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Maurice Hawkins tied with Josh Reichard in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit ring race in April. But he regained the lead after a month when he won $54,599 and his 15th Circuit ring this week at WSOP Harrah's Cherokee in the $2,200 buy-in High Roller tournament.

Piling up 91 points, the Cleveland High School boys’ track & field team ran, jumped and threw their way to another state championship, their seventh in a row.

In adding nearly a full foot to the previous collegiate triple jump record, Razorback freshman Jaydon Hibbert earned the USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week honor for his world-leading mark of 58-7.5 (17.87) in winning the SEC Outdoor triple jump title this past weekend and breaking a 41-year-old collegiate record.

Forster Aquatic Swim Club was represented by Joel Fleming and Ryan Brown in freestyle and breast-stroke events.

Travis Bazzana, Micah McDowell and Kyle Dernedde hit homers and Ben Ferrer comes through with four innings of scoreless relief

University of Arkansas freshman Jaydon Hibbert now has a collegiate record for the triple jump outdoors to go with the one he got indoors earlier this year.

The No. 1 Arkansas Razorbacks claimed a third consecutive team title in the SEC Outdoor Championships and 22nd overall at Bernie Moore Stadium as they accumulated 149 points, which included three impressive victories on the final day.

Van Riper State Park in western Marquette County and Beaufort Lake State Forest Campground in eastern Baraga County both sustained damage after last week’s wet, heavy snow caused many trees to collapse and block roads and trails.

Razorbacks Jordan West and Wayne Pinnock each successfully defended SEC Outdoor titles in the shot put and long jump, respectively, on Friday during the second day of the conference meet held at Bernie Moore Stadium.

Jordan West won his second consecutive SEC shot put title at the SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships, and this time it was for the University of Arkansas after the transfer from Tennessee finished first for the Vols last year.