Ashdown Panthers Honor Fallen Teammate, Celebrate Historic Win

State baseball Day 1: University, Windsor, Platte Valley complete perfect first days

No one needs to tell University coach Casey Miller, junior pitcher Gage Viken and the rest of the Bulldogs’ relentless squad how much of a grind the Class 3A state baseball tournament will be. It always is a grind. But this might be the most wide open the tournament has been in years. Naturally, University was well prepared for a tournament in which it would have to claw for every run, every out and every win. University senior Kaden Turk, left,…

Ashdown Panthers honor fallen teammate, celebrate historic win

CONWAY, AR (KTAL/KMSS) – On Friday, Ashdown faced Genoa Central in the AAA Class 3A state championship, on the hunt for the first baseball state championship in school history and its 24th win; something much more than just another win. A Nathaniel Thomas RBI single got Genoa Central on the board first in the top of the second, but Ashdown was not about to back down coming up win an answer immediately after. With two outs, Kutter Dollarhide had …