HAMPTON, Ark. – According to an announcement on Twitter Tuesday night, February 22, 2022, Chris Morphis has been hired as the next head football coach of the Hampton Bulldogs. Morphis is currently an assistant football coach for the Poyen High School Indians. He has been the offensive and defensive line coach for Poyen. He has…
All posts tagged high school
Lumberjack 2021/2022 season review
WARREN, Ark. – The 2021/2022 Warren Lumberjack basketball season is complete, as the Jacks finished regular season play Friday evening, February 18, finishing 4-17 overall with a 3-11 Conference record in the 8-4A. Things got off to a rocky start November 12, 2021 when the season began with the Lumberjacks hosting Pine Bluff. The Zebras…
Lady Jack 2021/2022 season review
WARREN, Ark. – Warren’s Lady Jack basketball program closed the book on its 2021/2022 season Friday night, February 18, 2022, finishing the season 10-15 overall with an 8-4A Conference record of 5-9. As we take a look back at the season in review, a team emerges which came so close to picking up five or…
Warren FBLA students compete in District Conference
Warren High School’s Future Business Leaders of America attended the District III Spring Conference in Benton February 11, 2022. The following FBLA members placed and are eligible to compete at the FBLA State Conference in Little Rock April 4 and 5. Heidi Taulbee – 3rd place – Job InterviewCinnamon Davis – 3rd place – Health…
Fordyce Ladybugs win third district tournament in a row
The Fordyce Ladybugs won their third 8-2A District tournament championship in the last three years this week. Fordyce’s women’s team has grabbed the title seven of the last nine years. The team includes(not in this order in the photo) 1-Sanaa Bailey 3-La Kaylia Highsmith 4-Arbany Ricks 5-Malacia Childs 10-Tyjah Lewis 11-Jahda Moore 12-Kendyl Kemp 15-Ne…
Annual Lumberjack Battalion Military Ball held February 10
WARREN, Ark. – The Lumberjack Battalion from Warren High School conducted their annual Military Ball on Thursday February 10, 2022 at the Army National Guard Readiness Center. The Military Ball is a formal event that is both planned and executed by High School Students serving in Cadet Staff and Leadership Roles. Seniors were honored and…
Lumberjack alum Chris Norton named Head Football Coach/AD at Lonoke
LONOKE, Ark. – Warren High School alumni and former Lumberjack offensive lineman Chris Norton was announced Tuesday, February 15, 2022 as the new Head Varsity Football Coach and Athletic Director for the Lonoke Jackrabbits. The Lonoke School Board voted Tuesday and approved the hiring during a special board meeting. Norton has spent the last decade…
Warren School Board lifts mask mandate
WARREN, Ark. – In the regular Warren School Board Meeting conducted February 14, 2022, members present voted to lift the mask mandate for the Warren School District, subject to reconsideration if COVID numbers begin to grow again. All students and staff will remain under guidelines to wear a mask for five days when returning to…
Watson Chapel deals Lumberjack men defeat Friday
WARREN, Ark. – Second place Watson Chapel handed the Warren Lumberjack men’s basketball team a 68-22 loss in Warren Friday night, February 11, 2022. The Wildcats, who occupy second place currently in the 8-4A, just behind undefeated Magnolia, jumped out to an early 24-8 lead in the first quarter. They would not look back, as…
Four Hermitage juniors selected as delegates to Arkansas Girls State and Boys State
HERMITAGE, Ark. – Hermitage High School announced Wednesday, February 9, 2022 that Sayra Martinez, Grace Smith, Ricky Robinson, and John Robert Ellis will be representing the Hermits at Arkansas Boys State and Girls State as delegates. The programs are an immersive experience in civics education designed for high school juniors. Since 1940, a week-long camp…
Wear red to raise awareness of heart disease Wednesday, February 9
WARREN, Ark. – Warren High School will be observing Wednesday, February 9, 2022 as “Wear Red Day,” a nationally celebrated day in which people are invited to wear red to show their support for the awareness of heart disease. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Heart disease was the leading cause of…
Pastime: Those ‘Singing’ Valentines
Somewhere around my junior year at Warren High School, the Singing Valentine’s craze took off. The exact year escapes me. I have tried to glance back at the Goggle of calendar pages past, but that didn’t help my recollection. It was a fundraising mechanism of a couple of the school clubs, not sure if it…
Junior and senior Hermits feature against Emerson Friday night
Hermitage, Arkansas – The Hermitage Hermits faced off against Emerson Friday night, January 28, 2022 at home in Hermitage with games featuring the Hermitage Junior Girls, Senior Lady Hermits, and Senior Boys. In the first game of the night the Hermitage Junior Lady Hermits defeated Emerson by the final of 32-30. Nyasha Tatum led the…
Lee and McDiarmid make 2022 Arkansas All-Star Team East, Hembree selected as coach
Warren High’s Jecari Lee and Connor McDiarmid have both been selected to play on the 2022 Arkansas All-Star East team. Warren Head Coach Bo Hembree was also selected to be one of the All-Star coaches for the East team. Several other South Arkansas athletes also made the 2022 All-Star team. Crossett’s Denzel Watkins and Fordyce’s…
2022 Lumberjack Baseball takes to the diamond February 28
In 56 days the Warren Lumberjack Baseball club will step up to the plate for their season opener at home as they host Hampton at 5:00 p.m. Monday, February 28, 2022. The Warren Baseball schedule for 2022 features two in-season tournaments, including the Ralph Gross Memorial Tourney and the Pulaski Robinson Invitational. Warren’s first road…
Dr. Joe Wharton Arkansas High School Football Scoreboard for December 3, 2021
7A Bryant, Fayetteville(to be played Saturday, December 4) 6A El Dorado, Greenwood(to be played Saturday, December 4) 5A White Hall 19, Pulaski Academy 51 4A Arkadelphia 54, Shiloh Christian 57 Robinson 43, Warren 13 3A Booneville 27, Harding Academy 56 Prescott 36, McGehee 20 2A Poyen 18, McCrory 20 Clarendon 6, Fordyce 7
Cedric Calbert named AHF Products Lumberjack Player of the Game
For the second week in a row Cedric Calbert was named the AHF Products Lumberjack Player of the Game, this week for his performance against Robinson in the semifinals of the 4A State Playoffs Friday night, December 3, 2021. In an ballgame that was difficult for the Lumberjacks to find much offensively, Calbert carried the…
Warren Band Christmas Concert happening December 5
The Warren High School Band is set to hold their Band Christmas Concert Sunday, December 5, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at the Warren Cultural Center. The public is invited to come out and enjoy the beautiful music presented by the Warren Band.
Hembree: ‘Been some big ballgames with Warren and Joe T., and this will be no different’
Warren, Arkansas – Head Lumberjack Football Coach Bo Hembree sat down Wednesday morning for his weekly interview with Saline River Chronicle ahead of Warren’s round four 4A Arkansas State semifinal playoff game vs. the Robinson Senators. Coach Hembree took a look back at Warren’s round three win over Stuttgart, spoke about the determination of this…
Semifinal bound Lumberjacks defeat Stuttgart in a late drama thriller
Warren, Arkansas – The expectation of playing the day after Thanksgiving, on a cold night at Jim Hurley, Jr. Stadium, in the 4A State Playoffs is simply what this program, and more specifically, the culture Coach Bo Hembree brought to Warren a couple of decades ago is all about. It’s much easier said than done,…
Cedric Calbert earns AHF Products Lumberjack Player of the Game honors
Warren’s Cedric Calbert has been named the AHF Products Lumberjack Player of the Game for his performance against the Stuttgart Ricebirds Friday evening, November 26, 2021. Calbert put in some hard yards on the ground, gaining 201 yards on 32 carries. He scored two touchdowns on the night and was a big part of Warren…