Don't forget.................

The school year ends this Friday, June 3. Please remember as you go out and about the city of Beebe and in the country as buses continue to run. Remember that it is against the law to pass a school bus with the red lights flashing.

New Beebe High girls basketball coach

For the first time in nearly ten years, there will be a new senior high girls basketball coach. Jamison Ingram has been hired as the new Beebe High School girls head basketball coach, replacing Lora Jackson, who was transferred to an administrative position. Coach Ingram comes from Heber Springs, where she was the assistant to senior high coach Jamie Riddle and was also the girls junior high head basketball coach. Prior to being at Heber Springs, Coach Ingram was the girls head basketball coach at Quitman High School. Coach Ingram played her high school basketball at Sheridan High School. Coach Ingram will be officially hired at the next Beebe School Board meeting, which will be next month.

Lora Jackson

In the Beebe School Board meeting on May 10, the board transferred Beebe High School girls basketball coach Lora Jackson to the newly created position of Athletic student services coordinator. Beebe High School is taking applications for the girls head basketball coach position through May 24. For more information, contact Athletic Director Jerry Jordan at Beebe High School or you can apply at www.badger.k12.ar.us.

2010-2011 Beebe Badger year in review

Well friends, here is what happened during the 2010-2011 school year, as far as Beebe High sports:

1. The Beebe Badger football team, after starting off 0-3, finish with a 6-1 record in the 5A East Conference. The Badgers narrowly lost to Batesville 14-10 in week ten and finish 2nd in the conference. The Badgers would lose to the Alma Airedales in the 1st round of the 5A playoffs to finish the year 6-5.

2. The Beebe Badger boys basketball team, with 1st year coach Ryan Marshall, finish 2nd in the 5A East behind the Blytheville Chickasaws. The Badgers achieved one notable milestone, winning 20 games for the first time since the 1982-83 season. Beebe went 20-7 and lost to Siloam Springs in the 1st round of the 5A state basketball tournament.

3. The Beebe Badger weightlifting team fell short in trying to repeat as 5A state champs, finishing 2nd in the 5A weightlifting meet to the Greenbrier Panthers.

4. The Beebe Badger wrestling team, coached by David Payne, narrowly wins the the 5A wrestling title over Little Rock Christian. The Badgers won the title in the last meet.

5. The Beebe Badger baseball team wins the 5A East Conference title for the first time ever, goes 23-5 for their best record statistically, however, the Badgers fall short in trying to repeat as 5A champs by losing in the state quarterfinals to the Arkadelphia Badgers, 11-1. Badger pitcher Griffin Glaude signs a national letter of intent to play for the University of Central Arkansas.

6. The Beebe Badger softball team finishes with a 16-10 overall record, 9-5 in the 5A East Conference, good enough for 3rd place, and advances to their eighth consecutive state tournament, where they lose to Alma 5-1 in the 1st round.

7. Badger trackster Reece Totty competes in the Meet of Champs, where he finished sixth in the two day event.

8. The Beebe School Board approves the installation of field turf at Bro Erwin Stadium. The turf will cost approximately $680,000 with over $400,000 coming in private donations from the community. The project will start June 1 with a tentative finish date of August 1.

I'm back

Hi there! Wow, has it actually been a year since I last posted on the blog? Yes it has. A lot has happened since last May, when the Beebe Badger baseball team won the 5A state championship. I will elaborate in a different post as far as what all has happened. I am going to try and better update. There's a lot that is going on as far as Badger athletics that I will talk about. On a personal standpoint, life is trying to get back to some sort of normalcy. We'll see if that will continue, but I'm optimistic. Hope you enjoy the blog.


Shane