Rising Rams draft May 15
Lakeside will host its fourth annual Rising Rams developmental volleyball camp this fall with the draft set to take place May 15 in the Lakeside Junior High gymnasium.
The program was started by Lakeside head volleyball coach Rhonda Thigpen as a way to help young athletes with their volleyball skills. The camp, which is for incoming third through sixth-grade students, is limited to those who attend Lakeside Public Schools. Practices will begin in August.
While the season is normally held from August through early October, this year’s camp was delayed to the spring, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With strict protocols in place, the 100 camp participants were spaced out, with 12 teams and over 22 volunteer coaches helping out.
“This is the growing exciting future of volleyball and RAMS MTXE and Junior Rams Volleyball at Lakeside,” Thigpen said in a news release. “These camps are always a fun time to learn volleyball and participate with your friends.”
For more information or to volunteer as a coach, contact Thigpen at Rhonda_Thigpen@ lakesidesd.org.
GAC ANNOUNCES SOFTBALL AWARDS
The Great American Conference
named Ouachita Baptist’s Hope Waid and Southern Arkansas’ Elisa Favela as Co-Players of the Week while while Arkansas-Monticello’s Alexis Pevehouse and Harding’s Lily Tanski shared the Pitcher of the Week honors.
Waid racked up three multihit games in OBU’s recent series against Southern Nazarene, batting .636 over the weekend with seven hits, three runs scored and five stolen bases. Favela reached base six out 10 times at the plate in the Muleriders’ sweep of Northwestern Oklahoma State, going 4 for 5 with two home runs, a double and six RBIs in the second game of the series.
Pevehouse recorded three wins in the Cotton Blossoms’ final berth to the GAC Championships, retiring five straight in the first game and throwing backto-back shutouts to close out the series on Saturday. Tanski picked up a pair of wins to lead the Lady Bisons to extend their win streak to 11 games reach 30 wins for the fifth-straight season, throwing two complete games and a shutout against East Central, including a season-high 12 batters on Saturday.
Others nominated included Harding’s Ashton Bryce, Arkansas Tech’s Abby Cain and Shannon Lasey, UAM’s Haley Cornell, Southeastern Oklahoma State’s Kady Fryrear and Cheyenne Mahy, OBU’s Nicole Arreola and SAU’s Victoria Taylor.
GAC ANNOUNCES BASEBALL AWARDS
The GAC named Arkansas Tech’s Jonathon Arrieta along with Northwestern Oklahoma State’s Blake Hoffman as Co-Players of the Week while naming the Rangers’ Kaleb Hornea as the Pitcher of the Week.
Arrieta recorded a .636 onbase percentage as well as a
1.500 slugging percentage against Harding to help the Wonder Boys clinch a spot in the GAC Championships, hitting four home runs in the series. Hoffman helped the Rangers sweep Southwestern Oklahoma State and secure their first championship appearance with
10 hits in the series. Honea limited SWOSU to a single hit in 4 1/3 innings on Friday while retiring the final
13 batters with six strikeouts, picking up his fourth win, and lowering his ERA to 1.71.
Others nominated included SAU’s Austin Baker and Santos Sosa, OBU’s Beau Burson, Harding’s Harrison Heffley and Ross Shirey, Oklahoma Baptist’ Walker Keller, Henderson State’s Greyson Stevens and Taylor Langston, SEOSU’s Richard Ware, UAM’s River Hunt and Arkansas Tech’s Patrick Miner.