senior running back JacobMowrer said the rain did hinderthe team, but he’s glad for theexperience.
“It’s always good to be in theplayoffs,” he said. “We had agood team, and I thought we’d
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By Annette [email protected] — Beebe players were
beaming despite the cold weatherFriday night after winning their sixthgame in a row.The Badgers came out with a 41-
10 victory over Nettleton in Beebe,letting them keep their perfect con-ference record. Nettleton hasn’t wona game yet this season.Despite thewin, head coach John
Shannon said he knows his team cando better.“We came out flat in the first
half,” he said. “But we picked it upin the second half.”The game was scoreless for the
majority of the first quarter. Beebeput the first score on the board afterrunning back Colby Taylor ran theball 56 yards into the end zone.The next score didn’t come until
a few minutes into the second quar-ter when Taylor got the ball again.
By Chris O’[email protected] Searcy offense has
struggled at times this sea-son, but neverbigger thanin last week’s34-0 loss toJonesboro.So when
the Lions putup 39 pointson confer-ence foe LittleRock Hall Friday night, headcoach Tim Harper said he waspleased with his team’s weeknine performance.“It’s always a good thing
when you put points up onthe board,” Harper said. “Weovercame some mistakestonight and I was proud ofthem for that.”
The Lions took a 21-0lead into halftime behind threetouchdowns from the groundgame — two from seniorMike Brown and one from
running back JacobMowrer.“We finally started click-
ing,” Mowrer said.The Lions didn’t let up
in the second half either.Quarterback Dezmond Stegallconnected with PrestonTarkington for a long touch-down pass and Stegall ran ina 49-yard touchdown on theground to put Searcy up 33-0after three quarters of play.“This win was big for us,”
Harper said. “We should haveclinched a playoff spot withthis win.”The Lions held on to win
the game 39-8 and now getMountain Home at LionStadium in week 10.“It’s a big game as far as
seeding goes,” Harper said.“We could be anywhere fromthe four, five or six seeddepending on what happensnext week. So we’re lookingforward to it.”The game between the
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Quarterback Scot Gowen hands off to runningback Colby Taylor during Friday night's contestagainst Nettleton. The Badgers won 41-10 andadvance to 6-0 in conference play. Craig Rainbolt/Special to The Daily Citizen
Bald Knob quarterback Cordell Crisp looks for anopen receiver during Friday night's match-up againstHoxie. The Bulldogs move to 4-2 in conference afterthe 35-6 win. Jacob Brower/[email protected]
Bulldogsdominateat home
By Chris O’[email protected] KNOB — Following a
tough 35-point loss to Rivercrestlast week that saw 10 offensiveturnovers by the Bulldogs, the BaldKnob football team made ball pro-tection a priority during practiceslast week.With a 3-2 conference mark
heading into Friday night’s game,head coach Paul Johnston and histeam had no intention of losing asecond straight conference match-up.The Bulldogs played host to
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HARDING CELEBRATES A BIG VICTORY AT HOME
Bisonswin,33-26
By Annette [email protected] celebrated
the first of three homegames with a win against
Arkansas-Monticello Saturdaywith a final score of 33-26.Arkansas-Monticello started
scoring with an early field goaljust five minutes into the game.On Harding’s second posses-sion, the Bisons fumbled andallowed the BollWeevils torecover, but UAM couldn’t fol-low through with a score.The BollWeevil offense
dominated the time of posses-sion in the first quarter, havingthe ball over 12 minutes, buthad trouble getting the ball intothe end zone.Terrence Davis intercepted
a pass from UAM in the endzone, and it took the Bisonsonly two plays to get on theboard.After a five-yard run onfirst down, the Bisons took theball 75 yards down the fieldwhen quarterback Chaz Rogersconnected to JordanWatsonwho ran it into the end zone.The Bisons led 7-3 at the end ofthe first quarter.The Bisons started the sec-
ond quarter by blocking a fieldgoal attempt by Taylor Pontiusof the BollWeevils, but evenafter that and another inter-ception by Davis, the Bisonscouldn’t turn up a score.The BollWeevils scored
after a fumble by the Bisons,regaining the lead 10-7 halfwaythrough the second quarter.
Above: Hardingdefensivelineman JoshAldridge blocks afield goal attemptby Arkansas-Monticello kickerTaylor Pontius atthe beginning ofthe secondquarter of theBisons' homegame againstthe Boll WeevilsSaturdayafternoon.
Left: Bisons widereceiver JeremyHolt attemptsto get past BollWeevils defensiveback CantrelleMonk in thesecond quarter ofSaturday'scontest.
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