Southwest Times Record

The Southwest Times Record is a daily publication based in Fort Smith, Arkansas, serving readers across 10 counties in western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma. This newspaper is owned and published by Gannett.

Local

English

Newspaper

Outlet metrics

Domain Authority

Ranking

Global

#194682

United States

#39514

News and Media

#1762

Traffic sources

Monthly visitors

Articles

NCAA Men's Golf Regionals: Recaps, highlights from second round at every site

2 days ago | swtimes.com | Cameron Jourdan

The men's college golf postseason is here, as Division I regionals continued across the country at five sites, with the sixth having completed the second round Monday because of weather. The six regional championship sites feature 13 or 14 teams and 5 or 10 individuals (81 teams and 45 individuals, total), with play beginning on Monday, May 12 and ending Wednesday, May 14.
Tennessee baseball's top 25 ranking ahead of final regular-season week

2 days ago | swtimes.com | Dan Harralson

Postseason play is one week away in the Southeastern Conference. Tennessee (39-13, 15-12 SEC) will play its final four regular-season games for NCAA Tournament regional positioning. The Vols will host Belmont in a home finale on Tuesday (5 p.m. EDT, SEC Network+). Tennessee will conclude regular-season play, Thursday-Saturday, for a three-game series at Arkansas. The SEC Tournament is scheduled for May 20-25 at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama.
Kentucky softball has made the NCAA Tournament and will play in the Clemson Regional

2 days ago | swtimes.com | Connor O'Bryan

Kentucky Wildcats softball is set to play in their sixteenth-straight NCAA Tournament. The Wildcats were selected to play in the Clemson Regional, per the NCAA. They'll be joined by host-school Clemson, Northwestern, and USC Upstate.
Three Pensacola-area softball players are in the NCAA Tournament. See who's in

3 days ago | swtimes.com | Ben Grieco

Three Pensacola-area softball alumni will participate in the 2025 NCAA softball tournament. Pace alum Jayden Heavener, a standout pitcher for LSU, boasts a 13-4 record and a team-best 148 strikeouts. Another Pace alum, Shelby McKenzie, plays for FSU and has a .353 batting average in her freshman season. FSU pitcher Mimi Gooden, originally from Milton, has appeared in nine games this season. The 2025 NCAA softball tournament is here.
Mississippi State softball to play Washington in NCAA tournament

3 days ago | swtimes.com | Sam Sklar

Sam SklarMississippi Clarion LedgerThis story was updated to add new information. STARKVILLE — Mississippi State softball is in the NCAA Tournament for the second straight season. The Bulldogs (37-17) will play Washington (34-17) on May 16 (7 p.m. CT, ESPN2) in the Lubbock Regional. Texas Tech (45-12), the No. 12 overall seed and regional host, will face Brown (33-15). MSU is experiencing a historic season under sixth-year coach Samantha Ricketts.
Texas A&M is top overall seed in 2025 NCAA softball tournament: schedule for Aggies

3 days ago | swtimes.com | Jordan Mendoza

The path is set for Texas A&M to return to softball glory. Texas A&M is the No. 1 overall seed in the 2025 NCAA Tournament, the first time the Aggies will be the top seed in the postseason. They will host the College Station Regional with Saint Francis, Marist and Liberty also in the fold. The full field was announced Sunday evening during the NCAA selection show.
Will Florida softball host an NCAA Regional? Final projections for which teams Gators will face

3 days ago | swtimes.com | Noah Ram

In just a few hours, Florida softball will learn which teams it'll face in the NCAA Regional this week. Here are final projections for the Gators. Months of waiting is finally here for Florida softball. The Gators begin in the NCAA Regionals Friday, May 16. They will certainly host a regional and seem likely to host a Super Regional as well. This is despite the team's quick exit in the SEC Tournament.
Mississippi State baseball resurging with interim Justin Parker, more takeaways from Ole Miss series

4 days ago | swtimes.com | Sam Sklar

Sam SklarMississippi Clarion LedgerThe Bulldogs have won six of seven games since interim coach Justin Parker replaced Chris Lemonis. Pitcher Evan Siary had a career-high 15 strikeouts in the Game 2 win. STARKVILLE — Mississippi State baseball has won consecutive SEC series. The Bulldogs (31-20, 12-15 SEC) took two of three games from No. 22 Ole Miss (34-17, 14-13) at Dudy Noble Field over the weekend.
Inside LSU baseball's walkoff strikeout that clinched series against Arkansas

4 days ago | swtimes.com | Cory Diaz

Cory DiazLafayette Daily AdvertiserBATON ROUGE – It's like Jake Brown said, normally when LSU baseball is winning on strikeouts, freshman phenom pitcher Casan Evans is closing out the game on the mound with a whiff that lights the fuse of the crowd. And he is standing in the outfield to watch it unfold. But this time wasn't normal.
LSU run-rules Arkansas baseball in another series loss for the Razorbacks

4 days ago | swtimes.com | Jackson Fuller

The worst performance of the season from Arkansas baseball has the Hogs one loss away from suffering their first series sweep in more than two years. The No. 2 Razorbacks (40-11, 17-9 SEC) fell to No. 4 LSU (40-11, 17-9) 13-3 in seven innings Saturday, clinching a fourth series loss in the last five weekends. The loss was Arkansas' first mercy-rule defeat of the season, and the Hogs have not been swept since losing three straight games at Georgia in April, 2023.