By Rob Patrick

HOT SPRINGS — The Bryant Blue Hornets eighth grade team of Bethel Middle School scored early and late against the Hot Springs Trojans eighth grade team at Tommy Holt Memorial Field on Thursday night. In between, they shut out their hosts, limiting them to a net of just 65 yards of total offense.

The 15-0 win improved Bryant Blue to 2-0 on the season. The Hornets play at Benton on Thursday, Sept. 16.

Thanks to everyone that came by the BryantDaily.com booth at the Salt Bowl Tailgate Party outside War Memorial Stadium on Friday.

Congratulations to Kianna Ellithorpe for winning a BryantDaily pullover; to John Jobe and Chuck Prieur who each won a BryantDaily sports shirt; and to Alicia Sandage, Maddie Chapin, Elizabeth Silverstro, Sarah Brady and Trevor Page who each won an iTunes gift card.

By Rob Patrick

You’ve heard of fast-break basketball but how about fast-break football?

In their opener against the Pine Bluff Zebras last Friday night, the Fort Smith Northside Grizzlies snapped the ball 111 times on offense.

To put that into some perspective, the Bryant Hornets and Benton Panthers combined had 90 in the Salt Bowl that night.

“For a 48 minute game, that’s pretty good,” acknowledged Northside coach Darrell Henry. “Our pace was pretty good. I felt good about that.”

BENTON — The Arkansas Prostate Cancer Foundation will host a free prostate cancer screening and education session will be held Thursday, Sept. 16, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Saline Memorial Hospital. It is open to the public but reservations are preferred.

For questions, contact Rebecca Jones at 776-6020 or Lauren Talbot at 748-1205.

STATEMENT FROM BRYANT MAYORAL CANDIDATE JILL DABBS:

"Today, I filed a lawsuit with the Circuit Court of Saline County, asking that the Saline County Election Commission be ordered to place my name on the upcoming ballot for Mayor of Bryant as “Republican Jill Dabbs.”

By Martin Couch

Bryant Mayor Larry Mitchell had some concerns that information about Bishop Park spending an additional $2.1 million to complete construction of a state-of-the-art park, might be misinterpreted by the public.

First and foremost, he said, all money spent to build Bishop Park was approved by the City Council.

By Martin Couch

Brenda Cockerham started serving as Bryant City Clerk on a part-time basis before getting appointed to the position.

She was officially elected to be the City Clerk and has served two four-year terms. Now, Cockerham is making a bid for her third consecutive term in office on the November ballot.

By Martin Couch

The Bryant Civic and Governmental Affairs committee met last week at the Bryant Chamber of Commerce to discuss issues facing Bryant and Arkansas voters in the upcoming election.The details of Issue 2 and Issue 3 for the Jobs in Arkansas campaign were discussed.

"That was the only major item we discussed," said chairman Jim Garland. "We will be asking our committee members and possibly the Bryant Chamber Board for a resolution of support for these two measures. I think the measures are important to the future economic development of Arkansas."

BENTON — All the singles matches were close but the Bryant Hornets tennis team came up on the short end on all but one match against their rivals from Benton at Tyndall Park on Tuesday.

Bryant’s lone win came in doubles where Kyle Nossaman and Cade Howard combined to defeat Benton’s Clint Powell and Jake Jakonezak.

By Martin Couch

Although it had been reported that the Saline County landfill was accepting plastics (No. 1 and No. 2 sizes), there have not been any recycling trailers to accept them yet.