Lakeside rebounded from its first loss of the season on Tuesday with a straight-set victory on Thursday at home against Sheridan.
The Rams (6-1) fell for the first time this season on Tuesday, 3-2, on the road against Benton (10-2). They coasted to a comfortable home victory on Thursday, 25-20, 25-7, 25-12, against Sheridan (2-6)
Junior setter Olivia Lawrence made 27 assists and three digs. Sophomore Maddie Trusty led Lakeside with 17 kills, six digs and five assisted blocks.
Other contributors included junior Claire Monte with seven kills, three digs and three aces; senior Meghan Fuller-Freeman with four kills and two assisted blocks; and Adachi Igbokidi with three assisted blocks. Junior Molly Stineman made 12 digs and senior Daelynn White made eight digs.
Lakeside is scheduled for another home match on Tuesday against Texarkana (5-8).
* The junior varsity team also won Thursday, 25-14, 25-11. Sophomore Wesley Divers made six kills and classmate Natalie Jennings made six assists. Sophomore Haley Fauber added three kills and six assists. Junior Alexis and Jaiden Drake each made three kills, while sophomore Macy Landry added six digs.
Lakeside came away with a two set victory in the junior varsity B match, 25-11, 25-11.
Junior Ainsley Rottinghaus led Lakeside with 10 assists, while Jaiden Drake made six kills. Junior Abbi Kinder and sophomore Ava Monte each made three kills, while sophomore Ella Carolina Arnold had three aces.
The new Rising Rams Youth Volleyball Association will hold its first league matches today from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The league consists of 90 players in grades 3-6 at Lakeside schools on 11 teams.
Today's matches will be held at the Lakeside Athletic Complex. Cost of admission is $3 for adults and $2 for students.
Rams race past Beavers
Lakeside's junior high football team took a 43-27 victory at home on Thursday over Arkadelphia at Chick Austin Field.
Jordan Mills led the offense with four touchdown passes to three different receivers. Chase Cross had two touchdowns. Jamison Craig and Brock Garner each hauled in one score, while Garner added a 2-point conversion run.
Cross ran for 148 yards. Noah Duvall rushed for 137 and two scores.
Andrew Degrasse was a perfect 6-for-6 on extra point kicks.
The Ram defense was led by Hayden Hubbard with five tackles. Taevon Johnson and Steven Cummins each made three tackles.
Lakeside is scheduled for a road game Thursday at 7 p.m. against rival Hot Springs at Tommy J. Holt Field at Joe Reese Stadium.
Wolves get back on track
in rain-shortened match
GLENWOOD -- Inclement weather prevented Lake Hamilton from competing in a full 18-hole match Thursday with Prescott and Sheridan at the Glenwood Country Club, but the Wolves were able to get in some work on the course.
"We were able to get in nine holes with Prescott," said Lake Hamilton golf coach Brandi Higginbotham. "We were scheduled for 18, but got nine in before the rain. Sheridan had to back out. Prescott did not have enough players to count for team score, so only individual scores were counted."
Prescott's Tyler Doucet medaled in the boys' competition. Lake Hamilton senior Caleb Dodd followed with a 39.
"Caleb Dodd got back in his groove shooting a much better score today than the last couple of weeks," Higginbotham said.
Prescott's Dalton Kenworthy was third with a round of 41. Josh Parish and Cade Robinson followed in the individual scores with rounds of 46 and 47, respectively.
Kameron Collier medaled for Prescott in the girls' competition. Ginny Higginbotham led Lake Hamilton with a 56.
"We were just glad to get to play nine holes with the weather forecast as bad as it was today," said Brandi Higginbotham.
Lake Hamilton is scheduled to host Fountain Lake at Glenwood on Tuesday.
Junior Cobras conquer Knights
FOUNTAIN LAKE -- Fountain Lake's junior high football team prevailed, 26-8, Thursday in a home game against Centerpoint.
Caleb Lacy opened the scoring in the first quarter with a one-yard touchdown for Fountain Lake. The Cobras led, 8-0, after Lacy converted the 2-point attempt.
Centerpoint answered in the first half with a touchdown pass from Jace Clark to C.J. Fox. Dathan Vaught scored on the 2-point attempt to tie the game at 8-8, which held until the third quarter.
Lacy scored on a 50-yard play in the third quarter to put the hosts back up, 14-8. The Cobras took advantage of a fumble recovery by Gavin Nguyen in the fourth quarter and Lacy scored again on a 35-yard play.
Landon Kizer finished the scoring with a 10-yard touchdown later in the quarter.
The Cobras are scheduled for a road game Thursday at Ashdown. Centerpoint will be back at home to face Prescott.
Tigers gear up for UCA invite
CONWAY -- Ouachita Baptist's cross country team will compete in its second race of the season on Saturday in the University of Central Arkansas Cross Country Challenge.
The Tigers will look to extend their first-place team finish from the Bob Gravett Invitational. This will be the first race for the UCA women's team.
Ouachita sophomore Jorie Beaumont took the first-place overall finish for the Tigers in their season opener. Ouachita also took three spots in the top five and six spots in the top 10.
The last time the Tigers ran at the UCA meet was in 2016, when they finished in the sixth spot out of the eleven NCAA teams from all divisions. Senior Katie Cunningham was the first Tiger to cross the finish line and placed 18th overall in the four-kilometer race with a time of 15:47. Sophomore Kallie Polk, now a senior for the Tigers, was the fourth finisher for the Tigers with a time of 17:13.
Ouachita suffers first loss
of 2018 volleyball season
WICHITA, Kansas -- Ouachita Baptist's nine-game winning streak to start the season was ended Thursday in tournament play by St. Edwards University in three sets.
The first set found Ouachita (9-1) down by six points early on before the Tigers pulled back within two. St. Edwards (7-2) broke out another big run and the Tigers attempted to claw their way back, but it was too late as a late kill secured the victory for the Hilltoppers, 25-21.
Set two saw the Tigers with as much as a three-point lead at 11-8 before the Hilltoppers responded with an 11-3 run of their own. St. Edwards proceeded to close out the set, 25-18, with a 6-2 run.
It was all Hilltoppers for the third and final set as the Tigers hit their lowest percentage of the night at -.059. With Ouachita trailing by one, the Hilltoppers went on a 15-2 run and left no doubt to end the match, 25-13.
Stormi Leonard received her fourth double-double of the season with 23 assists and 11 digs. Julianna Mack also landed double digits in digs with 13.
The Tigers continued tournament play on Friday and will play their final match of the tournament today.
Sports on 09/08/2018