The football scene in Saline County has many changes this season. Bauxite, Benton, Bryant and Harmony Grove all have new head football coaches, and there’s a new rival game being established in the same vein as the popular Salt Bowl. The two coaches leading the teams of this new rival game – Saline River Showdown – happen to be former coaches at Bryant, where they...
Tickets are officially on sale for the Bauxite Miners vs Harmony Grove Cardinals senior high football game. They can be purchased at the Bauxite High School, Miner Academy and Middle School offices during normal business hours. They are also being sold at the Harmony Grove High School offices. Ticket prices are $5 for all students and adults. The game will be...
The 2015-2016 Bauxite High School Athletic banquet is scheduled for 5:30 Thursday May the 19th. Athletes will eat beginning at 5:30 in the high school cafeteria. Parents that have pre-registered to eat can get in line at 5:30. Other parents that would like to eat may do so beginning at 6:00. Cost for parents to eat is $10. The banquet is being catered by...
Coach Sara Tew and the Bauxite Lady Miners are riding an 11 game winning streak heading into this weeks 7-4A district softball tournament. The tournament will be played Wednesday and Thursday at Nashville High School. They finished runner up to the defending state champion Mena Lady Bearcats after losing to Mena on the road 1-0. They are coming off a huge come...
Bauxite's flex player Valery Cotton (pictured above) came up huge in the second inning after blasting a hard single up the middle with the bases loaded to score 2 runs and spark the Lady Miners to victory over a very good Lady Indian squad. Sophomore Daniele Singleton went 2-4, sparking Bauxite to a 5-0 victory in seven innings Thursday at Poyen.The Lady Miners...
The Bauxite softball and baseball teams are hitting the road today for a big 7-4A conference matchup with Mena. Both games are scheduled to start at 4:30 this afternoon. In ladies action, this is the 2nd matchup of the season for the 2 teams that squared off in the 4A state finals last year. Bauxite (12-2, 2-0) won the first matchup this season 7-1 at the NLR...
Activities this week:MONDAY, APRIL 4:⇒7th Track @ Sheridan 3:30⇒Softball/Baseball vs Ashdown 4:30TUESDAY, APRIL 5:⇒Sr Track @ Jessieville 3:30⇒Softball @ Lonoke 4:30THURSDAY, APRIL 7:⇒Baseball vs Clinton 4:30FRIDAY, APRIL 8:⇒Softball/Baseball @ Mena 4:30⇒Drama: Mulan 7:00SATURDAY, APRIL 9:⇒Drama: Mulan 7:00SUNDAY, APRIL 10:⇒Drama: Mulan 3:00
Coach Sara Tew and the Lady Miner Softball squad took the week of spring break away from competition. They came out of spring break holding a 7-2 record. After a week and three games, they have ran their record to 10-2 after 3 wins, including 2 big road wins over 4A schools. On Monday, Bauxite traveled to Conway to play Heber Springs at Hendrix College. The...
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The Lady Miners came into the NLR Tournament of Champions undefeated and left with two loses, but what they gained was invaluable. The tournament was made up of 8 of the top teams in the state in the largest four classifications. For a team that starts 1 junior, 4 sophomores and 4 freshmen, the early season test was welcomed. The success of the 2014-2015 squad...
Sophomore pitcher Bailey Buffington was a one man wrecking crew Monday night as the Lady Miners throttled Glen Rose 10-0. Buffington moved to 5-0 on the season on the mound after allowing only 1 hit by the Beavers while striking out 8 hitters. She was also more then enough at the plate by going 4/4 with a double and 2 RBIs. The Lady Miners were also supported at...
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The Bauxite senior high quiz bowl team qualified as a wildcard entry into the 2016 state quiz bowl tournament. The state tournament will be held April 9th at Dover High School. Bauxite lead by Coach Matt Shepherd finished 4th at the central regional tournament this past weekend. They had to sweet out their bid as only 2 at-large teams earned a birth. The Miners...
Coach Sara Tew and her Lady Miner softball team stayed unbeaten on the early season after 2 home wins this week. Bauxite moved to 5-0 on the season after non-conference wins over Sheridan and Robinson. Bauxite took on the 6A Lady Jackets at home Monday night. The Lady Miners were led on the mound by Sophomore ace Bailey Buffington (4-0) who sat down 7 batters...
Bauxite junior third baseman Hunter Gautreaux was named Maxpreps/USA Baseball Midwest Player of the Week for the week of February 26-March 6. He finished the week batting .800 with 2 home runs and 2 walks for the Miners. The nation is separated into eight regions. Players are then selected by Maxpreps.com based on stats entered by the school's baseball coaches. ...
This weeks scheduled FCA baseball tournament set to be played Wednesday through Saturday at Bauxite has been canceled due to rain. The tournament will not be made up. Softball scheduled against CAC to be played tonight has also been canceled. The teams will be back in action at home next Monday at 5:00 as the Miners take on Lonoke and the Lady Miners put their...
Freshmen Destiny McClain provided 2 explosive at bats that produced a pair of mammoth home runs and 7 RBIs in route to a 19--0 victory at Morrilton Monday night. Sophomore Bailey Buffington reeled in her 3rd victory after 3 innings of shut-out ball that included 3 strikeouts. Freshman Ashley Redmon came in to finish the game with 2 shutout innings and helped...
Here's the tournament bracket for the FCA Tournament.MONDAY, MARCH7:⇒Jr Track @ Benton 3:30⇒Softball @ Monticello 4:30TUESDAY, MARCH 8:⇒Softball vs Stuttgart 4:30⇒Baseball @ Lake Hamilton 4:30WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9:⇒Baseball (Bauxite FCA Tournament) 4:30⇒Baseball vs England 6:30 THURSDAY, MARCH 10:⇒Baseball (Bauxite FCA Tournament) 4:30⇒Softball vs CAC 4:30FRIDAY,...
For 5 innings, the Lady Miner Softball squad put together an offensive explosion against the Bearden Lady Bears. When the dust cleared, Bauxite moved to 2-0 after a 17-0 victory. Bailey Buffington moved to 2-0 on the new season, after throwing a shutout that included 7 strikeouts. She was supported at the plate with 4 hits each by freshmen Destiny McClain...
The Miners (1-1) rode the big bat of Junior Hunter Gautreaux and the right arm of Caleb Dorsey to victory over Magnet Cove in Bauxite Tuesday night. Hunter had a huge game at the plate for the Miners as he went 4 for 4 with 2 home runs and 3 runs scored. Sophomore Cooper Wright added 2 hits and 3 RBIs for the Miners. The Miners also got a big game from right...
Sara Tew and the Lady Miners rode the hot arm of star Sophomore pitcher Bailey Buffington (1-0) to a victory over rival Poyen Tuesday night in Bauxite. Buffington took a perfect game into the 7th inning but a scrappy Lady Indians squad scratched out 2 runs (1 being earned) in the top of the 7th before Bailey set down the side for the first victory of the season. ...
Activities this week:MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29:⇒Baseball @ Lakeside 4:30⇒Sr Volleyball Tryouts - Harrell Gym 3:30TUESDAY, MARCH 1:⇒Jr Track @ Ashdown 3:30⇒Baseball vs Magnet Cove 5:00⇒Sr Volleyball Tryouts - Harrell Gym 3:30THURSDAY, MARCH 3:⇒Baseball/Softball vs Poyen 5:00⇒Sr Volleyball Tryouts - Harrell Gym 3:30FRIDAY, MARCH 4:⇒Baseball vs White Hall 5:00
Joshua Sorvillo (2nd swimmer from the left) completed his high school swim career with a great showing at the AHSAA State Swim Meet in Bentonville this past Saturday. Joshua competed in the 100 Butterfly and the 100 Breast Stroke. He finished 4th in the 1-5A Division in the fly and finished as the state runner-up to a rival from Magnolia in the breast as he was...
Coach Lambert will lead his (16-12, 8-6 in 7-4A) Lady Miners into the 4A South Region this week at Dumas High School. They have drawn the 2 seed Monticello Lady Billies (15-10) who come in winning 7 of 8 games to end the season. They finished the 8-4A with a record of 9-5. Coach Lucy Williams brings in a squad averaging 53 ppg on the season. They are lead by...
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22:⇒School Board Meeting 6:00TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23:⇒Baseball @ Maumelle (Benefit Game)THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25:⇒SG vs Monticello 4:00 @ Dumas in the 4A South Regional Tournament⇒Homeschool South Regional Tournament 4:00 in Dawson GymFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26:⇒SG vs TBA 4:00 @ Dumas in the 4A South Regional Tournament *If the girls win on...
Coach Lambert and his Lady Miners overcame a 5 point halftime deficit to defeat the Lady Leopards of Malvern 50-42 in the 3rd place game at the 4A-7 District Tournament. The game was played at Ashdown High School Saturday afternoon. A strong 4th quarter including 4 huge free-throws down the stretch by senior Joscelyn Rogers and freshmen Dai'Kierra Strong...
The Bauxite Lady Miners will be back in action today at Ashdown taking on conference rival Malvern. The consolation game in ladies action is set to tip at 3:00. The winner of the game will advance to play the 2 seed Monticello from the 4A-8 conference next Thursday at 4:00 at Dumas High School. The loser will be seeded fourth and will play 4A power Star City...
Coach Lambert and the Bauxite Lady Miners defeated Arkadelphia the past 2 game by scores of 56-44 at home last Friday and 54-39 Tuesday in the 4A-7 district tournament. Freshmen Dai'kierra Strong lead the Lady Miners with a career high 21pts Tuesday night. Bauxite will play the 2 seed Fountain Lake at Ashdown in the semi-finals Thursday evening at 7:00. The Lady...
Four Bauxite students competed in the state bowling match at Conway Wednesday. Those students were senior Aaron Vancleave, juniors Victoria Cornish and Brittni McWilliams, and freshman Jacob Rosnermanz. Mr. Cooper said all four students competed well on a state level. Aaron played well and fell short of All-state qualification by less then 50 pins. Victoria...
Hey guys & gals...February is here, which means Basketball post-season and a start to baseball with softball & track not far behind. Speaking of softball, Southern Athletic Field resurfaced our softball infield this past week and finished Friday evening and it looks great!! Here is what we have going on this week...MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1:⇒8G/8B/JB @ Robinson...
We are getting into our last 3 weeks of the regular season in basketball. The Senior high teams have 2 huge road games this week. They are both sitting in the middle of the pack but could move up with wins this week. We are making up the Nashville Sr high game at home on Feb 1 at 6:00. We will also be recognizing the Mini Miner Basketball teams that...