The Nashville Leader

By John R. Schirmer Leader staff Their meetings in the past have settled conference championships, regional championships and questions of bragging rights. Friday night in northwest Arkansas, the stakes will be higher. The Nashville Scrapperettes and Ashdown Lady Panthers will play for the state Class 4A softball championship Friday at 7 p.m. at Bogle Park [...]

LAKE CHARLES, La. – Jasmine Ellis of Nashville, a senior at the University of Central Arkansas, won the Southland Conference heptathlon Saturday afternoon during the conference’s outdoor track and field championships at McNeese State. Ellis won the heptathlon with a school-record and stadium-record 5,125 points, breaking the 1994 record of Texas-Arlington’s Jennifer Robeson. Ellis was [...]

The Nashville Scrapperettes will take on the Ashdown Lady Panthers in the Class 4A softball finals at 7 p.m. at Bogle Park on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville. The Dierks Outlaws will take on Conway St. Joseph in the Class 2A baseball finals at 4:30 at Baum Stadium in Fayetteville.  

By John R. Schirmer Leader staff HEBER SPRINGS – Crossett rolled up more points than the next four teams combined Thursday night to win the state Class 4A track meet at Heber Springs. The Lady Eagles amassed 189 points, followed by Heber Springs in second place with 62 points. The Nashville Scrapperettes were third with [...]

By John R. Schirmer Leader staff HEBER SPRINGS – The Nashville Scrappers brought home the runner-up trophy from the state Class 4A track meet Thursday night at Heber Springs High School. Host team Heber Springs won the state championship with 116 points. The Scrappers were second with 67, followed by Dollarway with 61, Lakeside Lakeview [...]

The Murfreesboro High School Lady Rattler track team topped the field at the recent Class 2-A State Track Meet to bring home its third state title in the last four years. The Lady Rattlers were led at the Forth Smith meet by senior Leigha Gills, who placed first in the long jump with an 18’4.50” [...]

Update: The Dierks Outlaws beat Hector 3-2 in the first round of the Class 2-A baseball tournament at Parkers Chapel Thursday night. The Outlaws were scheduled to play Palestine-Wheatley Friday at 7:30 p.m After edging their way through the 2-A South Regional Tournament bracket, the Dierks Outlaws ran out of firepower Monday in the championship [...]

The Dierks Outlaws defeated the Gurdon Go-Devils Saturday night, 12-4, to bring home the District 7-2A West title. The Outlaws got to the Go-Devils after beating Foreman, 18-7, in the semifinals of the district tournament semifinals, which was held at Spring Hill. Dierks will carry an undefeated conference record and a 20-2 overall record to [...]

By John R. Schirmer Leader staff The Nashville Scrapperettes will open the Class 4A South regional softball tournament Friday night at 7:30 in Monticello. The Scrapperettes are the number 2 seed from District 7-4A. They will face the host team Monticello, the number 3 seed from 8-4A. “Monticello is going to be tough,” Coach Paul [...]

ASHDOWN – The season ended for the Nashville Scrappers Friday afternoon with a 7-5 loss to Ashdown in the District 7-4A tournament. The Scrappers jumped out to a 3-0 lead early in the game, but Ashdown put up 6 runs in the fifth inning following a series of miscues by Nashville. “We had one bad [...]

By John R. Schirmer Leader staff The Nashville Scrapperettes are preparing for the state Class 4A track meet Thursday, May 2, at Heber Springs. The Scrapperettes won the District 7-4A championship April 25 at Scrapper Stadium. Nashville qualified for state in 12 events through the district meet or earlier in the season. “Crossett is the [...]

By John R. Schirmer Leader staff The Nashville Scrappers have qualified for 15 of 17 events in this Thursday’s Class 4A state track meet at Heber Springs. Nashville won the District 7-4A meet by almost 100 points April 25. Thirteen Scrappers qualified for state, either in the district meet or other meets during the season. [...]

A men’s softball tournament will be held Saturday, May 4, at the Nashville softball field. The entry fee is $150. For more information, contact Anthony Whitmore at 870-200-0858 or Polly Matlock at 870-557-0808.

The Nashville Scrappers defeated Bauxite 16-7 Friday afternoon at Wilson Park to wrap up the regular season in District 7-4A. The Scrappers scored 5 runs in the second inning, 4 in the fourth, 5 in the fifth and 2 in the sixth. They trailed for a while in the fourth as the Miners scored all [...]

The Nashville Junior High Scrapperettes rolled up nearly three times more points than the other teams combined en route to the District 7-4A junior track championship April 18 at Scrapper Stadium. Nashville ended the meet with 391.3 points. Arkadelphia was second with 77.3, Ashdown third at 48.3 and Bauxite fourth at 34. Ninth grader Maddie [...]

The Nashville Junior Scrappers won the boys division of the District 7-4A track meet April 18 at Scrapper Stadium. The Scrappers captured the championship with 228 points. Bauxite was second with 174, followed by Ashdown with 156 and Arkadelphia with 15. Scrapper results include the following: High jump – Gabe Moorer second, 5-0; Terrell Grundy [...]