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By Kyle Sutherland I Photo by Tommy Land  With the high school basketball season in full swing, SBLive is looking at the best boys players in Arkansas across

The battle for first place in the 5A-South Conference is set and will be settled in Pine Bluff this Friday.

Smackover was impressive in its run to the Holiday Tournament championship in Parkers Chapel. But the water gets deeper and a lot more murky on Tuesday when the Buckaroos jumped back into 3A 8 play at home against Dumas.

Deriyon Graydon collected a double-double, and Pine Bluff High School scored an 87-54 rout of El Dorado on Friday to improve to 3-0 in 5A-South boys basketball.

The Dollarway Cardinals were against the odds this season.

Almost every time Dollarway pushed Barton into a pickle, the Bears found a way out.

Whether or not a football season has gone right for Dollarway, a victory over Lake Village Lakeside has seemed like a sure thing over the years on all but one occasion.

Dollarways Martese Henry and Fordyces Tim Rodgers recalled a time when their football teams were rivals in the old District 8-4A.

By Jeff Halpern  Here are the candidates for SBLive’s Arkansas high school athlete of the week for Sept. 26-Oct. 2. Read through the nominees and cast your

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