Sports

The Arkansas Youth Shooting Sports Program Senior East Regionals was held May 20 at the Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation’s Jacksonville Shooting Sports Complex. The top 16 East Region Senior Division teams advancing to the AYSSP State Championship, held June 4 in Jacksonville are: Jacksonville Pintails Cabot Panthers Red Westside Red Jonesboro Uncoachables Harrisburg Team Castaways Westside White Corning Senior Squad 1 Pulaski Academy Senior Gold Central Arkansas Christian Mustangs Senior Gray Manila Gray Team Des Arc Clays of Glory Wynn 1 Trap Team Cabot Panthers White Catholic High Rocket Tribou Westside Black Green County 4-H Senior Green Team .

Tryout clinics for the Corning High School Cheerleading Squads began Wednesday, May 11 at 3:00 p.m. through Thursday, May 12. Tryouts were Friday, May 13. The judge selected the following gymnasts to serve as the Sr. and Jr. High Cheerleading Squads.

The Corning Lady Bobcats traveled to Walnut Ridge on April 27 for the second round of district play against Hoxie. An early lead for the Lady Mustangs seals the fate of the Lady Bobcats. The Lady Cats fell behind early and could not fight their way back in a 16-6 loss to the Lady Mustangs. Hoxie scored on a single by Mykala Johnson, a walk by Blaze Lorren, a double by Jaecie Brown and a single by Kylie Jones in the first inning.

The Corning High School Sports Banquet will be held Monday, May 9 at 6 p.m. in the gymnasium. The PRIDE Booster Club will be feeding 6th grade trap shooters and athletes in grades 7-12 following the banquet at the Parkview Restaurant. Athletes must have signed up in the school office for the meal by May 4. There is a $5 fee when signing up if bringing a date to the meal that doesn’t attend CHS or is not an athlete.

Tuesday, April 26, the Lady Bobcats defeated Manila in the first round of Districts. Corning fired up the offense in the first inning when Presley Martin singled on a 2-0 count, scoring one run. The Lady Cats tallied 7 runs in the 4th inning. Kylie Zimmer, Kenlie Watson, Martin, Whitley Bolen, Katie Zimmer and Kelsey Arnold each had RBIs in the big inning. The Lady Cats gave up 3 runs in the 5th inning and still managed to defeat Manila by a score of 15-3 in their first outing in District play.

The 2022 AAA 3A Outdoor Track Championship Finals was held in Lincoln, Arkansas on May 3, 2022. Track Coach Farrell Shelton reported Eli Mason competed in the shot put as he took second at Conference. Mason finished 11th with a throw of 38’0 even at State.