FL sweeps Bauxite on road

BAUXITE -- Fountain Lake had a strong showing on the road as the varsity, junior varsity and junior high teams all took wins over Bauxite Tuesday.

The varsity squad (10-1, 4-0 4A-7) took wins of 25-10 and 25-19 before the Lady Miners responded with a 25-23 win in the third set. The Lady Cobras dominated the fourth set, 25-14.

Landry Cate led the Lady Cobras with 23 service points, including seven aces, six kills and six digs. Presley Hamric had a team-leading 16 kills with six digs and eight service points, including a pair of aces, Patience Campbell led the back row with 17 digs, six kills, four blocks and nine service points with two aces, and Sophie Skinner finished with 43 assists, eight digs, seven kills and six service points.

The JV squad won, 25-18, 25-9, led by Kamryn Whiley's 11 service points and eight kills.

Eden East led the junior high squad with 22 service points, and Faith Jones had 18 digs. The junior high team won, 25-8, 11-25, 15-11.

The Lady Cobras host Mena today starting at 4:30 p.m.

Lakeside dominates

Lake Hamilton

PEARCY -- Lakeside's tennis team won nine of 11 matches Monday at Lake Hamilton.

Lakeside's Ben Hollis defeated Ty Robinson, 6-1, 6-1, Brodie McAlister defeated Caden Jackson, 6-0, and Bartley Bledsoe downed James Ballard, 8-1. Lake Hamilton's Peter Bobnar topped Ryan Lynch, 6-2.

In boys doubles action, Lakeside's Walker Wood and Greyson Cornelison defeated Evan Estes and Larry Morales, 6-2, 6-4. William Ivy and Griffin Gulley topped Kai Condley and Austin Praetzel, and Brooks Bell and Sam Stevens-Asshheuer defeated Chase Berry and Dillon Taylor.

In girls singles, Lakeside's Haley Fauber defeated Jovana Cetnik, 6-4, 6-1, and Addison Dowdy topped Denisse Gul, 6-0, 3-6 (12-10).

In girls doubles, Lakeside's Julia Malone and Elizabeth Cowen swept Natalie Tedder and Kindsey Faulkner, 6-0, 6-0. Lily McDonough and Ava Monte downed Mackenzie Clark and Sheyla Praetzel, 5-7, 6-2 (10-4).

Lakeside hosts Texarkana today at 3:30 p.m.

Lady Trojans top

Lady Yellowjackets

Hot Springs (6-2, 4-1 5A South) swept Sheridan Tuesday at Trojan Arena, 25-22, 25-15, 25-21.

Junior Marlissa Archie led the Lady Trojans with 13 kills, five blocks, 16 digs and five assists. Senior Jurnee Hicks had six kills, four blocks, 10 digs and 10 assists, classmate Jaylia Reed finished with 17 digs and Katyra Johnson tallied 15 digs.

Hot Springs plays Lakeside today at the Lakeside Athletic Complex at 5 p.m.

Arkansas Tech suspends sports

Arkansas Tech University on Tuesday suspended all athletic activities through at least Oct. 4, according to the university.

The decision comes after a covid-19 campus report found 70 cases on the Russellville campus, of which 52 were athletes.

"Our campus management of positive cases provides us with evidence that our classroom, residence hall and dining hall mitigation efforts continue to be successful," said Keegan Nichols, the Arkansas Tech vice president for student affairs. "We will continue to support individuals who have tested positive and are in isolation while also providing appropriate guidance for those in quarantine due to potential exposure to the virus. Doing so will limit further spread, provide for the safety of our campus community and allow us to maintain a manageable case load."

On Aug. 14, the Great American Conference postponed all fall sports until the spring, but schools still were allowed to conduct team activities.

Boyd second team,

Hogs picked last

University of Arkansas tailback Rakeem Boyd was voted to the second unit on the pre-season All-SEC team as selected by league media and announced by the SEC office on Wednesday.

Boyd, who rushed for 1,133 yards and 8 touchdowns in 2019, is one of 16 Razorbacks with eight games of 100-plus yards rushing.

Last year Boyd was one of only five players in the nation to have five runs of 50-plus yards, and one of only three to have three carries of 70-plus yards. All three of those carries, covering 74, 76 and 86 yards, went for touchdowns.

Mississippi State's Kylin Hill and Alabama's Najee Harris were the first-team All-SEC backs chosen by the media, mirroring the voting of SEC coaches released last week.

In other media voting, Alabama was a landslide pick to win both the SEC West and the SEC championship. Florida was a slender choice over Georgia to win the SEC East, outpolling the Bulldogs 624-613 in overall voting and 53-43 in first-place votes.

Alabama had 86 first-place votes to win the West, compared to 8 for LSU and 2 for Texas A&M, and the Crimson Tide had 77 votes to win the league title. Georgia and LSU collected seven votes each to win the SEC championship, while Florida had 5.

In projections for the West, Alabama was followed by LSU, Auburn and Texas A&M, with Ole Miss and Mississippi State tied for fifth and Arkansas in last. In the East, Florida and Georgia were followed by Tennessee, Kentucky, South Carolina, Missouri and Vanderbilt.

Alabama led the field with 13 selections among the three All-SEC teams, followed by LSU with 10 and Georgia with nine.

Members of the media have correctly predicted the SEC champion seven times since the league split into divisions in 1992.

-- Tom Murphy

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