In a Friday night game played at Pocahontas School Baseball Field the Senior Boys Redskins beat the Hillcrest Screamin’ Eagles from Strawberry 15-5. Hillcrest scored four runs in the first inning but the Redskins kept adding runs until the game was called at the end of the sixth inning because of the ten-run rule and won 15-5.
The spring session for the Dolphins Swim Team is shorter this year. It is from now until May 3rd. Tryouts are every night this week from 6:30-7:15pm at the Pocahontas Aquatic Center on Geneva Drive. Please bring a swimsuit and a towel to tryout. For questions about the swim team please text Coach Anna at 870-809-1423. Swim lessons will begin at the end of March. To join the swim lesson waitlist please go to https://www.pacdolphins.com/swim-lessons.html.
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Pocahontas Public Schools will conduct parent/teacher conferences for students, in grade K-6 only, on Thursday, March 17, 2022. Parents are encouraged to call their child’s school and make an appointment to meet with their child’s teacher on this date. School will be in regular session. There will be no early dismissal.
Odyssey of the Mind teams from Pocahontas Schools participated in the Delta Regional Tournament at Greene County Tech School District on Saturday, March 5. Teams will advance to state competition in April.
On Saturday, March 5, the PJHS Quiz Bowl team traveled to Arkadelphia to compete in the 4A junior high state tournament of the Arkansas Governor's Quiz Bowl Association. The team finished in second place. Two team members, Eli Risley and Wyatt Converse, were named state all-tournament players. Risley was also named tournament MVP. The team is coached by Michelle Kercheval.
3rd Alternate, Best Dressed & Peoples Choice, Adrianna Haulcroft; 2nd Alternate, Kainzlee Luedeman; Tiny Miss Redskin, Maci Redwine; 1st Alternate, Korleigh Glasgow ;4th Alternate & Photogenic, Carter Robinett
Free Bridge at Biggers The Congressional Record published last week contained in the following items regarding the proposed free bridge at Biggers: “Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the Arkansas Highway Commission to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge and the approaches thereto across the Current River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Biggers, in the county of Randolph, Arkansas, in accordance with the provisions of an act entitled “An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters.” Approved March 23, 1906. “Sec.
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John R Kizer, Special Agent U.S. Department of Agriculture, making a demonstration for more than 125 Randolph County farmers, merchants, bankers, lawyers, and businessmen. One rooster sits on the table already castrated, with another unfortunate rooster can be seen on the ground by Kizer waiting its turn.