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Razorbacks claim 2021-22 Program of the Year honor
NEW ORLEANS – For the primary time in program historical past Arkansas girls’s monitor and subject earned USTFCCCA’s Terry Crawford Girls’s Division I Program of the 12 months award.
The celebrated accolade, awarded since 2009, acknowledges the highest program for the 2021-22 season based mostly on crew outcomes throughout the NCAA cross nation, indoor and outside monitor and subject championships.
“The icing on the cake is program of the 12 months, which is the cumulation of exhausting work, self-discipline, and nationwide championship performances all through all three seasons,” famous Arkansas girls’s head coach Lance Harter. “One among our crew targets, total, by the 12 months, with cross nation, indoor and outside seasons, is to be program of the 12 months.
“We all the time need to make the rostrum (high 4) and we missed it by some extent this 12 months at NCAA Out of doors. Our youngsters did a improbable job, although, as we walked away with 10 athletes who had been first-team All-America.”
This 12 months Arkansas bettered BYU by 1.5 factors for the award, 18 to 19.5. Final season the Cougars claimed the honour with an 18 to 26 benefit over the Razorbacks.
Arkansas totaled 18 factors this season as they positioned eighth in NCAA Cross Nation, fourth at NCAA Indoor, and sixth at NCAA Out of doors. BYU completed second in cross nation, eighth indoors and tied for ninth outdoor.
The highest 5 packages included Colorado (25.5), NC State (27.5), and Ole Miss (36).
“BYU gained it final 12 months they usually have a improbable crew and program,” said Harter. “We’ve completed both second or third usually. Now, lastly, we get an opportunity to be on high of the rung.”
Previous to claiming the Program of the 12 months honor this season, the Razorbacks had been runner-up 3 times (2020-21, 2015-16, 2014-15) and completed third on 4 events (2018-19, 2016-17, 2013-14, 2012-13).
“Our males’s crew has gained the John McDonnell Males’s Program of the 12 months just a few instances, and on the ladies’s aspect we’ve all the time wished to emulate that,” stated Harter. “So, we’re tremendous excited that lastly got here true.
“I’ve been at this enterprise a very long time, and this can be a very particular second in my very own private profession however particularly for the College of Arkansas.”
Arkansas turns into simply the fourth girls’s program to attain the accolade following Oregon (10 instances), Stanford, and BYU.
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Arkansas basketball drops back out of AP Top 25
The Arkansas Razorbacks (11-3, 0-1 SEC) fell back out of the AP College Basketball Top 25 on Monday.
The drop out of the rankings comes after Arkansas split its games last week. The Hogs took a 92-62 win over Oakland to finish the non-conference slate, but were thrashed 76-52 on the road by No. 1 Tennessee on Saturday to open conference play.
The Razorbacks did, however, receive the second-most votes of unranked teams.
This week isn’t much easier for the Hogs, who will face two teams ranked in the Top 25, though the two games come at home. No. 23 Ole Miss comes to Fayetteville on Wednesday and the Hogs will face No. 8 Florida on Saturday.
All told, there are nine SEC teams in the AP Poll: No. 1 Tennessee, No. 2 Auburn, No. 5 Alabama, No. 6 Kentucky, No. 8 Florida, No. 10 Texas A&M, No. 14 Mississippi State, No. 17 Oklahoma and No. 23 Ole Miss.
According to ESPN’s Basketball Power Index, the Razorbacks rank 40th overall (12.5 BPI, 11th in SEC) with a 5.6 offensive and 7.0 defensive rating. Arkansas is projected to finish with an 18.8-12.2 (7.8-10.2 SEC) overall record and it has a 0.2% chance to win the SEC.
Despite the blowout loss on Saturday, Arkansas’ NET ranking actually improved one spot from last Monday. The Razorbacks sit at No. 40, up from No. 43 last week. The Hogs are 1-3 in Quad 1 games, 1-0 in Quad 2, 2-0 in Quad 3 and 7-0 in Quad 4.
Here is the full AP Top 25 from Monday:
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Texarkana, Arkansas, Board of Directors to appoint assistant mayor, consider runway project | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
TEXARKANA, Ark. — A long-serving city leader will be installed as assistant mayor Monday at the Board of Directors’ first regular meeting of 2025.
Ward 2 Director Laney Harris will take the oath of office in line with a 2023 ordinance that lays out the order directors are appointed to the one-year term of assistant mayor.
The rotation, which began in 2023, is Ward 1, Ward 6, Ward 2, Ward 4, Ward 5 and Ward 3.
Ward 6 Director Jeff Hart, who did not seek reelection in November, was the assistant mayor in 2024.
Harris represented Ward 2 for two terms until 2005 and has been re-elected every four years since 2008.
In other business, the board will consider a resolution authorizing Airport Executive Director Paul Mehrlich to enter a contract with McClelland Engineering for a runway strengthening project at Texarkana Regional Airport. The project is for the 6,602-foot asphalt runway designated as 4-22.
McClelland has given a cost of $502,203.20 for engineering and design. The state of Arkansas will cover $451,982.88 of the fee, with the city of Texarkana, Arkansas, absorbing $22,503.73. The city of Texarkana, Texas, will be left with the remaining $27,716.59.
The two Texarkanas jointly own the airport.
The Arkansas side’s share of the expense was part of its budget for fiscal year 2024, according to meeting documents.
In August 2024, the Arkansas Legislative Council approved $16.7 million for upgrades at the nearly 100-year-old airfield.
“The infrastructure improvements will include the expansion of the runway and taxiways that will enable the airport to take on cargo and maintenance repair overhaul work. The improvements will also equip the airport to support larger aircraft, including the Boeing 777,” according to a news release.
The Board of Directors meeting starts at 6 p.m. at the Municipal Building, 216 Walnut St.
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