It’s official. The new Panther Softball Park is open.
The ribbon cutting ceremonies started off last night with Dr. Tony Prothro, Superintendent, thanking the crowd of several hundred for helping pass the much needed millage that will bring Benton School buildings and facilities into the 21st century.
After an introduction of past and present school board members, the Panther Softball players were introduced, then alumni players from as far back as 1997, were introduced as the opposing team.
The ceremonial first pitch was thrown by Kitty Smith, wife of the late Coach Smith who took Panther Softball teams to state playoffs multiple times. An exhilirating, tear-jerking a cappella performance of the National Anthem by Shelly Bradley ushered in the in-augural game.
The opening of the park also marked the unveiling of the largest video display board in any high school sport in Arkansas. Benton Schools has contracted with YourAdTeam to manage the new video board at the state-of-the-art Panther Softball Park. The new complex, along with the video board, is the first for any public school system in Arkansas.
Ace Signs of Arkansas, worked with Benton Athletic Director, Scott Neathery, in the purchase and installation of the video board. YourAdTeam is responsible for ad sales, video ad production and management during each softball game.
To advertise on the video board, contact Shaun McFarland at 501.840.7100, or Bradley Lattin at 501.590.0490, or click here to send your information to YourAdTeam.
Saline County, AR — Thursday night, Sept. 3rd from 5pm-7pm at Everett Buick Pontiac GMC in Bryant, there will be a county-wide Salt Bowl Pep Rally where members of the media will compete to “Throw the Football in the Truck” for the media bragging rights.
Coaches, players, cheer, drill teams and bands from Benton and Bryant will be on hand for a pep rally leading up to Friday’s Salt Bowl.
The media will be given a chance to land the football in the truck. If more than one is successful, we will have a “throw off” to decide the winner. So come on out to see if you can take the trophy back to the office!!
There will also be a drawing for the participants for Friday night’s “Throw for a Truck” and “Kick for Chicken” contests that will take place during half time of the Salt Bowl game. Plus, the local banks and credit unions will bring in their tally’s from collecting for the Arkansas Rice Depot and the winning branch gets to sit in “Hog Heaven” on Friday night!
There will also be Salt Bowl tshirts available for sale. This may be your last opportunity to get your Official Salt Bowl tshirt before the game.
For the Salt Bowl game, there will be space near the NE side of the War Memorial Stadium for media outlets to set up. Coach Tom Farmer, Gary James and Jasen Kelly will be out at the stadium beginning at 10am on Friday.
Each school will hold their campus pep rally’s on Friday morning. The Panthers at Benton Arena around 9:30am and Bryant at the Hornet’s Nest Gym around 11:30am. Shane Broadway will be at both with Salt Bowl trophy in tow.
Seems like Benton and Bryant have a lot more to compete about than football. The healthy part of this competition includes the positive economic impact, the challenge for each city to improve, and the challenge for each school to enhance educational opportunities for the kids.
So whether you’re a Bryant Hornet Fan or a Benton Panther Fan, you have a lot to cheer about.
Not only is Saline County making great strides on a national scale with the SCEDC, we are making a better, larger community to live, work and play.
Sooner or later, the undeveloped area between Bryant and Benton will become home to thousands more residents and dozens more businesses… and we welcome you all.
For two years now, we have been preaching the importance of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) friendly website development. And, yes, of course we know we must practice what we preach. Like most businesses, it’s difficult to find time to work “on” your business while you are working “in” your business keeping clients satisfied. Well, at last, the new SEO friendly YourAdTeam site is unveiled.
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