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The 16th Annual Osceola Fire Department Three-person Scramble Golf Tournament is set for Saturday, June 6 and Sunday, June 7 at the Osceola Municipal Golf Course. Registration for the event, sponsored in part by DENSO Manufacturing Arkansas, is $300 per team and includes mulligans and dinner Saturday...

Rivercrest High School has announced its athletic letter winners and honors earned by athletes in all sports. They are as follows: Golf - Three-year letterman - Jacob Robertson; two-year lettermen - Micah Driver and Chandler Warhurst; one-year lettermen - Emma Barnett, Caroline Jones, Kayleigh Robinson, Cidnie Shannon, and Ashley Sullivan; best scoring average - male, Warhurst, female - Robinson; and rookie of the year - Barnett...

Rivercrest head coach Hunter Robinson, was named an assistant coach on the East Staff of the Arkansas Activities Association boys basketball all-star squad. “I am honored to be selected to coach those kids,” said Robinson. “What a loaded team. It would have been fun for the coaches. They would have made us look good.”...

Gary Heugel, a native of Osceola, caught this trout in the Spring River at Hardy this past week while celebrating his birthday.

Manila High School basketball forward Brian Gonzalez has signed with Ecclesia College. The Royals addition of the 6 foot, 5 inch Gonzalez adds to what will be a roster next season with a distinct Mississippi County slant. Gonzalez will join former Manila teammate Bradey Woodall, Rivercrest’s Shamar Jones and Gosnell’s Jordan Lewis at the Springdale, AR school. Gonzalez was a two-year starter for the Lions and was regarded a ferocious rebounder and shot blocker during his career at MHS...

Rivercrest seniors Lauren Stewart and Caitlyn Fincher have been named to the East All-Star cheer squad. They join fellow RHS senior Grace Booker on the squad. All three young ladies are members of the three-time defending Game Day State Champion Colts cheer squad...

Osceola Seminoles boys basketball coach Vernon Wilson has been selected as the Arkansas Basketball Coaches Association Class 3A Coach of the Year. Wilson’s team finished the 2019-2020 campaign with a record of 19-7 and earned a state title in the process. Wilson has a three-year record of 64-20 at OHS with a quarterfinal appearance in 2018 and a semi-final appearance in 2019 to go with the 2020 state title...

A trio of Mississippi County basketball standouts have committed to play next season at Ecclesia College in Springdale, AR. Rivercrest’s Shamar Jones, Gosnell’s Jordan Lewis, and National Park College graduate and former Manila Lion Bradey Woodall have all committed to become Royals next season...

Rivercrest senior Shamar Jones and Osceola senior Dan Newson are the 2020 Class 3A State Basketball Tournament’s most valuable players. Joining Jones on the squad from Rivercrest are juniors Alex Askew and Kamron Turner. Joining Newson on the team from Osceola are senior Greg Hooks, Jr. and sophomore A.J. Harris. Also making the 20-man squad was junior Brayden Burcham, of Gosnell...

Rivercrest Colts standout forward Cullen Brown has signed a scholarship to continue his basketball play at Arkansas State University Mid-South next season. Brown, a 6 foot, 7 inch, senior averaged 10.9 points per game and 7.2 rebounds per contest in his senior season. Brown, an all-conference selection, helped lead the Colts (24-8) to a berth in the 2020 Class 3A State championship game opposite rival Osceola...

By STEVE KNOX Times Sports Editor Osceola and Rivercrest both traveled to Hot Springs Thursday in preparation of their scheduled Friday afternoon Class 3A State Championship basketball game. The teams arrived and checked into their respective hotels, both anticipated walking over to the OZK Arena to catch that evenings Class 2A girls and boys state title games...

Four Conference 3-3A boys athletes have been named to the 2020 Class 3A all-state squad. Manila senior guard Daley Belew, along with Rivercrest senior guard Shamar Jones, Trumann senior Ben Turner and Gosnell senior forward Jordan Lewis were all named to the team Monday...

CHARLESTON - Osceola met the Valley Springs Tigers for the second straight year in the quarterfinal round and as they did in 2019, the Seminoles got the win 62-54, eliminating Valley from the Class 3A playoffs. The two teams played an up and down the court race during much of the first period as the teams traded the lead five times. Osceola’s Dan Newson would score 8 points in the period but Valley would take a one-point lead, 17-16 at the end of the period...

CHARLESTON - The Osceola Seminoles never trailed in posting a 76-52 first round Class 3A State Basketball Tournament victory over Episcopal Collegiate School Thursday. Osceola used its depth to its advantage as the Seminoles used all 15 players who dressed and a total of 12 players scored at least one point...

Colts slide past Jessieville Lions - Rivercrest fell behind early but roared past the Jessieville Lions, 88-79, in a first round boys game. Senior Shamar Jones poured in 35 points and the swarming Colts defense turned the early 8-point deficit into a 12 point lead at the half. ...

CHARLESTON - Osceola defeated Mayflower Saturday night to secure the final spot in the Class 3A State Championship game. Osceola completed the difficult task of winning three games in as many days to earn their first trip to a state title game in more than a decade...

CHARLESTON - The Rivercrest Colts slipped past Elkins 64-53 to earn a spot in the semifinals against the Dumas Bobcats. The Colts came out hot building a 23-9 first period lead and appeared to be in control. But Elkins would have other ideas. The Elks defense clamped down on Colts offense in the second period, holding the Colts to only 4 points, while trimming the Rivercrest lead from 14 to two points, 27-25, at the break...

Osceola and Rivercrest have been in the same conference in all sports for a number of years. The two schools have met on the football field every year except the 2019 campaign. The teams have been in the same baseball and basketball conferences for most of the past 40 plus years...

CHARLESTON - Rivercrest rode a 37-point performance by senior guard Shamar Jones to an 84-63 state semifinal victory over the Dumas Bobcats. The win earned the Colts their first trip to the state finals since 2010-2011 when the Colts won the title. Rivercrest, 24-8, made this one look easy as the Bobcats, as they had in the quarterfinal win over Gosnell, struggled to find the range from the field...