GREENWOOD -- Erick Guadron and Josue Hernandez each netted two goals, one in each half, as the Hot Springs Trojans defeated Class 6A Greenwood 4-1 Thursday at Smith-Robinson Stadium.
Hernandez scored in the sixth minute, and the Trojans (11-3) led 2-0 at halftime on a late goal by Guadron.
Greenwood (3-11-1) scored on a free kick in the 65th minute, but Hernandez and Guadron struck again in the final 15 minutes. Guadron moved to 38 goals on the season, one shy of his sophomore mark but 10 shy of his freshman campaign, and Hernandez, a freshman, has 17 goals.
Hot Springs now readies for a 5A-South showdown Monday at two-time reigning state champion De Queen. The Trojans would secure a season sweep and the league's No. 1 seed with a win, beating the Leopards 3-1 March 29.
Baseball: HS-Poyen
POYEN -- After Hot Springs tied the game in the top half, Poyen scored a run in the bottom of the seventh inning for a 5-4 victory Thursday.
In a tournament final postponed because of rain March 18, Hot Springs trailed 4-3 after four innings. Both teams had seven hits, Walker Glisson three for Hot Springs and Poyen starting pitcher Lathan Wylie two.
Brooks Homan, Poyen's third pitcher of the game, got the decision after recording the last two outs in the seventh. Korey Wasson took the loss, walking seven in relief of starter Ben Slate.
Glisson, Wasson, Matthew Brooks and Sam Zargari each drove in a run for the Trojans., who had a home 5A-South game Friday against Watson Chapel.. Hot Springs plays conference games Monday at De Queen and Friday at home against Magnolia. The Trojans have a nonconference game Thursday at Beebe.
Poyen defeated a Garland County team for the third time in nine days, Jessieville falling 16-4 and Mountain Pine 13-0 to the Indians.
Reddie golf receives
NCAA at-large spot
Gearing up for a Great American Conference title defense, Henderson State's men's golf team received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division II Midwest/Central regional May 2-4 in Allendale, Mich.
The Reddies secured their fourth-straight regional bid in advance of the 54-hole Great American Conference tournament at Hot Springs Country Club, starting Sunday. Henderson has won the GAC title the last two years and comes off a victory in the Natural State Golf Classic this week in Mountain Home.
Henderson's squad includes former Lakeside High teammates Drew Greenwood and Brice Howard with another ex-Ram, Wesley Harris, competing individually in the Natural State tournament.
Fellow GAC schools Arkansas Tech, Southeastern Oklahoma State and Southwestern Oklahoma State also received at-large bids to the Michigan regional, hosted by Grand Valley State. GAC member Harding has one of four individual contestants, Mason Banger.
The top five teams and the top two student-athletes not with team advance to the finals May 17-21 at Green Valley Ranch in Denver, hosted by Metropolitan State University.
Out-of-state pair shares
lead in Bassmaster Elite
MOUNTAIN HOME -- Two lakes, two leaders.
Bill Lowen (Brookville, Ind.) and Chris Zaldain (Laughlin, Nev.) tied for the lead in the Bassmaster Elite tournament here Friday on Bull Shoals Lake. Both have 30 pounds, 14 ounces after two rounds, leading a 50-man field into the semifinals today on Bull Shoals. The top 12 return to Norfork Lake, site of Thursday's opening round, for a fish-off Sunday.
Zaldain jumped from third place into the lead with 14-12 Friday. "Days two and three on Bull Shoals are the meat of the tournament," he said. "You don't have to completely knock it out of the park. You just need better-than-average days to make it back to Norfork Sunday."
Lowen, a shallow-water specialist who grew up fishing the Ohio River, caught 17-4 Friday, moving up from 11th place.
"I'm fishing for some bass that a lot of guys are missing because they're not fishing shallow enough," Lowen said. "If my trolling motor is not turning up mud, I can't catch them. I'm fishing the way I like to fish -- and any time you can do that, it's a big plus because you feel confident making adjustments when you need to."
Alabama angler Keith Poche is 4 ounces behind Zaldain and Lowen with 30-10. New Jersey pro Adrian Avena (29-15) and Floridian Randall Tharp (29-4) complete the top five.
Arkansas anglers advancing were Mike McClelland (Bella Vista), 10th at 27-11, and Mark Davis (Mount Ida), 25th at 15-12. Hot Springs' Stephen Browning (64th, 22-7), Little Rock's Scott Rook (77th, 21-0) and Mayflower's Billy McCaghren Jr. (79th, 20-14) missed the cut.
Sports on 04/23/2016