Football
Former Texas OL to transfer to Arkansas
Former Texas offensive lineman Jake Raulerson announced his plans to transfer to Arkansas via Twitter on Thursday morning.
Since he has graduated, he will have immediate eligibility. He also has two years of eligibility remaining.
Raulerson, 6-5, 295 pounds, also considered Michigan, Stanford, North Carolina, SMU and others. He had planned to attend UCLA, but he wasn't accepted into the Bruins' business school.
He made an official visit to Fayetteville last week and plans to report Sunday.
Raulerson played in 12 games and was a starter in five as a redshirt freshman, including the Texas Bowl when Arkansas routed Texas 31-7. He saw limited action last season, but he was expected to be the starting center this fall.
ESPN rated him the No. 9 offensive tackle and No. 113 overall prospect as a senior at Celina (Texas) High School in 2013. He announced plans to be a graduate transfer and pursue his master's in business.
Motor sports
Bad Boy Series continues at Batesville
Round 2 of the Bad Boy Mowers Big 4 Street Stock Series will be held tonight and Saturday night at Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove.
The event figures to draw most of the region's top street stock drivers and teams. Tonight's schedule includes heat races for the street stocks, as well as complete cards for the track's IMCA modified and factory stock divisions. There will be last-chance qualifiers Saturday night and the main event for the street stocks, which will pay $4,000 to win and $400 to start. Hobby stocks will also race.
Gates open at 5:30 p.m. and hot laps start 7:30 p.m. both nights. Adult grandstand admission is $10 tonight and $12 on Saturday night. Children aged 15 and under get in free.
Tim Brown of Stoutland, Mo., won the first race in the series May 21. The final two races in the series will be July 24-25 ($5,000 to win) and the 21st annual Schoenfeld Headers Street Stock Championship, which will pay $10,000 to win Sept. 17-19.
-- Democrat-Gazette Press Services
Sports on 06/17/2016