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Marion first-year head coach Claude Johnson used one word more than any other in his postgame media availability on Friday night. Resiliency. And why not? After losing their fi...

The Marion Patriot Pride Marching Band swept the Class 6A competition Saturday at the Power Band Classic at Lake Hamilton, earning first place in class and third place overall aga...

There are virtually no teams at Week 6 of the high school football season that are 100 percent healthy and active, but the injuries continue to pile up this fall for the Marion Pa...

PARAGOULD AND JONESBORO --- Making the state tournament is always a goal for the Marion volleyball team, something that the players and coaches do not take for granted even though...

Marion’s red-letter tennis season will roll on another week for six dedicated student-athletes. Ella and Owen White advanced to the Class 5A girls and boys state tennis tourname...

EL DORADO --- The Marion Patriots scratched and clawed during Friday night’s 6A East game at El Dorado’s Memorial Stadium, but couldn’t get over the hump. Three turnovers in the ...

There was a question as to how productive the Marion football team was going to be after the season-ending injury to all-conference tailback and University of Arkansas commit Jere...

JONESBORO AND MARION --- Marion’s quest for a fifth conference title in six seasons is in the home stretch of the 2026 season. The Pats absorbed their first conference loss since...

The Marion Patriot Pride Marching Band had a strong start to their competitive season Saturday, finishing first in their class at the Conquistador Classic Marching Band Contest, h...

Marion head coach Claude Johnson wanted to be in the game on Friday night at Southern Bancorp Stadium in the fourth quarter against second-ranked Sylvan Hills. Johnson’s troops d...

Marion tennis coaches Jamie White and Sophie Thompson had a feeling that this could be a strong year for their teams in 2026, but the results may have bested even their most optim...

SEARCY --- Marion finds itself leading the rest of the 5A East pack as the Patriots near the halfway point of the league schedule this fall, but a tricky road trip to play a resur...

Olivia Newton-John topped the charts in 1981 with her hit song “Physical,” and first-year Marion coach Claude Johnson wants to do the same for the rest of the 2026 football season...

One of Marion’s goals every preseason is to win the 5A East conference championship, meaning that the Patriots would qualify for the state tournament and be able to make a run at ...

BATESVILLE --- The top volleyball teams in the country typically excel in serve/receive, whether fielding serves from the opposition and making a good pass, or by doing damage at ...

MARION & BEEBE --- The Marion Patriots got a good look at a raucous road crowd Tuesday night at Beebe’s Badger Sports Arena. And they successfully navigated a potential trap game...

Almost every pundit across the state believes that the Conway Wampus Cats are one of the top contenders for the Class 7A crown in 2026. Last Friday night, the Marion Patriots got...

Almost everyone knows about the two sides of the ball in football, but it’s easy to forget about that third phase, which swings games every week across the country, at every level...

Everything’s coming up roses for the Patriot Pride Marching Band this fall as the award-winning ensemble prepares to kick off its 2026 competitive season. This year’s production ...

In four of the past five seasons, the Marion volleyball team has earned a share of, or outright won, the 5A East crown. Marion’s quest to make it five in six years is off to a fl...