Ty Waid, a catcher committed to Arkansas, was the top offensive performer of the Perfect Game World Wood Bat Association World Championships last week.
Ty Waid, an Arkansas High catcher committed to the University of Arkansas, was the top offensive performer of the Perfect Game World Wood Bat Association World Championships last week.
The Arkansas Sticks 18-under Brewster/White Sox Scout Team, which features nine Razorbacks baseball commitments, will take part in the 24th annual Perfect Game World Wood Bat Association World Championship.
Warren Stanley Wood II was born on December 8, 1927, and left this Earth on July 20, 2021, at the age of ninety-three years, seven months, and 12 days. Stan (as he liked to be called) was born in Tillar Arkansas, the son of Stanley Hammock Wood and Blanche Hodgson Wood. Blanche wanted her only son to be named after his father while Stanley H. wanted to name him after his father. The compromise was to name Stan after his grandfather but call him Stan Jr. Warren Stanley Wood II
When Stanley Sr purchased the local Chevrolet dealership, Stan moved with his family to Batesville at 12 years old and was a Batesville resident for the remainder of his life. As a youth, he was charged with sweeping out the dealership every morning before school and he never relinquished that task for the duration of his life-long working career at the Chevrolet Place. He also raised chickens and sold eggs in the dealership showroom during World War II to aid in the war effort. At 16, he and three other Bat