Sports

Morgan Garner, multi-sport athlete for Rector Lady Cougars, signed a scholarship letter of intent with Williams Baptist University Eagles softball program on Tuesday morning, Nov. 16, in the RHS gym before a host of family, friends, and classmates. Garner, a noted pitcher on her high school team and on the Angels Traveling Squad based in Jonesboro, has grown up on the diamond. ...

Cougar fans would have been excited for a trip to War Memorial Stadium but ask any Rector fan and this is the comment, “We had a fabulous run. We are so very proud of the Cougars. They won the outright conference championship and advanced to the semi-finals in football. These Cougars are a special group.”...

Senior High The Piggott Mohawks basketball team opened their season Nov. 15 at Riverside in Lake City. The Rebels are coached by the Hall of Fame coach Buster Campbell and have already played eight games. The Mohawks shot 38.6 percent from the field while Riverside shot 25 percent. The big discrepancy was at the free throw line. The Mohawks were 2-5 while Riverside was 17-23. Both teams were close in rebounds with the Mohawks having 30 and Riverside having 34...

Fans wrapped up in blankets, concessions of hot chocolate and hot dogs sold out. It was Rector HS Cougars charging their way for the advance in the quarterfinals of the 8-man conference. The Marvell-Elaine entourage arrived for the contest and went home with a good game but a loss, 28-14. The Rector Cougars showed their prowess from the opening kick-off with early scores, fumble recoveries, touchdown runs, and Jerron Bucy’s ariel attack...

Piggott native, Adam Staples, competed in the Iron Man Triathlon on Nov. 2 in Panama City, Fla. The 42-year-old former Mohawk track star competed in a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride and finished with a 26.2-mile marathon. Staples trained for 18 months prior to competing along with his friends Brody VanWinkle and Jonathan Quesada of Walnut Ridge...

The weather was chilly but dry for the 11th annual Clay County Rice Bowl, sponsored by Brett McMillon State Farm Agency of Clay County, which took place Friday evening, Nov. 5, at Bobcat stadium in Corning. The game is highly anticipated every year and was energized by both teams and communities in preparation for the big game. Both teams ended their season with expectations of a victory to head to the off season...

The FCCLA hosted a Powderpuff flag football game on Tuesday, Nov. 2, with three games on the card for bragging rights between the four upper high school levels. The freshman against the sophomores in the first contest was a very exciting game as the sophomores prevailed with a close victory at the end...

Friday night football at Parker Field inside Hunter Midkiff Memorial Stadium proved to showcase the talent that the Mohawks possess. The Tribe came out all cylinders firing early and quickly took advantage of a small and undermanned Palestine-Wheatley Patriot team...

Playing for all the marbles, the Senior High Rector Cougars took early control of the game against the Augusta Red Devils and never looked back. Not since their coach David Hendrix had been a senior on the Rector District Championship football team has Rector been the owner of an outright football district championship. Making the game all the more special, Coach Hendrix began his coaching career at his RHS Alma Mater with these seniors as some of his first players...

The Piggott Mohawk boy’s tennis team finished the regular season with a 14-2-4 record. They were District Champions, AAA State runner-up and placed eighth overall in the state of Arkansas. Freshmen Josie Avila-Prado finished 1-0, Avery Putt 0-7, Hunter Kinnard 0-3 and Kayden Reel 2-5...

A membership drive is ongoing for the Hunter Midkiff Foundation. Some of the funds from this foundation will go annually to a graduating Mohawk, it will also go to providing education on heat exhaustion and heat stroke and providing cooling towels and cooling tubs (for schools which do not currently have one) among other things...

Friday, Oct 22, was game day for the Rector Cougars and the Decatur Bulldogs. Decatur, part of the Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers metropolitan area, is a small town in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. Over fifty Cougar fans and an approximately ten students made the trek west to cheer for both the junior high and senior high teams. The junior Cougars set the tone for the night with a blazing 60-18 final score for the win...

The boys doubles team of Shawn-Hudson Seegraves and Brandon Palmer played the top-seeded Class AA doubles team from Conway Christian in the Overall State Tennis tournament and won their match 3-6,7-5,6-2. This win marked the fist time in school history that a Piggott entry would get past the first round. There have been 10 prior entries to compete...

The Mohawks hosted the Harrisburg Hornets Friday night at Hunter Midkiff Memorial Stadium for Senior night with a packed house. The night started pregame with the annual Mohawk Chili Cookoff, then senior recognition and a wonderful performance of the National Anthem sung by Emma Langley...

Shawn-Hudson Seegraves and Brandon Palmer were declared boys doubles state champions in tennis last Tuesday, Oct. 12, and are on to the Overall State Tennis Tournament in North Little Rock on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 18 and 19. This state tournament includes all the state champions and runner-ups from Classes 2A-6A...

Officials and fans watched ominous, banked clouds move toward Temerian field on Friday night, Oct 15, as the RHS Cougars prepared to take on the Cedar Ridge Timberwolves on homecoming night. Fans carried “just in case” umbrellas, wore yellow “safe side” ponchos, and huddled into hooded gear as the clouds rolled through and cooler temperatures blew in for the game...

The Mohawks travelled back to Lawrence County last Friday to face the Hoxie Mustangs on the turf field. The high-powered offense of the Mustangs proved to dominate all night in the damp, cold air and they easily moved the ball and made scoring plays at will the entire first half. Hoxie managed to get 36 points in the first half and had the game in hand by halftime...

After two consecutive rainouts, the Piggott Mohawk tennis hosted the district tournament on Monday, Oct. 4. The boys tennis team finished as the 2AAA District Champions for the third year in a row. Piggott won the title with nine points. This finishes the regular season with a 14-2-4 record...

After two consecutive rainouts, the Piggott Mohawk tennis hosted the district tournament on Monday, Oct. 4. The boys tennis team finished as the 2AAA District Champions for the third year in a row. Piggott won the title with nine points. This finishes the regular season with a 14-2-4 record...

Friday night, the Rector Cougars traveled to Episcopal Wildcats home turf in Little Rock. The Wildcats came into the game with a stellar record in 3A league play, ranked number one in the Large 8-man conference, ahead of Subiaco Academy outside Ft. Smith and Hall High, also in Little Rock. The Wildcats forty-four man roster is filled with junior football and senior football players who are “strong, skilled, and exceptionally well-coached,” remarked Assistant Coach Nate Henderson...

The Piggott Mohawks travelled to Walnut Ridge Friday night to take on the Bobcats in a crucial conference matchup. The Tribe went to the air this week with an effective attack and produced 202 yards passing by quarterback Bryon Poole, who went 16-20 on completions...

The Mohawks hosted the Osceola Seminoles Friday in a rain-soaked game at Parker Field inside Hunter Midkiff Memorial Stadium. Things just never got going for the Mohawks after an initial opening drive by the defense. Osceola proved to be a fast-scoring team on almost every possession...