Piggott Times: Sports

Tennis squads fall to Rebels (09/01/10)
The Piggott Mohawk tennis teams got their 2010 season underway Thursday, Sept. 26, as they traveled to Jonesboro and took on the tough Riverside Rebels. Both the boys and girls dropped their matches, as both squads begin the season at 0-1. The girls team fell 4-8 in their set while the boys could muster only one game in their 1-8 loss...

Golf teams continue to roll (09/01/10)
The Mohawk golf teams continued to roll through the fall season, with the boys taking top honors at a match Thursday at the Victory Lake Golf Course at Corning. According to Coach Nikki Speer, Logan Murray led all the boys as low medalist with a 38 as the Tribe beat Corning, Hoxie, Marmaduke and Tuckerman...

PHS golf team in action (08/25/10)
The Piggott Mohawk golf teams were back in action Monday afternoon at Sugar Creek Country Club as they hosted several regional teams. The Lady Mohawks played host to Corning and Hoxie and split with their conference foes, losing by a stroke to the Lady Bobcats and beating the Mustangs. According to Coach Nikki Speers, low round for the girl's team was shot by Kayla Morgan...

Lady Mohawk volleyball team tunes-up at jamboree (08/25/10)
Any military commander will tell you that you have no idea how your troops are going to react to a combat situation until you put them in one. The same is true for coaches and the athletes they train-- practice is just not a good substitute for game experience...

Lady Mohawk volleyball teams prepare for season opener (08/18/10)
The Piggott Lady Mohawk volleyball team will begin the 2010 campaign on the road Thursday evening, as they travel to Westside for a jamboree involving some of the top teams in NEARK. Their first game will be at 5:30 p.m. as they take on Paragould, at 6:30 they'll meet the host Lady Warriors and at 7 p.m. they'll play Jonesboro...

Mohawk golf teams sweep Corning (08/18/10)
The Piggott Mohawk and Lady Mohawk golf teams got their season underway Monday, Aug. 16 as both squads beat the Corning Bobcats at Sugar Creek Country Club. This year's teams, under the leadership of Coach Nikki Speer, return a good deal of young talent after posting district and regional championship in the past two years...

Junior team preps for football season (08/18/10)
Members of the junior Mohawks work on hitting drills in practice Monday afternoon at Parker Field as former Mohawk standout Daniel Baldwin looks on. The junior team will visit Westside Sept. 9 and will play their home and conference opener Thursday, Sept. 16 as they host the Hoxie Mustangs. The complete season preview may be found in our annual football section, coming up in the Aug. 25 print edition. (Times photo/Tim Blair)...

Lady Mohawks prep for jamboree (08/11/10)
The Lady Mohawk volleyball teams have been busy preparing for their coming season for several days, as they'll be the first of the school's teams to see action. The Tribe, under longtime coach Melissa Williams, will play on the first day of school, Thursday, Aug. 19, in a jamboree at Westside...

Mohawks battle heat (08/11/10)
The Piggott Mohawks are now in their second week of practice, but are meeting a little earlier than usual due to the hot conditions. After convening their first practice at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 11 the coaching staff decided to back things up and have the team roll out at 8:00...

PHS tennis stars shine in summer league (08/04/10)
It's been a busy summer for PHS tennis coach Paul Seegraves, as he held his annual summer league for boys and girls at the municipal tennis courts. The summer league play culminated recently with a tournament for participants July 22, with seven boys taking part and 12 girls. There also was a consolation tournament for the girls held July 29...

Lady Mohawk volleyball schedule set (07/28/10)
The Piggott Lady Mohawk volleyball team is set to begin practice Monday, with an eye toward the season opening jamboree at Westside, scheduled for Aug. 19. The Tribe, coming off a rebuilding season, does have a full roster for both the junior and senior high program, with 16 players on the varsity squad and 17 dressed out for the junior high team...

T-Ball team has big year (07/28/10)
The Horner Farms T-ball team took the regular season championship this year with a record of 12-1. The squad was coached by Shawn Hearn and Paul Seegraves. The squad included--from left: Front--Andrew Golden, Abigail Bedwell, Austin Golden and Natalie Boyd. Back--Shawn-Hudson Seegraves, Austin Foulk, Pearson Hearn, Landon Tucker and Skylar Johnson. (photo courtesy Sanders Photography)...

Settlemoir wows crowd at Disney event (07/21/10)
Recently Kaitlyn Settlemoir of Piggott, the six year old daughter of Brian and Dedra Settlemoir, brought home first place in her age group from the ESPN Disney Wide World of Sports gymnastics competition in Florida. Kaitlyn, who is a member of the Xtreme Gymnastics group from Poplar Bluff, competed in four events at the competition July 1 at Walt Disney World...

Awesome All-Stars (07/21/10)

Local softball All-Stars headed to state (07/07/10)
One of the local teams headed to state tournament play in the coming weeks is the Piggott 12-and-under girl's softball All-Stars. The girls are scheduled to play against a team from Pine Bluff at 6 p.m. Friday, July 9 at Blytheville. That tournament will be going on through Monday, July 12...

Young stars on the rise (07/01/10)
Members of the Piggott eight and under All-Stars this year are, from left: Front--Cooper Harris, Tanner Dixon, Brandon Seal, Holden Tarno and Braden Ralph. Middle--Matthew Cheshire, Dalton James, Gage Dodd, Michael Palmer and Drake Featherston. Back--coaches Chris Palmer, Brian James and Billy Joe Seal. The team recently took part in the district tournament at Rector...

Piggott All Star team headed to state (07/01/10)
The Piggott nine and 10 year old baseball squad is playing in their district tournament at Rector this week, and have split their first two games. The first round win for the squad also qualified them to take part in the state tournament. The team won their first round game, then fell to South Mississippi County by a score of 7-5 Monday evening. ...

Nagy, Williams taking part in All Star volleyball game (06/23/10)
Piggott High School is well represented this week in Fayetteville, as both the Lady Mohawk head volleyball coach and one of her recent grads are taking part in the annual Arkansas High School Coaches Association All Star game. The contest is scheduled for 7 p.m. this evening (Wednesday, June 23) on the campus of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville...

Young players learn at tennis camp (06/16/10)
PHS tennis coach Paul Seegraves held a tennis clinic for kids in grades kindergarten through third grade June 9, 10 and 11 at the municipal courts. A total of 17 kids took part in the clinic, including--Quentin Baber, Kyson Brannon, Wyatt Crabtree, Abby Dutka, Hayden Emerson, Austin Foulk, Emma Gossett, Pearson Hearn, Hailey McPhearson, Tyson Peters, Brooke Roberts, Shawn-Hudson Seegraves, Arren Smart, Kirsten Smith, Avery Webb, Jacob Williams and Kaitlin Williams...

Brandon's first pitch (06/16/10)
Friday, June 11 was a big day for Brandon and Billy Joe Seal of Piggott as they visited AutoZone Park in Memphis. On their way in to the game they were approached and asked if they'd like to participate in the ceremonial first pitch. Billy Joe was actually picked for the honor, but deferred to his son Brandon, 7, who did a great job. ...

Elementary volleyball camp at PHS (06/16/10)
Head volleyball coach Melissa Williams held an elementary camp last week at Piggott High School with the help of members of her junior and senior high teams. Williams will be leaving this weekend for Fayetteville, where she will serve as assistant coach for the east team in the annual volleyball all star game. Former Lady Mohawk Kelsey Nagy will be playing in the match, which is set for Saturday, June 26. (Times photo/Tim Blair)...

Farm Credit team shines in tournament (06/16/10)
The Farm Credit, seven to nine year old softball team from Piggott was one of the teams that participated in a girl's softball tournament held in Senath, Mo. Saturday, June 5. The girls made a good showing, as they finished fourth among all teams that participated, and first among the Piggott teams. ...