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<p>Cole Johnson from Fordyce launches a hit to the outfield during Tuesday’s AHSCA All-Star games in Conway. (Special to The Commercial/William Harvey)</p>

Midsummer Classics: Zuber pitches strong in West sweep

Updated: Jun 18, 2013 11:14pm

CONWAY – The West All-Star team combined to pitch six shutout innings in the second game of a doubleheader as it swept the East All-Star team with a 6-1 win at Bear Stadium at the University of...

Award-Winning Cheer

Updated: Jun 18, 2013 6:58pm

Digest for 06-19-13

Updated: Jun 18, 2013 7:10pm

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<p>Ja’Kobi Jackson smacked six home runs in a four-game span last weekend at a tournament in Southaven, Miss. (Pine Bluff Commercial/I.C. Murrell)</p>

PB 13-year-old smashes six long balls in four-game span

Updated: Jun 12, 2013 8:11pm

To be 13 years old, Pine Bluff’s Ja’Kobi Jackson already had some solid numbers going into a baseball tournament in Southaven, Miss., last weekend.

What he did there while playing for a...

Stanek named second-team All-American

Updated: Jun 12, 2013 5:19pm

FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas pitcher Ryne Stanek has been named a second-team All-American by Baseball America.

Stanek was recognized by Baseball America after leading a pitching staff that...

Record scores at Open?

Updated: Jun 12, 2013 4:53pm

LITTLE ROCK — Five inches of rain near Philadelphia has golf-smart folks at the U.S. Open talking about numbers like 63 and 268 instead of No. 1.

Before the skies opened last Friday, Tiger...

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Golden Lion hoops banned from postseason again — for now

Updated: Jun 11, 2013 7:55pm

The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff men’s basketball team is facing another postseason ban for a low Academic Progress Rate.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association on Tuesday...

<p>Tevin Hammond engineered a 16-14 record for UAPB men’s basketball as a point guard this past season. (Special to The Commercial/Mike Adam)</p>

‘Very frustrating’: Golden Lions, other teams deal with prospects of ban

Updated: Jun 11, 2013 9:41pm

Arkansas-Pine Bluff point guard Tevin Hammond didn’t sign up to miss two years of postseason basketball action, but that’s the very thing he and his teammates are facing, pending a review of the...

SC’s Capps receives offer from Hogs

Updated: Jun 11, 2013 7:16pm

For the first time in about 50 years, a football athlete from Star City has received an offer from the University of Arkansas.

Austin Capps, a defensive tackle for the Bulldogs, received a...

Razorback football safe with 938

Updated: Jun 11, 2013 10:36pm

FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas football was the program that came closest to the Academic Progress Rate benchmark of 900 after netting a four-year score of 938 in data released by the NCAA on Tuesday....

Hoop Hogs surpass cutline

Updated: Jun 11, 2013 10:41pm

FAYETTEVILLE — The Arkansas men’s basketball program has struggled through Academic Progress Rate headaches the past several years, resting well below the NCAA’s mandated cutline.

The...

Digest for 06-12-13

Updated: Jun 11, 2013 10:18pm

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Green sinks hole-in-one

Anthony Green shot a hole-in-one on Saturday using a 9-iron on the No. 5 hole at the Jaycee Golf Course in Pine Bluff. It was witnessed by Joe Blanks,...

Home Runs for Breast Cancer Awareness

Updated: Jun 12, 2013 2:22pm

The second annual “Home Runs for Breast Cancer Awareness” softball tournament will be held at the White Hall softball complex on July 12 and 13.

This year the fundraiser will benefit the...

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