Articles by: Lee Hogan

I came to The Echo four semesters ago, nervous. Another change in major behind me, I still wondered what it was I wanted to do with my life. I was never on the high school yearbook staff, I had never messed with a camera and most importantly, I had never [...]

After a last minute, 74-72 road victory over the Eastern Illinois Panthers, Coach Corliss Williamson and the Bears return home to host the Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks tonight. The Bears enter the game 2-3 overall this season. Senior forward Jarvis Garner (14.6), junior guard LaQuentin Miles (12.6) and senior forward Jordan Harks [...]

For the second straight season the Bears advanced to the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs and the second round, and for the second straight season the Bears were eliminated by a FCS perennial power on the road. Last year, UCA lost in the cold mountains of Montana against the Grizzlies. This [...]

UCA made its season on late game comebacks and heroics. Being down late is nothing new to the Bears. Coach Clint Conque said as much leading up to this weekend’s Football Championship Subdvision second round playoff game on the road against Georgia Southern. “This team has shown that it can [...]

The football team had 17 players named to the All-Southland Conference teams last week and earned four yearly awards. Coach Clint Conque was named Coach of the Year for the second time in his 13 years at UCA. He is also an Eddie Robinson Award finalist for the third time [...]

UCA travels to Statesboro, Ga. to play the Georgia Southern Eagles in the second round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. The No. 8-ranked, co-Southland Conference champion Bears (9-2, 6-1 SLC), know the road to a national title won’t be easy, as it begins against a six-time national champion in [...]

The Bears started their season with a 79-64 loss to the Arizona State Sun Devils on Saturday night in Tempe, Ariz. After junior forward Jordan Harks tied the game at 29 at the free throw line with 3:19 remaining in the first half, the Sun Devils finished the half on [...]

UCA and Eastern Illinois have already made reservations for the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs, but the regular season isn’t finished yet. Standing in the way of both teams’ trips to the playoffs is each other, and one more game at Estes Stadium on Saturday night. Coach Clint Conque said both [...]

Entering year three under coach Corliss Williamson, the Bears basketball team is set for a make or break season. 13-45 through two seasons, Williamson is confident this season will show the work that has gone into building up a struggling program, which endured four straight losing seasons before Williamson’s first [...]

There’s already one Southland Conference championship banner hanging outside Estes Stadium, and after Saturday night’s 35-14 win over Northwestern State the No. 13/14-ranked Bears can hang their second one whenever they feel like it, but coach Clint Conque wants to wait. “Let’s see what the banner has to say,” Conque [...]

Being named homecoming queen was too much for senior Lauren Canada to comprehend Saturday night at Estes Stadium. At the moment of the announcement, Canada burst into tears and embraced her father, who was her escort for the ceremony. “I couldn’t contain myself,” Canada said. “I don’t even know if [...]

District one and two candidates vying for congressman talked about their differences on a variety of subjects Oct. 22. The debate was hosted by Arkansas Education Television Network at its studio in Conway. District one congressman candidates Scott Ellington, Democrat, Jacob Holloway, Green Party, and Jessica Paxton, Libertarian, answered questions [...]

The Bears dominated against Southeastern Louisiana, 34-14, on Saturday in Hammond, La. to move one step closer to a Southland Conference championship. After a sluggish 24-14 victory over the Lamar Cardinals at Estes Stadium on Oct. 20, Coach Clint Conque said he wasn’t happy with the team’s effort and preparation [...]

District 70 House Representative candidates Republican incumbent David Meeks and Democrat Cody Bassham are running for District 70 state representative in the Nov. 6 election. The district covers the west side of Conway and extends farther west into Perry County. Meeks has served one term as a state representative, but [...]

Students in remedial math classes are learning in a way never taught at UCA prior to this semester. UCA was one of nine schools chosen in the state to redesign its beginning and intermediate algebra courses curriculum, by combining the courses into one modular course. $1 million was divided among [...]

Georgia native Jason Aldean released his fifth hard-hitting, highly anticipated album, “Night Train” Oct. 16. The album was the most downloaded album on iTunes the day after its release. Aldean’s first single off the album, “Take a Little Ride,” released July 16 and set the tone for the album which [...]