SPORTS
Jackets' round-ball season concludes
“I was extremely proud of our guys,” stated Sheridan Yellowjackets basketball coach Joe Scott. “We kept fighting ‘til the very end. We didn't have a seed to play for or a bid for the State tournament and these kids kept playing hard and wanted to represent Sheridan.
Lady Jackets to face Greenwood at State
The Sheridan Lady Jackets, who finished the regular season with four wins in their last five games with the lone loss by 1 point, will open play in the Class 6A State Tournament in Russellville on Thursday at 7 p.m., against the Greenwood Lady Bulldogs. Sheridan is the fourth seed …
Sting successful in 2016 debut
Special to The Headlight CONWAY - The Sheridan Sting 13AAA travel baseball team couldn’t figure out how to crack the code of the Arkansas Red Sox, but otherwise had a stellar debut to the 2016 USSSA season this past weekend.
Gilliam signs with Rust College
On Friday, Jan. 15, Jamie Gilliam gave a formal commitment to Rust College in Holy Springs Mississippi. Gilliam received a full academic scholarship and will play softball for the college as well.
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.
