Southwest Regional Tournament

14-year-old Babe Ruth

At Bay City, Texas

Final, Bryant 6, Nederland, Texas 1 

Bryant returns to action on Sunday at 11 a.m. against the winner of the game between Twin Rivers, La.  

By Martin Couch

The Taste of Bryant Chamber of Commerce event on Thursday night wouldn't have gone so smoothly if it weren't for the help of the Bryant High School Dance team.

 The annual Bryant Chamber of Commerce Taste Of Bryant, sponsored by Everett's Buick-GMC was held at the Bryant eighth grade cafeteria.

If you attended, what did you think? What was your favorite dish? From where? Leave a comment below. (Photos by Rick Nation)

By Martin Couch

Youngstown, Ohio native Suzanne Irilli has found a home in Bryant.

And Irilli will be getting to know her new hometown by working with Rae Ann Fields at the Bryant Chamber of Commerce.

"I am new to the Bryant area and I was looking for something that would involve me in the community," Irilli said. "This makes it easy to kind of slide in the door and get to know people in the area."

Irilli's daughter will be attending Bryant High School and her husband will be working in Benton after the family was transferred to Saline County from Ohio.

"Everybody has been so nice," she said. "People go out of their way to say hello and to stop and chat. Everybody has been very, very welcoming.

By Martin Couch

There will be a wide variety food vendors at this year's Taste of Bryant festivities that will be held tonight at the Bryant Middle School eighth grade cafeteria.

The original venue for the event was to be at the Bishop Park community center, but due to advertising agreements for Bishop Park, the arrangements did not allow the Bryant Chamber of Commerce to function there under their bylaws.

Diamond Sports of Bryant will be the location for a clinic “Advanced Fast-Pitch with Kaci Landers” on Sunday, Sept. 19, at 2 p.m.

Registration fee is $15 for non-members, free from Diamond Sports members.

By Martin Couch

Fireman and EMT Michael Mullins was inspired by his grandfather Jim Mullins, who is a retired firefighter from the city of Benton.

For the last three and half years, Mullins, 33, has been a member of the Bryant Fire Department.

"I like helping others and being around kids, giving them tours of the station and teaching them fire safety," he said.

Mullins started his career as an EMT two years before coming to Bryant.

"I worked on an ambulance before I started for the city of Bryant," he said. "There have been several calls I've been on where we assisted people and helped them out and they mail us thank-you cards to show us how much they appreciate what we do. That to me makes it all worthwhile."

By Madison McEntire

ZACHARY, La. — The Bryant 9-year-old All-Stars’ quest for a regional championship to go along with their state and district titles ended in the semifinals of the 2010 Cal Ripken Southwest Regional on Tuesday, July 27, with a tough 3-1 loss in a pitcher’s duel against Little Rock Junior Deputy.

Although Bryant had defeated Little Rock in each of their four previous meetings this postseason, they had not faced the starting pitcher in this game, who would fan 10 batters while walking four and allowing just one hit. The Little Rock manager said after the game that, although the pitcher had played in every game against Bryant, he had only recently begun pitching again after he recovered from a sore arm.

Fall football practice officially gets underway on Monday, Aug. 2, but preparations for the season opening Salt Bowl pitting Saline County rival Bryant Hornets and Benton Panthers have been going on for quite some time already.

The annual event, which has attracted more than 20,000 fans in recent years, will be played on Friday, Sept. 3, at War Memorial Stadium.