MOTOR SPORTS
Bad Boy 98 washed out
Heavy rain and the forecast for more has forced the cancellation of Bad Boy 98 dirt late model event scheduled for tonight and Saturday night at Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove.
“We had gotten so much rain in here the past day or so, and they were calling for 90 or 100 percent chance for the rest of the weekend,” track promoter Mooney Starr said. “There was just no way.”
The $20,000-to-win event was to be co-sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and the Beebe-based Comp Cams Super Dirt Series.
It’s the second national dirt late model event to be cancelled in the state already this year. A World of Outlaws Late Model Series event scheduled to be held at Little Rock’s I-30 Speedway was rained out March 21.
GOLF
Resen medalist; UALR finishes third
UALR junior Stina Resen shot a 2-under-par 70 in Wednesday’s second round to edge Louisiana-Monroe’s Ines Fendt for individual medalist honors at the Sun Belt Conference women’s golf championships in Loxley, Ala.
Resen shot an even-par 72 in the first round that was played over three days because weather delayed play Monday and Tuesday. She completed four holes Monday, eight holes Tuesday before finishing the final six holes of the first round Wednesday and all of the second round.
She totaled four birdies and two bogeys in the second round to become UALR’s first individual Sun Belt medalist since 2009.
UALR shot 607 as a team to finish third behind Troy (593) and Texas State (605). Arkansas State finished seventh with a 620.
ASU’s Emma Miller finished at 7-over 151 and in a tie for ninth, while Marie Couffignal was 8-over 152 and in a tie for 13th. Maci Arrington finished 13-over 157 and a tie for 28th, while Sarah Childers was 16-over and in a tie for 32nd and Olivia Loiacano finished 21-over and 37th.
UALR’s Sabrina Bonanno finished in a tie for 15th with a 9-over 153, Sofie Kvarnstrom finished in a tie for 18th at 10-over 154, Hannah Ward was 30th at 14-over 158 and Melodie Jean Dit Berthelot finished 38th with a 22-over 166.