By Rob Patrick

Photos by Rick Nation 

At the time, someone that came out onto the football field at Sheridan High School admitted, it was one of the worst breaks they’d ever seen.

Not that they’d seen a lot of them occur at a high school football game, particularly a broken leg.

Still, it wasn’t pretty.

By Martin Couch

Rob Roedel has filed as a candidate to serve on the Bryant City Council as the alderman for Ward 3, Position 2.

Roedel and his wife Carrie have been residents of Ward 3 in Bryant since 1996. They have two children, Torrie, a senior at Bryant High School, and Jake, a sixth grader at Bryant Middle School.

The Bryant Hornets junior varsity football team got a jump on the varsity as they opened their 2010 schedule with a 35-0 romp over the Pine Bluff Zebras JV on Monday night at Bryant Stadium.

Tickets are still available for the first Salt Bowl banquet to be held Thursday, Sept. 2, at the new Bishop Park Community Center in Bryant. Available at the offices of the Bryant athletic director Tom Farmer or Benton athletic director Steve Quinn, the tickets are $15 per person.

Big Red Valero will be getting another shipment of Salt Bowl “Show Your Colors” t-shirts on Wednesday, Sept. 1.

Anyone that has not picked up a ticket and a shirt for the special price of $10 can do so at all Big Red locations.

The Bryant White Lady Hornets eighth grade volleyball team of Bryant Middle School came up with a win in the first game of their match against Conway Monday night and they came just a few plays away from gaining a sweep in the second game. But Conway pulled out a 26-24 win in that second game then went on to win the match 15-8 in the third game.

Bryant White won the opening game 26-24.

The team includes Mariah Aguilar, Jayla Anderson, Haley Collins, Claire Henderson, Madison Krick, Taylor Lindberg, Brittany McDonald, Makayla Nguyen, Alexis Parsley, Jessica Reese, Charli Sahr, Sarah Shepard, Abby Staton, and Jordan Tarvin.

“We are getting better every game,” stated coach DeAnna Ward. “I am still trying to get everyone some game experience so I can see what they can do in front of a crowd. Everyone played.

Indians Springs Baptist Church and Family Church of Bryant will be teaming up on an Upward Basketball basketball program this fall.

Registration will be Sept. 20 at both churches.

By Jamie M. Dobbs

The Bryant School District has experienced growth to the degree of 356 students compared to last year. With class sizes limited to 25 to 30 students, that's between 12 and 14 additional classes to be accommodated.

By Rob Patrick

Photos by Rick Nation 

The defensive coaches for the Bryant Hornets, Brad Stroud, Steve Griffith and John Wells, were reviewing video of the team’s scrimmage against Pine Bluff a couple of days after the fact. The players had not yet arrived at the fieldhouse.

A play came up and one of the coaches ran it back a second time.

“Watch this,” he said.

The play unfolded. It was pass by Pine Bluff with a slight rollout by the quarterback who pulled up and was buried. First by Bryant defensive end James Kidd and tackle Josh Hampton. The other Bryant tackle, Matt Jones, wasn’t far behind.

It was a sack. Great play, everyone agreed.

“You know who made the best play, don’t you?” one of the coaches asked as if he knew and his fellow coaches knew too.

They did.

LITTLE ROCK — A group of concerned students from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has selected two charities to be the beneficiaries of a special screening of a documentary film and a two-night concert presentation to be held Sept. 24-25 at Juanita’s Café and Bar in Little Rock.

An organization working to raise awareness of the 24-year long war in east central Africa and rebuilding the war-torn areas of northern Uganda, Invisible Children will be the recipient of proceeds raised from a special documentary screening and benefit concert on the first night of the event.