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ON THE COVER:

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RB Tanner Anderson, QB Austin Ledbetter, WR Hayden Schrader (photos by Jennifer Barclay)

Written, Compiled and Edited by Leland Barclay

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F  W M At Last! After decades of compiling facts, figures, and records about high school athletics, my file research has been cut in half thanks to the brilliance of prep historian Leland Barclay. Barclay has just published a high school sport buff’s dream; the Almanac of Arkansas High School Football. For decades, this kind of information has been available for professional and college football teams, but there was no compiled reference source for high school sports. This book is unique. The book not only recaps the current season, but as a special bonus will allow its readers the opportunity to recap the high school seasons dating back to 1955. That includes conference standings, All-Star selections and state playoff results. Remember the Little Rock Central-Little Rock Hall Thanksgiving Day classics? You can take a stroll back into the past with the Tigers and the Warriors. Barton won four straight Class A state championships, and played in four consecutive title games. What was the consecutive win streak the Bears set? Barclay’s book has the answer. Barclay’s depth of knowledge and attention to detail makes this a must-read. This book should be of special interest to high school football enthusiasts, who never forget that one big moment in life. Here’s proof!.

Wadie Moore, Jr., Administrative Assistant, Arkansas Activities Association, Retired

N f  E The state of Arkansas is one of only a few states without a professional sports team to capture the fancy of sports fanatics, which probably explains the love affair that the state has with high school football. The beauty of high school football is the fervor and passion that the players display every autumn Friday night across the state. High school football is the last step where the players simply play the game for fun. It is to the players that this book is dedicated. Naturally, thanks are in order to the fine newspapers across the state that cover their area teams with relentless pursuit. Newspapers that were helpful in the research for this book include the Southwest Times Record of Fort Smith, Northwest Arkansas Times of Fayetteville, Log Cabin Democrat of Conway, Courier-Democrat of Russellville, Morning News of Springdale, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette of Little Rock, Jonesboro Sun, Pine Bluff Commercial, Texarkana Gazette and Malvern Daily Record. The Associated Press and the Arkansas Activities Association have also contributed mightily to high school athletics in this state for decades and were also very helpful and cooperative. Thanks are also due Wadie Moore for writing the forward. Wadie, as everyone knows, is the premier authority on Arkansas high school sports. He began covering high school sports in the mid-1960s, and it was his coverage that elevated it to the level that it enjoys today. Special thanks are in order to good friends and high school sports enthusiasts Walter Woodie, Rich Sanders, Mickey Doyle and Robert Yates. Together, they have covered high school sports for close to 100 combined years and provide much of the information found within this publication. Special thanks are due John Cooper, a Fort Smith Northside graduate and former sports editor. John provided the impetus to turn my many notes about Arkansas high school football into book form. As with any undertaking of this magnitude, mistakes will occur. They cannot, however, be corrected without knowledge of their existence. Any correction in misspelled names, facts, places, scores, dates, etc. should be sent to my attention with some sort of proof of documentation at PO Box 6003, Fort Smith, Arkansas 72906 or e-mailed to barclayalmanac@hotmail.com.

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2020 SEASON REVIEW Class 7A State Championship Review: Bryant 27, North Little Rock 17

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Class 6A State Championship Review: Greenwood 49, Lake Hamilton 24

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Class 5A State Championship Review: Pulaski Academy 64, LR Christian 27

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Class 4A State Championship Review: Shiloh Christian 58, Rivercrest 20

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Class 3A State Championship Review: Harding Academy 71, McGehee 44

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Class 2A State Championship Review: Fordyce 35, Des Arc 32

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Playoff Scores

Playoff Highlights

Week 0 Through Week 10 Scores and Top 10 Summaries

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400-Point Club

Final Conference Standings, Won-Lost Records, Points Scored and Allowed

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Arkansas Activities Association All-State Selections

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Conference Outstanding Players

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Arkansas Sports Media Super Team

Statistical Leaders

Arkansas Coaches Association All-Star Selections

On the Cover: Tanner Anderson, Austin Ledbetter, Hayden Schrader

Class 7A State Championship • 2020 • War Memorial Stadium

BRYANT 27, NORTH LITTLE ROCK 17 Attendance 7,828 • Sunny 58 degrees • Kickoff noon • Time 2:30 DECEMBER 5, LITTLE ROCK — The James Gang rode into history on a sunny Saturday afternoon. The Bryant Hornets and head coach Buck James completed a perfect season with a 27-17 win over North Little Rock for the Class 7A championship before 7,828 at War Memorial Stadium. Bryant finished the season 13-0 for its third-straight state title, marking the first three-peat in the state’s largest classification since Pine Bluff in 19931995. “I told our coaches that I know how good one felt and how good two felt, I couldn’t imagine how three’s going to feel,” James said. “We’ve got a chance to four-peat. That gives these guys in the offseason a chance to come back and do some great things themselves. It leaves a legacy. That’s what high school athletics should be about.” The Hornets also finished the season with a 30-game winning streak, the longest in the state’s largest classification since Little Rock High, and Central, won 35 straight from 1955 into 1958. Bryant started the season No. 1 in the Arkansas Sports Media Poll, stayed No. 1 throughout and finished at the top to become the first team to do that since the legendary Springdale Bulldogs of 2005. “I saw them play,” James said. “They were a very good football team. The thing I’m proud of is we’ve done it three times in a row. They did it once. They did it with a bunch of college football players. We did it with a bunch of good high school football players.” The Hornets applied the Arkansas Activities Association’s Sportsmanship Rule, which starts the game clock BRYANT OFFENSE QB Austin Ledbetter RB Tanner Anderson WR Clay Curtis SR Cory Nichols LT Will Diggins LG Jason Shifflet C Jack Powell RG Parker Elswick RT Brooks Edmonson SR Hayden Schrader WR Robert Hendrix PK Brock Funk

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Arkansas history,” James said. “The guy’s a winner. He hasn’t lost a game since the nine-grade year. He’s a leader among men.” Perfect seasons in the state’s largest When Bryant drubbed North Little classification since its merger into the Rock, 58-21, in a 7A-Central game in playoff format in 1983, including 2019 October, Ledbetter threw for 534 yards and 2020 by Bryant and five touchdowns. Faced with the same prospect six weeks later, North Little Rock had to try something Offensive touchdowns scored by Brydifferent. ant, including 42 rushing and 41 pass“We went to a three-man front to ing during the season really shore up against their passing game,” North Little Rock head coach running continuously once a team leads J.R. Eldridge said. “We limited them a by at least 35 points in the second half, little bit, but it gave them more opportunities to run.” eight times during the season and 18 The Hornets simply turned to its times during the past two seasons. ground game and ran the ball 42 times Bryant also finished No. 24 in the for 274 yards and all four of their nation in the final High School Football America ranking and No. 29 in the final touchdowns in the title game. Bruising running back Tanner Maxpreps ranking. Anderson answered with 18 carries for The Hornets did it all behind a 146 yards and scores of 7 and 25 yards balanced offense that finished with 3,088 yards and 42 touchdowns rushing in earning the game’s Most Valuable Player award. Jamarien Bracy added 14 and 3,215 yards and 41 touchdowns carries for 94 yards and touchdowns of passing, an unprecedented feat of 9 and 10 yards. balance in the state’s largest “It’s an honor,” Anderson said. “We classification. Six times during the put the work in.” season, Bryant had at least four Bryant led 20-0 with 2:03 left before touchdown runs. Seven times, the halftime before North Little Rock scored Hornets had at least four touchdown on Fredrick O’Donald’s 2-yard scoring passes. “I think our balance is the reason why run with eight seconds left in the half. I’m talking to you right now,” James said. “We could run the football as well as throw the football.” Quarterback Austin Ledbetter guided Bryant to undefeated seasons as a MOST VALUABLE PLAYER junior and a senior, throwing for 3,085 Tanner Anderson ■ RB ■ Bryant yards and 41 touchdowns against just four interceptions as a senior and 7,006 BURLSWORTH AWARD WINNERS yards and 96 touchdowns in his career. Rodricho Martin ■ DE ■ Bryant “I will go on record as saying he’s Deandre Jones ■ OL ■ North LR probably the best quarterback to play in State Championship Numbers

NORTH LR DEFENSE DE Marcus Stovall NM Braxton Johnson DE Isiah Jones OLB Tavion Akins ILB Robert Burgess OLB Deontae Young DB Ricky Reed CB Amarion Williams CB Randall Abrams S Davian Vayson S Zaylon Robinson P Liam Slehorst

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NORTH LR OFFENSE QB Kareame Cotton SR RB Fredrick O’Donald SR WR Jiquori Stewart JR SR Felix Wade JR LT Deandre Jones SR LG Brian Hobby SR C Zephaniah Williams JR RG Shamar Evans SR RT Corlis Farmer JR SR Jaylon Glosson SR WR Chris Jefferson SR PK Liam Selhorst SR

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BRYANT DEFENSE DE Brayden Godwin DT Brandon Jones DT Andy Scott DE Rodricho Martin OLB Koby Melton MLB Myles Alridge OLB Hart Penfield CB Kyle Knox CB LaQuav Brumfield S Austin Schroeder S Kaleb Knox P Noah Davis

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First Downs Total Offense Rushes - yards Passes - yards Fumbles Lost Interceptions Thrown Fourth Down Stopped Penalties Punts - Average Big Plays (10+ yards) Zero or Less Plays Sacks By - yards lost 3rd Down Conversions (avg to go) 4th Down Conversions (avg to go) Punt, Int, Fum Returns - yards Average Drive Start Points Off Turnover Possession Time

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22 58-401 42-274 11-16-127 0 0 2 5-25 2-23.5 17-290 12-(6) 3-17 4 of 9 (5.7) 1 of 3 (3.7) 2-56 own 33 6 25:18

18 60-289 41-205 7-19-84 0 2 1 5-55 2-43.5 12-208 19-(-24) 1-4 2 of 12 (8.2) 3 of 4 (8.0) 1-(-1) own 33 0 22:42

Class 6A State Championship • 2020 • War Memorial Stadium

GREENWOOD 49, LAKE HAMILTON 24 Attendance 4,235 • Clear 50 degrees • 6:40 p.m. • Time 2:30 DECEMBER 5, LITTLE ROCK — The Greenwood Bulldogs recorded a perfect 10 for the season. Greenwood was perfect in 14 games in winning its 10th state championship with a convincing 49-24 win over Lake Hamilton for the Class 6A state title before 4,235 at War Memorial Stadium. The perfect season was in Chris Young’s first as a head coach after being elevated in February after just a week to take over for Rick Jones, who won eight state championships before leaving for a football consultant’s role for the University of Missouri and head coach Eli Drinkwitz. Young served on the coaching staff on all nine previous championship teams but was the athletic director at Cabot for 10 days in April, 2019, before returning to Greenwood to resume his role as offensive coordinator for Jones. The 10 championships are the most for any program during the modern playoff era, which began in 1968. All of Greenwood’s titles are since Greenwood’s first in 2000 under Ronnie Peacock, who hired Young as an assistant junior high coach before Harv Welch moved Young up to the high school staff in 2001. Young quickly joined legendary status with his dad, Joe Fred Young, as just the fourth father-son duo to win state titles along with Bill and Scott Reed, Jim and Bo Hembree, and C.W. and Bill Keopple. “That’s pretty cool,” Chris Young said. “I’m really proud of the things my dad did and the reputation he has. To be able to share this with him is very special.” The Bulldogs had to rally to beat Lake Hamilton in a week 10 matchup of

GREENWOOD OFFENSE QB LD Richmond SR RB Hunter Wilkinson SR WR Caden Brown SR SR Aiden Kennon SO LT Braden Stein SR LG Jeremiah Presson JR C Ethan Cole SR RG Easton Erwin SR RT Christian Brown SR SR Jase Strozier SR WR Luke Brewer JR PK Luis Morales SR

lead, and Greenwood’s defense forced Lake Hamilton to punt three times and stopped a fourth-down try. The biggest turnaround was late in State championships for Greenwood the first half when Lake Hamilton missed on a fourth-down pass at Greenwood’s 17 with 51 seconds left Straight points scored by Greenwood and Greenwood holding a 14-10 lead. in second and third quarters after trail“Our kid’s wide open in the end zone, ing 10-0 and our quarterback miss him and it would have been 17-14 going into the half,” Lake Hamilton head coach Points scored by Greenwood in the Tommy Gilleran said. “Then they scored first half out of 604 points scored all down the sideline. In a big game like season this, you can’t give up that type of play.” Greenwood made the Wolves pay for unbeaten teams for the 6A-West regular their indiscretion. After Hunter Wilkinson -season crown and home-field had runs of 5 and 7 yards, quarterback advantage throughout the playoffs. Lake Hamilton led, 21-10, in the third L.D. Richmond hit speeding receiver Luke Brewer perfectly in stride for a 71quarter before the Bulldogs stormed yard touchdown strike with seven back to win, 38-28. seconds left in the half to push the In the championship game, the Bulldogs’ lead to 21-10. Wolves also took a lead. “A lot of teams get the ball near their Alex Hurtz capped Lake Hamilton’s own 20-yard-line with 51 seconds left opening drive with a 37-yard field goal. might take a knee there, but that is not On the ensuing kickoff, Lake Hamilton’s Jamarrion Byrd recovered a us,” Young said. “That is not our style, and that’s not how we play. That’s a fumble and two plays later Grant tribute to our kids, they made the play.” Bearden passed to Owen Miller for an It was much more than a simple 1411-yard touchdown for a 10-0 lead with point swing, it provided a massive swing 8:04 left in the opening quarter. of momentum toward the Bulldogs. “We knew we had a lot of football “That was the difference in the left,” Young said. “We’ve done such a game,” Young said. “They missed a good job of protecting the football and not turning it over, I don’t remember the pass the play right before that, had a guy open in the end zone, and then we last time we turned it over. That was a little bit of a shock. We had to compose scored on that.” ourselves over there.” MOST VALUABLE PLAYER Lake Hamilton forced Greenwood to L.D. Richmond ■ QB ■ Greenwood punt and drove into Greenwood territory before Greenwood’s defense stiffened BURLSWORTH AWARD WINNERS and forced a punt. Braden Stein ■ OL ■ Greenwood Greenwood’s offense then scored on five-straight possessions to take a 35-10 Bradley Rieman ■ OL ■ Lake Hamilton State Championship Numbers

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LAKE HAMILTON DEFENSE DE Obed Liera SR NM Dawson Poindexter SR DE Zach Roberts JR OLB Izaiah Clenney SR MLB Jamarrion Byrd SO OLB Gavin Roberts JR NB Kendrick Martin SO CB Marion Conrad JR CB Ethan Watson JR S Trent Singleton SR S Justin Crutchmer SO P Paul Gonzalez JR

LAKE HAMILTON OFFENSE QB Grant Bearden JR FB Tevin Woodley JR WB Owen Miller JR WB Kendrick Martin SO TE Izaiah Clenney SR LT Dylan Horton JR LG Chase Jessup JR C Jeffrey Cable SR RG Bradley Reiman SR RT Luke Dodd SR TE Leland Barrie SO PK Alex Hurtz JR

GREENWOOD DEFENSE DE Beau Asher SR DT Tyler Crossno JR DT Landon Kilgore JR DE Ty Cowan SR OLB Tatum Sadler SR ILB Angel Hernandez SR ILB Parker Gill JR OLB Jordan Hanna SR CB Colin Daggett JR CB Colt Owenby JR S Jayden Jasna SR P Noah Jantzen JR

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16 54-304 47-218 4-7-86 0 0 1 6-50 4-32.5 9-201 11-(-49) 0-0 3 of 9 (10.3) 0 of 1 (4.0) 2-8 own 38 7 26:50

19 56-416 42-238 11-14-178 1 0 0 7-56 2-36.5 10-227 6-(-4) 4-35 6 of 11 (6.3) 2 of 2 (1.0) 1-5 own 41 0 21:10

Class 5A State Championship • 2020 • War Memorial Stadium

PULASKI ACADEMY 64, LITTLE ROCK CHRISTIAN 27 Attendance 3,719 • Sunny 58 degrees • Kickoff noon • Time 2:43 DECEMBER 12, LITTLE ROCK — Pulaski Academy made more history with yet another state championship. The Bruins won their ninth state championship, all under Kevin Kelley, with a 64-27 win over Little Rock Christian for the Class 5A crown in front of 3,719 at War Memorial Stadium. The nine straight titles is the most for a head coach during the modern playoff era, which began in 1968, and is behind only legendary Wilson Matthews, who won 10 championships during an 11year span at Little Rock High and Central from 1947 to 1957. Kelley left in May following the Bruins’ state championship season for a collegiate position as the head coach at Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina, on May 7. The Bruins won their ninth championship in their usual manner, recovering four on-side kicks in the first half by Futa Shinkawa twice, and Ben Smiley, and Cooper White. Pulaski Academy lost a fumble after recovering the first kickoff of the game, but scored after the other three for a 21point swing. The Bruins conversely had eight firsthalf possessions compared to just four by Little Rock Christian that led to a 4313 lead at the half. Pulaski Academy also did not punt in the game, nor all season, and converted 5-of-6 fourth-down tries in the game despite averaging 5.5 yards per fourthdown distance to go. Kelley has developed a reputation and garnered quite a following for his approach for on-side kicks and always going for it on fourth down regardless of field position. Even famed New England

PULASKI ACADEMY OFFENSE QB Nolan Bruffett SR RB Joe Himon JR WR Jalyn Witcher SR SR Kel Busby FR LT Allen Thompson SO LG Max Gorman JR C Mason Schueck JR RG Trace Hawkins SR RT Trevor Duke SO SR Caleb Nichols SR WR Dylan Allison SR PK Vaughn Seelicke JR

“Me and Charlie feed off each other,” Bruffett said. “We are competing, but we’re for the betterment of the team. It Championships won by Pulaski Acade- doesn’t matter if I’m on the sidelines handing out water or throwing the whole my, all under Kevin Kelley game, as long as we win I’m happy.” Pulaski Academy had a whopping 49 plays for 435 yards in the first half and Punts by Pulaski Academy all season finished with 579 yards and 27 first downs. Versatile Joe Himon was the named Record at Pulaski Academy for Kelley, the game’s Most Valuable Player after who left in May, 2021, to coach at Presbyterian College in South Carolina running for 77 yards and three touchdowns and catching six passes for 129 yards and a score. Patriot head coach Bill Belichek knows Little Rock Christian did not commit a of Kelley, and even mentioned him in a conventional turnover, but lost the four press conference in early December. “He’s a little unconventional, and he’s on-side kicks in the first half and turned had great success,” Belichek said. “I the ball over three times on downs. “You can’t win a big game and lose have great respect for coach Kelley and the program he runs, and some of the the turnover battle,” Little Rock Christian head coach Eric Cohu said. “The recipe create things that he does. … Coach Kelley is probably the top high school for success against them is recovering the on-side kicks. We lost four of them coach in the country.” early in the game and got behind the Kelley reached the 200-win mark in eight-ball, and never recovered.” fewer games that anybody in the state in 2019 on the way to a state championship. In 2020, though, he even outdid himself with alternating quarterbacks with each of them passing for at least 2,000 yards. Senior Nolen Bruffett earned the start in the championship game and threw for 271 yards and three touchdowns to finish with 2,140 yards and 24 scoring passes for the season. MOST VALUABLE PLAYER Junior Charlie Fiser, who started Joe Himon ■ RB ■ Pulaski Acad most games, added 180 yards and two scores in the title game and finished BURLSWORTH AWARD WINNERS with 2,900 yards and 41 touchdown Trace Hawkins ■ OL ■ Pulaski Acad passes. Conner Whipple ■ OL ■ LR Christian State Championship Numbers

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LR CHRISTIAN DEFENSE DE Tommy Wadsworth SR NM Titus Colquitt JR DE Caden Solano JR OLB Anthony Pugh SR ILB Slate Wilkerson JR ILB Gabe King SR OLB Preston Davis FR CB Landon Nelson SR CB Corey Platt SR S Luke Lee SR S Ben Ridings SO P I saiah Hankins SR

LR CHRISTIAN OFFENSE QB Colin Cooper SR RB Jayvean Dyer-Jones JR WR Corey Platt SR SR Isaiah Hankins SR SR Eli Cooper JR LT Otto Graham JR LG George Garner JR C Conner Whipple SR RG Hezekiah King JR RT Nick Turner SR TE Anthony Pugh SR PK Isaiah Hankins SR

PULASKI ACADEMY DEFENSE DE Zach Horsey JR NM Dale Pignio JR DE Zach Terry SR OLB Luke Witham SR ILB Futa Shinkawa SR ILB Izarius Woods SR OLB Jaylin McKinney SO CB Cameron Mercer SR CB Liam Dyck SR S Dylan Allison SR S Josiah Johnson SR P none

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16 54-305 27-140 16-27-165 0 0 3 8-76 1-47.0 10-180 14-(-8) 1-3 4 of 9 (7.1) 1 of 4 (4.0) 1-3 own 41 0 21:59

27 70-579 28-121 29-42-458 1 1 1 11-85 0-0 16-412 21-(-16) 0-0 7 of 13 (6.5) 5 of 6 (5.5) 0-0 own 41 0 26:01

Class 4A State Championship • 2020 • War Memorial Stadium

SHILOH CHRISTIAN 58, RIVERCREST 20 Attendance 2,156 • Cloudy 45 degrees • Kickoff noon • Time 2:37 DECEMBER 19, LITTLE ROCK — The Shiloh Christian Saints were both methodical and succinct. The Saints scored on all five first-half possessions and their first seven in all while rolling to a 58-20 win over Rivercrest in the Class 4A championship game at War Memorial Stadium before a crowd of 2,156. The championship is the eighth for Shiloh Christian and first for head coach Jeff Conaway, who is the fourth head coach to take the Saints to the title to join Gus Malzahn (1998, 1999), Chris Wood (2001) and Josh Floyd (2006, 2008, 2009, 2010). Shiloh Christian lost just one game during the season and that was to Oklahoma’s Sand Springs. The Saints led the state in scoring with 702 points and did it in a variety of ways with 60 rushing touchdowns, 25 passing, seven special teams and six from the defense. The Saints finished with 518 yards of offense with a balance of 239 passing and 279 rushing. Shiloh Christian had scoring drives of 13, 11 and 14 plays, covering 63, 65 and 84 yards. The Saints also had two scoring drives of just one play each. The Saints won the coin flip and elected to receive rather than defer to the second half and took a 7-0 lead with 8:08 left in the first quarter on a 3-yard run by quarterback Eli Wisdom to cap a 13-play, 63-yard drive. Rivercrest tied the game on Keyshawn Scott’s 1-yard scoring run with 5:43 left in the opening quarter. Wisdom hit Jacob Solomon on a 10yard scoring toss, and Cam Wiedemann scored on a 3-yard scoring run to take a

SHILOH CHRISTIAN OFFENSE QB Eli Wisdom SO FB Kaden Henley JR RB Cam Wiedemann SR WR Cooper Hutchinson JR SR Andrew Dudley SR LT Sam Widmer SR LG Wyatt Graves SR C Nathan Lentine JR RG Jackson Ball JR RT Zachary Brown JR TE Noah Dejarnatt SO PK Caleb Anderson JR

Wiedemann for a 41-yard touchdown pass just 17 seconds into the new half. “If you don’t score with them, you’re going to have a hard time,” Rivercrest State championships for Shiloh Chrishead coach Johnny Fleming said. “We tian, and first for coach Jeff Conaway had a chance right there at the end of the first half to get back with them if we do that, and then we don’t fumble the Possessions scored on by Shiloh kickoff to start the second half.” Christian out of their first seven Rivercrest had another opportunity when Jaylyn West returned an on-side kick by Shiloh Christian to the 9. Four Touchdowns scored by Shiloh Chrisplays later, Shiloh Christian took over on tian combined on special teams and downs and went 91 yards in 10 plays to defense apply the Arkansas Activities Association’s Sportsmanship Rule to start the game clock running 20-7 lead on the second play of the continuously with a 49-13 lead on second quarter. Wisdom’s 7-yard scoring run with 7:37 Rivercrest stayed close with Kam left in the third quarter. Turner hitting Scott with a 30-yard “In the second half, our linemen were touchdown pass to trim Shiloh the difference,” Conaway said. “They Christian’s lead back to 20-13. leaned on them and opened up some Ben Baker returned the ensuing run lanes.” kickoff 40 yards, and Wisdom Wisdom earned the game’s Most immediately hit Cooper Hutchinson for a 39-yard touchdown pass with 8:50 left in Valuable Player award with 16 runs for 110 yards and three scores and 239 the half. Hutchinson intercepted a pass at the yards passing with three touchdowns on 1 to end Rivercrest’s next drive, and the 17-of-21 efficiency. Saints marched 84 yards on 14 plays in four minutes, 31 seconds with Kaden Henley bulling in from two yards out for a 35-13 cushion at the half. “It was a great feeling in the first half to go five for five on drives,” Conaway said. “Those were huge. We needed every one of them.” Rivercrest was turned away again as MOST VALUABLE PLAYER the first half expired at the 1. Eli Wisdom ■ QB ■ Shil Christian Rivercrest then received the secondhalf kickoff but fumbled. The Saint BURLSWORTH AWARD WINNERS struck quickly after Braden Tutt’s Sam Widmer ■ OL ■ Shil Christian recovery with Wisdom connecting with Gunnar McCullar ■ OL ■ Rivercrest State Championship Numbers

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RIVERCREST DEFENSE DE Gunnar McCullar SR NM Trenton Kimbrough SO DE Octavio Chirinos SO OLB Brandyn Brownlee JR ILB Omarion Phillips SR ILB Travian Jones JR OLB Keshawn Scott SR CB Damarco Cuble SR CB Clay Burks JR S Jaylan West SR S Kamron Turner SR P Brandyn Brownlee JR

RIVERCREST OFFENSE QB Kamron Turner SR RB Keshawan Scott SR WR Omarion Phillips SR LT Gunnar McCullar SR LG Trenton Kimbrough SO C Andre Harris JR RG Octavio Chirinos SO RT Connor Gray SR SR Jaden Stovall SO SR Clay Burks JR WR Elijah Nichols SR PK Gunnar McCullar SR

SHILOH CHRISTIAN DEFENSE DE Cooper Darr SO NM Thomas Reece SO DE Nykile Poor SR OLB Dax Widger FR ILB Gavin Goddard SR ILB Kaden Henley JR OLB Braden Tutt SR CB Andrew Dudley SR CB Eli Wisdom SO S Benjamin Baker JR S Cooper Hutchinson JR P Caleb Anderson JR

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18 55-346 33-180 8-22-166 1 1 3 5-23 1-6.0 13-308 24-(-16) 2-25 4 of 10 (6.7) 2 of 5 (5.8) 1-35 own 36 0 18:46

25 72-518 51-279 17-21-239 0 0 0 7-78 2-24.0 19-425 13-(-43) 1-4 11 of 16 (6.1) 2 of 2 (6.0) 1-15 own 42 14 29:14

Class 3A State Championship • 2020 • War Memorial Stadium

HARDING ACADEMY 71, MCGEHEE 44 Attendance 2,598 • Cloudy 42 degrees • Kickoff 6:40 p.m. • Time 2:55 DECEMBER 19, LITTLE ROCK — Eight was definitely great for Harding Academy in the Class 3A championship game. Senior quarterback Caden Sipe, whose jersey number of 17 adds up to eight, threw a state-record eight touchdown passes to lead the Wildcats to their eighth state championship with a record-breaking 71-44 win over McGehee before 2,598 at War Memorial Stadium. Harding Academy’s championships span five decades with titles in 1976 and 1977, 1983, 2002, 2012, 2015, 2019 and now 2020. The Wildcats set a record with their 71 points in the modern playoff era, which began in 1968. The two teams also set a record with the combined 115 points, beating the 111 scored in 2006 in Greenwood’s 5655 win over Pulaski Academy. McGehee survived a brutal half of the playoff bracket with wins over Bismarck, Lincoln, Prescott and Hoxie, which were a combined 32-11, to get to War Memorial Stadium. Prescott and Hoxie were both undefeated. “There’s no question their side of the bracket was tremendous so for them to get here like they did and the way they played, how much class they have and how they play is second to none,” Harding Academy head coach Neil Evans said. “For us to do this back-toback is a difficult task and then on top of the pandemic makes that much sweeter.” Sipe completed 22-of-27 passes to set a state record with 81.5 completion percentage as well as his eight touchdown passes.

HARDING ACADEMY OFFENSE QB Caden Sipe SR WR Carter Neal SR SR Ty Dugger SR LT Chase Brown SR LG Jacob Breezeel JR C Elijah Swindle SR RG Foster Shipman JR RT Chase Brown SR SR Jackson Fox JR SR Andrew Miller JR WR Landon Koch SO PK Kyle Ferrie SO

Dugger accounted for 32 points with five touchdowns and a two-point conversion pass from Sipe that applied the Arkansas Activities Association’s State championships for Harding Sportsmanship Rule that runs the clock Academy continuously with a 71-36 lead with 9:15 left in the game. “It’s probably the best game I have Touchdown passes by Harding Academy QB Caden Sipe, which set a cham- ever played in my life,” Dugger said. Sipe added: “He seems to always be pionship game record open. We’re always on the same page. We’ve been friends since the third grade.” Points scored in the championship Dugger, the Most Valuable Player in game combined by both teams, which Harding Academy’s 2019 championship set a championship game record game, had 10 catches for 248 yards. “Those two guys are special people,” “It could not happen to a better human being than him,” Evans said. “He Evans said. “They are irreplaceable. You can definitely see that those guys deserves every good thing that comes have a relationship. They made some his way. For him to put a cap on his big plays.” career the way he did, you couldn’t script it any better.” Miller had seven catches for 117 yards, ran for 62 yards and had a kickoff Sipe threw for 430 yards with return for 17 yards for 196 all-purpose touchdown tosses of 57, 64, 2 and 29 yards to Ty Dugger, 16 and 55 yards to yards. McGehee’s Jody Easter had 313 allAndrew Miller, 28 yards to Jackson Fox, purpose yards with 120 rushing, 123 and 21 yards to Carter Neal. Sipe also ran for 113 yards with a 62-yard receiving and 70 returning kickoffs. He ran for a score and caught two scoring touchdown run. passes from Jordan Owens, who threw Sipe was especially precise on third down, completing 5-of-7 passes for 100 for 248 yards and three touchdowns. Both teams had big plays in the yards in helping Harding Academy convert 7-of-10 conversions on the key game. Harding Academy accounted for 505 of its 601 yards on 17 plays. down. McGehee had 12 plays for 414 yards “The credit all goes to my offensive out of its 498 yards of total offense. line, the coaches and the receivers,” Sipe said. “It just means so much to this senior class to end this season and our MOST VALUABLE PLAYER career on a high note.” Caden Sipe ■ QB ■ Harding Acad Dugger also returned an interception 22 yards for a touchdown in the second BURLSWORTH AWARD WINNERS quarter that put Harding Academy up, Elijah Swindle ■ OL ■ Harding Acad 21-0. Tyler Stallings ■ DL ■ McGehee State Championship Numbers

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115

McGEHEE DEFENSE DE Tyler Stallings JR NM Elijah White SR DE Tyrique Newman SO OLB Channing Woodson JR ILB Andrew Mizell JR ILB Micah Smith SR OLB Ayden Bailey SR CB Marcus Rose SR CB Demarius Manning SR S Jody Easter JR S Andreas Jordan JR P Demarius Manning SR

McGEHEE OFFENSE QB Jordan Owens SR RB Channing Woodson JR HB Jody Easter JR HB Samuel Polite JR WR Demarius Manning SR LT Christian Maya SR LG Ryan Barnes JR C Jordan Givens JR RG Tyler Stallings JR RT Andrew Mizell JR WR Andreas Jordan JR PK Matthew Irion JR

HARDING ACADEMY DEFENSE DE Hunter Pagan SR NM Cooper Welch JR DE Levi Mercer JR OLB Jeffrey Mercer SR ILB Eli Wallis JR ILB Peyton Cole SO OLB Wyatt Simmons FR CB Andrew Miller JR CB Ty Duggar SR S Aaron Chrism JR S Kade Smith SO P Kyle Ferrie SO

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CLASS 3A CHAMPIONSHIP STATISTICS TEAM STATISTICS

McGEHEE

HARDING ACADEMY

15 52-498 32-250 10-20-248 2 2 1 5-34 2-33.0 12-414 14-(-23) 2-10 4 of 9 (7.3) 2 of 3 (5.3) 1-30 own 34 0 24:25

24 59-601 31-171 22-28-430 0 1 0 6-30 2-42.5 17-505 13-(27) 2-17 7 of 10 (7.4) 0 of 0 2-22 own 44 29 23:35

Class 2A State Championship • 2020 • War Memorial Stadium

FORDYCE 35, DES ARC 32 Attendance 3,572 • Clear 42 degrees • Kickoff 6:40 p.m. • Time 2:38 DECEMBER 12, LITTLE ROCK — The 2020 season was twice as nice for the Fordyce Redbugs. The Redbugs won their secondstraight Class 2A championship with a 35-32 win over Des Arc in a battle of unbeatens before 3,572 at War Memorial Stadium. Fordyce finished 15-0 while Des Arc wound up 13-1. Ja’Quez Cross and Gary Lewis provided the Redbugs with a lethal 1-2 punch. Cross, who was voted the game’s Most Valuable Player a day after turning 18, ran 17 times for 228 yards and three touchdowns while Lewis added 11 carries for 108 yards and two scores. “It’s a great feeling to get out here and do this with my team and for my community,” Cross said. “I give God thanks because without him I wouldn’t be in the position I am now. God blessed us that we were able to play every week.” Cross had scoring jaunts of 41 yards in the first quarter, 55 yards in the third quarter and 46 yards in the fourth quarter. His final scoring run with 5:56 left in the game put Fordyce up, 35-20. Cross took the handoff around the right side, had the ball knocked loose at the 28, picked it up at the 16 perfectly in stride and scored. “What I had to do was wait for it to bounce, and I was good,” Cross said. “I put it up to brace for the hit, and he hit it in the perfect spot. Thank God I got to get back on it and get it into the end zone.” Lewis ran for touchdowns of 43 yards and 30 yards, both in the second quarter.

FORDYCE OFFENSE QB Jaheim Brown RB Gary Lewis WR Ross Smead SR Mantreal Neal LT Colton Musgrove LG Ethan Carpenter C Carson Williams RG Tristan Thrower RT Joshua Harrington SR JaQuez Cross WR Jyrique Walker PK Andy Luna

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State Championship Numbers

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Career touchdowns accounted for by Fordyce QB Jaheim Brown, including 79 passing and 37 rushing

Career touchdowns scored by Fordyce all-purpose back Ja’Quez Cross, including three rushing scores in the championship game Fordyce led throughout the game but also was never comfortable. Des Arc and it’s ground-it-out Wing-T attack had scoring drives of 5:17, 5:11, 5:23 and 4:01 before scoring with 13 seconds left on a drive of just 2:08. Weston Gambill recovered an onside kick to clinch the win for Fordyce. “It’s great to win with these kids and for the town of Fordyce,” Redbugs head coach Tim Rodgers said. “We tackled good at times, but there times we let them slip away. That was one of the worries we had playing Des Arc. Our kids, they have to do their responsibility playing the option every time. We would have the dive covered and the quarterback covered, but wouldn’t have the pitch covered. Then the next time, we wouldn’t have the quarterback covered. That was what worried us more than anything.” Des Arc had 60 rushes for 293 yards and held a whopping time-of-possession advantage with 32:04. Des Arc was also was 7 for 7 on fourth-down tries. Des Arc scored on its final three possessions but failed on two-point

DES ARC DEFENSE DE Jacob Roach DT Jarrett Hambrick DT Dalton Sears DE Chance Eldridge OLB Luke Morton MLB Cooper Childers OLB Brady Boudreax CB Devonte Holmes CB Jacob Dobson S Trevion Reed S Eyan Holloway P Cooper Childers

conversion tries after the last two scores. Over those three scoring drives, Des Arc had 33 plays for 222 yards. “I’m so proud of the way they fought in the second half,” Des Arc head coach B.J. Paschal said. “We knew they were so much faster than us at every position. Their backfield is amazing, and those O-linemen they’re huge up front.” Cross also had 12 solo tackles to lead Fordyce on defense at strong safety. Cross finished his career with 58 touchdowns, rushing for 1,100 yards and 23 touchdowns during his senior season. He finished his career with 29 rushing scores, 24 receiving, one kickoff return, three interception returns, and a fumble return. Brown also wrapped up a stellar career with 79 touchdown passes and 37 rushing scores. He threw for 6,461 yards and rushed for 1,442 yards in his career. All four players in Des Arc’s backfield nearly had 1,000 yards for the season with Trevor Reed finishing with 1,061 yards and 14 touchdowns, Eyan Hollway with 1,036 and 15 scores, Jack Kearby with 975 and 11 touchdowns and Luke Morton with 905 yards and 25 touchdowns.

DES ARC OFFENSE QB Luke Morton FB Brady Boudreaux HB Trevion Reed HB Eyan Holloway WR Jacob Dobson LT Chance Eldridge LG Cooper Childers C Jarrett Hambrick RG Jacob Roach RT Dalton Sears WR Devonte Holmes PK Jarrett Hambrick

JR SR JR JR SR JR FR JR SR SO SR JR

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER JaQuez Cross ■ WR ■ Fordyce BURLSWORTH AWARD WINNERS Ethan Carpenter ■ OL ■ Fordyce Jarrett Hambrick ■ DL ■ Des Arc

SR FR SO SR SR JR JR SR JR JR JR SR

FORDYCE DEFENSE DE Jyrique Walker DT Gary Lewis NM Dakota Wimberly DT Tristan Thrower DE Romorio Johnson OLB Mantreal Neal MLB Joshus Harrington OLB Colton Musgrove CB Ross Smead CB Weston Gambill S Gary Lewis P Ross Smead

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CLASS 2A CHAMPIONSHIP STATISTICS TEAM STATISTICS

FORDYCE

DES ARC

14 39-362 33-355 1-6-7 0 1 1 5-38 1-42.0 8-252 8-(-16) 2-14 4 of 8 (7.5) 1 of 2 (5.0) 1-1 own 45 0 15:56

21 72-395 60-293 6-12-102 0 1 0 4-40 3-26.3 17-292 19-(36) 0-0 3 of 13 (7.2) 7 of 7 (3.9) 2-18 own 30 0 32:04

2020 Pff CLASS 7A CHAMPIONSHIP Bryant 27, North Little Rock 17

CLASS 6A CHAMPIONSHIP Greenwood 49, Lake Hamilton 24

CLASS 5A CHAMPIONSHIP Pulaski Academy 64, LR Christian 27

SEMIFINALS Bryant 56, Conway 14 North Little Rock 49, Cabot 42

SEMIFINALS Greenwood 51, Marion 7 Lake Hamilton 21, Sylvan Hills 20 OT

SEMIFINALS Pulaski Academy 52, Wynne 14 LR Christian 52, Harrison 28

SECOND ROUND Bryant 48, Springdale Har-Ber 22 Conway 49, LR Central 20 North Little Rock 34, LR Catholic 7 Cabot 38, Bentonville 34

SECOND ROUND Greenwood 49, Mountain Home 13 Marion 55, Van Buren 34 Lake Hamilton 50, El Dorado 14 Sylvan Hills 7, LR Parkview 0

THIRD ROUND Pulaski Academy 53, Magnolia 29 Wynne 28, Texarkana 0 LR Christian 52, HS Lakeside 14 Harrison 38, White Hall 35

FIRST ROUND Bryant 34, Rogers Heritage 7 Springdale Har-Ber 49, FS Northside 28 Conway 66, Springdale 21 LR Central 37, Fayetteville 35 North Little Rock 38, FS Southside 0 LR Catholic forfeit over Bentonville West Cabot 48, Rogers 15 BYE: Bentonville

FIRST ROUND Greenwood 55, West Memphis 7 Mountain Home 24, Pine Bluff 20 Marion forfeit over Benton Van Buren 37, Jonesboro 14 Lake Hamilton 49, Sheridan 36 El Dorado 54, Siloam Springs 33 Sylvan Hills 54, Russellville 19 LR Parkview 42, Searcy 7

CLASS 4A CHAMPIONSHIP Shiloh Christian 58, Rivercrest 20

CLASS 3A CHAMPIONSHIP Harding Academy 71, McGehee 44

SEMIFINALS Shiloh Christian 56, Stuttgart 7 Rivercrest 55, Warren 35

SEMIFINALS Harding Academy 35, Glen Rose 7 McGehee 20, Hoxie 18

QUARTERFINALS Shiloh Christian 31, Dumas 12 Stuttgart 35, Ozark 21 Rivercrest 61, Crossett 27 Warren 48, Nashville 40

QUARTERFINALS Harding Academy 52, Booneville 21 Glen Rose 34, Centerpoint 21 McGehee 44, Prescott 39 Hoxie 65, Paris 35

THIRD ROUND Shiloh Christian 28, Malvern 0 Dumas 36, Gosnell 30 Stuttgart 23, Pulaski Robinson 20 Ozark 40, Pocahontas 14 Rivercrest 48, Prairie Grove 23 Crossett 28, Monticello 20 Warren 35, Arkadelphia 20 Nashville 48, Elkins 6

THIRD ROUND Harding Academy 45, Jessieville 14 Booneville 10, Osceola 7 Glen Rose 21, Charleston 14 Centerpoint 47, Camden Harmony Grove 22 McGehee 42, Lincoln 7 Prescott 52, Melbourne 16 Hoxie 48, Newport 28 Paris 35, Greenland 12

SECOND ROUND Shiloh Christian 48, DeWitt 12 Malvern 54, Trumann 0 Dumas 45, Bauxite 17 Gosnell 48, Dardanelle 26 Stuttgart 51, Hamburg 21 Pulaski Robinson 63, LR Mills 18 Ozark 20, Ashdown 7 Pocahontas 36, Lamar 6 Rivercrest 38, Pottsville 6 Prairie Grove 59, Blytheville 34 Crossett 68, Central Ark Christian 36 Monticello 36, Gentry 26 Warren 54, Lonoke 19 Arkadelphia 34, Mena 7 Nashville forfeit over Waldron Elkins 44, Bald Knob 7

SECOND ROUND Harding Academy forfeit over Smackover Jessieville 60, Harrisburg 53 Booneville 41, Hackett 12 Osceola 17, PB Dollarway 0 Glen Rose 47, West Fork 14 Charleston 38, Mayflower 8 Centerpoint 38, Rison 22 Camden Harmony Grove 28, Piggott 24 McGehee 42, Bismarck 20 Lincoln 37, Atkins 14 Prescott forfeit over Drew Central Melbourne 38, Cedarville 8 Hoxie 55, Lake Village 29 Newport 47, Corning 0 Paris 40, Salem 32 Greenland 49, Perryville 7

FIRST ROUND Trumann 43, Heber Springs 14 Bauxite 26, Huntsville 23 Hamburg 76, Jonesboro Westside 47 LR Mills 58, Gravette 50 OT Pottsville 32, Fountain Lake 12 Blytheville 49, Clinton 14 Arkadelphia 42, Star City 20 Bald Knob 28, Green Forest 22

FIRST ROUND Hackett 38, Mountain View 20 Lake Village 21, Walnut Ridge 14 Corning 58, Baptist Prep 28

SECOND ROUND Pulaski Academy 51, Farmington 21 Magnolia 76, Greenbrier 55 Wynne 38, Maumelle 6 Texarkana 20, Morrilton 14 LR Christian 48, Clarksville 19 HS Lakeside 31, Vilonia 22 Harrison 21, Camden Fairview 14 White Hall 14, Batesville 10 FIRST ROUND Farmington 28, Valley View 7 Magnolia 55, Pea Ridge 21 Greenbrier 43, Brookland 28 Maumelle 19, Nettleton 7 Texarkana 28, Alma 24 Morrilton 58, Hope 14 Clarksville 21, Greene County Tech 20 Vilonia 60, Watson Chapel 21 Camden Fairview 58, Beebe 14 White Hall 42, Hot Springs 14 Batesville 42, Jacksonville 0 BYE: Pulaski Academy, LR Christian, Wynne, HS Lakeside, Harrison

CLASS 2A CHAMPIONSHIP Fordyce 35, Des Arc 32 SEMIFINALS Fordyce 27, Gurdon 24 Des Arc 22, Junction City 20 THIRD ROUND Fordyce 47, Foreman 8 Gurdon 53, East Poinsett County 6 Des Arc 38, Bigelow 22 Junction City 48, Poyen 38 SECOND ROUND Fordyce 49, Clarendon 6 Foreman 34, Magazine 15 Gurdon forfeit over Carlisle East Poinsett County 56, Quitman 29 Des Arc 40, Mount Ida 22 Bigelow 43, Hampton 8 Junction City 50, McCrory 30 Poyen 48, Dierks 26 FIRST ROUND Fordyce forfeit over Earle Clarendon forfeit over Parkers Chapel Foreman 32, Hector 26 Magazine 44, Hazen 22 Carlisle 72, Mineral Springs 50 East Poinsett Co forfeit over Johnson County Quitman 54, Murfreesboro 30 Mount Ida 30, Bearden 18 Bigelow 49, England 20 Hampton 32, Cross County 26 Junction City 38, Marked Tree 0 McCrory 52, Magnet Cove 12 Poyen 42, Cedar Ridge 8 Dierks 50, Mountainburg 0 BYE: Gurdon, Des Arc

Pff Hgg 2020 scored seven touchdowns in the first half and rolled to a 56-14 win over Conway in the semifinals behind Austin 7reame A Bryant Ledbetter’s four touchdown passes with Jamarien Bracey and Tanner Anderson each rushing for two scores. KaCotton scored on a 32-yard run with 17 seconds left to lift North Little Rock to a 49-42 win over Cabot in the other

semifinal, which featured all four teams from the 7A-Central. Bryant accounted for 502 yards in a 48-22 win over Springdale Har-Ber in the second round with Ledbetter throwing for 336 yards and five scores, four of which were to Hayden Schrader. North Little Rock had no trouble against Little Rock Catholic with Cotton rushing for 176 yards and two scores in a 34-7 win. Little Rock Central won on an odd ending, 37-35, at Fayetteville when Harry Wikoff booted a 29-yard field goal as time expired after Fayetteville took a knee on fourth down prematurely with two seconds left, which stopped the clock on the change of possession. Greenwood applied the mercy rule for the third-straight week of the playoffs with a 51-7 win over Marion with quarter6 A back L.D. Richmon throwing for three scores and rushing for three more in the semifinals. Lake Hamilton stopped a two-point try to preserve a 21-20 win in overtime in a game that featured 99 rushing attempts combined by the two run-

oriented teams and one pass completion in the other semifinal. Greenwood coasted past Mountain Home in the second round, 49-13, with Hunter Houston throwing for four touchdowns and Hunter Wilkinson rushing for 138 yards and three scores. Lake Hamilton won easily, 50-14, over El Dorado in the second round. Greenwood pasted West Memphis, 55-7, in the first round with Colin Daggett and Tatum Sadler each returning interceptions for touchdowns. Pulaski Academy and Little Rock Christian made it three championship games in a row with impressive semifinal wins. 5 A Pulaski Academy won, 52-14, over Wynne while Little Rock Christian went to Harrison and won, 52-28. They both had easily win in the third round with Pulaski Academy beating Magnolia, 53-29, and Little Rock Christian winning at Hot Springs Lakeside, 52-14. Pulaski Academy beat Farmington, 51-21, in the second round with Little Rock Christian winning, 48-19, against Clarksville. In the second-highest scoring playoff game in history, Magnolia scored the final three touchdowns in a 76 -55 win over Greenbrier in the second round with the two teams combining for 1,157 yards and 18 touchdowns.

Shiloh Christian and Rivercrest put up big offensive numbers in the semifinals with Shiloh Christian beating Stuttgart, 4 A 56-7, and Rivercrest rolling past Warren, 55-35. Shiloh Christian blocked punts on Stuttgart’s first two possessions with Noah DeJamatt returning the second one for a touchdown. In Hamburg’s 76-47 second-round win over Jonesboro

Westside, running back Armodd Taylor ran 23 times for 237 yards and touchdowns of 15, 15, 1, 40, 2, 8 and 26 yards while Brett Rice threw for 212 yards and four scores. Harding Academy had little trouble in its semifinal 35-7 win over Glen Rose. McGehee advanced to the championship 3 A game with a 20-18 win over Hoxie, which played without quarterback Daylon Powell for the entire game and ShunDerrick Powell for three quarters after the two were ejected in a 65-35 win over Paris the week before with Daylon Powell rushing

for 290 yards and four scores and ShunDerrick Powell adding 256 yards and three touchdowns. McGehee also needed some heroics in a 44-39 win over Prescott in the third round, scoring two touchdowns in the final 55 seconds as Marcus Rose caught a 21-yard touchdown pass from Jordan Owens with two seconds left after McGehee recovered an onside kick after Owens’ threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Andreas Jordan. Jessieville outlasted Harrisburg, 60-53, in the second round with Jessieville’s Carson Hair throwing for 169 yards and three touchdown passes to Charlie Davis of 35, 60 and 9 yards while rushing for 180 yards and touchdowns of 51, 10, 4 and 5 yards along with three two-point conversion runs and two successful two-point conversion passes, accounting for 52 points in all. Fordyce and Des Arc won close games in the semifinals to advance to the championship game. Fordyce beat Gurdon, 2 A 27-24, on Jaheim Brown’s 21-yard touchdown pass to Mantrell Neal with 8:16 left in the game to complete a fourthand-9 try. Des Arc halted a run on a two-point conversion try with 1:15 left to beat Junction City, 22-20. In a first round game,

Carlisle outscored Mineral Springs, 72-50, with the Bison rushing for 544 yards led by Jason Sullivan with 19 carries for 202 yards and five touchdowns, Collin Jinks with 11 carries for 124 yards and three scores, and Devin Cooney with 109 yards on four carries for a touchdown, and Gage Parker with 94 carries and a tally.

Ak S M P 2020 PRE-SEASON 1. Bryant (19) 2. Bentonville 3. North Little Rock (1) 4. Fayetteville 5. Benton 6. Greenwood 7. Pulaski Academy 8. Springdale Har-Ber 9. Bentonville West 10. Conway

197 166 148 101 88 69 62 54 48 42

FINAL 1. Bryant (25) 2. North Little Rock 3. Greenwood 4. Pulaski Academy 5. Bentonville 6. Cabot 7. Conway 8. Lake Hamilton 9. Shiloh Christian 10. Harding Academy

13-0 11-2 14-0 13-0 10-1 8-4 8-4 11-2 14-1 12-1

250 205 182 156 125 109 109 93 44 29

Buck James J.R. Eldridge Chris Young Kevin Kelley Jody Grant Scott Reed Keith Fimple Tommy Gilleran Jeff Conaway Neil Evans

2020 k 10 ARKANSAS SPORTS MEDIA

Bryant (9-0) defeated No. 6 Conway, 70-33 The Hornets set a school-record with 392 yards rushing with Jamarien Bracey running for 180 yards and four scores with Tanner Anderson rushing for 192 yards and a 22-yard touchdown. Austin Ledbetter added 278 yards passing and four tallies, including three to Hayden Schrader.

Bentonville (10-0) defeated Bentonville West, 44-7 Chas Nimrod returned a kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown, and caught touchdown passes of 19 and 32 yards from Andrew Edwards, who threw four touchdown passes in all.

North Little Rock (8-1) defeated No. 9 Cabot, 48-31 The Wildcats built a 34-17 lead at the half. Kareame Cotton threw a touchdown pass and ran for two scores. Fredrick O'Donald ran for 106 yards and two scores.

Greenwood (10-0) defeated No. 7 Lake Hamilton, 38-28 Parker Gill recovered two fumbles, one at the Greenwood 20 with 2:56 left and the other with 16 seconds left in the end zone for the clinching touchdown. Hunter Wilkinson ran for 203 yards and two secondhalf touchdowns.

LR Parkview (7-1) defeated Mountain Home, 45-21 Landon Rogers ran for 194 yards and two touchdowns, and passed for 189 yards and a score while James Jointer added 171 yards and three touchdowns on the ground. No. 5 Pulaski Academy was idle No. 8 Wynne was idle

Alma 8, Farmington 3 Ashdown 14, Fountain Lake 12 Atkins 28, Mayflower 14 Bald Knob 27, Batesville Southside 24 Baptist Prep 27, Two Rivers 0 Batesville 37, Valley View 16 Benton 60, Van Buren 53 Bentonville 44, Bentonville West 7 Bigelow 59, Conway Christian 21 Booneville 41, Perryville 16 Bryant 70, Conway 33 Camden Harmony Grove 42, Barton 6 Carlisle 44, England 14 Centerpoint 62, Bismarck 26 Charleston 40, Lavaca 7 Clarksville 20, Morrilton 19 Cross County 28, Cedar Ridge 22 Crossett 35, Star City 21 Des Arc 16, Clarendon 7 Dierks 46, Lafayette County 0 Dumas 26, Hamburg 14 East Poinsett County 56, Riverview 28 El Dorado 41, West Memphis 6 Fayetteville 33, Springdale Har-Ber 27 Fordyce 56, Bearden 6 Foreman 62, Mineral Springs 8 FS Northside 45, LR Southwest 0 Gravette 50, Gentry 49 Green Forest 18, Berryville 12 Greenbrier 17, Vilonia 14 Greene County Tech 20, Paragould 13 OT Greenland 41, West Fork 21 Greenwood 38, Lake Hamilton 28 Gurdon 56, Cutter Morning Star 24 Hackett 60, Mansfield 46 Hampton 34, Parkers Chapel 22 Harding Academy 55, Salem 9 Harrisburg 26, Palestine-Wheatley 14 Harrison 49, Pea Ridge 28 Hazen 54, Marvell 13 Hector 30, Quitman 20 Hoxie 48, Walnut Ridge 19 HS Lakeside 42, Hot Springs 7 Jessieville 42, Horatio 13 Jonesboro 42, Marion 14 Junction City 43, Strong 6

Lincoln 48, Cedarville 30 Lonoke 48, Clinton 42 LR Catholic 30, LR Central 7 LR Christian 63, Watson Chapel 28 LR Mills 34, Heber Springs 24 LR Parkview 45, Mountain Home 21 Magazine 41, Johnson County 12 Magnolia 42, Hope 7 Malvern 33, Arkadelphia 25 Maumelle 37, LR Hall 6 McGehee 47, Smackover 0 Melbourne 44, Mountain View 8 Mena 35, Lamar 24 Monticello 18, DeWitt 6 Mountainburg 42, Yellville-Summit 40 OT Nashville 58, Bauxite 23 North Little Rock 48, Cabot 31 Osceola 39, Manila 7 Ozark 42, Waldron 16 Paris 49, Danville 22 PB Dollarway 40, Lake Village 20 Piggott 46, Corning 16 Pine Bluff 19, Sheridan 9 Pocahontas 40, Highland 22 Poyen 27, Magnet Cove 20 Prairie Grove 28, Elkins 20 Prescott 42, Glen Rose 14 Pul Robinson 42, Haskell Harmony Grove 7 Rison 42, Drew Central 0 Rivercrest 45, Blytheville 21 Rogers 49, Rogers Heritage 28 Shiloh Christian 47, Huntsville 6 Siloam Springs 50, Russellville 47 Springdale 28, FS Southside 21 Stuttgart 42, Central Arkansas Christian 14 Sylvan Hills 41, Searcy 7 Trumann 34, Cave City 21 Warren 47, Helena-West Helena 6 White Hall 42, Beebe 21

FEARLESS FRIDAY PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Benton quarterback Garrett Brown threw for 453 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Panthers to a 60-53 win over Van Buren. Brown completed 30-of-46 passes with touchdowns of 11 yards to Andre Lane, 44 yards to Cameron Harris, 28 yards to Trevor Standridge and finally 47 yards to running back Casey Johnson with 31 seconds left on fourth down that cracked a 53-53 tie. Brown also had a 2-yard touchdown run. Brown is Benton's all-time leading passer.

9 k 2020 Arkadelphia 62, Bauxite 6 Atkins 48, Two Rivers 14 Bald Knob 35, Central Arkansas Christian 14 Batesville 33, Greene County Tech 12 Bentonville 56, Springdale 28 Bentonville West 35, FS Southside 7 Bigelow 32, Hector 18 Bismarck 21, Fouke 14 Blytheville 21, Pocahontas 20 Booneville 28, Paris 20 Brookland 31, Paragould 7 Bryant 58, North Little Rock 21 Cabot 24, FS Northside 7 Carlisle 40, Hazen 38 Cedarville 60, Mansfield 20 Charleston 42, West Fork 21 Clarendon 38, Marvell 0 Clinton 32, Heber Springs 26 Conway 49, LR Catholic 27 Crossett 48, Helena-West Helena 0 Dardanelle 28, Waldron 17 Des Arc 38, England 0 Dierks 24, Mineral Springs 18 Dumas 42, Monticello 20 East Poinsett County 46, Marked Tree 24 El Dorado 54, Searcy 50 Elkins 39, Gentry 21 Farmington 38, Pea Ridge 37 OT Fayetteville 52, Rogers Heritage 14 Fordyce 62, Hampton 0 Fountain Lake 33, Haskell Harmony Grove 7 Glen Rose 42, Horatio 0 Gosnell 46, Cave City 8 Greenbrier 49, Alma 35 Greenland 41, Hackett 14 Greenwood 50, Van Buren 29 Gurdon 35, Mount Ida 7 Harding Academy 31, Newport 7 Harrisburg 33, Corning 14 Harrison 49, Clarksville 20 Hoxie 55, Osceola 21 Huntsville 48, Green Forest 12 Jonesboro Westside 34, Highland 14 Junction City 44, Bearden 6 Lake Hamilton 51, Benton 34 Lake Village 56, Barton 14

Lincoln 31, Lavaca 13 LR Central 20, LR Southwest 12 LR Mills 14, Batesville Southside 6 LR Parkview 37, Siloam Springs 0 Magazine 61, Conway Christian 24 Magnet Cove 60, Cutter Morning Star 20 Magnolia 55, De Queen 7 Marion 37, Sheridan 7 Maumelle 41, Watson Chapel 32 Mayflower 27, Danville 12 McCrory 58, Cross County 35 McGehee 30, PB Dollarway 6 Melbourne 21, Camden Harmony Grove 8 Morrilton 20, Vilonia 14 Mountain Home 24, Russellville 7 Mountain View 20, Riverview 19 Murfreesboro 33, Lafayette County. 22 Nashville 42, Malvern 12 Ozark 26, Lamar 10 Parkers Chapel 32, Strong 8 Perryville 42, Baptist Prep 33 Piggott 34, Palestine-Wheatley 0 Pine Bluff 27, West Memphis 26 Prairie Grove 48, Berryville 0 Prescott 63, Jessieville 12 Pulaski Academy 58, Beebe 21 Pulaski Robinson 29, Ashdown 21 OT Quitman 41, Mountainburg 38 Rivercrest 35, Trumann 6 Rogers 49, Springdale Har-Ber 42 Shiloh Christian 46, Gravette 14 Star City 35, DeWitt 8 Stuttgart 53, Lonoke 14 Sylvan Hills 17, Jonesboro 16 Texarkana 33, Hope 13 Walnut Ridge 33, Manila 24 Warren 26, Hamburg 14 White Hall 35, LR Hall 0 Wynne 49, Forrest City 15 Yellville-Summit 52, Johnson County 6

ARKANSAS SPORTS MEDIA

Bryant (8-0) defeated No. 3 North LR, 58-21 The Hornets had 72 offensive plays for 825 yards, which is the second most ever in the state's largest classification, along with 26 first downs.

Bentonville (9-0) defeated Springdale, 56-28 Josh Ficklin had eight carries for 73 yards and scores of 2, 24, 8 and 6 yards

Greenwood (9-0) defeated Van Buren, 50-29 Hunter Wilkinson ran for 179 yards and scores of 6. 10 and 25 yards while Caden Brown caught touchdown passes of 54 and 26 yards.

Pulaski Academy (9-0) defeated Beebe, 58-21 Joe Himon ran for 177 yards and three touchdowns and caught a 19-yard touchdown pass.

Conway (6-2) defeated LR Catholic, 49-27 Ben Weese threw for 398 yards and four touchdowns, and Trailand McClure returned an interception 31 yards for a touchdown.

Wynne (9-0) defeated Forrest City, 49-15 The Yellowjackets ran for 423 yards and six touchdowns.

Lake Hamilton (8-0) defeated No. 10 Benton, 51-34 Luke Miller ran for 153 yards and four touchdowns, and Tevin Woodley also had 153 yards with one tally.

FEARLESS FRIDAY PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Bryant quarterback Austin Ledbetter led the Hornet past third-ranked North Little Rock, 5821, to decide the 7A-West championship. Ledbetter completed 15-of-38 passes for 534 yards and five touchdowns. Ledbetter threw touchdowns of 86 and 6 yards to Hayden Schrader, 35 yards to Cory Nichols, 65 yards to Blake Everett, and 49 yards to Xavier Foote.

Cabot (6-1) defeated FS Northside, 24-7 Tyler Gee had touchdown tosses of 46 yards to Braden Jay and 31 yards for Trey Birdsong.

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Wynne (8-0) defeated Paragould, 48-0 Marterius Dewaun Ross threw a pair of touchdown passes.

Arkadelphia 47, Ashdown 20 Baptist Prep 42, Danville 36 Batesville 34, Brookland 7 Bearden 48, Strong 8 Bentonville 74, Rogers 21 Bentonville West 48, Rogers Heritage 14 Bigelow 47, Quitman 9 Booneville 43, Atkins 14 Bryant 42, Cabot 14 Camden Fairview 54, Hope 12 Camden Harmony Grove 69, Horatio 20 Central Arkansas Christian 49, Lonoke 34 Charleston 49, Lincoln 33 Clarendon 52, Carlisle 34 Clinton 21, Bald Knob 15 Conway 49, Memphis Christian Brothers 42 Corning 32, Palestine-Wheatley 14 Des Arc 54, Marvell 0 Dierks 46, Murfreesboro 8 Dumas 28, DeWitt 0 East Poinsett County 30, Cross County 21 Fayetteville 48, Springdale 13 Fordyce 55, Parkers Chapel 12 Foreman 46, Lafayette Co. 0 Fountain Lake 18, Malvern 14 Glen Rose 7, Centerpoint 6 Gravette 44, Green Forest 8 Greenbrier 28, Farmington 15 Greenland 28, Cedarville 26 Greenwood 42, Benton 28 Gurdon 42, Poyen 7 Harding Academy 35, Melbourne 12 Harrison 35, Morrilton 34 OT Hazen 30, England 6 Heber Springs 22, Batesville Southside 17 Highland 22, Cave City 8 Hoxie 42, Manila 6 HS Lakeside 56, DeQueen 13 Huntsville 40, Berryville 6 Jacksonville at LR Hall Jessieville 42, Fouke 13 Jonesboro 48, Searcy 14 Junction City 30, Hampton 22 Lake Hamilton 44, Van Buren 7 Lamar 59, Riverview 14 Lavaca 20, Mansfield 12 LR Catholic 20, LR Southwest 6 LR Parkview 33, Russellville 3

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Bryant (7-0) defeated No. 7 Cabot, 42-14 The Hornets invoked the mercy-rule with Austin Ledbetter throwing two touchdown passes each to Cory Nichols of 41 and 37 yards and Jordan Knox of 24 and 24 yards.

Bentonville (8-0) defeated Rogers, 74-21 The Tigers set a modern-day school scoring record with four rushing and four passing touchdowns, a defensive score and a special teams touchdown.

North Little Rock (7-0) defeated FS Northside, 45-7 The Wildcats scored 25 unanswered points in the second half. Kareame Cotton passed for 207 yards and two scores and ran for a touchdown.

Greenwood (8-0) defeated No. 8 Benton, 42-28 Hunter Wilkinson had a season-high 188 yards and four scores, including a 48-yard run.

Pulaski Academy (8-0) defeated LR Christian, 60-28 The Bruins stacked up 702 yards of offense, including 268 yards and four touchdowns passing by Nolen Bruffett and 226 yards and two scores also passing by Charlie Fiser.

Conway (5-2) defeated Memphis Christian Brothers, 49-42 The Wampus Cats cracked a 42-42 tie on Boogie Carr's 2-yard touchdown run with 8:32 remaining.

Lake Hamilton (7-0) defeated Van Buren, 44-7 The Wolves ran for 382 yards and six touchdowns with Owen Miller paving the way with 107 yards and touchdowns of 52 and 12 yards.

Magazine 41, Yellville-Summit 14 Maumelle 21, White Hall 14 McGehee 47, Barton 0 Mena 36, Dardanelle 13 Monticello 18, Warren 12 OT Mount Ida 50, Cutter Morning Star 22 Mountain Home 28, Siloam Springs 19 Mountain View 47, Salem 22 Mountainburg 44, Conway Christian 16 Nashville 41, Haskell Harmony Grove 7 North Little Rock 45, FS Northside 7 Osceola 35, Walnut Ridge 14 Ozark 47, Pottsville 14 Paris 56, Perryville 7 PB Dollarway 48, Smackover 0 Pocahontas 28, Jonesboro Westside 20 Prairie Grove 46, Gentry 13 Prescott 63, Bismarck 6 Pulaski Academy 60, LR Christian 28 Pulaski Robinson 52, Bauxite 3 Sheridan 27, West Memphis 21 OT Shiloh Christian 49, Elkins 28 Shreveport Calvary Baptist 42, Clarksville 21 Springdale Har-Ber 28, FS Southside 19 Star City 35, Helena-West Helena 0 Stuttgart 28, LR Mills 0 Sylvan Hills 33, El Dorado 7 Trumann 13, Blytheville 12 Valley View 16, Greene County Tech 14 Vilonia 35, Alma 8 Waldron 35, Dover 14 Watson Chapel 64, Beebe 20 West Fork 28, Hackett 12 Wynne 48, Paragould 0

In a battle between the top two teams in Class 6A, Hunter Wilkinson rushed 31 times for a season-high 188 yards and four touchdowns. Wilkins ran for two touchdowns in the first quarter, one in the second quarter and another in the third quarter.

7 k 2020 Arkadelphia 54, Haskell Harmony Grove 19 Ashdown 26, Nashville 24 Bald Knob 35, Heber Springs 15 Bauxite 23, Fountain Lake 21 Beebe 20, Jacksonville 14 Benton 35, Mountain Home 7 Bentonville 59, Fayetteville 14 Bismarck 42, Horatio 13 Brookland 12, Valley View 7 Bryant 70, LR Southwest 0 Camden Fairview 57, DeQueen 0 Cave City 22, Jonesboro Westside 19 Cedarville 48, West Fork 41 Centerpoint 32, Jessieville 13 Cent Ark Christian 21, Batesville SS 14 Charleston 48, Hackett 8 Conway 48, FS Northside 12 Corning 38, Walnut Ridge 14 Danville 42, Two Rivers 6 Dumas 35, Stat City 29 East Poinsett County 30, Earle 6 El Dorado 45, Marion 34 Elkins 63, Green Forest 8 Farmington 29, Clarksville 21 FS Southside 26, Rogers Heritage 7 Glen Rose 57, Fouke 0 Greene County. Tech 28, Nettleton 21 Greenland 35, Lavaca 7 Greenwood 48, Russellville 10 Hamburg 47, Helena-West Helena 12 Harrison 48, Vilonia 16 Hoxie 54, Piggott 28 HS Lakeside 42, Hope 10 Jonesboro 38, West Memphis 13 Lake Hamilton 42, Siloam Springs 19 Lincoln 52, Mansfield 6 Lonoke 29, LR Mills 18 LR Christian 59, LR Hall 27 LR Parkview 28, Van Buren 20 Magnolia 52, Hot Springs 33 Melbourne 42, Riverview 12 Mena 23, Ozark 20 Newport 51, Salem 14 North Little Rock 49, LR Catholic 10 Palestine-Wheatley 35, Manila 0 Paragould 35, Forrest City 0 Paris 42, Atkins 6 PB Dollarway 30, Drew Central 14

Perryville 21, Mayflower 0 Pine Bluff 32, Searcy 21 Pocahontas 32, Trumann 14 Pottsville 50, Waldron 42 Prairie Grove 55, Huntsville 14 Prescott 52, Genoa Central 0 Pulaski Robinson 35, Malvern 13 Rogers 44, Springdale 34 Shiloh Christian 58, Gentry 21 Smackover 14, Barton 12 Springdale Har-Ber 33, Bentonville West 17 Stuttgart 35, Clinton 7 Sylvan Hills 34, Sheridan 13 Warren 48, DeWitt 6 White Hall 29, Watson Chapel 16 Wynne 49, Batesville 20

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Bryant (6-0) defeated LR Southwest, 70-0 Koby Melton recovered a block punt in the end zone for a TD, Robert Hendrix recovered a fumbled kickoff in the end zone for a score, and Jordan Knox returned a kickoff 85 yards for a score.

Bentonville (7-0) defeated Fayetteville, 59-14 Cooper Smith caught four passes, all for touchdowns, for 136 yards.

North Little Rock (6-0) defeated LR Catholic, 49-10 Kareame Cotton threw three touchdown passes with Chris Jefferson catching two.

Greenwood (7-0) defeated Russellville, 48-10 L.D. Richmond threw TD passes to five different receivers and ran for two scores.

Pulaski Academy (7-0) defeated Tyler Heritage, 50-25 The Bruins piled up 637 yards of offense with Jalyn Witcher catching three TDs.

Conway (4-2) defeated FS Northside, 48-12 Ben Weese threw for 277 yards and touchdowns to four different receivers.

Lake Hamilton (6-0) defeated Siloam Springs, 42-19 Tevin Woodley ran for 189 yards and one score, and Owen Miller ran for 168 yards and touchdowns of 51, 7, and 62 yards.

Benton (5-1) defeated Mountain Home, 35-7 Garrett Brown threw for 410 yards and two TDs, and Casey Johnson ran for two.

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Bentonville West (4-3) lost to S’dale Har-Ber, 33-17 Hudson Brewer ran for 137 yards and two scores for the Wildcats.

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Pottsville Elijah Bradley scored seven touchdowns in a 50-42 win over Waldron. Bradley, a halfback in Pottsville's Dead-T offense, had 43 carries for 321 yards and six touchdowns on runs of 1, 2, 40, 1, 2 and 4 yards. He also caught a 43-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Konner Carpenter.

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Wynne (7-0) defeated Batesville, 49-20 Devin Holmes returned an interception 40 yards for a touchdown. No. 7 Cabot was idle

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Bentonville (6-0) defeated Rogers Heritage, 52-0 Johnny Anderson ran for 111 yards and a touchdown, and Josh Ficklin ran for 84 yards and three scores.

Greenwood (6-0) defeated Siloam Springs, 49-10 Hunter Wilkinson ran for 174 yards and three scores. Luke Brewer caught two touchdown passes.

Pulaski Academy (6-0) defeated White Hall, 49-28 Charlie Fiser threw four touchdown passes, and Joe Himon added two rushing touchdowns.

Cabot (5-1) lost to No. 7 Conway, 52-49 Conway led 21-0 at the half but had to had all six of quarterback Ben Weese's touchdown passes to hold on. Ashton Waller had three interceptions for Conway.

Lake Hamilton (5-0) defeated Russellville, 43-42 OT Tevin Woodley scored on a 1-yard run on fourth down in overtime and Alex Hurtz added the extra point before Brayden Whitford's 5-yard touchdown pass to Brady Burnett for Russellville, which had a two-point pass ruled short of the goal line.

Bentonville West (4-2) defeated Rogers, 34-31 OT Luke Miller's 3-yard touchdown run in overtime was the difference for West, which led 17-0 in the first quarter.

Wynne (6-0) defeated Valley View, 28-14 Marterius Ross, Kamryn Speed, Carl Washington and James Smith ran for touchdowns. No. 1 Bryant was idle No. 3 North Little Rock was idle

Atkins 56, Danville 34 Batesville 42, Forrest City 12 Bauxite 39, Haskell Harmony Grove 26 Bearden 36, Parkers Chapel 0 Benton 30, LR Parkview 20 Bentonville 52, Rogers Heritage 0 Bentonville West 34, Rogers 31 OT Bigelow 35, Mountainburg 0 Blytheville 30, DeWitt 6 Booneville 40, Mayflower 7 Camden Fairview 42, Magnolia 13 Carlisle 42, Marvell 0 Cedarville 28, Hackett 20 Central Ark Christian 35, Heber Springs 14 Charleston 42, Mansfield 7 Clarendon 42, England 8 Clarksville 34, Alma 14 Conway 52, Cabot 49 Des Arc 54, Hazen 14 Dierks 20, Foreman 14 Earle 30, Riverview 24 El Dorado 44, Sheridan 13 Fayetteville 46, FS Southside 42 Fordyce 21, Junction City 6 Fouke 26, Horatio 7 FS Northside 21, LR Catholic 6 Glen Rose 49, Bismarck 14 Gosnell 30, Trumann 20 Greene County Tech 21, Brookland 0 Greenland 36, Lincoln 35 Greenwood 49, Siloam Springs 10 Hampton 28, Strong 0 Harrisburg 17, Manila 2 Harrison 33, Greenbrier 29 Hot Springs 56, De Queen 14 Huntsville 28, Gravette 26 Jacksonville 46, Hamburg 39 Jessieville 48, Genoa Central 32 Johnson County 60, Conway Christian 20 Jonesboro 34, Pine Bluff 33 Lake Hamilton 43, Russellville 42 OT Lamar 40, Waldron 21 Lonoke 52, Batesville Southside 21

LR Mills 10, Clinton 9 Magazine 46, Hector 42 Malvern 32, Ashdown 7 McCrory 42, Cedar Ridge 16 McGehee 28, Camden Harmony Grove 6 Monticello 53, Helena-West Helena 6 Morrilton 35. Farmington 21 Mount Ida 37, Magnet Cove 36 Mountain Home 49, Van Buren 37 Murfreesboro 66, Mineral Springs 52 Nashville 36, Pulaski Robinson 35 Nettleton 48, Paragould 13 Newport 42, Mountain View 0 Ozark 41, Dardanelle 13 Paris 57, Baptist Prep 26 PB Dollarway 40, Barton 12 Perryville 40, Two Rivers 0 Piggott 60, Walnut Ridge 28 Pocahontas 35, Cave City 20 Poyen 58, Cutter Morning Star 22 Prescott 35, Centerpoint 20 Pulaski Academy 49, White Hall 28 Quitman 42, Yellville-Summit 6 Rison 54, Smackover 6 Rivercrest 55, Jonesboro Westside 19 Salem 42, East Poinsett County 6 Searcy 36, Marion 14 Shiloh Christian 42, Prairie Grove 28 Springdale Har-Ber 35, Springdale 14 Stuttgart 45, Bald Knob 6 Sylvan Hills 35, West Memphis 13 Texarkana 21, HS Lakeside 14 Warren 40, Dumas 7 Watson Chapel 25, LR Hall 6 West Fork 55, Lavaca 27 Wynne 28, Valley View 14

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Bladen Fike of Fayetteville led the Bulldogs to a fourth-quarter rally and a 46-42 win over Fort Smith Southside. Fike completed 26-of-45 passes for 363 yards and four touchdowns. He also ran for the decisive score with a 6-yard scamper with 36 seconds left. Fayetteville trailed 42-26 with under six minutes left before Fike threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Link Lindsey with 5:41 left and an 11-yard touchdown pass to Isaiah Sategna with 1:53 left. After Fayetteville recovered an on-side kick, Fike completed the comeback with his 6-yard run.

5 k 2020 Ashdown 34, Bauxite 27 Atkins 52, Perryville 44 Batesville 35, Paragould 0 Batesville Southside 38, Clinton 21 Bearden 52, Lafayette County 26 Benton 42, Siloam Springs 0 Bentonville 35, FS Southside 7 Bentonville West 23, Springdale 10 Bigelow 47, Yellville-Summit 21 Blytheville 50, Jonesboro Westside 21 Bryant 31, LR Catholic 3 Cabot 38, Collierville TN 31 Camden Harmony Grove 31, Smackover 6 Cedar Hill TX Tr Christ 54, Pul Robinson 0 Centerpoint 44, Horatio 13 Central Arkansas Christian 20, LR Mills 14 Charleston 36, Cedarville 34 Corning 44, Manila 18 Cross County 46, England 20 Crossett 21, Dumas 20 Dardanelle 40, Lamar 28 Des Arc 47, Mount Ida 14 DeWitt 24, Helena-West Helena 20 Drew Central 60, Barton 18 East Poinsett County 32, McCrory 26 Elkins 44, Huntsville 6 Fordyce 47, Carlisle 14 FS Northside 33, Fayetteville 30 Gentry 48, Berryville 35 Glen Rose 42, Genoa Central 0 Greenbrier 49, Clarksville 21 Greenland 47, Mansfield 16 Greenwood 40, Mountain Home 7 Gurdon 55, Hampton 20 Hackett 40, Lavaca 13 Hamburg 46, Monticello 20 Harding Academy 49, Mountain View 22 Harrisburg 33, Walnut Ridge 8 Harrison 42, Alma 6 Hazen 46, Marvell 0 Hot Springs 63, Hope 42 Hoxie 49, Palestine-Wheatley 14 Jessieville 57, Bismarck 29 Jonesboro 52, Sheridan 27 Lincoln 21, West Fork 14

Lonoke 13, Bald Knob 6 LR Christian 38, White Hall 14 Magazine 30, Mountainburg 6 Malvern 43, Haskell Harmony Grove 0 Marion 10, Sylvan Hills 7 Marked Tree 44, Earle 42 Mayflower 31, Bpatist Prep 22 McGehee 46, Lake Village 13 Melbourne 41, Salem 22 Mena 34, Pottsville 13 Mineral Springs 50, Cedar Ridge 20 Morrilton 48, Pea Ridge 13 Murfreesboro 64, Cutter Morning Star 38 Nashville 41, Fountain Lake 3 Nettleton 41, Brookland 21 Newport 41, Riverview 0 North Little Rock 39, Conway 37 Osceola 12, Piggott 6 Ozark 56, Dover 20 Paris 55, Hector 22 Pocahontas 45, Gosnell 30 Poyen 21, Dierks 12 Prairie Grove 44, Gravette 16 Prescott 61, Fouke 6 Pulaski Academy 48, LR Hall 13 Quitman 33, Johnson County 26 Rison 42, PB Dollarway 0 Rivercrest 48, Cave City 7 Searcy 38, West Memphis 9 Shiloh Christian 69, Green Forest 6 Springdale Har-Ber 42, Rogers Heritage 6 Stuttgart 42, Heber Springs 6 Texarkana 28, Camden Fairview 21 Trumann 34, Highland 8 Valley View 47, Forrest City 8 Van Buren 42, Russellville 21 Vilonia 20, Farmington 14 Warren 42, Booneville 35 Watson Chapel 42, Jacksonville 28 Wynne 27, Greene County Tech 0

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Bryant (5-0) defeated LR Catholic, 31-3 Austin Ledbetter threw for all four of Bryant's touchdowns with two going to Jordan Knox and one each to Tanner Anderson and Cory Nichols. Anderson also ran for 153 yards with Xavier Foote adding 114.

Bentonville (5-0) defeated FS Southside, 35-7 Josh Ficklin ran for 100 yards and two touchdowns, and Andrew Edwards threw for 264 yards and two scores to Cooper Smith.

North Little Rock (5-0) defeated No. 6 Conway, 39-37 Kareame Cotton ran for 109 yards and three touchdowns, including the decisive score on a 1-yard run with 7:48 left. Aaron Sims ran for 198 yards and two scores.

Greenwood (5-0) defeated Mountain Home, 40-7 J.D. Richmond threw for 286 yards and three touchdowns and ran for two scores.

Pulaski Academy (5-0) defeated LR Hall, 48-13 Joe Himon ran for 176 yards and three touchdowns and caught a touchdown pass from Nolen Bruffett.

Cabot (5-0) defeated Collierville TN, 38-31 Tyler Gee threw for 312 yards and three touchdowns, and ran for a score. Braden Jay caught two touchdown passes, and Kyler Carmack caught one.

Bentonville West (3-2) defeated Springdale, 23-10 Dakota McDonald ran for a touchdown and threw touchdown passes to Luke Miller and Jacardon Hardemon.

FEARLESS FRIDAY PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Jabrae Shaw of Watson Chapel account for all six touchdowns in a 42-28 win over Jacksonville. Shaw was 4-of-9 passing for 60 yards and a 35-yard touchdown pass to Damarione Woodson, and ran 13 times for 226 yards and five scores, including an 80-yard gallop in the third quarter. Shaw also converted three two-point conversion attempts.

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Pulaski Robinson (3-2) lost to Trinity Christian TX, 0-54 The Senators traveled to Texas and were blanked. No. 8 Lake Hamilton was idle No. 10T LR Parkview was idle

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Bryant (4-0) defeated FS Northside, 48-7 Bryant scored three touchdowns in the first quarter and three more in the second quarter. Tanner Anderson tallied scores on runs of 16, 4 and 19 yards.

Bentonville (4-0) defeated Springdale Har-Ber, 45-6 Zane Ochoa returned a fumble 46 yards for a touchdown, and Cole Joyce returned an interception 44 yards for a score.

North Little Rock (4-0) defeated LR Central, 48-7 Kareame Cotton ran for 115 yards and touchdowns of 18, 25 and 58 yards while also throwing two touchdown passes. Frederick O'Donald added 154 yards and a touchdown on the ground.

Greenwood (4-0) defeated No. 8 B’ville West, 35-28 Greenwood improved to 3-0 against the 7A-West in another nonconference game. Hunter Wilkinson ran for 110 yards and a pair of touchdowns rushing.

Pulaski Academy (4-0) defeated Watson Chapel, 58-24 Joe Himon ran for 190 yards and scores of 71 and 89 yards, and Cooper White caught four touchdown passes of 7, 41, 36 and 50 yards.

Cabot (3-0) defeated LR Catholic, 31-21 Tyler Gee threw for 301 yards and three touchdowns with two going to Braden Jay of 30 and 74 yards, and Kyler Carmack for 57 yards. Gee also ran for a tally.

Pulaski Robinson (2-1) defeated Fountain Lake, 53-31 Buddy Gaston threw for 237 yards and four touchdowns.

Lake Hamilton (4-0) defeated Mountain Home, 28-14 Owen Miller ran for 152 yards and touchdowns of 48 and 38 yards. No. 6 Conway was idle

Ashdown 35, Haskell Harmony Grove 7 Atkins 36, Baptist Prep 14 Bald Knob 14, LR Mills 8 Batesville 38, Nettleton 6 Beebe 20, LR Hall 15 Benton 47, Russellville 40 Bentonville 45, Springdale Har-Ber 6 Bigelow 35, Magazine 0 Booneville 41, Two Rivers 0 Bryant 48, FS Northside 7 Cabot 31, LR Catholic 21 Camden Harmony Gr 40, PB Dollarway 20 Carlisle 60, Strong 0 Cedarville 46, Lavaca 14 Central Arkansas Christian 47, Clinton 35 Charleston 48, Greenland 18 Cross County 20, Earle 6 Dierks 36, Magnet Cove 6 Dumas 42, Helena-West Helena 0 East Poinsett County 32, Cedar Ridge 12 Elkins 59, Gravette 20 Fordyce 51, Clarendon 16 Genoa Central 40, Bismarck 34 Gentry 46, Huntsville 34 Glen Rose 43, Jessieville 13 Gosnell 32, Highland 6 Greene County Tech 34, Forrest City 6 Greenwood 35, Bentonville West 28 Gurdon 35, Foreman 16 Hampton 37, Lafayette County 6 Harrison 33, Ozark 6 Hector 43, Yellville-Summit 6 Hope 42, De Queen 13 Hoxie 46, Harrisburg 6 HS Lakeside 13, Camden Fairview 9 Jonesboro Westside 42, Trumann 7 Lake Hamilton 28, Mountain Home 14 Lake Village 24, Smackover 8 Lamar 28, Pottsville 6 Lonoke 47, Heber Springs 31 LR Christian 27, Maumelle 17 Malvern 35, Bauxite 7 McCrory 52, Marked Tree 36 Memph Briarcrest 63, Harding Academy 28 Mena 28, Waldron 21 Monticello 30, Star City 13 Morrilton 33, Greenbrier 14

Mount Ida 28, Mineral Springs 0 Mountain View 46, Cutter Morning Star 16 Mountainburg 20, Johnson County 6 Murfreesboro 36, Parkers Chapel 22 Newport 21, Melbourne 14 North Little Rock 48, LR Central 7 Osceola 48, Corning 12 Palestine-Wheatley 28, Walnut Ridge 0 Paris 35, Mayflower 7 Pea Ridge 35, Alma 28 Perryville 35, Danville 0 Piggott 60, Manila 6 Prairie Grove 55, Green Forest 14 Pulaski Academy 59, Watson Chapel 24 Pulaski Robinson 53, Fountain Lake 31 Quitman 42, Conway Christian 0 Rison 36, Barton 6 Rivercrest 46, Pocahontas 26 Salem 34, Riverview 0 Searcy 35, Sheridan 23 Shiloh Christian 63, Berryville 7 Siloam Springs 43, Van Buren 42 OT Springdale 34, Rogers Heritage 0 Stuttgart 42, Batesville Southside 0 Sylvan Hills 35, Pine Bluff 0 Texarkana 21, FS Southside 6 Valley View 52, Paragould 13 Vilonia 42, Clarksville 35 OT West Fork 46, Mansfield 14 West Memphis 20, Marion 7 White Hall 41, Jacksonville 14 Wynne 42, Brookland 17

FEARLESS FRIDAY PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Ammorrion Dempsey scored four touchdowns, two on offense and two on defense, to lead Hope to a 42-13 win over DeQueen. Dempsey intercepted three passes, all in the first half, and returned two of them in the second quarter for touchdowns on returns of 55 and 40 yards. He ran for touchdowns on runs of 16 and 3 yards. Dempsey also threw a pass to complete a two-point conversion.

3 k 2020 Alma 17, Rogers Heritage 14 OT Bentonville 35, Shawnee KS Mill Valley 28 Booneville 43, Mena 12 Bryant 44, Cedar Hill TX Trinity Christian 40 Centerpoint 42, De Queen 7 Clarendon 48, East Poinsett County 22 Clarksville 37, Pottsville 14 Corning 32, Salem 14 Cross County 19, Barton 8 Dardanelle 34, Clinton 14 Des Arc 43, Earle 12 Dierks 46, Jessieville 28 Fordyce 23, Monticello 22 Foreman 50, Horatio 0 Forrest City 24, Helena-West Helena 20 FS Northside 28, Moore OK 21 Glen Rose 42, Haskell Harmony Grove 20 Gordon 48, Mineral Springs 16 Greenland 50, Berryville 28 Greenwood 23, Choctaw OK 12 Hamburg 41, Drew Central 6 Harding Academy 38, Camden Harm Gr 7 Heber Springs 42, Dover 6 Hector 35, Danville 14 HS Lakeside 21, Malvern 14 Lake Hamilton 38, Hot Springs 28 Lamar 54, Carlisle 18 Lavaca 49, Johnson County 14 LR Catholic 35, Benton 28 LR Parkview 28, Pine Bluff 6 Magazine 38, Cutter Morning Star 23 Magnet Cove 36, Parkers Chapel 30 Magnolia 27, El Dorado 23 Marvell 24, Baptist Prep 20 McGehee 28, Blytheville 0 Mount Ida 17, Bearden 6 Mountain Home 49, Batesville 45 Mountain View 32, Quitman 13 Newport 47, Lonoke 19 North Little Rock 35, West Memphis 0 Ozark 54, Charleston 21 Perryville 45, Conway Christian 18

Piggott 16, Marked Tree 0 Poyen 43, Murfreesboro 6 Prairie Grove 48, Stilwell OK 13 Pulaski Academy 31, Life Christian VA 20 Rivercrest 40, Brookland 23 Rogers 43, Springfield MO Central 14 Sand Springs OK 27, Shiloh Christian 26 Sheridan 36, Jacksonville 18 Star City 49, Hampton 18 Texarkana 35, Warren 21 Trumann 35, Paragould 0 Valley View 56, Bald Knob 24 Vilonia 28, Russellville 23 Waldron 32, Atkins 6 Watson Chapel 22, Camden Fairview 17

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Bryant (3-0) defeated Trinity Christian TX, 44-40 Austin Ledbetter threw for 212 yards and three touchdowns and ran for two scores, including the decisive touchdown on a 9yard with 4:26 remaining.

Bentonville (3-0) defeated Mill Valley KS, 35-28 Josh Ficklin scored on a 5-yard run with 4:05 left to break a tie, and Johnny Anderson intercepted a pass in the end zone to preserve the win. Andrew Edwards threw for 283 yards and three scores, including two to Chas Nimrod of 76 and 59 yards.

North Little Rock (3-0) defeated West Memphis, 35-0 Fredrick O'Donald ran 12 times for 121 yards and three scores. Davian Vayson returned an interception 53 yards for a touchdown.

Greenwood (3-0) defeated Choctaw OK, 23-12 Hunter Houston threw for 201 yards and three touchdowns, including two to Caden Brown of 15 and 12 yards and another to Peyton Carter of 22 yards.

Pulaski Academy (3-0) defeated Life Christian VA, 31-20 Joe Himon ran for 135 yards and a touchdown. Jalyn Witcher, Dylan Allison and Cooper White caught touchdown passes.

Benton (1-2) lost to LR Catholic, 28-35 Will Bowman threw three touchdown passes, and Brandon Bisceglia ran 73 yards for a touchdown for the Rockets.

FEARLESS FRIDAY PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Mountain Home quarterback Bryce McKay helped the both offensively and defensively rally from a halftime decifit to beat Batesville, 49-4<br>5. McKay had the rarity of passing and rushing for more than 200 yards, completing 14 of 27 passes for 236 yards and touchdowns of 49 and 27 yards to Logen Walker while rushing 26 times for 232 yards and three scores. Mountain Home trailed 38-21 at the half. McKay also preserved the win, intercepting a pass with 1:11 left on the play after he scored on a 5-yard run for the decisive score.

No. 6T Cabot was idle No. 6T Conway was idle No. 8 Bentonville West was idle No. 10 Pulaski Robinson was idle

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Bentonville (2-0) defeated KC Rockhurst MO, 21-17 Andrew Edwards threw two touchdown passes to Chas Nimrod, and Josh Ficklin ran for 112 yards and a touchdown.

North Little Rock (2-0) defeated Fayetteville, 35-17 Patrick O'Donald ran for 178 yards and scores of 45, 8 and 70 yards. Kareame Cotton added 170 yards and a TD.

Greenwood (2-0) defeated Springdale Har-Ber, 33-0 Hunter Wilkinson pounded in a pair of 1yard touchdowns, and J.D. Richmond threw two TD passes to Luke Brewer.

Pulaski Academy (2-0) defeated Ravenwood TN, 37-29 Charlie Fiser threw three TD passes, and Nolen Bruffett threw one as the two combined for 416 yards. Cooper White had 11 catches for 213 yards and three scores.

LR Christian (2-1) lost to Magnolia, 49-52 Garrion Curry ran 67 yards for a touchdown and caught a 10-yard touchdown pass from Tanner Nelson with 2:14 left.

Cabot (3-0) defeated El Dorado, 41-23 Braden Jay returned a kickoff 92 yards for a TD, caught a TD pass and ran for one.

Conway (2-1) defeated Jonesboro, 49-28 Jamaal Bethune ran for 127 yards and TDs of 2, 6, 13 and 22 yards. Ben Weese threw for 341 yards and two tallies.

Bentonville West (2-1) defeated LR Central, 35-13 Dakota McDonald threw for 185 yards and two scores.

Benton (1-1) defeated LR Southwest, 44-6 Garrett Brown became Benton's all-time leading passer, throwing for 234 yards and four touchdowns. No. 1 Bryant was idle

Arkadelphia 35, Greenbrier 28 Ashdown 41, Hope 21 Atkins 42, Conway Christian 0 Benton 44, LR Southwest 6 Bentonville 21, KC MO Rockhurst 17 Bentonville West 35, LR Central 13 Bigelow 40, Perryville 8 Cabot 41, El Dorado 23 Camden Fairview 42, Hamburg 6 Cedarville 52, Green Forest 20 Centerpoint 34, Haskell Harmony Grove 14 Central Arkansas Christian 32, Carlisle 16 Charleston 21, Pottsville 14 Choctaw OK 28, Van Buren 10 Clarendon 54, McCrory 46 Conway 49, Jonesboro 28 Corning 40, Yellville-Summit 0 Cross County 28, Hampton 26 Des Arc 52, Barton 18 DeWitt 46, Drew Central 6 Dierks 42, Cutter Morning Star 0 Elkins 62, Mansfield 6 Farmington 14, Springdale 7 Fordyce 62, Camden Harmony Grove 13 Fountain Lake 35, Mayflower 7 FS Southside 21, Russellville 17 Genoa Central 45, Lafayette County 12 Glen Rose 35, Magnet Cove 6 Greene County Tech 42, Harrisburg 7 Greenland 27, Danville 8 Greenwood 33, Springdale Har-Ber 0 Gurdon 33, Bearden 0 Hackett 12, Panama OK 7 Harding Academy 45, Heber Springs 6 Hazen 42, Earle 8 Highland 36, Piggott 34 Hot Springs 20, Mena 13 OT Hoxie 54, Jonesboro Westside 29 Huntsville 35, Lincoln 14 Jessieville 27, Mount Ida 22 Johnson County 50, Two Rivers 8 Junction City 30, Foreman 12 Lake Hamilton 37, Malvern 16 Lonoke 47, Beebe 21 LR Mills 22, LR Hall 14 LR Parkview 41, White Hall 13 Magnolia 52, LR Christian 49

Manila 20, Marked Tree 18 Maumelle 21, Vilonia 8 McGehee 42, Dumas 6 Melbourne 48, Cave City 12 Mountain Home 41, Nettleton 7 Mountain View 46, Hector 27 Murfreesboro 22, Horatio 0 Nashville 48, DeQueen 6 Newport 41, Bauxite 22 North Little Rock 35, Fayetteville 17 Ozark 32, Clarksville 12 Palestine-Wheatley 42, Marvell 6 Paris 20, West Fork 7 Pocahontas 35, Paragould 8 Poteau OK 47, Alma 10 Poyen 49, Bismarck 14 Prairie Grove 35, Pea Ridge 33 Prescott 51, Parkers Chapel 0 Pryor OK 54, Gravette 26 Pul Academy 37, Brentwood TN R’wood 29 Pulaski Robinson 39, Marion 7 Rison 49, England 6 Rivercrest 41, Valley View 24 Salem 46, Dover 0 Searcy 41, Batesville 25 Siloam Springs 34, Harrison 14 Stilwell OK 32, Gentry 8 Stuttgart 36, Warren 0 Sylvan Hills 48, Jacksonville 16 Trumann 27, Batesville Southside 0 Watson Chapel 38, HS Lakeside 21 Wynne 20, Morrilton 19

FEARLESS FRIDAY PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Rivercrest quarterback Kam Turner turned in a rarity in a 41-24 win over Valley View with over 200 yards both passing and rushing. Turner completed 6-of-9 passes for 219 yards and two touchdowns, including 78 and 19 yards to Keshawn Scott, and ran 11 times for 211 yards and scoring runs of 55 and 83 yards. He also returned a fumble 60 yards for a touchdown.

1 k 2020 Arkadelphia 44, Hot Springs 14 Ashdown 36, DeQueen 0 Atkins 48, Dover 14 Bald Knob 50, Cedar Ridge 8 Baptist Prep 48, Conway Christian 14 Batesville 31, Greenbrier 19 Batesville Southside 28, Mayflower 7 Bearden 24, Mineral Springs 20 Bentonville 47, Conway 21 Bentonville West 41, Muskogee OK 0 Bigelow 48, Cutter Morning Star 14 Blytheville 25, Osceola 24 Booneville 20, Ozark 19 Bryant 57, Marion 17 Cabot 36, Jonesboro 32 Camden Fairview 45, El Dorado 20 Cave City 34, Corning 2 Cedarville 34, Mountainburg 6 Central Arkansas Christian 33, Riverview 12 Clarendon 65, Barton 22 Dardanelle 27, Charleston 0 Des Arc 44, McCrory 24 Dierks 42, Horatio 0 Dumas 43, Lake Village 0 Earle 22, Helena-West Helena 20 East Poinsett County 22, Manila 7 Elkins 46, Greenland 28 Fountain Lake 54, England 18 Genoa Central 28, Foreman 6 Gentry 28, Lamar 27 Gravette 22, Inola OK 20 Greenwood 42, FS Southside 3 Hackett 68, Pocola OK 42 Harding Academy 44, Mena 20 Harrisburg 30, Trumann 25 Harrison 48, Mountain Home 34 Hoxie 47, Mountain View 16 HS Lakeside 35, Sheridan 7 Huntsville 35, Clinton 0 Jacksonville 44, LR Mills 34 Jessieville 42, Haskell Harmony Grove 27 Jonesboro Westside 28, Brookland 21 Junction City 41, Smackover 6 Lincoln 21, Westville OK 0 LR Catholic 38, Sylvan Hills 28 LR Central 41, LR Hall 6 LR Christian 37, Searcy 28 LR Parkview 49, LR Southwest 0

Magnet Cove 28, Bismarck 20 Magnolia 16, Crossett 6 Malvern 33, Glen Rose 27 Marked Tree 28, Palestine-Wheatley 27 McGehee 36, DeWitt 6 Melbourne 34, Quitman 6 Monticello 26, Bauxite 21 Morrilton 41, Beebe 7 Nashville 42, Hope 20 Newport 45, Heber Springs 6 North Little Rock 41, Springdale Har-Ber 28 Owasso OK 31, Fayetteville 17 Paris 62, Johnson County 6 Parkers Chapel 28, Lafayette County 16 Perryville 17, Mount Ida 14 Piggott 12, Festus MO St. Pius X 0 Pine Bluff 12, PB Dollarway 6 Pocahontas 35, Nettleton 27 Pottsville 45, Green Forest 0 Poyen 35, Drew Central 0 Prairie Grove 19, Farmington 7 Prescott 43, Gurdon 36 Pulaski Robinson 28, Maumelle 20 Rivercrest 56, Paragould 24 Rogers 42, Stilwell OK 7 Rogers Heritage 55, Springfield MO Cent 12 Salem 34, Walnut Ridge 14 Shiloh Christian 34, Poteau OK 28 Siloam Springs 55, Pea Ridge 21 Springdale 46, Choctaw OK 18 Stuttgart 42, Star City 12 Thayer, Mo. 36, Highland 0 Valley View 20, Gosnell 6 OT Van Buren 35, Alma 0 Vilonia 29, Greene County Tech 27 Waldron 41, Mansfield 0 West Fork 19, Hazen 12 White Hall 17, Warren 6 Wynne 39, West Memphis 6 Yellville-Summit 42, Two Rivers 6

ARKANSAS SPORTS MEDIA

Bryant (2-0) defeated Marion, 57-17 Bryant led, 43-10, at the half and cruised to the win. The Hornets had 432 yards of offense with Austin Ledbetter throwing for 317 yards and two scores. Tanner Anderson and Jamariwn Bracey each ran for two touchdowns.

Bentonville (1-0) defeated No. 5 Conway, 47-21 Bentonville outscored Conway, 30-7, in the second half. Andrew Edwards threw two touchdown passes, including one each to Chas Nimrod and Cooper Smith.

North Little Rock (1-0) defeated No.9 S’dale Har-Ber, 41-28 Kareame Cotton threw touchdown passes to Jiquori Stewart and Vaughn Phillips, and ran for 115 yards and two scores. Frederick O'Donald added 156 yards and a touchdown rushing.

Greenwood (1-0) defeated FS Southside, 42-3 The Bulldogs scored six touchdowns in the first half and rolled past their south Sebastian County foes. J.D. Richmond hit 20 of 29 passes for 207 yards and three touchdowns in his first varsity start.

LR Christian (1-0) defeated Searcy, 37-28 Colin Cooper threw for 214 yards and touchdown tosses to Benjamin Kelley, Andrew Wadsworth, Corey Platt and Anthony Pugh. Isaiah Hankins booted three field goals.

Fayetteville (0-2) lost to Owasso OK, 17-31 The Bulldogs managed a rushing touchdown and a defensive touchdowns in the loss. No. 6 Pulaski Academy was idle No. 8 Benton was idle

FEARLESS FRIDAY PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Harrison quarterback Cole Keylon accounted for seven touchdowns to lead Harrison to a 48-34 win over rival Mountain Home. Keylon completed 8-of-14 passes for 274 yards and four touchdowns with two going to Noah Moix and one each to Cylan Madden and Dylan Block. Keylon also ran for 123 yards and two scores on 17 carries.

2020 k 0 ARKANSAS SPORTS MEDIA

Bryant (1-0) defeated No. 5 Benton, 48-7 The Hornets led, 42-0, at the half and won their 14th Salt Bowl in the past 15 years with a tie in 2014. Austin Ledbetter threw for 250 yards and four touchdowns, including three to Joseph Young that covered 18, 74 and 62 yards.

Fayetteville (0-1) lost to No. 10 Conway, 21-38 Ben Weese threw a pair of touchdown passes, and Bryce Bohannon returned a kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown.

Pulaski Academy (1-0) defeated Pulaski Robinson, 48-35 Charlie Fiser and Nolen Bruffett each threw three touchdowns to lead the Bruins. Jalyn Witcher caught five of those scoring passes and had 13 catches for 244 yards.

Springdale Har-Ber (0-1) lost to Jenks OK, 15-31 Har-Ber had 369 yards of offense and 20 first downs but suffered six turnovers, including five interceptions in the loss.

Bentonville West (0-1) lost to Broken Arrow OK, 23-50 The Wolverines had 455 yards offense and 25 first downs but lost two fumbles, including one that was returned for a touchdowns, and threw two interceptions, including one that was returned for a score. No. 2 Bentonville was idle No. 3 North Little Rock was idle No. 6 Greenwood was idle

Arkadelphia 21, Camden Fairview 20 OT Ashdown 28, Hamburg 20 Bald Knob 42, Mount Ida 6 Baptist Prep 63, Cedar Ridge 28 Bauxite 42, Riverview 0 Bigelow 16, Bearden 6 Bismarck 27, Cutter Morning Star 26 Booneville 35, Dardanelle 14 Broken Arrow OK 50, Bentonville West 23 Brookland 36, Gosnell 32 Bryant 48, Benton 7 Cabot 35, Searcy 18 Camden Harmony Grove 20, Junction City 14 Cedarville 44, Berryville 6 Central Arkansas Christian 35, Mayflower 20 Conway 38, Fayetteville 21 Crossett 26, Osceola 20 Des Arc 43, Palestine-Wheatley 6 Dumas 8, PB Dollarway 0 Elkins 46, Lincoln 8 Farmington 24, Rogers Heritage 6 Fordyce 29, Rison 28 FS Northside 35, FS Southside 7 Greenbrier 55, Beebe 6 Greene County Tech 20, Jonesboro Westside 0 Harrison 42, Magnolia 35 Hector 30, Dover 8 Hoxie 54, Cave City 48 2OT Idabel OK 28, Foreman 6 Jenks OK 31, Springdale Har-Ber 15 Jonesboro 28, LR Catholic 24 Lake Hamilton 31, HS Lakeside 17 Lamar 42, Huntsville 20 Lonoke 55, Carlisle 6 LR Christian 57, LR Central 35 LR Hall 7, Hope 0 Magnet Cove 67, Murfreesboro 38 Mansfield 41, Magazine 0 Maumelle 27, Sylvan Hills 21 McCrory 10, Hazen 6 Melbourne 50, Clinton 21 Mena 39, DeQueen 0 Mineral Springs 57, England 20 Monticello 46, Lake Village 6 Mountain View 36, Fouke 7 Nettleton 27, Blytheville 20 Newport 47, LR Mills 22 Paris 32, Lavaca 12 Parkers Chapel 47, Minden LA Glenbrook 28

Pleasant Grove TX 55, Nashville 14 Pocahontas 49, Batesville Southside 33 Pottsville 60, East Poinsett County 32 Poyen 40, Genoa Central 8 Pulaski Academy 48, Pulaski Robinson 35 Quitman 59, Two Rivers 0 Rogers 52, Siloam Springs 42 Russellville 15, Morrilton 10 Shiloh Christian 47, Pea Ridge 14 Star City 42, Forrest City 6 Van Buren 48, Springdale 28 Vian OK 26, Gravette 8 Waldron 44, Gentry 29 Walnut Ridge 28, Highland 22 West Fork 20, Green Forest 14 West Memphis 36, LR Southwest 16 White Hall 35, Sheridan 17 Wynne 35, Marion 19

FEARLESS FRIDAY PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Jalyn Witcher caught 13 passes for 244 yards and five touchdowns of 60, 46, 23. 36 and 16 yards in Pulaski Academy's 48-35 win over Pulaski Robinson in an opening week matchup of reigning state champions.

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Cf Sg 2020

2020 A-S Logan Chronister Braeden Thomas Shamar Easter Vincent Jones Josh Carpenter Donovan Nooner Justin Lewallen Eli Livingston Alejandro Medina Ethan Ridgel Mason Sifford Kendrick Juniel Cameron Harris Justin Walker Garrett Brown Jaxson Caylor Kolbi Crawford Josh Ficklin Ethan Fitzgerald Cole Joyce Chas Nimrod Zane Ochoa Cooper Smith Keegan Stinespring Logan Turner Luke Wright Tyson Wimbley Jonathan Anderson Jacardon Hardeman AJ Moss Stephen Dyson Franky Sanchez Keithlin Brown Sebastian Martinez Jarrett Mitchell Randon Ray Ethan Wooldridge James Davis Bentley Hart Jamarien Bracey Austin Ledbetter Rodricho Martin Koby Melton Hayden Schrader Tanner Anderson Kyler Carmack Tyler Gee Braden Jay Timothy Dawn Kyron Kidd Matthew Pouncil Mark Welch Daryl Kattich Garrett Alexander Tyler Williams Jeremiah Wingfield Breckon Ketter Brandon Scott Edgar Herrera Quincey McAdoo Kaleb Williams Arthur Alvarez Bryce Bohanon Manny Smith Ben Weese Jayden Williams Gary Comstock Matthew Newby Tyriq Jones Cooper Childers Luke Morton Austen Hanson Konnor Shelton John Stanley Hill Kylin James Deuce Moore Preston Rains DeAndra Burns Mario Ganter Patrick Sixbey

Alma Arkadelphia Ashdown Ashdown Atkins Atkins Batesville Batesville Batesville Batesville Batesville Bearden Benton Benton Benton Bentonville Bentonville Bentonville Bentonville Bentonville Bentonville Bentonville Bentonville Bentonville Bentonville Bentonville Bentonville Bentonville Bentonville West Bentonville West Bentonville West Bentonville West Bigelow Bigelow Booneville Booneville Booneville Brookland Brookland Bryant Bryant Bryant Bryant Bryant Bryant Cabot Cabot Cabot Camden Fairview Camden Fairview Camden Fairview Camden Fairview Cedarville Centerpoint Central Arkansas Christian Central Arkansas Christian Charleston Charleston Clarendon Clarendon Clarendon Clarksville Conway Conway Conway Conway Corning Cross County Crossett Des Arc Des Arc Dierks Dierks Dumas Dumas East Poinsett County East Poinsett County El Dorado El Dorado El Dorado

Devin Walter Kelynn Daniel Kain Johnson George Mendoza Hayden Cox Jacob Jay Cody Hix Isaiah Sategna Jahiem Brown Ja'Quez Cross Josh Harrington Gary Lewis Jaron Allen Chris Haywood Kaleb Kegley Kendall Akins Dreyden Norwood Maliq Thomas Shawn Rogers Andrew Weatherford Tru Walker Trey Havens Nic Huett Ashton White Devon Hensley Matthew Wells David Williams Jett Dennis JJ Hollingsworth Gabe Wilson Caden Brown Easton Erwin Jordan Hanna Jayden Jasna L.D. Richmond Hunter Wilkinson Royrick Anderson Armando Harper Jameson Threadgill Peyton Hester Gavin Harrod Ty Dugger Caden Sipe Eli Wallis Cooper Welch Jacob Wallace Dylan Block Lane Johnson Beck Jones Cole Keylon Noah Moix Kendred Thompson Ty Day Mahki Armstrong Ammorrion Dempsey Kaimani Gray Devin Johnson Jace Benesch Daylon Powell ShunDerrick Powell Chance Cross Steven Cummins Isaac Echols Will Perrigo Will Ross Logan White Deorius Cobbs Carson Hair Will Barre Conner Clark Nate Light John Paul Pickens River Engle Tyler Ray Adonnis Jones Izaiah Clenney Owen Miller Chase Jessup Trent Singleton Tevin Woodley

El Dorado Elkins Elkins England Farmington Farmington Fayetteville Fayetteville Fordyce Fordyce Fordyce Fordyce Foreman Foreman Foreman Forrest City FS Northside FS Northside FS Southside Glen Rose Gosnell Greenbrier Greenbrier Greenbrier Greene County Tech Greene County Tech Greene County Tech Greenland Greenland Greenland Greenwood Greenwood Greenwood Greenwood Greenwood Greenwood Gurdon Gurdon Gurdon Hackett Hamburg Harding Academy Harding Academy Harding Academy Harding Academy Harrisburg Harrison Harrison Harrison Harrison Harrison Harrison Hector Helena-West Helena Hope Hot Springs Hot Springs Hoxie Hoxie Hoxie HS Lakeside HS Lakeside HS Lakeside HS Lakeside HS Lakeside HS Lakeside Jacksonville Jessieville Jonesboro Jonesboro Jonesboro Jonesboro Jonesboro Westside Jonesboro Westside Junction City Lake Hamilton Lake Hamilton Lake Hamilton Lake Hamilton Lake Hamilton

A-S 2020 Kenvoris Campbell Zurial Barton Brady James Levi Wright Dalyn Waitts Jacoree Womack Brandon Bisceglia Noah Perry Makilan Thomas Titus Colquitt Colin Cooper Jayvean Dyer-Jones Isaiah Hankins Corey Platt Conner Whipple Kavionne Rucker Montaivous Goins James Jointer Landon Rogers Justin Randall Ashton Dromer Kobe Faugn Landon Stone Jay Todd Baker Shawn Bell Kendrick Carrey Garrion Curry JaKamaron Zachary Daedrick Cail Jaqualyn Daniel B.J. Marshall Dashaire Ford-Burton Josh Marshall Jordan Scott Lathan Briley Reid Kennon Jody Easter Elijah White Channing Woodson Slayton Wheeler Mason Brotherton Gaven Hooper Cauy House Max Montgomery Terrell Fricks T.C. Ravine Caimen Fitzpatrick Jackson Moll Jaylan Mullins Haden Scroggins Reggie Toney Jack Hoeksema Brock Bogy Bryce McKay Dalton Brown Ty Gordon Cameron Scarlett Moses Williams Tharon Davis Tyler Johnson Kareame Cotton Chris Jefferson Braxton Johnson Jordan Owens Davian Vayson Dontavion Littleton Keystan Durning Harper Faulkenberry Darion Norris Jimmy Dikerman Duke Walker Cameron Henderson Prince Okojie Michael Ericson Garrett Farnam Kyson Conley Tanner Dixon Bradley Clark Bryce Lusk Treyvon Woodard

Lake Village Lamar Lamar Lincoln Lonoke Lonoke LR Catholic LR Catholic LR Central LR Christian LR Christian LR Christian LR Christian LR Christian LR Christian LR Hall LR Parkview LR Parkview LR Parkview LR Southwest Magazine Magazine Magnet Cove Magnolia Magnolia Magnolia Magnolia Magnolia Marion Marion Marked Tree Maumelle Maumelle Maumelle McCrory McCrory McGehee McGehee McGehee Melbourne Mena Mena Mena Mena Mineral Springs Monticello Morrilton Morrilton Morrilton Morrilton Morrilton Mount Ida Mountain Home Mountain Home Nashville Nashville Nettleton Nettleton Newport Newport North Little Rock North Little Rock North Little Rock North Little Rock North Little Rock Osceola Ozark Ozark Paragould Paris Paris PB Dollarway PB Dollarway Pea Ridge Perryville Piggott Piggott Pine Bluff Pine Bluff Pine Bluff

Connor Baker Dawson Chester Jaxson Carter Gunner Caudle Cade Grant Alex George Jaylen Hopson Jacobi Nolen Jeff Williams Justin Wilson Trace Hawkins Joe Himon Josiah Johnson Futa Shinkawa Allen Thomason Cooper White Jalyn Witcher E'Marion Harris James Jordan Hunter Smith Jet Silor Eli Harrington Chase Wells Gunnar McCullar Keshawn Scott Kamron Turner Christian Francisco Trevion Traylor Darius Brown Braden Oliver Garett Osmon Daniel Perry Jr. Payton Edwards Dylan Palmer Kaden Henley Cam Wiedemann Sam Widmer Eli Wisdom Jared Clark Hunter Talley Andre Sparks Jack Struebing Bralen Williams Kristion Everett Collier Bush Merritt Coker Arlie Lee Jaden Strange Taevion Cunningham Shajuan Esteen Jordan Mendez Xavier Okafor Justin Parker Amarion Watson Torie Blair Joshua Gamble Tylee Green Gaylon Williams Rickie Williams Aedan Huntsman Eli Lassiter Cooper Lutz Jaiden Henry Kannon Bartlett Seth Kirk Noah Newman Luke Trubiana Trelon Marshall Mehki Ferrell Kris Richardson Damarione Woodson Jacobrien Eichelberger Kam Robinson Cam'Ron Holmes Devin Holmes Tre'Von Holmes Tyrell Johnson Marterius Ross Carl Washington

Pocahontas Pocahontas Poyen Prairie Grove Prairie Grove Prescott Prescott Prescott Prescott Prescott Pulaski Academy Pulaski Academy Pulaski Academy Pulaski Academy Pulaski Academy Pulaski Academy Pulaski Academy Pulaski Robinson Pulaski Robinson Pulaski Robinson Quitman Rison Rison Rivercrest Rivercrest Rivercrest Rogers Russellville Salem Searcy Searcy Searcy Sheridan Sheridan Shiloh Christian Shiloh Christian Shiloh Christian Shiloh Christian Siloam Springs Siloam Springs Springdale Springdale Har-Ber Springdale Har-Ber Star City Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart Sylvan Hills Sylvan Hills Sylvan Hills Sylvan Hills Sylvan Hills Sylvan Hills Texarkana Texarkana Texarkana Texarkana Texarkana Valley View Valley View Valley View Van Buren Vilonia Vilonia Vilonia Vilonia Warren Watson Chapel Watson Chapel Watson Chapel White Hall White Hall Wynne Wynne Wynne Wynne Wynne Wynne

2020 Og P Following is a list of players chosen as Outstanding Players at their positions in each conference by the conference coaches. Players chosen to participate in the Arkansas High School Coaches Association All-Star Football Game are based on these selections. All players are seniors.

Og P 2020

Ak S M S T 2020 OFFENSE Austin Ledbetter Kylin James Joe Himon Connor Clark Terry Wells Jayden Williams Jack Struebing Makilan Thomas Sam Widmer Bryce Bohanon Hayden Schrader Brock Funk Kamron Turner Landon Rogers

QB RB RB TE OL OL OL OL OL WR WR PK AP AP

Bryant Dumas Pulaski Academy Jonesboro Wynne Conway Springdale Har-Ber LR Central Shiloh Christian Conway Bryant Bryant Rivercrest LR Parkview

DEFENSE Jordan Hanna Rodricho Martin Braxton Johnson D.J. Withers Futa Shinkawa Cole Joyce Marco Avant Jayden Jasna Ty Dugger Josiah Johnson Dreyden Norwood Liam Selhorst Logen Walker

DL DL DL DL LB LB LB DB DB DB DB P PK

Greenwood Bryant North Little Rock Pulaski Robinson Pulaski Academy Bentonville Jonesboro Greenwood Harding Academy Pulaski Academy FS Northside North Little Rock Mountain Home

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AHSCA A-S 2020 EAST Justin Lewallen Batesville Eli Livingston Batesville Austin Ledbetter Bryant Hayden Schrader Bryant Cole Shoemaker Central Ark Christian Ben Weese Conway Jayden Williams Conway Daeshawn Mars Cross County Eyan Holloway Des Arc Luke Morton Des Arc John Stanley Hill Dumas Kylin James Dumas Preston Rains East Poinsett County Dave Carruth El Dorado Ja'Quez Cross Fordyce Josh Harrington Fordyce David Williams Greene County Tech Ty Dugger Harding Academy Caden Sipe Harding Academy Daylon Powell Hoxie ShunDerrick Powell Hoxie Mario Avant Jonesboro Will Barro Jonesboro Noah Perry LR Catholic Corey Platt LR Christian Connor Whipple LR Christian Justin Randall LR Southwest Tajiri Ellis Marion Jordan Owens McGehee Prince Okojie PB Dollarway Kyson Conley Piggott Bradley Clark Pine Bluff Trace Hawkins Pulaski Academy Futa Shinkawa Pulaski Academy Keshawn Scott Rivercrest Kamron Turner Rivercrest Darius Brown Salem Peyton Edwards Sheridan Collier Bush Stuttgart Taevion Cunningham Sylvan Hills Amarion Watson Sylvan Hills Aedan Huntsman Valley View Dennis Dallas West Memphis Cam Robinson White Hall Cam Ron Holmes Wynne Terry Wells Wynne

WEST Garrett Brown Benton Keegan Stinespring Bentonville Logan Turner Bentonville Stephen Dyson Bentonville West Sebastian Martinez Bigelow Jarrett Mitchell Booneville Matthew Pouncil Camden Fairview Tyre Tatum Camden Fairview Dalton Curtis Charleston Austin Hanson Dierks Cody Hix Fayetteville Caleb Kegley Foreman Shawn Rogers FS Southside Jayden Jasna Greenwood Braden Stein Greenwood Armando Harper Gurdon Jameson Threadgill Gurdon Lane Johnson Harrison Cole Keylon Harrison Kaimani Gray Hot Springs Logan White HS Lakeside Izaiah Clenney Lake Hamilton Dayton Davis Lincoln Kobe Faughn Magazine Mason Brotherton Mena Couy House Mena Caimen Fitzpatrick Morrilton Jackson Moll Morrilton Dalton Brown Nashville LD Hendricks Nashville Lawson Jackson Ozark Jimmy Dikeman Paris Michael Erickson Pea Ridge Lathan Aaron Poyen Gunnar Caudle Prairie Grove Jacobi Nolen Prescott Jeffrey Williams Prescott James Jordan Pulaski Robinson Hunter Smith Pulaski Robinson Caleb Gray Russellville Sam Widmer Shiloh Christian Jared Clark Siloam Springs Andre Sparks Springdale Torie Blair Texarkana Tylee Green Texarkana Jaiden Henry Van Buren

HEAD COACH Tom Sears

HEAD COACH Chris Young

Hoxie

Greenwood

Jody Grant, Bentonville; Craig Bentley, Mena; Khris Buckner, Clarksville; Kyle Jackson, Gurdon; Ricky May, Charleston; Jason Gill, Greenwood

Johnny Fleming, Rivercrest; Chris Hill, Sylvan Hills; B.J. Paschal, Des Arc; Van Paschal, Wynne; Cole Sears, Hoxie