BY DUDLEY E. DAWSON Bentonville’s ultra-successful high school girls softball program is in a familiar spot as the postseason gets underway. The Tigers will be looking to make it four state crowns in five seasons as the Class 6A state tournament begins Thursday and which they are co-hosting with Bentonville West. 6A-West champion Bentonville (19-2, […]

BY DUDLEY E. DAWSON It has been a dream season for Conway’s baseball team with the ultimate prize still in reach. The 6A-Central top-seeded Wampus Cats (24-1, 15-1) will play Friday at 10 a.m. in the Class 6A state baseball tournament at Burns Park in Littler Rock. They will face the winner of Thursday’s game […]

By Kevin Bohannon Postseason baseball is upon us with classes 1A-4A starting district tournament play this week. Regional tickets have already been punched. Conference championships are up for grabs in 5A and 6A. Rogers won their sixth straight conference title this week and Valley View takes their 53-game conference win streak into Tuesday’s doubleheader against […]

By Kyle Sutherland The postseason officially gets underway this week with Class 1A-4A playing district tournaments, while 5A and 6A are wrapping up the final two weeks of the regular season. May is also right around the corner at the backend of the week and this slate of rankings featured the most movement across the […]

It is hard to believe, but we are one month away from crowning six state champions at the University of Central Arkansas. A few upsets and surprises happened over the last week so that is reflected in the rankings this week. Woodlawn was the first team in the state to reach 20 wins this seasons. […]

By Kyle Sutherland Despite falling short by two runs to consensus national No. 1 Melissa (Texas), Bentonville proved it belonged among the nation’s elite on Saturday. That was also the third game the Tigers played last week after conquering No. 2 Springdale Har-Ber and No. 4 Rogers. Benton has separated itself thus far in 5A, […]

By Kevin Bohannon We finally got a full slate of baseball in last week that featured some exciting games and big-time performances across all classifications. The rankings this week include games played on Monday April 14, so records reflect every game played through Monday. Conference champions will be decided over the next couple of weeks. […]

By Kyle Sutherland With just over a month remaining in the 2025 season it is starting to become evident which teams are separating themselves. Class 6A No. 1 and nationally ranked Bentonville has a huge week ahead with 6A-West conference matchups against No. 2 No. 4 Rogers (Tues.) and No. 2 Springdale Har-Ber (Thurs.) before […]

BY DUDLEY E. DAWSON Instead of looking behind at what might have been, Hot Springs Lakeside girls basketball program is choosing to look ahead at what the future could become. 
The Lady Rams entered the Class 5A state hoops tournament as arguably one of the favorites after blitzing the 5A-South conference with a 15-1 mark […]

By Kevin Bohannon Mother Nature was undefeated last week with storms across the state, wiping out multiple games for the back half of the week. Our thoughts and prayers go out to those affected by last week’s storms. The rankings did not change much with many teams only having two days to get games in. […]

By Kyle Sutherland It seems like centuries ago since a full slate’s worth of ball has been played, but beautiful weather is in the forecast this week following spring break and then devastating storms in some parts of the state. Just like last week, there were not many changes due to minimal games not being […]

By Kevin Bohannon The stretch run for the 2025 season is upon us now that spring break is in the rear-view mirror. The Robinson Invitational was a success with great games that included a walk-off home run by 6A top-ranked Conway. The rankings this week did not see much movement with teams playing out of […]