Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
LOCAL SPORTS ROUNDUPS
PREP BASEBALL ROGERS HIGH 4, SPRINGDALE HIGH 2
Rogers turned a pair of bunts and a pair of Springdale errors into two ninth-inning runs as the Mounties edged Springdale and maintained its share of the 6A-West Conference lead.
Noah Goodshield doubled to start the ninth and scored when Josh Lawing dropped a bunt that resulted in a two-base error. Finley Bunch also dropped a bunt that turned into a twobase error and allowed Lawing to score.
Braxton Haywood pitched three innings and picked up the win in relief for Rogers. Kade Seldomridge and Ty Frakes each had two hits and drove in a run apiece for the Mounties.
SPRINGDALE HAR-BER 4, BENTONVILLE WEST 1
Kade Ratcliff’s sixth-inning single snapped a 1-1 tie and led Har-Ber to a victory over West at the Wolverine Athletic Complex.
Brock Kimbel was hit by a pitch to start the inning, then back-to-back singles by Ross Felder and Cooper Dossett loaded the bases. Ratcliff’s hit then scored Kimble and Felder and gave the Wildcats (15-4, 9-2) a 3-1 lead.
Tyler Ridley made the lead stand as he finished with a three-hitter with two strikeouts. Har-Ber added a run in the seventh when Clark Jenkins singled and scored on a Kimbel single.
West (12-9, 3-6) scored its only run in the second when Cole Bonds singled and scored on a squeeze bunt by Miles Holmquist. HarBer responded in the third when Walker Immel and scored on an error.
ROGERS HERITAGE 9, FS SOUTHSIDE 3
Heritage broke a scoreless tie with seven runs in the fourth inning and went on to earn a 6A-West Conference win at home over Southside.
Aden Osburn capped the outburst with an RBI single as Heritage (13-8, 5-4) scored runs with two hit batters with the bases loaded, a bases-loaded walk and two sacrifices — a fly to center and a bunt toward first. The War Eagles managed just four hits but took advantage of five walks and six hit batters
Jeb Brown pitched a complete game and picked up the win despite allowing 10 hits as he also struck out eight batters. David Sorg had three hits for Southside (7-8, 2-7), while Kent Carlisle added two.
PREP SOFTBALL HARRISON 15, PRAIRIE GROVE 0
Ryleigh Keele threw a one-hitter over three innings and Abigail Fancler hit a home run as Harrison remained unbeaten in 4A-1 Conference play with a win at home over Pea Ridge.
Keele faced one batter above the minimum, allowing a leadoff hit in the second, and struck out two.
Harrison (13-6, 4-0) blew the game open in the second with nine runs, including a threerun home run by Fancler and a bases-clearing double by Camryn Casey. The Lady Goblins added six more runs in the third to end the game.