High school football dominates the local Friday schedule as the season gets underway, and Mountain Home will begin its 2023 campaign on the road. The Bombers will be in Jonesboro as they meet Nettleton.
Mountain Home is coming off a season in which they finished 4-8. The 2022 campaign included the Bombers’ third consecutive trip to the quarterfinals of the Class 6A State Playoffs where they fell to Pulaski Academy at Little Rock.
Steve Ary is beginning his fourth season as the Mountain Home head coach, and he says his team will need a good performance on both sides of the ball to beat Nettleton.
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Kickoff at Raider Stadium is scheduled for 7:30. Friday’s game can be heard on Classic Hits 101.7 and streaming live at ktlo.com and the Bomber Sports Network on YouTube. Coverage begins at 6 with Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas High School Game Day.
Yellville-Summit’s season will get underway in Little Rock. The Panthers’ opening opponent will be Baptist Prep.
Yellville-Summit ended up with a record of 5-5 a year ago. The Panthers missed the postseason in 2022 after moving back up to Class 3A.
Yellville-Summit has had to face some adversity this month heading into the opener, and head coach Justin Crain says he is looking to see how they face it before conference play starts later this season.
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Kickoff at Eagle Creek Field is set for 8.
Elsewhere on the local Arkansas schedule, Salem hosts Earle, Melbourne travels to Bald Knob, and Harrison entertains Springdale.
There is one game matching up teams in the Arkansas Sports Media Top 10. Fourth-ranked Fayetteville is home against No. 5 Cabot.
On the eight-man level, Izard County makes the trip to Newark to face Cedar Ridge. Marshall and Mountain View are both idle this week.
The season also gets underway in Missouri. Among area schools, West Plains heads to Bolivar, Forsyth hosts El Dorado Springs, Branson entertains Joplin, and Ava is home against Buffalo.
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