What else is coming up in today’s Bulletin?

🎙️ Kele Luigs on leading Fayetteville volleyball
📈 Taking a dive into baseball around the state
🏆 Handing out awards for Team & Athletes of the Week

Let’s dive right in!

🎙️ Stepping Up. After nine years as an assistant coach for the Fayetteville volleyball team, Kele Luigs is stepping up. To start a new era of Bulldogs volleyball, Luigs sits down with Alyssa Orange to share her own volleyball career, playing at Arkansas, getting into coaching, and what she’s learned along the way.

⚾️ Clutch Offense. Bentonville baseball showed its resilience this weekend, scoring six in the sixth inning to defeat Edmond North (OK) 7-3. Despite trailing 2-1 late in the game, the Tigers pieced together an offensive attack thanks to doubles from three separate batters. On the mound, senior Jax Trofholz struck out four.

🔒 Locked In. Har-Ber’s offense was hot in its 11-1 six-inning win over Park Hill (MO), with Max Stewart leading the charge. The senior went 3-for-4 at the dish, with three doubles and three RBIs. The Wildcats will turn their attention back to the 6A-West, facing off with Bentonville tonight at 5:00 p.m. The game can be watched here.

🐶 Bulldog Batting. Greenwood picked up another win this baseball season, knocking off Little Rock Christian, 12-5, in the Joe. T Robinson Invitational. The Bulldogs’ junior Ty Holt looked electric, driving in four runs in the win.

⚽️ Bentonville West girls are on a tear, picking up three wins in five games. The Lady Wolverines most recently took down Harrison with a 4-1 victory to improve to 5-3-1 on the season. Sophomore Mikayla Sullivan leads the team with five assists, while junior Rihanna Andrade is the leading goal scorer with five.

⚾️ Senior Murray Acuff delivered a hit when it mattered most, playing a key role in Har-Ber’s gritty 7-6 win over Park Hill (MO). With the game tied, Murray hit a line-drive into left field, scoring Will Daniel for a walk-off win.

⚽️ When Bentonville West soccer needed a spark, sophomore Mikayla Sullivan brought the heat. The Lady Wolverines trailed to 2-0 against rival Bentonville when Sullivan provided some offense, scoring a goal with 19 minutes left to play. She was a threat the entire game, taking three shots within the first fifteen minutes.

March 31:
⚾️ 6A Bentonville @ Har-Ber, 5:00 pm | Watch Here
⚾️ 6A Northside @ Fayetteville, 5:00 pm | Watch Here
⚾️ 6A Springdale @ Bentonville West, 5:00 pm | Watch Here
⚾️ 5A Mountain Home @ Farmington, 5:00 pm | Watch Here
🥎 6A Fayetteville @ Northside, 5:00 pm | Watch Here
🥎 6A Bentonville @ Rogers Heritage, 6:00 pm | Watch Here
🥎 6A Har-Ber @ Rogers, 5:00 pm | Watch Here
🥎 6A Southside @ Springdale, 5:00 pm | Watch Here
🥎 5A Mountain Home @ Farmington, 5:00 pm | Watch Here

April 3:
⚾️ 5A Farmington @ Russellville, 5:00 pm | Watch Here
🥎 6A Bentonville West @ Cabot, 5:00 pm | Watch Here
🥎 6A/5A Bentonville @ Pea Ridge, 6:00 pm | Watch Here
🥎 5A Farmington @ Russellville, 5:00 pm | Watch Here

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