BASEBALL ROUNDUPS

BENTONVILLE 4, NORTH LITTLE ROCK 1

Tucker today’s Tigers quarterfinals. Sparks senior Austin to send Garrett Bentonville outdueled to Garrett allowed an unearned run and tossed a complete-game two hitter. He struck out five, walked one and hit a batter. Sparks, a senior who held Bentonville scoreless for the first 3 innings, allowed 6 hits, walked 2 and hit a batter in 5 innings. Senior Tyler Johnson broke a 1-1 tie in the sixth with a two-run single. North Little Rock scored in the first when Weston Mcghee reached on a two-out error and scored on a single by senior Dezmond Cordova. Bentonville tied the game in the fourth on a two-out single by sophomore Sam Golden. Junior Parker Charlton drove in Bentonville’s final run with an infield grounder.

BRYANT 3, FAYETTEVILLE 2

for Senior a game two-run Myers by clubbing double Buck in broke a the two-strike fourth up a scoreless inning pitch to lead the Hornets (21-9) over the Bulldogs (17-14). Bryant starter junior right-hander Will McEntire gave up 2 runs, struck out 7, walked 2 and allowed 5 hits in 6 innings to pick up the victory. Coby Greiner pitched 12/3 innings and Scott Schmidt got the final out for the save. Logan Chambers added an RBI for Bryant. Beau Stuckey and Mason Shaw each drove in a run for Fayetteville. Bulldogs starter Miller Pleimann (6 hits, 2 walks, 1 hit batter) suffered the loss.

VAN BUREN 12,

FORT SMITH NORTHSIDE 1

pace fly Trevor in three-run (10-25). the the Johnson first Pointers and home The slugged drove (21-6) junior run in in over hit a the four game-ending a the sacrifice sixth runs Grizzlies inning to Connor to lead Johnson, Van Buren’s Trevor nine-hit Johnson attack. and Evan Jones combined for a six-hitter for Van Buren. Chase Moore drove in two runs with a sacrifice fly and a single. Jackson Hurst also had two RBI with a double and a single. Northside senior Grant Johnson doubled in the fourth, moved to third on a ground out and scored on a balk.

JACKSONVILLE 11, EL DORADO 8

Jacksonville was able to advance in a first-round meeting against El Dorado, but it wasn’t easy. After being down six runs in the first inning and later being down 9-1 after three innings, El Dorado rallied. The Wildcats brought the tying run to the plate in the seventh inning but grounded into a game-ending double play. Jacksonville was led by Ethan Gray, who scored a team-high three runs.

BENTON 10, WEST MEMPHIS 0 (5)

matchup GREENWOOD long with to pull a couple away — It didn’t in of a big first-round take offensive Benton innings against West Memphis (12-15). The Panthers were retired in order in the first inning but then were able to put together a three-hit, five-run inning to take a big lead in the second inning. Benton (20-11) added five more runs in the third inning to put the game well out of reach. Caleb Easterling helped lead the offense for the Panthers, scoring twice while hitting a two-run home run in the second inning. Logan Easterling, Jared Kelly and Logan Black each scored two runs for Benton.

TEXARKANA 4, SEARCY 1

the Searcy game (8-18) in the scored third inning the first but run didn’t of score again. Texarkana’s Cody Adcock hit a tworun triple in the fifth inning to take a 2-1 lead. Wren Williams then drove Adcock in with a bunt single to extend the lead to 3-1 for the Razorbacks (19-9). Searcy’s lone run was scored by Bobby Graham, who reached on a walk before scoring.

MCCRORY 6, LAVACA 3

PANGBURN — McCrory catcher Zeke Alumbaugh’s sliding catch in foul territory near first base cemented the Jaguars’ first-round victory Thursday.