Baseball season at hand

The 2009 Piggott Mohawk baseball campaign is scheduled to get underway this Thursday, Feb. 26, as the Mohawks are slated to host Ridgefield Christian with first pitch set for 4 p.m. The Tribe was scheduled to follow that game up with a non-conference road game at Pocahontas this Friday.

The Mohawks, under the direction of second-year head coach Shawn Hearn and new assistant Alan Rabjohn, have three games scheduled for next week...weather permitting of course.

The Tribe will host the Gosnell Pirates Monday, March 2; are scheduled to host the Maynard Tigers Tuesday and will play host to the Hoxie Mustangs for the first conference game of the year Thursday, March 5, at Independence Park.

The following week they have a home conference game with Rivercrest Monday, March 9; they'll host the Corning Bobcats in a conference tilt Thursday, March 12 and they have a non-conference home game against Rector on Friday, March 13.

Saturday, March 14, the Tribe will host a J.V. tournament, with the series of games set to get underway at 9 a.m. that day.

The conference schedule continues Monday, March 16, as the Mohawks visit Manila; followed by a non-conference home game with Marmaduke March 17 and a trip to Hoxie Thursday, March 19.

New conference foes, the Tuckerman Bulldogs, and their longtime coach Morgan Gilbert will visit Piggott on March 23, and the following day the Tribe will visit Harrisburg. A non-conference game at Gosnell will close out the month of March, as the Mohawks are slated to visit the Pirates Monday, March 30.

April 2-4 the Mohawks will take part in the "Duel on the Diamond" at Paragould, with times and opponents to be announced.

The home stretch in early April will bring with it three pivotal conference games, as the Mohawks host Brookland April 6; travel to Tuckerman the following day and visit the Corning Bobcats to wrap-up the regular season Thursday, April 9.

The following Monday, April 13, the Tribe will host a "red and black" game at Independence Park, and the Mohawks will be hosting the district tournament that weekend, April 17-19.

With the exception of the second Gosnell game, all regular season games will include both a "B" and an "A" game with the first contest scheduled for 4 p.m.