Local sports roundup

JUNIOR HIGH BASKETBALL Girls

Fayetteville White 53, Bentonville 38

The Lady Bulldogs locked down the 7A-West Regional championship on Monday as Allison Byars scored a game-high 25 points.

White exploded out of the gate, jumping out to a 15-4 lead after one quarter as Byars knocked down three 3-pointers.

Byars was named the regional’s Most Valuable Player, and teammates Claudia Bridges and Ariana Saitta were named to the all-tournament team.

Boys

Fort Smith Kimmons 52, Fayetteville White 43

Va’Sean Bishop scored 17 points to lead Fort Smith Kimmons to the 7A-West Regional championship on Monday at Bentonville West.

Kimmons outscored the Bulldogs 21-6 in the third quarter to pull away.

Trey Releford scored 13 points to lead White.

Avonte Tucker of Kimmons was named the regional Most Valuable Player. Sundquist Church and Bishop were named to the all-tournament team along with Releford and Matthew Wayman for White.

PREP BASEBALL Springdale Har-Ber 9, Fort Smith Southside 0

The Wildcats opened the season with a bang on Monday as Blake Benson and Landon McAlister combined on a two-hit shutout with eight strikeouts in the PBR Classic in Greenwood.

Blake Adams, Lucas McCain and Trevor Brown each collected two hits, and Brown drove in a pair of runs for Har-Ber (1-0).

Jamison Griffin and Mason Love had the only two hits for the Mavericks (0-1).

Springdale High 2, Shiloh Christian 0

The Bulldogs (1-0) had three pitchers combine for a shutout in the season-opener against the defending Class 4A state runner-up in the PBR Classic. Will Mueller, Tanner Sargent and Dylan Rollins combined to allow six hits with nine strikeouts.

Rollins was 2-for-2 to lead the Springdale offense, and Sargent added a double.

Jake Nelson was 2-for-2 for the Saints (0-1) and Luke Johnson was 2-for-3. Siloam Springs 13, Prairie Grove 2

The Panthers pounded out 11 hits and took advantage of eight Prairie Grove errors on Monday.

Trey Hardcastle was 2-for-3 with four RBIs for the Panthers, and Jackson Knight was 3-for-4 with two RBIs

Couper Allen and Chase Wade each had doubles for Prairie Grove.

Van Buren 4, Pottsville 0

The Pointers put together just enough offense to support a pitching gem from Trevor Johnson.

Johnson went seven innings and allowed just two hits with nine strikeouts in the season-opener. Johnson threw just 82 pitches.

Evan Jones homered and drove in a pair of runs for Van Buren, and Chase Moore had two hits.

PREP SOFTBALL

Bentonville High 20, Vilonia 0

Junior Cailey Cochran threw a three-inning perfect game, while Tymber Riley and Mackenzie Vaughan each hit a grand slam as two-time defending 7A state champion Bentonville opened its season with a rout of Class 5A state semifinalist Vilonia in a game played at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway.

Cochran struck out seven of the nine batters she faced in a 46-pitch outing. Riley’s blast highlighted a six-run first inning, and Bentonville continued the rout with 12 runs in the second, including Vaughan’s grand slam.

Vaughan, a freshman, had three hits in her debut and drove in six runs as she led the Lady Tigers’ 15-hit attack. Four other Bentonville hitters added two hits.

Bentonville resumes action Friday when the Lady Tigers travel to Vilonia but will face another 5A state semifinalist in Greenbrier.

Springdale Har-Ber 17, Siloam Springs 1

Cearra McPherson and Shelby Swaffar combined on a no-hitter with seven strikeouts as the Wildcats opened the season with a run-rule win Monday.

Har-Ber (1-0) took advantage of 15 walks to put most of the runs on the scoreboard. Cloe Simas and Avery Proud each drove in two runs for the Wildcats.

Springdale High 10, Gentry 3

The Lady Bulldogs banged 12 hits, led by lead-off batter Amy Mota who was 4-for-4 in a season-opening win Monday.

Springdale (1-0) scored three first-inning runs to support pitcher Braden Meredith, who pitched a complete game with 5 strikeouts.

Alexis Samarin was 2-for-3, while Breana Hornback and Maycee Trolinger each doubled for Springdale.

Mandy Barber was 3-for-4 with a double for Gentry, and Lynzey Sikes was 2-for-3. Farmington 3, Fort Smith Southside 1

Farmington scored one run in the third inning and two runs in the fifth to defeat Fort Smith Southside.

Paige Anderson had two hits for the Lady Cardinals. McKenzi Bogan pitched four innings for the victory and Paige Devecsery threw two innings for the save.

PREP SOCCER

Girls

Rogers High 6, Fort Smith Southside 0

Sophomore Haley Arrick had a hat trick and Skylurr Patrick added two goals to lead the Lady Mounties to the big season-opening road win Monday.

Ashlyn Babbitt added two assists, while keeper Mac Brace finished with eight saves.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

Ecclesia College sweeps series

Runs were plentiful for the Royals in a four-game sweep of Blackburn College on Sunday and Monday. Ecclesia College scored at least 10 runs in each of the four games.

The Royals (12-4) won the opener on Sunday 25-4, collecting 15 hits in the romp. Stevie Morphew was 4-for-4 with six RBIs including a pair of triples. Zach Vincent tripled and drove in four runs, and Matt Garrison was 3-for-6 with a triple and four RBIs. Madison Bates earned the win, allowing six hits over four innings with three strikeouts.

The Royals won game two 14-1 as Mason Alexander allowed just two hits over six innings with six strikeouts. Ethan Casey was 5-for-5, and Cameron Dougherty drove in four runs.

On Monday, the Royals claimed a 10-5 win in the opener. Casey homered and drove in five runs. Ecclesia claimed a high-scoring 16-11 win in the second game as Casey again went deep in a 4-for5 game. Jeremy Green, Trayson LaCour and Cameron Dougherty all had three hits. Christian Stone earned the win with four strikeouts in five innings.

West Texas A&M 5, UAFS 4 (10 innings)

The Lions left 14 runners on base — nine in scoring position — and lost in 10 innings to the Buffs.

UAFS (7-4) lost the series 2-1. The Lions lost Sunday’s doubleheader opener 11-6 but won the nightcap 5-1.

Tied 4-4 going into the top of the 10th inning, Buffs designated hitter Christian Loya led off the inning with a single off Lions reliever Cooper Van Kooten, who was the second of three UAFS pitchers.

Lions reliever Ryan McCutcheon relieved Van Kooten and appeared to work out of the jam, after a sacrifice bunt by right fielder Nick Canas and a flyout to left field by third baseman Nick Guaragna.

Buffs catcher Brandon Marrero, though, ripped a double down the right-field line that just stayed fair to drive in Loya for the go-ahead run. McCutcheon settled right down and got second baseman Tommy Williams to ground out to first base to end the inning.

UAFS collected eight hits off the Buffs pitchers in all. Allen was 2 for 4 with a double and designated hitter Anthony Seminaris was 2 for 4 with one RBI.