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Brad Bolding waited 22 years to win his first state championship as a head coach. He made the semifinals nine times prior to hoisting the trophy after Little Rock Parkview defeated Shiloh Christian 31-21 in the Class 5A state championship game last fall.

At the halfway mark, it’s already been a long basketball season for Smackover’s senior girls. The Lady Bucks’ record? Well, at this point it doesn’t matter. They haven’t won a game. Several of the losses have been by lopsided margins. Coach David Preston admitted his concern. His players’ love for the game has been tested along with just their basic mental toughness.

Brandon Scott took his Charleston Tigers through the last perfect Thursday drill of the season that wrapped up practice.

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BOONEVILLE – The marquee nonconference game in the state went about like the first three meetings between Booneville and Harding Academy did, and that was with the Wildcats winning handily.

By Kyle Sutherland | Photo by Jimmy Jones  1. Bryant (2-0) beat Parkview 20-10  Parkview kept this one close at War Memorial Stadium trailing 14-10 at halftime,

By Kyle Sutherland I Photo by Sadie Rucker  Ugly weather mixed with highly intense finishes made for a bipolar Week 1 that left certain teams heading to the

The Lamar Warriors are technically staying in the same conference, the 4A-4, but welcome six new teams all from closer to central Arkansas to form a nine-team conference.

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I'm not sure of the parameters that constitute a dynasty in high school football, but winning 10 state championships in 11 years would surely qualify.