Bryant’s Ben Wells and Garrett Bock have been voted to the American Baseball Coaches Association all-Region team for Region 6, one of eight regions which includes Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi.

In addition, Wells was named to the all-American second team and Bock was included among the nine players (one per position) in the country named to the Rawlings High School Gold Glove team.

Bryant High School will be well represented at this week's annual Arkansas High School Coaches Association All-Star events on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville.

By Rob Patrick

Though he may still have a decision or two to make as the Major League Baseball June draft unfolds this week, one thing’s for certain:

At the very least — and it’s hardly a “least” kind of thing — Bryant’s Ben Wells will be pitching for the Arkansas Razorbacks with a full scholarship next year.

By Rob Patrick

There will come a day when Garrett Bock may just be a Web Gem nominee.

In fact, if the ESPN Baseball Tonight cameras had been rolling at Bryant High School Field, he probably already would have been.

A handful of times.

And next year, there will be further opportunities as he begins his college career under scholarship at Crowder Community College.

Bock, the son of Lil and Kirk Bock (the Bryant Hornets head coach), signed with Crowder during the early signing period in February but, on Monday, June 7, a signing ceremony celebrated the fact at Ashley Park.

Post-season honors for the Class 7A State champion Bryant Hornets were announced at the team's banquet at the eighth grade cafeteria on Thursday. All-State honors went to Ben Wells and Garrett Bock. Wells, who pitched a five-inning perfect game in the final against Van Buren, won two games and saved a third during the Hornets tournament run. He was named the State tournament MVP. In addition, Bock and Blake Davidson were named to the all-tournament team.

BRYANT HORNETS

2010 varsity baseball schedule

25-8, 8-6

By Rob Patrick

Several Bryant Hornets had clutch hits during the team’s nine-game winning streak that culminated in the program’s first State championship. Even when the team was trying to snap out of a six-game conference losing skein, when they’d lost seven of eight overall, there were several players that came through in the game that turned the season back around and started that landmark home stretch.

By Rob Patrick

FAYETTEVILLE — On a perfect night, in a perfect place, at a perfect time, the Bryant Hornets’ 2010 season had a perfect ending. The defense was flawless, the offense was opportunistic, and senior right-hander Ben Wells was . . .

Perfect.

Literally.

By Rob Patrick

FAYETTEVILLE — While much was made on this site about the Bryant Hornets switching jerseys to bring the team closer together at what turned out to be the end of a stretch in which they lost seven of eight games, the real reasons for the turnaround that resulted in a nine-game winning streak and a State championship was revealed after Friday night’s game at Baum Stadium.

First, there’s the rock.

When the Hornets ended their six-game 7A-Central Conference losing streak at Lamar Porter Stadium against the Catholic Rockets, student-coach Hunter Alford picked up an unusual flat, round rock and declared that it was the team’s lucky rock. In every game since then, the lucky rock was in Alford’s pocket and it came out for display amid the celebration after Friday night’s 12-0 win over Van Buren in the State championship game at Baum Stadium.