Arkansas High School football

[Jimmy Chitwood]

Garrett Harper of Shiloh Christian appears to finally be nearing 100% after his serious elbow injury sidelined him nearly all of last year. though he still wears a heavy sleeve on his arm, his playmaking ability is second to none.

on Friday night he ran for a game-high 101 yards and a touchdown on just 6 carries, had an 88-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, and 3 catches for 64 yards and another touchdown ...when hecaught a screen pass behind the line of scrimmage, breaking 3 tackles, and scoring from 38 yards out.

of course, the scoring pass was all due to the talented afflete at black quarterback.

 

[Jimmy Chitwood]

Batesville's Matthew Showalter leaves an afflete in his wake en route to scoring ... again.

Batesville's Matthew Showalter is having an impressive season. against Forrest City recently, the gifted wide receiver/cornerback Showalter couldn't be covered as <a href="http://www.arkansassports360.com/20502/prep-friday-preview-pulaski-robinson-looks-to-maintain-run-against-nashville" target="_blank">he caught five pass for 185 yards and four touchdowns.

"He's just been so big for us, with the catches in that [Forrest City] game, a 74-yard punt return, six interceptions on the season," Batesville Coach Dave King said Tuesday night during the Arkansas High School Gridiron Report on KABZ-FM, 103.7 The Buzz. "But there's nothing bigger than the fumble recovery for a touchdown Friday night."

King's referring to Showalter's scoop in front of the Batesville right sideline and romp down the line to the game-winning touchdown with 49 seconds left (watch the play above). Wynne's Yellow Jackets appeared to have an upset all but secure, just needing to withstand one more Batesville time out after a simple running play.

But that simple running play turned into disaster for Wynne. The ball popped out of the halfback's hands after a hit in the line, and bounced twice to Showalter, who fielded it like the outstanding baseball player he is. Then he took off.

here's the video of the aforementioned fumble recovery and score.

[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh-d3CEkl-4&amp;p=9B3157128FA472C3&amp;playnext=1&amp;index=33[/tube]

perhaps even more impressive than Showalter's playmaking on the offensive side of the ball is his ability to completely shutdown playmakers ... i'll let this article summarize things.

The first question Batesville coach Dave King answered after last week's 39-point win over defending 5A East champion Forrest City didn't pertain to the game plan or a specific play. Instead, an eager fan wanted to know why more big-name college football programs aren't venturing to watch of Pioneer widereceiver/cornerback Matthew Showalter (4).





King can't offer the fan or anyone an explanation regarded the Showalter's lack of recruiting. "I don't know. I don't have a clue," says King, who has spent more than 20 years coaching in Arkansas and Texas.


Showalter, a three-year starter at cornerback, swiped two interceptions against Forrest City and held University of Arkansas commit Dayvon McKinney to just one catch while playing only in the first half after the Pioneers envoked the Arkansas Activities Association 35-point sportsmanship rule.


Showalter intercepted three passes in the first half the previous week in a 56-6 triumph at Paragould, and he's intercepted six passes in limited action this fall. The Pioneers allow just eight points weekly, and the starters have only played the second half of just two games this season.


"No doubt in my mind that he's one of the top two or three players in the state," King says.


Showalter (16 career interceptions) proves his versatility each week as the only two-way starter for undefeated Batesville (6-0). He also punts and handle kick/punt returns when needed.


Although he didn't play much receiver before this season, King believes Showalter can develop into a quality pass-catcher at the collegiate level. Showalter hauled in five catches for 180 yards and four touchdowns in the first half against Forrest City, and he boomed a 74-yard punt. After his dominating performance, Showalter made an official visit to the University of Missouri, the only Division I school actively recruiting him.


"Maybe somebody in (Class) 5A is playing a bigger role for their team, but I would have to see it," the coach says. "He's gone to another level this season. He's the best player I've ever coached, in Arkansas or Texas."


Showalter's devotion to summertime baseball kept him from attending many camps or combines, which King believes could have hampered his recruiting process. Showalter's age always kept him from playing summer baseball with his classmates. He's the youngest senior at Batesville High School in 2010 and won't turn 18 until after graduation.


"He's just now filling out and coming into his own physically," King says. "I think he could go to college at any level, redshirt a year then be a starter for four years. He's a phenomenal athlete."

yep, it's easy to see why virtually no one is recruiting this kid.

 

[whiteathlete33]

Similar to the Brian Dowling situation. Very few offers. Dowling has been offered from Mass, Townson, and Monmouth so far. He only ran for 300 plus yards the other day.

 

[Jimmy Chitwood]

Greenbrier's dual-threat tailbackHunter Winston (the link includes highlight videos) appears to possess all that collegiate coaches claim they want from a prospective athlete ... but somehow, they don't want him.

this article summarizes his abilities and his lack of interest from Division One programs.

Senior running back Hunter Winston (5-10, 190) has rushed for 901 yards (7.8 yards-per-carry) and 13 TDs this season and caught 30 passes for 504 yards and eight scores (through 8 Greenbrier games, of which he missed one and barely played in another). Winston averages 22 yards per kickoff return. He injured his knee early in the season and played only three snaps in Greenbrier's 44-29 setback Week 7 against Siloam Springs. He didn't practice the following week but ran for 143 yards and two TDs and caught five passes for 146 yards and two scores against Alma.


Arkansas State, Central Arkansas and every in-state Division II school have recruited Winston. "All the college coaches say he can play. I think other schools may eventually look at him,"Â￾ Tribble says. "He's fast (4.5 speed), has great vision and good lateral movement that sets him up to get in the right lane. He's special with the ball in his hands."Â￾

Edited by: Jimmy Chitwood

 

[Jimmy Chitwood]

here's an article reporting on Steven Kehner's game last Friday. i'll post the excerpts below.

The tone of the night was set from the first play from scrimmage. After winning the toss the Eagles elected to put their defense on the field first. The Eagle kick off rolled dead at the Beavers' 28-yard line. Quarterback Collin Hunter handed the ball off to Steven Kehner who promptly took it to the house with a 72-yard touchdown 15 seconds after the game began ...

The punt was downed at the Eagles' 32- yard line. The first play on this Beaver drive was a repeat of the previous. Kehner scampered into the end zone on his second carry of the night ...

On the very next play, a 75-yard touchdown run by Kehner was called back due to a block in the back call ...

Glen Rose scored once more in the first, this time on a 52-yard run by Kehner ...

The Beavers scored twice in the second period. The first coming from Kehner with 9:58 left before the half from 24-yards out ...

With the clock continuously running, Kehner punched it in from 48-yards out ...

Kehner finished the night with 313 yards on 10 carries ...

 

[FootballDad]

I'm sure that Kehner probably opened the eyes of some NAIA coaches! He probably doesn't have the necessary "upside" to be successful at the "next level", and it's obvious that the other team simply doesn't know how to tackle, since there's no way a white guy could possibly accomplish that unless the competition is an inferior bunch of 98 pound weaklings.

That will most likely be the comments from DWF's if Kehner's performance is brought up in any afflete-worshipping forum.

 

[Jimmy Chitwood]

i am planning on attending Glen Rose's game tomorrow night (Nov. 5) against Prescott. it is Glen Rose's final regular season game of the year, and it should be a good matchup. going into the game Prescott is 7-2,while Glen Rose has emerged as one of the top two 3A teams in the state with a 9-0 record.

hopefully the weather will be good, as it has been rainy and cold all week in this part of the state.

 

[Jimmy Chitwood]

<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">As a reminder:[/B] Arkansas has six divisions, based on school enrollment, that play football in the state. The largest division is 7A, going down to the smallest, 2A. Class 1A includes schools that are too small to offer football. Private schools are forced to play up in size, meaning that they are placed in one division higher than their enrollment would dictate. (It is said they recruit, but they inevitably are all-white schools so is that even possible?) <?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" />
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Since work prevented me from staying as immersed in high school football as I'd like to have been this fall, I'll keep the most of the recaps brief this time around.
<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">In Class 7A[/B] (the 16 largest schools in the state) all-White (minus a sophomore black running back who is talented) Bentonville defeated nearly all-White Fayetteville, 49-28. Bentonville finished the season undefeated.
Despite being only 5-7 and 150-pounds AND running behind possibly the best offensive line in the state, the larger-than-life hype has already begun for Bentonville's sophomore tailback Tearris Wallace. Even Scout lists him as significantly larger than he really is "¦ see for yourself here.The kid has talent, but he's already being touted as the next big thing "¦ despite being incredibly small.
<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">In Class 6A[/B] (the next 16 largest schools) majority-black El Dorado defeated nearly all-black Texarkana, 31-21. White dual-threat quarterback Taylor Reed, El Dorado's best athlete and player, won his second consecutive state championship. Reed's arm and legs have helped get El Dorado to the state championship game three years in a row, winning it twice, as a wide receiver when he was a sophomore and as the quarterback as a junior and senior.
Reed, who likely projects as a wide receiver at the collegiate level, led El Dorado to 24 wins in his two seasons as a starting qb.
<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">In Class 5A[/B] (the next 32 largest schools) all-White Greenwood knocked off majority-black Camden Fairview, 36-35. Greenwood junior tailback Justin Sunde scored 2 touchdowns in the final 3 minutes to complete a furious comeback and overcome his two fumbles in the first quarter (his only two fumbles of the year).
Just a junior, Sunde finished the game with 125 yards and 4 touchdowns on 19 carries, as well as 5 catches for 39 yards, en route to being named championship MVP. He is a prospect to keep an eye on. Here's a nice recap of the game:
[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COkVExK5zAU[/tube]

It was all-White Greenwood's 4<SUP>th</SUP> state championship victory in the last 6 years.

<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">In Class 4A[/B], all-White (minus their mulatto quarterback Kiehl Frazier) out-scored all-White Pulaski Academy (minus their mulatto quarterback), 61-40. As is typical, Frazier got all the accolades after the game, but Arkansas high school's version of Danny Wuerffel (a decent quarterback surrounded with tremendous talent results in HUGE numbers for the quarterback) had a LOT of help "¦
I want to go into more detail on this game, because it shows what we talk about so much. Shiloh Christian quarterback Kiehl Frazier gets ALL the recognition, including being named to at least three different all-American teams and was recruited by virtually every elite program in the nation. Yet his teammates, many of whom put up incredible numbers, are almost completely ignored. Take, for example, the following:
Four members of the Shiloh Christian football team set state records this year, according to coach Josh Floyd. They were wide receiver Zann Jones, who had 57 career receiving touchdowns; defensive lineman Samuel Harvill, who had 46.5 career sacks; freshman kicker J.T. Hale, who had 91 PAT kicks this year; and quarterback Kiehl Frazier, who was named MVP in the state championship game for an unprecedented third consecutive year. Frazier accounted for 11,217 yards and 158 touchdowns during his career.
Zann Jones, the state's all-time leader in touchdown receptions, finished the season with 66 catches for 1,507 yards (22.8 avg.) and 25 touchdowns. Jones is 5-11, has 4.5 speed, and has been offered exactly ZERO scholarships.
In addition to the aforementioned record-setters, tailback/defensive back Garrett Harper was the team's most explosive playmaker. Harper rushed for 1,445 yards and 21 touchdowns on just 130 carries (11.1 avg.), caught 42 passes for 656 yards (15.5 avg.) and 9 touchdowns, and returned 6 kickoffs on the year for 268 yards (for an incredible 44.7 avg.) and 2 more touchdowns. I'll let the following blurb from the Pulaski Academy coach after the state championship game do the talking.

While Kiehl Frazier added a third MVP trophy to his collection, Pulaski Academy coach Kevin Kelley was adamant that the difference maker on the Shiloh side was running back Garrett Harper. The senior, who missed most of the 2009 season and the playoff run with an injury, set the tone early with his hard running, as Shiloh was determined to run the football at the beginning. PA could not tackle Harper on his 24-yard scoring run that put Shiloh on the board after PA had taken a 6-0 lead. Harper had 154 yards rushing on 21 carries (7.3 yards per carry), with a long run of 26 yards. He added six catches for 36 yards and another score, a fourth quarter TD that stretched Shiloh's lead to 55-33 with 7:23 left in the game.

Harper, like Jones, possesses 4.5 speed, ideal size, and exactly ZERO scholarship offers.

Oh, by the way, in the championship game Jones caught 4 passes for 202 yards and 3 touchdowns. Yep, it's a good thing Frazier is soooooo good, else Shiloh wouldn't win a game.

The Saints (14-1) won the Class 4A state title for the third consecutive year and outscored their opponents, 711-261. The mercy rule was invoked against 11 of their 15 opponents (and every Class 4A opponent except Pulaski Academy in the championship game). Their only loss was to Trinity (Euless, Texas), which was the Texas Class 5A state runner-up.

One last thing about this game "¦ Pulaski Academy has a phenomenal wide receiver, as well. In the game, Garrett Lamb caught 8 passes for 140 yards and three touchdowns (20, 8, and 46). He finished the year with 64 catches for 1,172 yards and 17 touchdowns (including a 99-yard catch-and-run on his second touch of the season). No one is interested in offering him a scholarship either.

<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">In Class 3A[/B], majority-black Rivercrest completed a magical playoff run (complete with not having to face favored Glen Rose due to upsets throughout the bracket) edged past all-White Harding Academy, 14-10. Rivercrest finished the season undefeated.
<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">In the state's smallest football classification, 2A[/B], all-White Magazine defeated all-White Danville, 48-20, in an incredible defensive performance by Magazine that saw their D force 7 fumbles and score 3 touchdowns. Magazine finished the season undefeated.
<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Summary:[/B] Much like last year, once again all-White or majority-White teams more than held their own against teams with "real"Â￾ affletes, winning 4 of the 6 possible State Championships, including the largest classification and the state's top overall best team. 8 of the 12 championship game qualifiers were either all-White or only had a couple of black players. And, once again, in a "bizarre"Â￾ twist, the one game that featured two mostly black teams saw the team with more White players win "¦ Weird, huh?
I'm detecting a pattern here "¦

 

[FootballDad]

Thanks for your summary of the AR high school championships, JC, they are phenomenal. As is the norm, white athletes are playing extremely well at the HS level. In MO, they cleaned up, same for NE and KS. Of course, according to Rivals, Scouts, etc.,there isn't any good talent in the middle of the country, UNLESS they are black.


I mentioned this in an earlier post, but in my experience and conversations with coaches, they really do rely a great deal on the casteon recruiting "services" to do their legwork for them. I truly believe that if a renegade coach really did his own recruiting research, an absolutely dominant white team could be assembled that would put any team to shame.

 

[Johnsonville]

Another Arkansas football fan here.

How can you mention Bentonville without talking about Dallas Hardison, their quarterback?

He was pegged as the backup coming into the year, behind a kid who had started for two years (and just happens to be a world class swimmer), but had to take over after the other QB quit after the second game of the season due to an injury and not wanting to jeopardize a very promising swimming career.

All he did was break the state record for completion percentage (73%), throw 26 touchdowns to 3 interceptions and lead Bentonville to a state championship.

You mentioned Tearris Wallace. Have you ever met him? He's bigger than the 5-7, 150lbs you listed him at, as I talked to him at the SW Elite 7on7 two weekends ago. More like 5-9, 185 lbs.

He is not the kid that should rub you the wrong way though; it is Altee Tenpenny, from NLR, that has all of a sudden become the "best" player in the class of 2013. He has had a few decent combines, looks really good in a uniform and says all the right things, so of course Rivals is dotting on him.

I saw him play twice this past season (against Bentonville and Fayetteville) and he failed to go over 100 yards either time. To me, he looked good but certainly not great. But he is black and has "elite" level skills according to Rivals.

You have the perfect example of the caste system working it's magic though at Bentonville, in the case of Shane Bodecker and Courtney Haskell two seasons ago.

Bodecker was a white running back who carried the load in '09 as Bentonville won a state championship. I do not remember his exact stats but he went over 1,500 yards and had the talent to be a D-1 running back. Save for the fact that he was white.

In moves Courtney Haskell, from Warren, and Bodecker gets pushed to the side simply because Haskell was black. Never mind the fact that Haskell had to flee Warren because of "bad influences" and could hardly spell his name. Bodecker went from carrying the ball almost 200 times to just 30 times while Haskell became a sensation, running behind an all-white offensive line that could have been the best the state has ever seen.

It pissed me off to see Bodecker get pushed to the side like that for a THUG like Haskell.

I think I will make a post of the top ten white football players in Arkansas for this upcoming season, if anyone wants to read it.

 

[Jimmy Chitwood]

i'm a bit behind with any updates considering most Arkansas high schools have played two games now, but them's the breaks. heh.

anyway, i've mentioned him in the Watch List thread in the track forum, but apparently being the 4A State Champion in the 100-meters last year (as a sophomore) isn't enough speed to get Ethan Bly the starting tailback gig. but, as with so many White athletes, Bly is versatile. as a linebacker, he led the Panthers with eight tackles, including seven solo, three sacks and one tackle for loss in their season opening UPSET win over defending 4A State Campion Shiloh Christian.

i don't have any stats for him from their second game yet, however.

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the most dominant performance from the opening week of games came from Hackett's Dylan Yazel. the senior speedster (he was the fastest player at the Dallas Under-Armour Combine this spring with a 4.50 laser-timed 40) ran for 415 yards and 6 touchdowns (scoring on runs of 36, 76, 29, 80, 60, and 91 yards) on 14 carries and had another 65-yard scamper called back. he also had 2 catches for 47 yards and another touchdown. that's 7 touchdowns in one game. his performance earned him the Player of the Week Award from the Arkansas Touchdown Club.

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in up-the-street news, Malvern quarterback Austin Warford threw for 240 yards and three touchdowns and ran for an additional 97 yards to earn the other ArPreps Player of the Week honor for week 1. Warford, one of the few White kids to suit up for the Leopards, is possibly their best athlete. go figure.

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i attended a blackie-Whitey match-up for week 2: class 7A (the biggest classification in Arkansas) Springdale Har-Ber (20 of 22 starters were White) versus (defending Class 6A State Champion) El Dorado (16 of 22 starters were black). it was an entertaining, hard-hitting contest, but filled with early-season miscues and missed opportunities. neither team's quarterback (actually two quarterbacks for Har-Ber) had much of an arm and as such struggled to get the ball to their dangerous receivers downfield.

Har-Ber boasts two should-be-Division 1 prospects (were their skin a bit darker, of course) in Evan Johnson (6-2, 4.5 40) and Michael Fine (6-5, 4.5 40) at wideout, but both were forced to try and dig short come-back routes out of the dirt all night long, as their quarterback(s) could not hit them when they were running wide open down the field.

for El Dorado (3 White starters on offense -quarterback, center, and wide receiver; 3 White starters on defense - end, outside linebacker, cornerback) there was an interesting nugget of information that i gleaned. the kicker (a highly touted soccer player) was also the aforementioned cornerback. he has never played cornerback before this year, but the coaches had to get him on the field according to local reports, because "he has terrific, 4.4 speed." in fact, he is said to be the second-fastest Wildcat on the team. his name is Colby Murphy and his brother is a wide receiver (and soccer player) at the University of Central Arkansas.

the fastest Wildcat? that would be the aforementioned wide receiver. his name is Matt Emrich and he has good size (6-1) and according to the El Dorado fans, "no one else on the team can even come close to running with him." with his quarterback possessing an arm like a well-cooked spaghetti noodle, Emrich was nothing more than a decoy on the night i was in attendance.

both teams had impressive running backs (White for Har-Ber and black for El Dorado). Har-Ber's lost a fumble on two of their first three series, though, which really cost the visiting side. El Dorado scored off both of them.

for the record El Dorado won a close one at home in a bit of an upset, 27-20.

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i'll try and post more info when i get the time.

 

[Jimmy Chitwood]

a quick update on a couple of youngsters ...

back-to-back big games to start the season for Bo Weddle, a sophomore tailback/linebacker for Class 2A (the smallest classification in Arkansas high school football) Carlisle against schools from larger classifications.

in week 1, Weddle ran for 124 yards and 3 touchdowns (including one 65 yard touchdown run) on just 7 carries and added one reception for a two point conversion. all those numbers came in the first half in a runaway win over 3A Riverview, 42-6.

in week 2, he followed it up with 131 yards and 2 touchdowns on 18 carries in a 30-21 win over Class 4A Bauxite. Weddle is an interesting prospect, because he has prototypical size (5-10, 185-pounds) and already posts a 4.58 in the 40 (ran this summer).

sadly, though, Carlisle has a tradition of producing two things: dominant athletic teams and terrific White athletes who get screwed by the Case System.

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Chase Stewart, who plays for Quitman High, plays both the "Welker" and cornerback. the 5-9 junior had a BIG game on Friday night: caught 5 balls for 114 yards and 2 touchdowns, returned a kickoff 85 yards for a TD, intercepted a pass, recovered an onside kick, had 5 pass breakups, and 7 tackles. not bad for a guy who carries a lunch pail and wears a blue collar.

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Rogers Heritage cornerback Alex Miles (5-10, 175-pounds) completely shut down (held to two catches for minimal yardage) the nation's #1 receiver, Dorial Green Beckham and added 2 interceptions as icing on the cake in the first half of the War Eagles blowout victory over Hillcrest (Springfield, MO).

 

[Jimmy Chitwood]

there are some excellent coaches in Arkansas, with possibly the maddest mind in the business being Kevin Kelley at Pulaski Academy (a nearly all-White private school in the suburbs of Little Rock). check out this story, which made the yahoo homepage today: Arkansas power leads team 29-0 before it can run a play. (the link includes video)

sadly, PA has a highly-touted mulatto quarterback this year (as well as a black wideout who gets a lot of pub). however, the Bruins routinely produce incredibly bad ass White athletes who are inevitably shunned by Division I collegiate progrms in favor of lesser-talented, but darker-hued, affletes.

 

[Riddlewire]

You're never gonna find me cheering for one of these recruited spread-baby black quarterbacks that are becoming more common in Arkansas high school football.
Kelley has gotten a lot of national attention over the past few years for his football philosophies. But the local media has never taken an interest in any of his players until he imported a negro to take snaps. To hell with all of them.
Frankly, I hope Heber Springs stomps PA into mush in the state championship game (taking a big guess there).
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(And yes, JC, I'm perfectly aware that Janski has done the same thing with the RB position at Heber. But people generally credit that team as a whole for its success, rather than the "game changing" abiliites of some afflete. And even moreso this season, since their black RB is injured and they're still winning impressively.)

 

[Jimmy Chitwood]

good points about the media's new-found fascination with Pulaski Academy, RW. "weird," isn't it?

and speaking of ****r Springs, Ethan Bly (who was the fastest sophomore in the state a year ago, the state champ in the 100-meters in Class 4A, and had one of the 8 fastest 100-meters overall) is now basically playing the "Welker," albeit for a team that doesn't pass the ball much. he's the "slotback."

despite once again receiving limited opportunites to touch the ball last week, Bly gained 93 yards and a touchdown (a 70-yarder) on just 4 carries, had 1 catch for 30 yards, and returned an interception 48 yards for a touchdown. oh, and he once again tied for the team lead in tackles. one wonders what it will take for Bly (now a junior) to become the featured runner ...

edited to add: i don't know why it's censoring the name of the the high school. it didn't get censored in RW's post. *shrug*

 

[Riddlewire]

edited to add: i don't know why it's censoring the name of the the high school. it didn't get censored in RW's post. *shrug*

If you look at my post closely, you'll see that I put the first "e" in "Heber" in italics. Since that breaks up the censored word, it doesn't get ****'d out.

Also,
I didn't mean to dump on your post re:Coach Kelley. I routinely forget to turn off "Curmudgeon Mode" when talking about high school football. I need to remember to do that, especially when making public posts.

 

[Colonel_Reb]

I need to remember to do that, especially when making public posts.

 

[Jimmy Chitwood]

If you look at my post closely, you'll see that I put the first "e" in "Heber" in italics. Since that breaks up the censored word, it doesn't get ****'d out.

Also,
I didn't mean to dump on your post re:Coach Kelley. I routinely forget to turn off "Curmudgeon Mode" when talking about high school football. I need to remember to do that, especially when making public posts.

RW, thanks for the tip on the italics. and no worries about the PA (and the too-widespread syndrome of mulatto/negro love they exhibit) comments, man. i wasn't offended in the least. to borrow a time-tested quote from the "venerable" philosopher Bill Clinton ... "i feel your pain."

 

[Jimmy Chitwood]

i've never seen him play in person, nor do i know much about him ... but Jimmy Creecy, a quarterback/defensive back for Trumann (that's not a typo) High School ran for 303 yards and 7 touchdowns on just 13 carries Friday night against Paragould. he also intercepted a pass, en route to leading his team to a 53-32 win.

and, unless i'm mistaken, he did all that in the first half ...

he is the sixth player in Arkansas high school football history to run for at least seven scores in a game. it was Trumann's first victory of the season.



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twins Ryan (running quarterback) and Cory (wide receiver/running back) Chambers scored five of Magazine’s six first-half touchdowns and combined for nearly 300 rushing yards as the defending 2A state champion Rattlers rolled past Hackett 56-0.

Ryan set the tone on the Rattlers’ first offensive play, taking the snap from the Magazine 2-yard line and sprinting 98 yards for a touchdown.

Ryan rushed for 219 yards on just four carries, including touchdown runs of 98 and 78 yards. he also connected with brother Cory for a 25-yard score early in the second quarter, on his lone completion (of just 2 attempts) on the night.

Cory added 70 rushing yards on 5 carries, scoring from 9 and 34 yards.

defensively, the duo (both are defensive backs) also helped shut down Dylan Yazel, one of the top tailbacks in the state.

Ryan's season total is 459 yards on just 27 attempts for an average of 17 yards-per-carry. he also has 312 passing yards on 14 of 31 attempts with 5 touchdowns.

his brother Cory is his favorite target, who leads the Rattlers with 7 catches for 162 yards and 2 touchdowns. Cory also has 152 rushing yards on just 14 carries — an average of 10.8 yards per attempt — with two TDs.

more importantly than the numbers, last year the now-seniors led Magazine to a 2A state title. they have the Rattlers ranked as the No. 1 team again in 2011. Magazine is off to a 3-0 start, pushing their winning streak to 16 games ... unless my math is off.

 

[Jimmy Chitwood]

Greenwood senior tailback Justin Sunde was named the Arkansas Varsity player of the week for his performance against Shiloh Christian on Friday night.

Sunde (5-10, 165, 4.5) had 19 carries for 157 yards and four touchdowns against the Saints, helping lead his team to a 55-0 victory. he has led the Greenwood rushing attack for two years now, and anyone who has seen him play in person knows he is a playmaker ... yet he has yet to receive a single scholarship offer to play football.

fortunately for him, he is an even better baseball player than he is a running back. so he might still get (part of) his college paid for(since collegiate baseball players rarely get full-ride scholarships).

in related news, Friday night's game was the first time since 2004 that Shiloh Christian had been shut out. Greenwood was the team which shut them out at that time as well.


one of Justin's 4 touchdown runs last Friday night

 

[Riddlewire]

Local product Cordell Crisp (right down the road from me) is the Little Rock Touchdown Club's player of the week, after leading his Bald Knob Bulldogs team to a 71-46 victory over the Corning Bobcats.
Crisp, a 6'2" 180lb QB, was 23-43 passing for 533 yards and 7 touchdowns in the game.
That performance puts him neck and neck with overhyped private academy black quarterback Fredi Knighten for the state passing lead. Knighten stands at 2,277 yards (30TD) after Friday's game, and Crisp is at 2,257 yards (26TD). Crisp who plays 3A football, doesn't have the benefit of a roster full of recruited athletes like Knighten's Pulaski Academy squad. Another factor working in favor of Knighten's inflated statistics is PA's employment of a never-punt scheme that gives many more opportunities to Knighten.

Crisp is only a Junior this season. Last year, as a Sophomore, Crisp was third in the state of Arkansas in passing with 3,863 yards and 47TDs. Assuming Bald Knob doesn't suffer serious personnel losses next year, Crisp should finish as the #2 All-Time passing quarterback in the state of Arkansas (disregarding the private schools).

 

[Mr. Foglesworth]

Greenwood Does it Again

Long time lurker, first time poster. Simple because this is a story that most be told.

Greenwood High School, located in the River Valley region of Arkansas is one of the most successful programs in the state. They have made 6 of the past 8 state championships game in their class and won 3 of those.

What's astonishing (to most) is that the Bulldogs have never had a single negro player play for their team in the history of their program.

Last Friday night they played a team from southern Arkansas, Camden Fairview, who is just "loaded" with "athletes". Read: almost an all back team.

After falling behind 31-10 due to some costly mistakes and some very questionable calls, the Bulldogs stormed back in the second half and ended up winning 33-31.

Perhaps the best line of the night came from a sportswriter who marveled at the team speed of Greenwood and commented that it was the deciding factor in the game. Now, how could that possibly be true? Camden Fairview is filled with blacks who are supposedly some of the best athletes in the state. There is now way that Greenwood, who is as pale as snow, could possibly outclass them in the speed department.

In other news, class 7A Bentonville, who is ranked in the top ten in the nation and starts 3 black players managed to somehow defeat a NLR that starts only 3 white players. And in convincing fashion, 31-7.

 

[FootballDad]

Welcome to the board, Mr. Foglesworth! Good to hear about the success of the white teams (not like this is some sort of aberration) in Arkansas. Here in Missouri and my neighboring Kansas, we had a similar "white out" in virtually all of the state championship games over the weekend. Of course, virtually NONE of the players on the winning teams are going to play at the next level, while most of the losers have their AA scholarships lined up. Sickening.

 

[Carolina Speed]

Long time lurker, first time poster. Simple because this is a story that most be told.

Greenwood High School, located in the River Valley region of Arkansas is one of the most successful programs in the state. They have made 6 of the past 8 state championships game in their class and won 3 of those.

What's astonishing (to most) is that the Bulldogs have never had a single negro player play for their team in the history of their program.

Last Friday night they played a team from southern Arkansas, Camden Fairview, who is just "loaded" with "athletes". Read: almost an all back team.

After falling behind 31-10 due to some costly mistakes and some very questionable calls, the Bulldogs stormed back in the second half and ended up winning 33-31.

Perhaps the best line of the night came from a sportswriter who marveled at the team speed of Greenwood and commented that it was the deciding factor in the game. Now, how could that possibly be true? Camden Fairview is filled with blacks who are supposedly some of the best athletes in the state. There is now way that Greenwood, who is as pale as snow, could possibly outclass them in the speed department.

In other news, class 7A Bentonville, who is ranked in the top ten in the nation and starts 3 black players managed to somehow defeat a NLR that starts only 3 white players. And in convincing fashion, 31-7.

Yes, welcome aboard Mr. Foglesworth. I'm curious, how many students attend a 7A high school in Arkansas?

 

[referendum]

Footballdad, you mentioned how very few of the victorious white team players on Missouri's high school championship teams will get football scholarships but lots of blacks on the losing teams will. I'd like to do some research on the actual numbers and teams involved. Any suggestions on sites and teams to look into?