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SHS players battle heat to get pumped for season

The Sheridan High School Football team summer training is well underway with daily practices and camps throughout the state. Last season, the team saw soaring success, earning a spot in the playoffs. "We had a really good season last year," Head Coach Louis Campbell said. "We had some great seniors …

Grant County Coonhunting Club Holds Youth Event

The Grant County Coon Club held its first youth event on July 30. The club provided food and drinks for the youth and their parents. Larry Burgess gave a seminar on showing coonhounds.

Grant County 4-H receives top honors at 4-H State Horse Show

Seven Grant County Bits-n-Spurs Equine 4-H club members participated in this year’s Arkansas 4-H State Horse Show at the White County Fairgrounds on July 12-15.


Jackets win twice at tourney, prepare for conference opener

HEBER SPRINGS — The Sheridan Yellowjackets took a final step in their preparation for the 6A-South Conference season with a pair of wins in three outings at the Heber Springs Holiday Tournament in the last week of 2015.

Lady Jackets win two of three at Heber tourney

HEBER SPRINGS — The Sheridan Lady Jackets, after over two weeks away from competition, ran into a severe test to open play in the Heber Springs holiday tournament on Monday, Dec. 28.

Osborn performs in 30th London New Year's Day Parade

Sheridan’s own, Brittney Osborn, a Sheridan High School student, is one of more than 650 high school dancers and cheerleaders from across the country representing Varsity Spirit in the 30th annual world famous London New Year’s Day Parade.

Culpepper performs in 2016 Sugar Bowl halftime show

Sheridan High School’s own Scarlett Culpepper, along with five of her dance team members, spent their New Year’s Day holiday in New Orleans, performing during the 2016 Allstate Sugar Bowl halftime show.

Eighth-grade girls remain unbeaten in league play

There has been just one team in the River City Conference that the Sheridan Junior Lady Jackets freshman team has struggled with and, on Thursday, Jan. 7, it happened again as the Pulaski Academy Junior Lady Bruins handed them a 43-23 setback.

Indians fall just short against Ouachita

Facing three tough opponents, the Poyen Indians’ varsity struggles continued last week. The Indians absorbed a 57-24 loss to Benton Harmony Grove on Monday then took Ouachita to the brink before suffering a 56-52 setback on Tuesday. Friday, they took on the league-leading England Lions and wound up on the …

Lady 'Jackets open against Jonesboro at State

The Sheridan Lady Jackets will open the 2015 Class 6A State Tournament in Siloam Springs against the second-seeded Jonesboro Lady Hurricanes from the 7A/6A-East Conference. The game is scheduled for Wednesday, March 4, at 1 p.m., if the inclement weather that’s forecast for that day doesn’t force a change.

Defense key in Lady Jackets' league-opening win

For the third time in the last five games, the Sheridan Lady Jackets held an opponent to 30 points or less as they captured their 6A-South Conference opener, 47-25 over the Lake Hamilton Lady Wolves on Friday, Jan. 9. The win improved Sheridan to 7-5 overall going into league games …

Poyen splits pair of conference contests

POYEN — The Poyen Indians absorbed their first conference loss on Friday, Jan. 6, when the England Lions overcame an early deficit with a 26-point second quarter on the way to a 56-48 victory.

Lady Indians challenge England but come up short

The Poyen Lady Indians gave the England Lady Lions all they could handle but, in the end, England’s fast start proved too much for them to overcome in a 39-33 setback on Friday, Jan. 9.

Sheridan Junior, Swarm teams mix and match to get in seven games

Between them, the Sheridan Yellowjackets Junior American Legion team and Junior Swarm squad went 3-4 in games between Saturday, June 21, and Wednesday, June 25. A combination of the two teams played in a doubleheader with Hot Springs Lakeside on Saturday and in a twinbill on Sunday against Benton because …