Alma Sports Roundup 

Tough round ends Airedales’ bid for state golf tournament

By Kevin Taylor

Alma Schools 

A rough final round of golf spoiled Alma’s chances to compete in next month’s state golf tournament. 

Harrison’s Berkley Kapp shot a 1-under 70 to help lead Harrison to a playoff win over Russellville at the 5A-West meet at Eagle Crest. 

Harrison and runner-up Russellville ended play tied at 304. Alma finished fifth with a team score of 342. 

The top three teams advance to the state meet. Harrison, Russellville, and Mountain Home earned the top three seeds. 

Junior Carson Curd and sophomore Jack Taylor led the Airedales with matching 83s. Parker Morland shot 87, and Chase Wood carded an 89. 

Grady Farmer shot a 92. Just a week earlier, Farmer shot 73 and Alma finished with a 312 team score at Ben Geren. 

Tennis

The Alma Airedales tennis team competed against Greenwood on Tuesday at the Toney McMurray Alma Tennis Courts.  

Landon Wilson and Brock Davis dropped singles matches to Caleb Schaefer and Wesley Jarrell. 

Alma’s Chase Wilson and Harrison Mills dropped a doubles match to Sawyer Harry and Hayes Whitson. The duo of Layne Goins and Reagan Thang lost their doubles match as well.

Alma’s Julie Hargis and Lola Tapia lost their singles matches, while Lacey Haughton and Piper Powell, and Elizabeth Marine and Caroline Wood dropped their doubles matches as well. 

Volleyball 

The Alma Lady Airedales rallied to beat the Russellville Lady Cyclones Tuesday, 24-26, 25-18, 25-19, 25-21, for their second straight conference win. 

It’s the first time the Lady Airedales have notched back-to-back league victories since beating Clarksville and Morrilton on Oct. 12 and Oct. 17 of 2017. 

The Lady Airedales, 8-9, 2-3, host the Siloam Springs Lady Panthers on Thursday. 

This Day In Airedales History 

Sept. 24, 1994

Jason Reichert ran for 111 yards on just 6 carries and scored a TD during Alma’s 41-6 rout of Pulaski Robinson. The Airedales’ Thell Parker added a 20-yard TD scamper. Alma didn’t allow the Senators to score until the fourth quarter. (There was no Sportsmanship mercy rule in 1994.)