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Zack Roth will long remember Dec. 4, 1999, as the day he and his Harrison teammates captured the Class AAAA state championship with a 10-7 decision against Alma at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock.

Mention the "Battle of Rogers Avenue" to nearly anyone in Fort Smith, and theyll instantly recognize it as the annual showdown in football between Northside and Southside High Schools.

Not in our house.

One town, three schools, three separate champions.

Chip Souza and Rick Fires preview the NWA Democrat-Gazette Games of the Week including contrasting styles of Harding Academy versus Booneville. As Rick Fires says, "Private school power versus a bunch of country boys."

“I yam what I yam and that’s all that I yam.”

Farmington initiated a new era of high school football with the opening of its sparkling $15 million stadium against rival Prairie Grove on Sept. 6, 2019.

Join Chip Souza, Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports editor, and Rick Fires, sports writer, as they preview Friday nights high school football games. This weeks Game of the Week is Little Rock Christian vs. Shiloh Christian.

Prairie Grove is home to one of the most consistent winners in the state with a fistful of conference champions and a 24-game regular season winning streak that stretched from 2014 to 2017.

Prairie Grove is home to one of the most consistent winners in the state with a fistful of conference champions and a 24-game regular season winning streak that stretched from 2014 to 2017.