April 2024

The Corning Bobcats traveled to Rector on Monday, April 1 to face the first of two cross county rivals. The Cats got on the board first, with 2 runs against the undefeated Cougars. A two-out single from Reid McMasters fired up the Bobcats, followed by another single and a Cougar error that resulted in two runs scored. But the Cougars counteracted in the bottom of the 1st inning, putting up 2 runs of their own. Seth Smith started on the mound for Corning and pitched through 4 innings. Despite a strong performance from the southpaw, the Cougars were not easy to cage, putting up 5 runs on 7 hits in Smith’s 4 innings. Smith struck out 5 and only walked 1 batter. McMasters took the mound in the bottom of the 5th inning. The lefthander was able to curb the Cougars, allowing no walks, only 1 hit and 1 run while striking out 2 through 1 and ⅓ innings. Ty Price finished the 6th inning, followed by Carson Dowdy with two singles. Rodney Rapert and Izaiah Hollowell each adding one single. Price claimed the only RBI for the Bobcats.

Three road games equaled three road wins for the Jr. Bobcats during the first week in April. At the end of the week, the Jr. Cats carried 5 wins and a tie as they look toward the end of the season. Corning collars Cougars; 4-2 First, Corning took on the Rector Cougars on Monday, April 1 and snagged their first win of the week. Two runs in the 1st and two runs in the 4th sealed the deal for the Bobcats. A double for Jackson Jett and two singles from TJ Small and Bentley Ermert gave the Cats the lead to start the game. A couple of runs from the Cougars tied the game at 2-2 after three innings but that just fueled Corning. Another round of hits in the 4th for Ermert and Small added the two runs needed to seal the deal for the Jr. Cats. Jett, Small, and Ermert took control at the plate with 2 hits each. Ermert drove in 2 runs and Small drove in 1. On the mound, Ermert faced the Cougars first, pitching through two innings, giving up 1 run on 2 hits, striking out 4 batters and walking one. Bryson Murray took over behind Ermert for his first outing of the season. Murray maintained Ermert’s stride in his 1 and ⅔ innings and gave up no runs and no hits, while striking out 1 and walking none. Another new face continued the work on the bump in the final 1 and ⅓ innings, Lane Lucas pitched for the first time against the Cougars. He gave up 3 hits and struck out 2 batters, with no runs scored and no walks. The Bobcats defeated the Cougars 4-2. Jr. Cats defeat EPC; 7-2 On Tuesday, April 2, the Jr. Bobcats traveled to East Poinsett County. The Bobcats only put up one hit for the game but multiple hits were not needed to secure the win against the Warriors. Jackson Jett recorded the only hit for the Bobcats and drove in one run. Rex Shourd put the ball in play to drive in another run. Several walks and some Warrior errors generated the rest of the Bobcat runs to finalize the win at 7-2. Shourd grabbed his first win on the mound as the starting pitcher for the Bobcats. He pitc

On April 7, 2024 at approximately 6:03 P.M., a Clay County deputy was traveling down Main St. in Piggott when he noticed a vehicle with an expired Missouri license plate. The deputy pulled the vehicle over on East Poplar Street. He made contact with the driver and smelled a strong odor of marijuana. The deputy also noticed a clear container of what appeared to be marijuana in the vehicle. A check was run on the vehicle and the driver. The check showed the driver had a revoked driver’s license, and the vehicle license were expired. While the deputy was conducting the check, he saw the driver apparently put something down the front of his shorts. The deputy asked the driver about what he saw, and the driver denied putting anything down his shorts. 46 year old Curtis Wayne Myers of Piggott was placed under arrest, and transported to the Clay County Detention Center. Mr. Myers was asked again, before he was taken into the Detention Center if he had any other illegal items on him. Mr. Myers denied having any other contraband. During the process of being booked in, other illegal contraband was found.