Waters, and Jernigan help power Alma to victory over Goblins
By Kevin Taylor
Alma Schools
Camryn Waters drove in four runs with a pair of hits to power the Alma Lady Airedales to a 15-5 win over Harrison and a sweep of the team’s season series.
Waters drew a bases-loaded walk in the third, singled home another run in the fourth, and doubled home two more in the fifth.
Izabella Plourde, Brooklyn Neighbors, and Leah Wilson combined for four of Alma’s eight hits. The trio combined to score six runs.
Harrison led 1-0 before Peyton Morris drove in a run to give Alma a 2-1 lead in the half of the first inning. The Lady Airedales broke the game open with a seven-run fourth, then scored four more times in the fifth.
Harper Jernigan earned the win for the Lady Airedales, striking out nine and allowing four earned runs over five innings.
Track
John Crump won the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.16 at the McDonald Relays on Thursday at Fort Smith Southside High School.
He was fifth in the 300 intermediate hurdles. Sam Schlegel was third in the 300 and eighth in the 110 hurdles.
Schlegel, Crump, Owen McCoy, and Ayden Parker finished seventh in the 800-meter relay.
Alma’s Weston McCall was seventh in the shot put.
Alma freshman Josie Welborn had a memorable first-ever appearance at the McDonald Relays. She won the high jump (5-0) and finished fifth in the long jump.
Kanadie Farris was fifth in the high jump, and Olivia Whipple placed sixth in the long jump.
Basketball
Alma basketball standout Jordan Gramlich signed a letter of intent with the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith.
Gramlich led the Lady Airedales in scoring over her final three seasons, and her big senior campaign saw her break a nearly 40-year-old scoring record when she passed Babette Dotson with 1,502 career points.
“This is a special day,” Gramlich said.
Gramlich will become the first Lady Airedale player to play for the Lions since Bottoms.
Soccer
Alma and Greenwood battled to a 2-2 draw this week in 5A-West boys soccer action.
Alma (4-5-4, 2-5-3) scored twice in the 40th and 42nd minutes of the match. Lukas Wald scored on a PK, and Hamir Thibodeaux assisted Dawson Oliver moments later.
Lukas Todd finished with five saves.
The Lady Airedales dropped a tough 2-1 decision to Greenwood. Mayra Araujo accounted for Alma’s goal.
The Lady Airedales dropped to 4-8-2 overall and 1-8-2 in league play.