Baxter Bulletin from Mountain Home, Arkansas • B1

The Baxter Bulletin TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2021 1B SPORTS Mountain Home volleyball teams sweep Flippin Mountain senior high junior varsity volleyball team con- tinued its unbeaten streak with a 25-11, 25-22, 14-25, 25-14 victory over Flippin on Friday night at The Hangar. Mountain Lauren Weh- meyer and Emma Wilber had big nights at the net, with Wehmeyer totaling 17 kills and three blocks, and Wilber notching 16 kills and seven blocks. Andrea Payne added eight kills, and Jordan Massie made six kills for Mountain Home (16-0). Lily Hinson led the defense with 26 digs, while setter Emma Crabb added 18 digs and made 49 assists, Olivia Crabb made 15 digs, Abby Green totaled 14 digs, and Corena Fox tallied seven digs. Mountain Home won the junior high match, 25-11, 25-7, to improve to 13-8 on the season.

Mountain Home won the junior high JV match, 25-18, 25-21, and it won the seventh-grade match, 25-9, 22- 25, 15-10. Arkansas volleyball team goes 2-0 against Auburn FAYETTEVILLE match in SEC play ended in a come-from-behind vic- tory as the Razorbacks defeated Auburn 3-2 on Sunday. The Hogs fell in the two sets 20-25 and 23-25 before the momentum swung their way for 25-15, 25-17 and 15-7 victories and the match win. With the series sweep over Auburn, Arkansas is now 5-2 in SEC play and 14-4 on the season. Sophomore Taylor Head led the Razorbacks with a career-high 20 kills in the match, and also added 16 digs for her ninth double-dou- ble of the season.

Two other Hogs recorded double-doubles in kills and digs: Maggie Cartwright with 16 kills and 11 digs and Jill Gillen with 12 kills and a season-high 17 digs. Senior setter Gracie Ryan tal- lied 54 assists and a career-best 25 digs, which gives her 10 double- doubles this year and leads the team. She also added four kills, which matches a season record. With their backs against the wall, the Hogs came out on all cylinders in the third set, where they quickly got an 8-4 advantage. Arkansas grabbed a 7-2 lead in the fourth set before Auburn called a timeout, and the hosts later took a 10-point advantage.

The Hogs let the gas in the and set and had four consecutive points from Gillen to take a 5-1 lead. A kill from Gillen and ace from freshman Courtney Jackson sealed the 15-7 victory and 3-2 match The Hogs have an week coming up before they return to action Oct. 22-23 for a series against reigning national champi- on Kentucky in Lexington. Fri- match will air live on SEC Network and is set for 8 p.m. No.

7 Arkansas soccer downs Vanderbilt in overtime FAYETTEVILLE Arkansas soccer defeated Vanderbilt in overtime, 1-0, Sunday for its 11th straight victory, extending the longest win streak. The closest scor- ing chance in the half came after a free kick from sophomore Emilee Hauser that found the head of senior Taylor Malham for a shot on goal. The Hogs held the Commodores to only one shot in the 45 minutes, and forced them to make four saves. It only took three minutes into extra time for the Hogs (11-2-0, 6- 0-0 SEC) to secure their 11th straight SEC road victory. Fresh- man Sophia Aragon found the ball at connecting with Park- er Goins above the penalty box, where Goins beat two Vanderbilt defenders and the goalie, it across the grass and into the goal for the win.

SIDELINES VAN BUREN Mountain Home foot- ball coach Steve Ary hoped his team would strike with some big plays against Van Buren on Friday night. The Bombers obliged by hitting seven plays of more than 20 yards in the half alone as they dominated the Point- ers in a 42-15 rout at Blakemore Field. Mountain Home improved to 2-4 overall and gained its victory in 6A- West play. The Bombers host Benton on Friday. was about as good as we could have played in the Ary said, for the blocked punt and the squib kick.

The and defense both played The big plays in the half led to touchdowns as the visitors took a 35-0 lead. Van Buren kicked a 44- yard goal to end the half. Mountain defense was just as dominant as its in the half, holding Van Buren to minus-8 yards of The Bombers harassed Van Bu- ren quarterback Connor Brady into 10 carries for minus-32 yards for the game. Mountain Home outgained Van Bu- ren 405-180 for the entire game. Van Bu- ren totaled 188 yards in the second half but had to pass 33 times in the half to do so.

Brady passed 16-of-44 for 205 yards for the game, and the Pointers were held to minus-25 rushing yards. fa- vorite target was Chi Henry, who caught seven passes for 134 yards. got a little tired and had trouble getting pressure on the quarterback in the third Ary said, we got back on him in the fourth. They got be- hind and had to pass every play, and we got a little Quarterback Brady Barnett passed 12- of-18 for 230 yards to lead the Bombers. Dillon Drewry led the receiving corps with catches for 114 yards.

The junior caught a 29-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter and also had receptions of 36 and 35 yards. had good balance (rushing and passing) and good numbers on both Ary said. delivered on some long shots, and our line wore them Blake Bentley caught two passes for 67 yards including a 45-yard touch- down pass to push the lead to 35-0 and Reece Ducker added three catches for 29 yards for Mountain Home. Gage Lindsey rushed 20 times for 80 yards with two touchdowns, and Barnett add- ed 86 yards on 11 keepers. Mountain Home had a turnover on downs on its possession of the sec- ond half, but Anthony Mojica picked a pass by Brady for a 40-yard interception return for a touchdown and a 42-3 lead that invoked the mercy rule.

Van Buren added two more touch- downs in the second half, one coming af- ter recovering an onside kick. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Mountain Dillon Drewry hauls in a touchdown pass against Van Buren on Friday. NEAL BAXTER BULLETIN Bombers hit big plays in win at Van Buren Neal Denton The Baxter Bulletin Long touchdown runs, longer touch- down throws, a 28-point quarter, two touchdowns in the 90 sec- onds, a possible quarterback contro- versy, the biggest comeback and the highest-scoring game in series history. This Red River Showdown be- tween Oklahoma and Texas packed a season of twists into four quarters. Keyed by a true freshman quarterback, the 55-48 win sets up the dis- tinct possibility these rivals meet again in December to decide the Big 12 title Over in the Big Ten, Iowa climbed out of an early hole and beat Penn State 23- 20 to move one step closer to an unbeat- en regular season.

The complexion of this key cross-divisional matchup changed after the Nittany Lions lost quarterback Sean to injury. Georgia held serve against Auburn, but not without controversy: The Bull- defense gave up a touchdown in the 34-10 win, the second allowed to any opponent and the since Sept. 18. And in the biggest shocker of the season, Alabama went to Texas and lost 41-38 on a last-second goal. Those teams and more make up this list of winners and losers: Winners Texas Reeling after two early losses, pulled one of the great upsets in recent SEC history by knock- ing the Crimson Tide and creating even more anarchy in the race for the College Football The win speaks to the overall talent under coach Jimbo Fisher and to the development of backup quarterback Zach Calzada.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL Aggies, Sooners big winners of Week 6 Paul Myerberg USA TODAY See COLLEGE, Page 2B Caleb Williams rallied Oklahoma from an early against the Longhorns. BRYAN TODAY NETWORK.