BY DUDLEY E. DAWSON Harding Academy has built one of the state’s best overall high school sports programs with nearly 40 state championships since 2000 alone. The school will try to add two more championships Friday in Conway. The baseball Wildcats (24-6) will face Brookland (26-10) in the Class 4A title game at 4 p.m. […]

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 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 DUDLEY E. DAWSON While some finish up their spring break on a beach, athletes from 77 high school baseball teams and 6 states will do so on 8 diamonds in Central Arkansas this weekend. They’ll do so as part of the eighth annual Pulaski Robinson Spring Baseball Tournament, which begins Thursday morning and runs […]

……………….. The action on the field may be over, but now is the time to honor the best in Arkansas high school football for the 2024 season with the Fearless Friday Awards.

BY DUDLEY E. DAWSON The Arkansas Class 3A state football championship game on Saturday night offers either Salem (11-3) or Bismarck (13-0) the chance to nab its first-ever gridiron title. Those two teams will meet at 6:30 p.m. at War Memorial Stadium in a game that will be televised by the Arkansas PBS stations. Salem […]

BY DUDLEY E. DAWSON It seems appropriate that on the day that Oaklawn starts its 121st year of horse racing in Hot Springs that two football coaches who have been in the winners circle a lot will clash just down the road. Upstart Farmington (12-1) will try to keep powerhouse Little Rock Parkview (12-1) from […]

BY DUDLEY E. DAWSON When Conway Christian and East Poinsett County take the field for Friday’s noon Class 2A state championship game at War Memorial Stadium, it will be a battle between two resilient high school programs. Conway Christian (13-0) has battled through a slow ascension the last few years to this year’s title game […]

BY DUDLEY E. DAWSON This year’s Arkansas high school eight-man football champion will be a worthy title holder with a great story. Unbeatens Midland (11-0) and Strong (7-0) will meet Thursday night at 7 p.m. inside Little Rock’s vaunted War Memorial Stadium in a game that will be televised on Arkansas PBS channels. For Strong, […]

Who’s ready to bring home some hardware? The 2024 high school football season is almost over, but there’s one more game left to be played. Area teams put on the pads one last time as they prepare for the state championship games at War Memorial Stadium. Josh, along with sports reporter of Natural State Sports, […]