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Taylor Eaves, Male Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year; Seth Oxner, Male Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year; Kori Forge, Male Athlete of the Year; Maggie Sands, Female Athlete of the Year; and Candace Virgadamo, Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Camden defeated Dewitt 15-3 Saturday night to win the 2013 Slugfest Tournament while Monticello defeated Stuttgart 9-2 to win the third place trophy. Teams competing in the 2-day tournament at Monticello were Monticello, Crossett, Hamburg, Camden, Camden-Harmony Grove, Stuttgart, Dewitt and Smackover.

1st place – Camden
2nd place – Dewitt
3rd place – Monticello
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The Drew Central Pirates captured the 3A-8 District Tournament Championship defeating McGehee 67-63 at Smackover. McGehee entered the contest having defeated Drew Central twice during the regular season and was ranked second overall in the state in the 3A Conference. Drew Central will now head to Prescott for the 3A Region 4 Tournament next week. Other participants from the 3A-8 Conference will include McGehee, Smackover, and Fordyce. [Photo courtesy of Jeff Young]

Steven King

McGehee fullback and defensive tackle Steven King was selected Monday night as the Farm Bureau 3A Defensive Player of the Year. The Farm Bureau Awards honor the state’s top offensive player, defensive player and coach of the year in each classification. Read the rest of this post

The Warren Lumberjacks and McGehee Owls fell in the quarterfinals of the state playoffs. Warren completes its season with a 9-4 record and McGehee completes its season with a 10-2 record.
Stuttgart 27 – Warren 6
Harding Academy 62 – McGehee 33

Warren 32 – Malvern 28
McGehee 55 – Earle 48
McGehee’s Steven King scored five touchdowns, including the game-winner, in McGehee’s 55-48 win. Warren’s Kilay Cox, who has rushed for more than 1,500 yards this year, caught the game-winning 52-yard touchdown pass in Warren’s 32-28 win over Malvern.

McGehee (9-1) takes on Earle (7-4) at McGehee in the second round of the 3A state playoffs tonight while Warren (8-3) takes on Malvern (9-2) at Warren in the second round of the 4A state playoffs. McGehee fans got the Owls pumped up for their opening state playoff game with a parade and a bonfire Thursday night. The Owls had a bye in the first round of the playoffs last week. (Photo courtesy of Kemberly Haddock.)

Warren 36 – Lonoke 19
Star City 7 – Heber Springs 33
Hamburg 7 – Ozark 38
Monticello 0 –Pea Ridge 42
Crossett 0 – Prairie Grove 52
Rison 40 – Walnut Ridge 62
Fordyce 35 – Horatio 8

As Southeast Arkansas football teams take the field tonight in the first round of the playoffs, players will be sporting #16 on their helmets in support of Star City linebacker Zack Towers and as a sobering reminder to keep sports in the proper perspective as Towers remains in a Little Rock hospital in the fight of his life. Prior to the Star City and Heber Springs matchup tonight, players, cheerleaders and fans for both teams will release 500 balloons in support of Towers. While fans will be cheering for their individual teams tonight, we’ll all be cheering for Zack Towers and praying for a full and speedy recovery.
The First Round Playoff Schedule: Read the rest of this post

Friday night scores
McGehee 21 – Fordyce 18
Monticello 38 – Dewitt 19

Thursday night scores
Star City 32 – Crossett 29
Hamburg 34 – Dumas 14
Warren 33- Lake Village 8
Camden Harmony Grove 47 – Drew Central 18
Woodlawn 50 – Hermitage 14
Rison 42 – Hampton 0

The University of Arkansas at Monticello football team posted a season-high 273 rushing yards in a losing effort on Saturday, falling at home to Southeastern Oklahoma State by a final score of 41-35. Read the rest of this post

Warren 45 – Hamburg 23
McGehee 14 – Smackover 6
Dumas 41  – Monticello 13
Crossett 56 – Lake Village 0
Star City 37 – Dewitt 14
Fouke 57 – Drew Central 36
Junction City 60 – Hermitage 0

McGehee fullback Steven King has been named the Seark Today Player of the Week for his performance in the Owls 48-42 overtime win against Prescott last Friday night. The 5-10, 260-pound senior scored four touchdowns, including the game-winning touchdown in overtime. Read the rest of this post

Warren (5-3) and Hamburg (5-3) at Warren
McGehee (7-1) and Smackover (6-2) at McGehee
Monticello (4-4) and Dumas (2-6) at Monticello
Crossett (3-5) and Lake Village (1-7) at Crossett
Star City (6-2) and Dewitt (1-7) at Dewitt
Drew Central (0-7) and Fouke (2-6) at Drew Central
Hermitage (1-7)  and Junction City (7-1) at Hermitage

McGehee fights back from a two touchdown deficit with five minutes left in the game and defeats Prescott in overtime.
McGehee 48 – Prescott 42
Hamburg 41 – Crossett 19
Warren 34 – Monticello 16
Dumas 42 – Dewitt 13
Star City 56 –Lake Village 30
Hampton 48 – Hermitage 6
Fordyce 49 – Drew Central 26

Hamburg (4-3) and Crossett (3-4) at Hamburg
Monticello (4-3) and Warren (4-3) at Monticello
Dumas (1-6) and Dewitt (1-6) at Dumas
Star City (5-2) and Lake Village (1-6) at Star City
McGehee (6-1) and Prescott (6-1) at Prescott
Fordyce (6-1) and Drew Central (0-6) at Drew Central
Hermitage (1-6) and Hampton (1-4) at Hampton

Monticello 42 – Crossett 28
Warren 36 – Dewitt 10
Star City 42 – Dumas 13
Hamburg 50 – Lake Village 14
McGehee 41 – Fouke 7
Genoa Central 47 – Drew Central 30
Strong 51 – Hermitage 0

Monticello (3-3) and Crossett (3-3) at Crossett
Star City (4-2) and Dumas (1-5) at Dumas
Warren (3-3) and Dewitt (1-5) at Dewitt
Hamburg (3-3)  and Lake Village (1-5) at Lake Village
McGehee (5-1) and Fouke (1-5) at McGehee
Drew Central (0-5) and Genoa Central (2-4) at Genoa Central
Hermitage (1-5) and Strong (4-2) at Hermitage

Crossett senior running back Dominick Williams was named Seark Today’s Player of the Week after scoring four touchdowns in Crossett’s 36-14 win over Dewitt Friday night at home. Williams rushed for 172 yards and had four receptions for 56 yards. He has scored 15 touchdowns through the first six games of the season.

Warren  54 — Dumas 14
Star City 17 — Hamburg 14
Monticello 33 — Lake Village 15
Crossett  36 — Dewitt 14
McGehee 40 — Genoa Central 9
Smackover 41 — Drew Central 6
Bearden 45 — Hermitage 0

Crossett (2-3) and DeWitt (1-4) at Crossett
Dumas (1-4) and Warren (2-3) at Warren
Star City (3-2) and Hamburg (3-2) at Star City
Monticello (2-3) and Lake Village (1-4) at Monticello
McGehee (4-1) and Genoa Central (2-3) at Genoa Central
Drew Central (0-4) and Smackover (4-1) at Smackover
Hermitage (1-4) and Bearden (3-2) at Bearden

Warren 48 — Star City 20
Crossett 14 — Dumas 7
Hamburg 31 — Monticello 7
McGehee 53  — Drew Central 20
Rison  54 — Hermitage 0
Dewitt 25  — Lake Village 14

McGehee (3-1) and Drew Central (0-3) at Drew Central.
Star City (3-1) and Warren (1-3) at Warren.
Monticello (2-2) and Hamburg (2-2) at Hamburg.
Dumas (1-3) and Crossett (1-3) at Dumas.
Lake Village (1-3) and Dewitt (0-3) at Lake Village.
Hermitage (1-3) and Rison (2-2) at Hermitage.

Monticello 28 — Star City 27
Warren 34 — Crossett 26
Hamburg 30 — DeWitt 0
Dumas 54 — Lake Village 24
Camden Harmony Grove 39 — McGehee 35
Prescott 75 — Drew Central 36
Norphlet 57 — Hermitage 6

Photo: Monticello (white jerseys) tackles a Star City ball carrier (blue jersey) sending him flying through the air in Monticello’s 28-27 win over Star City Friday night. Photo courtesy of Laura McNeese.

Monticello (1-2) plays Star City (3-0) at Star City
Warren (0-3) plays Crossett (1-2) at Crossett
McGehee (3-0) plays Camden Harmony Grove (1-1-1) at McGehee
Hamburg (1-2) plays DeWitt (0-2) at Dewitt
Dumas (0-3) plays Lake Village (1-2) at Lake Village
Drew Central (0-2) plays Prescott (2-1) at Prescott
Hermitage (1-2) plays Norphlet (2-1) at Norphlet

Anna St. John, Erin Ashcraft, Walker Jarrett, Coach Debbie Ashcraft, Tucker Ward, Jay Kent Gates and Clark Jarrett. Kelsie Adcock (not pictured.)

The Monticello High School boys golf team won the district tournament Tuesday at Dumas and the girls golf team finished second, behind Dewitt. Both the boys and girls teams will advance to the state tournament. Monticello’s Walker Jarrett was medalist. Read the rest of this post

Hamburg running back Lamarco Harris has been selected as Seark Today’s third Player of the Week for the 2012 season. The 6-foot, 200-pound senior had 19 carries for 151 yards in Hamburg’s 28-7 win over Magnolia at Magnolia Friday night.

McGehee 21 — Dewitt 0
Star City 34 — Booneville 28
Hamburg 28 — Magnolia 7
Lake Village 30 —Drew Central 0
Camden Fairview 42 — Warren 0
Fordyce 36 — Monticello 0
Dollarway 32 — Crossett 13
Stuttgart 49 — Dumas 13
Smackover 46 — Hermitage 0