August 2022

Bluegrass Festival this weekend

The Bluegrass & Fried Chicken festival is Aug. 26 & 27 at Ozark Folk Center State Park in Mountain View, Ark. The Skillet Restaurant located onsite will serve its famous fried chicken buffet in between music shows at the park’s 1,000-seat indoor music venue, Ozark Highlands Theater. The music festival will feature an extended show on Friday night, a Saturday matinee and a Saturday evening extended show featuring the region’s biggest names in bluegrass and top touring bands.

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Homemakers hold workshop

On Saturday July 30th, 2022 the Randolph County Extension Homemakers held a Canning Workshop at the St. Paul’s family life center. There were 9 members with 7 participants who attended. The fee for the workshop was $10 which included hands on instruction , handouts & lunch. The workshop featured both pressure canning and hot water bath techniques. Potatos and carrots were pressure canned. Salsa, spaghetti sauce, and blackberry jelly were hot water bathed.

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Looking ahead to Southside

Kenny Simpson returns to the sidelines as head coach of the Southside Southerners this fall after a two-year hiatus, just in time to take over the helm as his team makes the jump to Class 5A. Simpson went 45-50-1 from 2011-2019 at Southside, which included a 1-1 mark against Pocahontas.

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PHS Redskin Football 2022 Player Roster

Jayce Tillie #2 Tripp Risley #3 Conner Baker #4 Reagan Womack #5 Brayden Tillie #6 DJ Coffey #7 Skyler Nun-Kelley #8 Aidan Blackwell #9 Daniel Ati #10 Cooper Sorg #11 Eli Risley #13 Steven Baltz #14 Harrison Carter #15 Karson James #16 Landon Gibson #17 Elijah Shepherd #19 Wyatt Converse #20 Zayne Prater #21 Will Mason #22 Brayden Tarantino #24 Reed Bigger #25 Wesley Ludwig #26 Billy Stacy #27 Braden Presley #28 Colben Pettus #29 Zachary Russell #30 Kios Tid #31 Zane Hibbard #32 Grayson Maupin #33 Alex Ramirez #35 Marcus Streeper #36 Jack Privett #44 Ty Menard #45 Ricky Regina #47 Ethan Morris #48 Evan Blackwell #50 Evan Sullinger #52 Jonathan Warren #53 Remington Plumley #54 Lawson James #55 Noah Dilday #56 Jake Eveland #60 Caleb Truitt #61 Devan Hensley #62 Carter Couch #70 Jeremiah Land #71 Zane Baltz #72 JR Allen #73 Kadence Kenner #75 Brayden Vancil #76 Caleb Bettis #77 Landen Gettings #78 Ryan Mathes #79 Dylan Lindsey #85

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How students can prepare

Participation in sports can be an important component of a student’s overall school experience. So it should come as no surprise that the number of participants in high school sports increased for the 29th consecutive year in 2017-18, according to the annual High School Athletics Participation Survey conducted by the National Federation of State High School Associations.

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The Good Stuff

with Mike Thompson Pocahontas travels to Southside this week for the official season-opener, looking to rebound off last week’s 21-6 scrimmage loss to Valley View. The Redskins traded possessions with the Blazers on both teams opening series but found their footing on their second possession of the opening quarter.

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