26 Mar 2025 Track Team competes at Richard Martin Invitational
CONWAY — Competing in town for the second time this season, Central Baptist College track and field was at the Bill Stephens Track Complex last Saturday for the Martin Invitational, hosted by Central Arkansas. Four men’s competitors were on the track and in the pit for competition.
Evan East placed sixth in the 100 meters with a time of 11.27, the seventh fastest mark in program history and also placed seventh in the 200 with a time of 23.64. Chris Palmer lowered his previous record in the 5000 meters with a time of 16:07.96, finishing sixth in that event. Josh Brown placed fourth in the 400 hurdles with a time of 1:01.49, the seventh fastest mark in history and Solomon Barnes placed third in the long jump with a distance of 6.27 meters, the second longest mark ever and just .02 off the program record.
Track is back on April 12 when they compete at the Little Rock Invitational.
with photo: Photo by Jayvian Carter
Hendrix Baseball loses rubber match, series to Millsaps
Jackson, Miss. — Hendrix suffered its first conference series loss of the season over the weekend after losing the rubber match to Millsaps on Saturday evening at Twenty Field.
Game 1 (L, 6-4)
The Warriors opened the scoring in the series in the top of the first on Friday as Ryan Lang scored Shaun Pope on a sacrifice fly to left field for the game’s first run. Pope had led off the inning with a hit-by-pitch and then reached third after a failed pick-off attempt at first base. After the Majors took the lead on a two-run bomb in the second, the Warriors tied the game at 2-2 when Joseph Watts flied out to right field to bring in Owen Shaw.
The Majors retook the lead in the next half inning off of a two-out solo shot, and added three more in the seventh inning off a three-run home run.
Charlie Deaton led off the eighth inning with a hit-by-pitch and then stole second base to advance into scoring position. Drake Job’s single to right field put runners on the corners, and Deaton eventually scored off a Watts’ RBI fielder’s choice. After Watts stole second base, Hogan Ralston drove him in with a two-out infield single to make it 6-4.
Shaun Pope smoked a one-out double to center field in the ninth to try to spark the offense and complete the comeback, but the effort ultimately fell short as Millsaps was able to retire the side and close out Game 1.
Game 2 (W, 9-4)
Hendrix got back to winning ways on Saturday afternoon by taking the first half of Saturday’s doubleheader to even the series.
Ian Guthrie worked a two-out walk in the top of the first and then scored from first on an Owen Shaw double to left center field. Hendrix tacked on another in the fourth after Joseph Watts led off the inning with a walk. Over the next two at-bats, Watts stole second base and reached third on a throwing error, and then scored on a wild pitch to make it 2-0.
Millsaps scored in the fifth off a wild pitch, but the Warriors responded in the next half inning as Austin Rabago singled through the right side to bring in Nich Echaniz.
Hendrix added three more in the seventh with some two-out damage. After Job doubled to right center field, Watts scored the two of them with a two-run shot to right center field, the first home run for the Warriors in the series. In the next at-bat, Hogan Ralston smoked a solo shot out to right field to make it 6-1. Millsaps scratched across three runs in the eighth to trim the lead to two, but Hendrix added three insurance runs in the ninth to secure Game 2, the final two runs brought in on a Austin Rabago two-out two-RBI single.
Aiden Leggett earned the winning decision after 5.0 strong innings of work, allowing just one run on one hit with four strikeouts while facing just five batters over the minimum.
Game 3 (L, 11-10)
Hendrix looked to be in pole position to take the series as they were up 10-6 in the penultimate inning but gave up five in the bottom half of the sixth to eventually lose 11-10.
Millsaps took an early 2-0 lead in the first inning before Hendrix got on the board in the second with a Nick Echaniz single to score Hogan Ralston.
Ryan Lang tied the game up in the third inning after scoring from second on a stolen base and throwing error by the second baseman. Austin Rabago then singled to center field to drive in Hogan Ralston and Joseph Watts and make it 4-2.
The Majors took a 5-4 lead in the third inning thanks in large part to a two-run homer to right center. Owen Shaw retook the lead for the Warriors in the next half inning with an RBI single to right field to score Shaun Pope. Lang also scored on the play on a throwing error by the right fielder. Watts then brought in Shaw with an infield single and make it 7-5.
Hendrix plated three runs in the sixth off a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch, a wild pitch, and a walk but had the home half of the inning snowball on them. The Majors scored the go-ahead run after Hendrix was unable to turn a double play to get out of the inning.
Job reached first on a hit-by-pitch with two outs and advanced to second off a Joseph Watts two-out single, but the Warriors left the tying run at second base to lose the game and the series.
