Late letdown Heber Springs' comeback knocks West Fork from playoffs

BY BRANDON MARCELLO Northwest Arkansas Times

WEST FORK — Heber Springs’ tragic week ended in a triumph Friday. The Panthers upset West Fork, 28-24, in their second consecutive fourth-quarter comeback in the Class 4A playoffs. - Saturday, November 22, 2008

Arnold's career night paces Razorbacks to win over SMU

BY HEATH ALLEN Northwest Arkansas Times

It was a night for Arkansas’ Shanita Arnold to remember. For the SMU Mustangs, it was a contest they would rather forget. - Saturday, November 22, 2008

Hogs face Missouri State in brand-new JQH Arena

BY NATE ALLEN Northwest Arkansas Times

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Thirty-two years and a school name change ago, the University of Arkansas helped christen a basketball arena in Springfield, Mo. - Saturday, November 22, 2008

Lady Pirates' run in third quarter finally subdues Berryville

BY DAVID SHOWERS Northwest Arkansas Times

GREENLAND — Neither team could establish a foothold through two-and-a-half quarters Friday night at Dee Lee Gymnasium. - Saturday, November 22, 2008

RAZORBACK GAME DAY

! Arkansas wide receiver Jarius Wright sprints his way onto the cover of Razorback Game Day, which previews the Hogs’ matchup with the Mississippi State Bulldogs today at 1:30 p.m. - Saturday, November 22, 2008

The Other Side: Q&A with a Mississippi State beat writer THE SLOPHOUSE

Brandon Marcello brandonm@nwarktimes.com

This week’s edition of “The Other Side” goes to Mississippi State. As the Hogs get prepped for the Bulldogs and the stingy MSU defense, “The Slophouse” blog at wholehogsports.com welcomed Bulldogs beat writer Kyle Veazey of The Clarion-Ledger. - Saturday, November 22, 2008

Area Hoops Roundup

FCS 59 UCS 37 (sr. girls) The Fayetteville Christian senior girls were well in control all night in their 59-37 win Friday at Fort Smith Union Christian. - Saturday, November 22, 2008

Lance Harter earns regional accolade

UA Sports Information

Arkansas Razorback women’s cross country head coach Lance Harter has been named the South Central Regional Coach of the Year, it was announced by the U.S. - Saturday, November 22, 2008

Sports Briefs

FREE INJURY CLINIC A Friday morning and Saturday morning injury clinic for injured football players is free (or donation given to your school) to junior high and high school athletes in Washington County at AthletePlus Physical Therapy. E-mail therapy@athleteplus.net or call 751-8437. - Saturday, November 22, 2008

Faust leads late Har-Ber rally at Cabot

BY TIM COOPER Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

CABOT — As good as Cabot’s defense played on Friday night, the Panthers found it hard to stop Zachary Faust on third- or fourthand-long. - Saturday, November 22, 2008

Shiloh scores 84 in playoff win over Clarksville

BY MICKEY DOYLE Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

SPRINGDALE — After years of dominating Class 3A, Shiloh Christian made a statement in its first Class 4A playoff game. - Saturday, November 22, 2008

West Helena knocks Siloam from state playoffs

BY ANDREW BAGLEY Special to the Democrat-Gazette

WEST HELENA — Three touchdown passes and two touchdown runs from Deondra Johnson propelled Helena-West Helena Central to the semifinals of the playoffs for the first time in school history as the Cougars beat the Siloam Springs Panthers 38-14 Friday night. - Saturday, November 22, 2008

Sports Briefs

GAELIC FOOTBALL The Northwest Arkansas Rovers Gaelic football team seeks new players in preparation for the 2009 season. Gaelic football is a fast-paced sport from Ireland that vaguely resembles a cross between soccer, rugby and basketball. The Rovers compete in the North American County Board against clubs such as Little Rock, Kansas City, and St. Louis. Training is coed and suitable for a wide range of ages. Some games will be played co-ed as well. There is no cost to play and no travel requirements though participation with the travel team would be appreciated. Practices are held on Saturday mornings at 9:30 a.m. at Walker Park in Fayetteville. For more information, visit the Web site at nwa.northamerican.gaa.ie or call Brad at 685-5698. - Saturday, November 22, 2008

Closing the door Arkansas defends the basket in win over UC-Davis

BY NATE ALLEN Northwest Arkansas Times

Staying below kept these young Razorbacks a cut above the University of California-Davis Thursday night at Walton Arena. - Friday, November 21, 2008

Tigers seek to erase pain of last year's playoff loss

BY BRANDON MARCELLO Northwest Arkansas Times

WEST FORK — The West Fork senior class is already the winningest group in the school’s history. - Friday, November 21, 2008

FHS teams post convincing wins in scrimmages

BY DAVID SHOWERS Northwest Arkansas Times

ALMA — Shots were in short supply for the Alma Airedalettes during Thursday night’s benefit scrimmage at luxurious Airedale Arena. - Friday, November 21, 2008

UA the first choice for Fayetteville's Broyles

BY DAVID SHOWERS Northwest Arkansas Times

The choice of where to matriculate was easy for Franco Broyles. - Friday, November 21, 2008

Petrino mum on Hogs' QB

BY NATE ALLEN Northwest Arkansas Times

One of the Dick brothers will start, which one, Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino won’t yet say as the Razorbacks’ opening quarterback against Mississippi State Saturday in Starkville, Miss. - Friday, November 21, 2008

Sanchez, Washington control the paint for basketball Hogs

BY BRANDON MARCELLO Northwest Arkansas Times

John Pelphrey wasn’t shy when talking about Arkansas’ struggles beyond the arc Thursday night. - Friday, November 21, 2008

THE MURKY DEPTHS : NWA Fishing Report

Bobby Hill bhilloutdoors@cs.com

Man, it’s cold this morning, making patience as important as one’s favorite lure right now. Heavy clothes and slow tactics will be with us ‘til spring so I think I’ll just spend another few weekends in the deer stand. Good luck and stay warm. - Friday, November 21, 2008

Razorback volleyball hosts Louisiana State University tonight

UA Sports Information

The University of Arkansas volleyball team is in the home stretch of the 2008 season hosting three Southeastern Conference regular season matches beginning with LSU today at 7 p.m. - Friday, November 21, 2008

Junior High Basketball Roundup

Woodland 39 Greenwood 20 (jr. boys) Malik Fields scored 11 points to lead the Woodland boys to a 39-20 win over Greenwood in the semifinals of the Cat Classic Thursday night at Bentonville. - Friday, November 21, 2008

UA women ink Watkins on eve of SMU game

UA Sports Information

Forward Sarah Watkins signed her National Letter of Intent to play women’s basketball for the University of Arkansas, head coach Tom Collen announced Thursday. - Friday, November 21, 2008

West Fork girls fall at Rogers

BY PAUL GATLING Benton County Daily Record

ROGERS — As far as opening-night acts go, this one was without much drama. - Friday, November 21, 2008

Henderson resigns as UA head soccer coach

UA Sports Information

Gordon Henderson has resigned his position as head coach of the University of Arkansas Razorback soccer team it was announced by UA athletics director Jeff Long on Thursday. Henderson recently completed his fifth season at Arkansas. The Razorbacks compiled a 41-49-5 record in his five seasons. Arkansas finished 11-8 this season, including a schoolrecord 9-1 start. The Razorbacks finished 4-7 in Southeastern Conference play, but failed to qualify for the SEC Tournament. Arkansas’ last appearance in the conference tournament came during the 2000 season. - Friday, November 21, 2008

Siloam Springs Panthers travel to West Helena

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Siloam Springs must make a 656-mile round trip to play the top-ranked West Helena Cougars tonight in the first football meeting between these schools. - Friday, November 21, 2008

Razorbacks face Princeton clone

BY NATE ALLEN Northwest Arkansas Times

Normally you don’t go Ivy League via Aggies from California. - Thursday, November 20, 2008

Appetite for action : FHS teams ready for benefit games versus Alma

BY DAVID SHOWERS Northwest Arkansas Times

Months of practicing and conditioning has whet the Fayetteville Bulldogs’ appetite for live game action. - Thursday, November 20, 2008

UA FOOTBALL : Healthier Hogs prep for Bulldogs

BY NATE ALLEN Northwest Arkansas Times

It’s not just star running back Michael Smith returning healthy from a shoulder injury and Casey Dick returning healthy from a concussion to battle brother Nathan Dick for starting quarterback that puts some healthy pep in Arkansas’ step. - Thursday, November 20, 2008

Lady Bulldog Lavy signs golf scholarship with UA

BY HEATH ALLEN Northwest Arkansas Times

Emma Lavy has accomplished the gamut of achievement at Fayetteville High. - Thursday, November 20, 2008