Four more area high schools will hold their graduation services Friday night as seniors from Norfork, Flippin, Yellville-Summit and Gainesville each receive their diplomas.
Norfork will graduate 36 seniors, with the ceremony scheduled for 8 at the school’s baseball field. Each graduate will have four seats on the field for family members. Additional friends and family may bring their own lawn chairs and sit in the outfield during the ceremony.
Norfork’s valedictorian is Alyssa Pettit and the salutatorian is Eva Maple.
Flippin’s graduation ceremony will be held at 8 in the district’s new gym with a graduating class of 80 seniors.
Regional tournaments came to an end Saturday for baseball and softball in Arkansas. Cotter's softball team ended up finishing fourth in the Class 2A West
Regional tournaments got underway Thursday for baseball and softball in Arkansas.
Cotter’s softball team punched its ticket to next week’s state tournament after their high-scoring opener in the Class 2A West Regional Tournament at Keller Park in Mountain Home. The Lady Warriors edged out Lavaca 16-15.
Acorn will be Cotter’s next opponent in the regional semifinals. Yellville-Summit was eliminated by the Lady Tigers 11-1.
Flippin will be joining Cotter in the tournament’s final four. The Lady Bobcats were able to beat up on Magazine 9-2.
Flippin’s next opponent will be Mansfield. The Lady Tigers advanced after Decatur forfeited.
The Mountain Home High School softball team had a good night Tuesday at McClain Park as they swept a doubleheader over Van Buren.
Mattie Belk drove in Marcie Cudworth from third base on suicide squeeze in the final inning to push the Lady Bombers past the Lady Pointers 1-0 in the first game. Mallory Pierski, Cudworth and Gracie Uchtman each went two-for-three. Lauren Loving was the winning pitcher after striking out nine batters and giving up three hits.
The second game was more lopsided with Mountain Home beating Van Buren 9-2. Emma Crabb was credited with the win by recording eight strikeouts and allowing three hits. Cudworth was three-for-four with an RBI, Tori Robb went two-for-four and drove in three runs, Emily Payne was two-for-four with an RBI coming on a solo home run, Georgia Burnham went two-for-four with an RBI, and Uchtman was two-for-four.