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Gage Wood records save, #2 Arkansas beats James Madison in season opener
Behind big performances from Will McEntire and Jared Sprague-Lott, No. 3 Arkansas overcame a three-run deficit in the first inning to secure a 6-4 Opening Day win against James Madison at Baum-Walker Stadium.
With Friday’s season-opening win, the Razorbacks improved to 21-1 overall on Opening Day under head coach Dave Van Horn, including a 16-1 record when kicking off the season inside the friendly confines of Baum-Walker Stadium.
McEntire, who entered in relief of starter Hagen Smith in the second, spun 5.2 innings of one-run ball with six strikeouts to earn the win. After JMU scored three in the top of the first, the Razorback veteran turned in four consecutive scoreless frames to give Arkansas an opportunity to work its way back from its early deficit.
RBI singles from Ben McLaughlin and Peyton Holt in the bottom half of the first cut the deficit to one before a pair of solo homers in the bottom of the second catapulted the Razorbacks in front. Sprague-Lott, a Richmond transfer, led off the second with a solo home run, and Hudson White, a Texas Tech transfer, swatted the go-ahead homer shortly after.
Arkansas extended its lead in the bottom of the third inning thanks to Sprague-Lott’s clutch hitting. The Razorbacks’ starting third baseman drove home two runs on a single to put the Razorbacks up, 6-3.
JMU would scratch across a run in the top of the sixth to shrink Arkansas’ advantage to two, but McEntire and Gage Wood shut it down after that. Wood, who took over for McEntire with two out in the top of the seventh, closed out the ballgame with his 2.1 shutout innings of work. Wood fanned four and earned the save, securing the Hogs’ 6-4 win.
Offensively, Sprague-Lott led the way with his two-hit, two-RBI performance. He also chipped in a pair of walks, while Kendall Diggs added two base knocks, including a double, in the Razorbacks’ season-opening victory.
Arkansas and James Madison continue their four-game series tomorrow afternoon at Baum-Walker Stadium. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, on SEC Network+, with Brady Tygart set to toe the rubber for the Hogs.
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Autopsies rule Arkansas mothers death a suicide; twin children’s deaths homicides
BONANZA, Ark. (KATV) — According to our partners at 40/29 News, autopsies show that Charity Beallis died by suicide, and her six-year-old twin children died by homicide.
Beallis and the children were found on December 3, 2025, in their home in Bonanza. All three had gunshot wounds.
Records show that Beallis and her husband were in the process of divorcing when the murders happened. 40/29 reports that Beallis’ son has asked that their divorce be considered final, while her husband, Randall Beallis, has asked the court to dismiss the divorce proceedings.
The news release listed the following evidence:
— An examination of the transcripts of the deposition of Mrs. Beallis in the divorce/custody case and the final hearing on the case on 12-2-2025, reveal that she wished to be reconciled to her estranged husband, which did not happen. Mrs. Beallis, after being represented by four different attorneys, represented herself in the contested divorce/custody hearing. At the conclusion of the hearing, Mrs. Beallis was ordered to begin joint custody of her children with her estranged husband.
–Mrs. Beallis’ estranged husband was a driver of a Tesla electric vehicle at that time. Tesla has compiled location data on Tesla vehicles, and according to the information provided by Tesla, Mrs. Beallis’ estranged husband’s vehicle was not near the residence in Bonanza on the night in question. Also, the estranged husband’s phones did not “ping” any of the cell towers proximately related to Ms. Beallis’ location.
–Information from the home security alarm company shows the alarm was deactivated by Mrs. Beallis by her phone (she had exclusive access to the security system) at around 10 pm on the night in question. Even though deactivated, the alarm company was able to provide information showing no doors or windows to the home were opened during that time. When law enforcement arrived after 9:30 am on 12-3-2025, there were no doors or windows open, and they had to use a key to enter the home. SCSO rigorously tested the functioning of each door and window and found them to be operating properly.
The court released an order on Wednesday stating that it does not have jurisdiction to rule on those motions regarding the divorce. Beallis’ body has been released to her son, while the children are with Randall Beallis.
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Wally Hall
Wally Hall is assistant managing sports editor for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. A graduate of the University of Arkansas-Little Rock after an honorable discharge from the U.S. Air Force, he is a member and past president of the Football Writers Association of America, member of the U.S. Basketball Writers Association, past president and current executive committee and board member of the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame, and voter for the Heisman Trophy. He has been awarded Arkansas Sportswriter of the Year 10 times and has been inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame and Arkansas Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame.
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