High school football dominates the local Friday schedule, and for Mountain Home, it will be the last road trip of the regular season. The Bombers will be near the Oklahoma state line for an outing with Van Buren.
Mountain Home and the Pointers are part of a three-way tie for sixth place in the 6A-West, along with Greenbrier. Both teams are currently 1-7 on the season and 1-5 in the conference. The Bombers are coming off a homecoming victory over Siloam Springs, and Van Buren fell to Little Rock Christian last week. Mountain Home head coach Steve Ary says this is a matchup between teams with a lot to play for.
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Kickoff at Citizens Bank Stadium is scheduled for 7. Friday’s game will be on Classic Hits 101.7 and streaming live at ktlo.com and on the Bomber Sports Network on YouTube. Coverage begins around 5:30 with Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas High School Gameday.
Elsewhere in the 6A-West, Greenbrier hosts Little Rock Christian, Russellville travels to Pearcy to meet Lake Hamilton, and Pulaski Academy makes the trip to Greenwood for a matchup of teams in the Arkansas Sports Media Top 10. The Bruins are currently ranked fifth, and the Bulldogs are sixth.
This will be the last game of the season for Yellville-Summit. The Panthers will be on the road as they take on Newport.
Yellville-Summit is 5-4 on the season and 1-4 in the 3A-2. The Panthers picked up their first conference win last week by defeating Atkins on Senior Night. Newport is 5-3 and 3-1. The Greyhounds suffered a nine-point loss last Friday at the hands of Melbourne.
Kickoff at Greyhound Field is set for 7.
Also in the 3A-2, Salem entertains Perryville for Senior Night, and Melbourne heads to Quitman. The Bearkatz are currently ranked second in Class 3A by the Arkansas Sports Media. Atkins is idle this week.
Elsewhere on the local Arkansas schedule, Harrison travels to Clarksville.
The postseason gets underway this week for Mountain View’s eight-man team. The Yellowjackets enter the Classes 4A/3A playoffs with an unbeaten record, and they’ll have home field advantage Friday against Genoa Central.
This will also be the start of the postseason in Missouri as district play gets underway.
Two area teams will have home field advantage in the Class 2, District 4 Playoffs. Hollister is home against East Newton, and Forsyth hosts Springfield Catholic.
Branson will be on the road to begin the Class 5, District 5 Playoffs. The Pirates will make the trip to Lebanon.
Three area teams will compete in the first round of the Class 2, District 3 Playoffs. Ava heads to Strafford, Willow Springs travels to Houston, and Mountain Grove entertains Doniphan.
Thayer will hit the road for its first game in the Class 1, District 3 Playoffs. The Bobcats make the trip to Pierce City.
West Plains has a first round bye as the top seed in the Class 4, District 6 Playoffs. The Zizzers will be home against the winner of Friday’s game between Logan-Rogersville and Monett in next week’s semifinals.
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