FRIDAY’S ROUNDUPS

BASEBALL

BENTONVILLE 4, TULSA UNION 3 J.J. Spafford raced home on a wild pitch with the winning run as Bentonville rallied to defeat Tulsa Union at the Tiger Athletic Complex. The Tigers (9-12) trailed 3-2 to start the bottom of the seventh, but Connor Davis belted a leadoff double and scored when Spafford doubled two pitches later. Eli McCall followed with a fly ball to left, deep enough for Spafford to tag and move to third before scoring two pitches later. Davis had three of Bentonville’s seven hits, while Spafford had an RBI triple in the second. Carter Allan pitched two innings in relief of starter Connor Adair and picked up the win.

BOONEVILLE 9, PARIS 6 (9) Booneville (9-5, 6-0 3A-4) needed extra innings to dispose of the Eagles. Dylan Todd was 4 for 5 at the plate for the Bearcats, who’ve won their last nine games. Conner Lentz and Parker Smith had two hits, and Rhett Nietert drove in two runs for Booneville.

BRYANT 9, JONESBORO 0 Gideon Motes struck out 12 in five innings to drive Bryant (13-3, 7-0 6A-Central) on the road. Hudson Thomason had three hits and four RBI for the Hornets. Blake Scoggins was 3 for 5, and Jace Ruffner went 2 for 4 in the victory.

COTTER 7-16, LIFE WAY CHRISTIAN 5-6 Ty Tilton had 16 strikeouts and walked 2 in 6 2/3 innings to help Cotter (14-4, 8-1 2A-1) hold on in Game 1. Kolby Vinson had two hits for the Warriors. Micah Quinn was 3 for 4 for Life Way Christian (9-6, 4-3). In the nightcap, Vinson had 11 strikeouts for Cotter.

FARMINGTON 9, HUNTSVILLE 8 Landon Hughes-Roach’s fifth-inning single drove in Brayden Penne with the decisive run as Farmington hung on to defeat Huntsville in a 4A-1 Conference game. Penne started the inning by being hit with a pitch and alertly raced all the way to third on Luke Elsik’s bunt single. Hughes-Roach then belted his single into center and drive in the go-ahead run. Morgan Schader had three hits and drove in four runs to lead the Cardinals, while Kooper Beach added three hits and an RBI. Logan Ward had three hits and drove in two runs for Huntsville.

FAYETTEVILLE 6, NIXA, MO. 3 Carter Morris had a three-run home run to provide Fayetteville (17-3) with the support it needed to win. Charlie Graves had two hits and two runs batted in, and Daxton Tessmer chipped in with two hits and two runs scored for the Bulldogs.

GREENBRIER 11, MAUMELLE 1 (5) Landon Knowlton ended 4 for 4 with 2 runs scored for Greenbrier (14-6), which pounded out 15 hits to beat the Hornets. Andrew James was 3 for 3 with 3 runs batted in for the Panthers.

LAKE HAMILTON 4, SHERIDAN 2 Easton Hurley gave up 6 hits and struck out 7 in 6 innings to get Lake Hamilton (15-2, 9-1 5A-South) past the Panthers. Brent Davis picked up the save for the Wolves.

PRAIRIE GROVE 10, BERRYVILLE 0 Caleb Carte threw four innings of two-hit ball and drove in three runs to lead Prairie Grove to a 4A-1 Conference victory at Berryville. Luke Vance’s first-inning single drove in Asher Linn for the only run the Tigers needed, then Prairie Grove blew the game pen with six runs in the fifth. Carte spearheaded the outburst with his bases-clearing double and later scored on Tristan Hall’s groundout. Vance had two hits and drove in a run for Farmington, while Bryce Ledgerwood had two hits and threw the fifth to complete the shutout.