Prep Rally Podcast

Week 2 is over as week 3 begins before Arkansas High Football conference play begins, Graham Thomas, Rick Fires and Leland Barclay drill down in last weeks games and the upcoming games. Don’t miss theirs top 5 picks from around Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley form last weeks games and events.  

Graham Thomas, Rick Fires and Leland Barclay take a look back at Week 1 in high school football in Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley. The guys break down the Conway Wampus Cats’ 42-39 win at Bentonville in a match up of two of the the best teams in Class 7A. They also look at the performance of Bo Williams at Shiloh Christian, who had 400 rushing yards and 6 touchdowns, along with looking ah...

Sports reporters Graham Thomas, Rick Fires and Leland Barclay look back on the games from Week Zero in Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley. The guys then turn their attention to the Week 1 football games, including the Game of the Week — Conway at Bentonville, which will draw much interest from all over the state. The podcast wraps up with this week’s Top Five performances from the previous we...

Football is back and so is the Prep Rally Podcast. Sports reporters Graham Thomas, Rick Fires and Leland Barclay discuss the Week Zero games in Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley, including rivalry matchups with Alma at Van Buren, Northside at Southside and this week’s game of the week, Cabot at Fayetteville. They also discuss how the extreme heat will impact the start times for kickoff. The...

Toughness is the theme today as Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports reporters recap the spring state championship games and Booneville’s Lexi Franklin pitching with 6 stitches over her right eye after getting hit prior to the Lady Bearcats’ 3A state championship softball game. Franklin, with her eye bandaged, earned MVP honors in leading her team to the title. Gravette softball, Har-Ber bas...

It’s Weekend of Champions this week and the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports reporters break down all championship games in Conway this weekend. In the Feats of the Week, Benton’s Alyssa Houston has thrown 5 consecutive no-hitters to lead the Lady Panthers to the 5A championship game; Anna Woolsey pulled off a rare feat at the Meet of Champions winning the 100, 200 and 400, only the seco...

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Sports Editor Graham Thomas joins the podcast this week.   A plethora of spring sports were the topic today starting with Gunnar Woolard’s big day for the Gravette Lions as they win the 4A-North Regional baseball championship.   In the feats of the week, Gravette sophomore Sydney Kildow was huge for her team in the championship game of the 4A-North regional soft...

In today’s podcast, Anna Woolsey of Ozark had another big day on the track, scoring 46 points with four first place finishes in the Class 4A state track meet Tuesday. In our Feats of the Week, Rogers Gael Salinas drove in 8 runs in two games for the 6A-West baseball champs; Dahana Tuemala homered twice including a grand slam in Rogers’ 15-0 win against Springdale; and Austin Mitchell of Greenwood...

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports reporters talk on today’s podcast about the merits of a perfect game and Stephanie Crittenden’s three-homer game for Bentonville West.   Also on today’s show, we hit the feats of the week including Caleb Champion’s conference-clinching walk-off single for the Rogers Mounties.   Support you local news, subscribe at:  https://www.nwaonline.com/podcast23/  ...

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports reporters dive into spring sports to recap Springdale Har-Ber pitcher Ross Felder’s no-hitter and Hackett sophomore pitcher Makenzie Freeman’s 10th career perfect game. Also reporters give a brief preview of the upcoming track meets including the 6A and 5A conference meets.    Support you local news, subscribe at:  nwaonline.com/podcast23/   Sign up for o...

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports reporters dive into spring sports in recapping baseball, softball and soccer games from this week. And this week’s feats of the week were incredible from Ozark’s Anna Woolsey’s 56 points in a track meet to Lincoln’s Brinkley Moreton’s three home run day in a doubleheader sweep Tuesday. Also Bentonville’s Rowan Christensen had never had a game-winning hit,...

Rain wiped out a large number of games this week, but it did not diminish three outstanding feats of the week. Farmington’s Justine Davidson had a huge day for the Lady Cardinal softball team in back to back games, hitting three home runs and driving in seven runs; Grace Nowlin led her Rogers soccer team to a 4-3 win, getting a hat trick of three goals; And Fort Smith Northside track star Demari S...

Spring sports are in full swing after spring break and there were a number of highlights this week. The three Feats of the Week are: Jaison DeLamar of Fayetteville threw a no-hitter in Fayetteville’s 1-0 win against Fort Smith Northside; Janie Kramer of Fayetteville had two goals and an assist as the Lady Bulldogs remained undefeated; Alma’s Julia Nutt had seven hits and drove in 12 runs on Tuesda...

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports reporters break down Pea Ridge pitcher Emory Bowlin's incredible week, she struck out all 21 batters she faced in a game against Rogers Heritage, then came back four days later and pitched another perfect game against Lincoln. Also, state basketball finals in Hot Springs saw Greenwood, Farmington and County Line all claim state titles last weekend. Top 3...

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reporters break down state basketball tournaments as teams advance to state championship games this week in Hot Springs. The Springdale boys (6A), Greenwood girls (5A), Farmington girls (4A), Lamar girls (3A) and County Line boys (1A) all punched their tickets to the state finals. Also, coaches in the 6A state tournament are not in favor of getting byes, saying...

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports reporters will preview state basketball tournaments which start Tuesday across the state. Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley will host three conference tournaments. Rogers will host the 6A tournament, Lamar will host the 3A and Ozark High will host the 1A, but the games will be played at County Line since they have larger facility.   Sign up for our...

On this week’s Prep Rally podcast, reporters Henry Apple, Rick Fires and Leland Barclay turn their attention on the regional tournaments for Class 1A through 4A and how important winning the first-round game becomes as it leads to a berth to next week’s state tournament. They also touched on the final week of regular-season play in the 6A-West and 5A-West Conferences and what lies ahead for those...

Sports writers with the NWA Democrat-Gazette and River Vally Democrat-Gazette take a look at the upcoming 6A conference basketball tournaments and the small schools conference play starting this week. Read more sports stories at:  nwaonline.com/sports/prep/ Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at:  nwaonline.com/sportsemail/ Support your local news by subscribing at:  nwaonline.com/subscrib...

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports reporters recap Bentonville West’s big home win against Bentonville; and Springdale Har-Ber girls home win against Fort Smith Northside.   Read more sports stories at: nwaonline.com/sports/prep/ Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/

Sport writers with the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette talk about the effect weather is having on the high school basketball season, a big night at Farmington, and give a shout out to the now winningest high school girls basketball coach. Read more sports stories at: nwaonline.com/sports/prep/ Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/ Support your local news by...

Join Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports editor, Chip Souza and writers Henry Apple and Leland Barclay on this week's Prep Rally Podcast. The crew will recap the past week of basketball action including the seeming dominance of the 6A west boys conference, Tom Halbmaier's 400 win and Har-Ber's winning streak.  Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/   Don'...

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports reporters recap conference basketball games including Springdale HIgh’s huge comeback win Tuesday against rival Har-Ber. Read more sports stories at: nwaonline.com/sports/prep/ Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/ Don't miss the latest news in Northwest Arkansas, sign up for our free newsletters at: nwaonline.com/emai...

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports reporters recap the Class 3A state football championship as Charleston knocked off Booneville.  Read more sports stories at: nwaonline.com/sports/prep / Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/   Support your local news by subscribing at:  nwaonline.com/subscribe  

State football championship games recapped and Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reporters preview this weekend’s big basketball tournaments. Read more sports stories at:  nwaonline.com/sports/prep/ Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at:  nwaonline.com/sportsemail/ Don't miss the latest news in Northwest Arkansas, sign up for our free newsletters at:  nwaonline.com/email/

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports reporters preview this weekend’s state championship football games at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock. Read more sports stories at: nwaonline.com/sports/prep/ Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/