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Five Yellowjacket athletes sign with different colleges on National Signing Day

For the first time anyone can remember, four Sheridan Yellowjackets football players signed letters of intent to continue their education and football careers under scholarship in college. On National Signing Day, Wednesday, Feb. 3, offensive lineman Jacob Atnip joined just a few Jackets’ players to sign with a Division I …

Caton becomes first SHS athlete to earn wrestling scholarship

Four years ago, Maleek Caton had no idea how much he’d love wrestling. But when Sheridan High School started a wrestling program that year, he signed up as a freshman and found out. Fast forward to Wednesday, Feb. 3, National Signing Day, when Caton became the first product of the …

Sheridan eighth graders capture league tourney championship

With a victory over a team that had beaten them by 23 just days before, the Sheridan Yellowjackets eighth grade basketball team captured the championship of the River City Conference Tournament on Tuesday, Feb. 9, at White Hall High School. After reaching the finals with a 57-36 win over Little …

Poyen girls improve to 15-3 win over Mount Ida

POYEN — Kai Montiho drained three 3-point shots on the way to a team-high 15 points in the Poyen Lady Indians’ 54-39 win over the Mount Ida Lady Lions on Friday, Jan. 15.

Grove finishes Pinnacle Mountain 365 day challenge

Some people like to walk, some people like to jog, some people like to run, and then there are those rare few who like to run up and down mountains, daily, for the simple purpose of meeting personal goals and breaking records such as one Sheridan High School graduate who …

Ashcraft has winning year

The 2014-2015 show season was quite a year for 7-year-old equestrian, Ella Ashcraft. Along with her Paso Fino horse, Mateo Celestial, she won numerous championships and year-end awards. What started as an impossible dream two years earlier became a reality. Mateo was a horse with no training, and Ella was …

393 Black Bears Harvested in 2015

The Black Bear population in Arkansas is holding steady and a study of the potential for a bear season in South Arkansas could soon be underway.

Poyen cheerleader, dancer perform at Walt Disney World Resort

Mariah Dykes and LaHannah Harp from Poyen High School are two of more than 800 high school cheerleaders and dancers from across the country that represented the camp brands of Varsity Spirit in the first ever Varsity Spirit Spectacular at the Walt Disney World® Resort in Orlando, Fla., from Dec. …

Lady Indians split two games at Classic

CADDO HILLS — The Poyen Lady Indians knocked off some of the rust of their Christmas break with two games in the Caddo Hills Classic last week. On Monday, Dec. 28, they suffered just their second loss of the season, but bounced back on Tuesday to win in preparation for …

Late turnovers undermine Jackets effort against Parkview

On the first play of the second half, Little Rock Parkview’s Kolby McNeal was fighting for extra yardage on a running play and somehow Sheridan safety Brady Bibb wound up with the ball in the end zone. With Dennis Stroeh’s extra point, the Yellowjackets found themselves leading the Patriots, 22-21.

Poyen girls make State, boys denied

MOUNT IDA — With a 47-43 win over the Hazen Lady Hornets, in the first round of the East Region tournament, the Poyen Lady Indians clinched a bid to the Class 2A State Tournament in Pangburn this week.

Sheridan Wrestling looking to build

The Sheridan High School wrestling program took a big step forward at the start of this its third year with the addition of coach Pete Bradley and a volunteer assistant Bryan Stern. The team includes Maleek Caton, Matt Cerino, Jack Seigfried, Logan Fisher, Hunter Taylor, Hunter Hooks, Kaleb Abshire, Katy …

Trio of SHS track athletes shine at ASU meet

JONESBORO — Chandler Kelly won the 55-meter hurdles and scored in two other events to highlight the work of a trio of Sheridan High School track athletes at the 2015 Arkansas State University Invitational indoor meet on Friday, Jan. 30.

Lady Stingers' teams fight past Maumelle

The Sheridan Lady Stingers basketball teams each notched another River City Conference victory last week over their respective counterparts from Maumelle.

Stingers' second-half outburst comes up short

Despite a big second half on offense, the Sheridan Freshman Academy Stingers were unable to overtake the Maumelle Junior Hornets on Thursday, Jan. 22. Maumelle came away with a 49-39 win in River City Conference play.