the state's receptions leader is a White kid, and the receiving yardage leader is another White kid. yet, despite the vast majority of the state's best receivers being White, so far not a single White receiver has been offered a Division I scholarship this year. no surprise there.
the state's best receiver, (Class 5A) Greenwood's Spencer Harris leads the state with 727 yards AND 12 receiving touchdowns on just 35 catches, for a whopping 20.8 yards-per-catch average. at 6-3, and fast, you'd think teams would be all over this kid since defensive backs can't get near him ...
(Class 5A) Pulaski Academy's vaunted aerial attack has 2 of the state's top-3 receptions leaders. juniors Zac Reyna, the state's leader with 44 catches, and Garrett Lamb, number 3 in the state with 38 catches, have been impossible to stop thus far this season. Reyna has 686 yards and 2 touchdowns, while Lamb has 484 yards and 6 touchdowns through 5 games.
(Class 7A) Fayetteville's Michael Heintzmann continues to dominate. in addition to his rushing and kick return yardage, the 5-10 senior with 4.4 speed has 33 catches for 574 yards and 7 touchdowns in 6 games, but the media continues its love affair with lard-butt teammate Demetrius Dean. take the following blurb from a game two weeks ago as a bit of evidence:
Led by huge performances from receiver Demetrius Dean and quarterback Brandon Allen, the Purple'Dogs combined for 558 yards of total offense in a 50-49 victory against Springdale High.
in that game, Dean had 10 catches for 91 yards and 2 touchdowns. certainly, it was a good game. but Heintzmann had 6 catches for 130 yards and 2 touchdowns AND he rushed for another touchdown. so who had the bigger day? the fat, black receiver, of course!
Brandon Allen is an impressive talent at quarterback for Fayetteville, to be sure. he threw for 464 yards and 4 touchdowns in that game on 32-56 passing, and he ran for another 49 yards and a touchdown.
(Class 7A) Van Buren's Drew White, a 6-3 junior with 4.5 speed, has 30 catches for 440 yards and 5 touchdowns in just 4 games.
Blake Fogg, a 6-2 senior with 4.5 speed from Springdale High (Class 7A), has 24 catches for 581 yards and 4 touchdowns in 6 games.
Rogers Heritage has added a third speedster to their dangerous duo of very fast, but small (5-6 or 5-9) wideouts. the coaching staff had decided to keep Grant Driver, an All-State wideout last year, strictly at cornerback ... but that only lasted a couple of weeks. the muscular 5-8 senior with 4.5 speed has again exploded on offense, while still playing at a high level in the secondary. since moving back to wideout, Driver has compiled 32 catches for 491 yards and 5 touchdowns. Travis Entwisle, the "biggest" of the three, has used his 4.5 speed to snare 30 catches for 468 yards and 5 touchdowns. the third amigo, teammate Jordan Snoderly, is the smallest but fastest. his 4.4 speed has earned him 17 catches for 288 yards and 5 touchdowns, but hehas been hurt and missed a lot of action. Heritage has played 6 games, though only Entwisle has suited up for all of them.
also in 6 games, Graham Parker from Rogers High has 28 catches for 425 yards and 6 touchdowns.
a small school story to keep an eye on ... Zach Combs, a 6-5 senior from Harrisburg (Class 3A), decided to play football his senior year and has become a big-time playmaker. in his first year playing on the gridiron, he ranks among statewide leaders in receptions and receiving yards with 26 catches for 350 yards and 3 touchdowns in 5 games. until this year, he was a basketball player.
　
--- on a side note, the very gifted junior running back/wide receiver Garrett Harper (Shiloh Christian, Class 4A) is still out with an injury.
Edited by: Jimmy Chitwood 
