479 High School Sports Magazine

Coming up on this episode, the conference football season began during the week with the Shiloh Christian Saints announcing their arrival in the 7A West with a convincing win at Rogers while Bentonville rallied to remain undefeated against Har-Ber and Bentonville West dismantled Fayetteville. Elsewhere in the state, Farmington would celebrate their centennial homecoming with a win over Harrison wh...

On this week's episode, the football schedule was light with most teams in the area resting and preparing for the conference gauntlet. Among the teams that played, Bentonville enjoyed a long bus riA de to Hays, Kansas and escaped with a close win. Elkins would fall to Mansfield in a showdown between defending state champions while Gravette saw a potential game-winning field goal ruled wide left. T...

On this week's episode, the third weekend of the football season featured a couple of major surprises, with Shiloh Christian ending a couple of long winning streaks compiled by its Tulsa-area opponent the major news as it entered the bye week before its maiden voyage in the 7A West. The volleyball season saw the top teams in the 6A West stay at the peak while Farmington recorded another accomplish...

Coming up on this week's episode, the second week of the football season featured a rematch of the 7A semifinals between the top two teams in the state, as well as the return of the 4A title game with the champions looking to avenge their only defeat last year. The volleyball season has a logjam atop the 6A West after two weeks as four teams enjoy 3-1 records. The golf season heats up as the Bento...

On this week's episode, the football season opened with several close finishes and a few surprises. We'll recap week zero around the region. We also opened the volleyball and cross-country seasons during the week, and continued our coverage of golf as that season closes out its first month.

On this week's episode, volleyball, football and cross-country seasons get underway as we preview opening week. We'll also recap a competitive Roy Hobbs Invitational at the Springdale Country Club as the golf season starts ramping up.

Coming up on this episode, the high school golf season left the first tee with some of the favorites playing as expected while there was also a major surprise. The tennis season also starts this week with the Mastiffs of Haas Hall Fayetteville looking to defend their boys' championship while the girls teams from Elkins and Thaden move up a class, and the 6A West looks to be competitive again this...

On our opening episode of our second season, we recap some of the proposals voted on at the Arkansas Activities Association governing body meeting the previous week, and we take a brief look at the landscape with golf leaving the tee this week, to be followed by tennis, before the volleyball, cross-country and football seasns get underway. The football season opens with a record sixty-three new co...

Our maiden season comes to a close this week as we recap the year in high school sports, which saw twelve area teams win titles in the fall, six more in the winter and ten in the spring, along with a number of individual championship performances. We speak with Bentonville softball coach Kent Early, whose team shattered the team record for home runs during the regular season and used its pitching...

Twenty state champions were crowned during the Weekend of Champions in Hot Springs. with Northwest Arkansas schools bringing home seven of them... We visit with Farmington softball coach Jason Shirey, whose Cardinals rallied past Benton for the 5A championship that gave them two titles in three finals appearances this school year, matching the Bryant boys for top performances among schools. We als...

We recap the Arkansas baseball, softball and soccer tournaments and preview the finals set to take place in Hot Springs for the Weekend of Champions. The Meet of Champions also took place in Russellville this week with the decathlon/heptathlon wrapping up the track and field season at Har-Ber.

The regular season for baseball, softball and soccer completed the regular season among the larger classifications while the smaller classes were in the regional stage. Rogers baseball coach Matt Melson spoke about the team's seventh conference title in a row. We also recapped the state track and field classification meets. We also recapped the lacrosse season with Bentonville boys' coach Paxton B...

We head toward the final week of the regular season in the larger classifications for baseball and softball, while the district tournaments took place in the smaller classifications. The high school soccer season also approached its final week. The Natural State Lacrosse League held its championship weekend in Conway, and we spoke with Boys' Commissioner Phil Rottermich about the sport's growth. T...

The spring sports seasons are winding down with the baseball and softball seasons heading into the district tournament stage in the smallest two conferences while the soccer, lacrosse and track and field seasons sprint to the finish line. We visit with Bentonville West softball coach Anthony Cantrell as his Lady Wolverines look for a deep post-season run with a young squad. Meanwhile, Siloam Sprin...

The sports seasons continue, and we have an update on baseball, softball, soccer and lacrosse during the week. We also visit with Bentonville girls track coach Randy Ramaker about his team's efforts to continue it's standing at the top of the state. Springdale and Har-Ber hosted their signing days during the week, and we report on the sites for the golf tournaments this fall and the conference ali...

The spring sports seasons are at the midway point, and we recap the week in baseball, softball and soccer. We visit with Fayetteville girls' lacrosse coach Bryan Jesse about efforts to grow the sport as the Lady Bulldogs attempt to defend their state championship. The week also featured track meets at Farmington, Pea Ridge,, Green Forest and Fayetteville.

Conference play resumed in the spring sports season as teams start the sprint to the post-season. Gravette baseball coach Bryan Bearden speaks about the experience of his team and the advantage it gives them heading into the meat of their schedule. Bentonville girls' soccer coach Steve Porter discusses his team's season as it defends its state championship. Springdale United boys' lacrosse coach D...

We present a recap of the action during the Spring Break week and look at the conference standings as the regular season resumes this week.

There was plenty of action in the week before Spring Break, and we recap the week on the fields. We also check in on the fastest sport on turf. While lacrosse is not yet a sanctioned sport in Arkansas, more teams are picking it up and finding success. We speak with Bentonville boys' coach Paxton Boyer about his team and efforts to bring the sport to the region.

The Arkansas basketball championship games took place in Hot Springs. We visited with Pea Ridge girls' coach Heath Neal, Har-Ber girls' coach Kimberly Jenkins and Farmington girls' coach Jessica McCollough before their teams took the floor. We also recapped the week in baseball, softball and soccer.

We recap the state basketball tournament, which saw Har-Ber and Pea Ridge advance to the finals for the first time ever, while the Farmington girls kept their hopes for a fourth consecutive title alive. Greenland girls' coach Tiffany Phillips spoke about their season. The first week of the spring sports season got underway. Life Way Christian soccer coach James Bowers talks about his girls' team d...

The state basketball tournament fields are set with Providence Academy and Life Way Christian making their first-ever appearances this coming week, The Shiloh Christian boys and girls teams swept their regional tournaments while the Greenland girls also won. Baseball and softball seasons get underway this week. We visit with Rogers baseball coach Matt Melson, Bentonville softball coach Kent Early...

We recap the district basketball tournaments among the smaller classification teams and preview the regional tournaments this coming week. We recap the wrestling seasons with Bentonville coach Jason Adams and Rogers coach Willie Wright, We also preview the state championship meets and look back at past winners on our 479 Time Machine.

The regular season wrapped up for Arkansas basketball teams Class 4A and smaller as conference tournaments get underway. Providence Academy boys coach Velton Kennedy speaks about the team's performance as it enters its second season as a member of the Arkansas Activities Association after playing in the Heartland Christian Athletic Association, which consisted of private and parochial schools in A...

The second half of the basketball season for the larger classifications in Arkansas started this week, while the smaller classifications were approaching the district and regional tournament stage, Shiloh Christian girls coach Heath Petten and boys coach Jonathan Bullington speak about the success of their squads over the past two years. We recap the regional wrestling and bowling tournaments, and...