Conway 3, Southside 0

BASEBALL — Highly-touted junior right-hander Jordan Wicks struck out 10, allowed three hits and didn’t walk anybody as the Conway Wampus Cats shut out the Southside Mavericks, 3-0, in the 7A-Central opener for both teams.

Southside’s Parker Wright pitched well in defeat, allowing seven hits and two earned runs in seven innings of work. The Mavericks (3-5, 0-1) committed four errors.

Conway (5-1, 1-0) took a 1-0 lead in the first on Cade Tucker’s two-out RBI single. Jack Stroth’s sacrifice fly gave the Wampus Cats a 2-0 lead in the fifth.

For Southside, Matt Schilling, Mason Love and Wade Robertson collected hits.