Coach Charles Baty said this team was unlike any he has ever coached and thanks the Pocahontas community for all the encouragement and support throughout the season. For more game coverage, please see page 6.
The Pocahontas Redskins hosted the Nashville Scrappers at Schoonover Stadium last Friday night in a quarter final playoff game. The Scrappers combined outstanding running game with short passes for a lethal combination to win 37-7. The Redskins scored early and kicked the extra point, but the Scrappers tied the game 7-7 as the first quarter ended. The Scrappers scored twice in the second quarter to lead 19-7 at half. The Redskins had two drives inside the Scrappers 19-yard line as the second quarter halted, (fumble and 4th down). The Scrappers outscored the Redskins 18-0 in the second half to win the playoff game 377. The Redskins finished the season with a 11-2 record.
Sloan-Hendrix Senior Boys started the week on Monday night with a 5826 victory over Class 4A Highland Rebels at Bill McCurley Gymnasium. Greyhounds led 19-13 at half and pulled away in the 3rd quarter outscored the Rebels 24-6 and won the game 58-26. Harper Rorex led in scoring with 14 points and had 6 steals. Braden Cox followed with 11 points and 5 assists, Luke Murphy 9 points and 10 rebounds, Karson Roark 9 points, Ethan Pickett 6 points, Cade Marshall 4 points, Ethan Lee 3 points, and Cade Grisham 2 points.
In anticipation of Pocahontas Redskin basketball, I sat down with Coach Anthony Brewington this week to discuss the upcoming season. Coach Brewington has 30 years of coaching experience. He was born and raised in Tyronza and has degrees from Arkansas State University. His wife, Monica, teaches at Pocahontas Elementary School. His sons, Clark and Blain, are both Pocahontas High School graduates. Clark played college basketball at Evangel University in Springfield, MO, and coaches at Bentonville. Blain coaches at Bartlett, TN.
The PAC Dolphins hosted the Arkansas First Chance Swim Meet. 115 swimmers from Arkansas competed. This is the first of three JO Qualifier swim meets that will be hosted in Arkansas before the Junior Olympics are held in Des Moines, Iowa next July. Teams from Bryant, Mountain Home, Paragould, Benton, Jonesboro, Lonoke, Harrison, Pocahontas and other towns competed. To swim at Junior Olympics an athlete must finish in the top 3 at a qualifier event or meet national time standards. The following PAC Dolphins swimmers competed at the meet.
The Pocahontas Redskins trounced the Lincoln Wolves 56-14 to open the Class 4A State Playoffs at Schoonover Stadium last Friday night in Pocahontas. The Redskins led 12-0 early and in 62 seconds left at end of the first quarter and at the beginning of the second quarter, scored three touchdowns and kicked an extra point to lead 28-0.
#4 The state record maker Redskin breaks state rushing touchdown record Friday, November 11, 2022, will forever be remembered as a night full of cheers, confetti, fireworks and history making moments, thanks to the Pocahontas Redskins Football team and their senior quarterback. Redskin quarterback Connor Baker, 17, broke the 20-yearold record for rushing touchdowns at the top of the second quarter with 99 TDs at Friday night’s football game on Schoonover Field against Lincoln, during the first round of the state playoffs.
Pocahontas’ Connor Baker set the state career record for rushing touchdowns this past Friday night as the Redskins rolled Lincoln 56-14 in the first round of the state playoffs. Baker’s tally of 181 yards and three touchdowns on 22 carries brought his career total to 99 rushing touchdowns, eclipsing the mark of former Clarendon star Cedric Houston, who scored 97 rushing touchdowns from 1997-2000.
The Sloan-Hendrix Senior Boys traveled to Vilonia to take on the 5A Eagles in a Monday night game. The Greyhounds were down four points late in the fourth quarter, but Vilonia surged to win 56-44 giving the Greyhounds their first loss of season.
