The Sloan-Hendrix Senior Boys traveled to Mammoth Spring for a Tuesday night game and beat the Mammoth Springs Bears 79- 45. Harper Rorex led the Greyhounds in scoring with 18 points, followed by Cade Grisham with 12 points, Luke Murphy had 11 points, Ethan Lee and Braden Cox contributed 8 points each, Karson Roark tossed in 7 points and Ethan Pickett, Cade Marshall, Braxton Wall, and Anthony Holland had 2 points each.
The Redskins wrapped up their cross country season on Wednesday, November 26th at the 4A Region 3 Conference Meet at Joe Mack Campbell Park in Jonesboro. Teams competing included runners from Brookland, Highland, Pocahontas, Southside-Batesville, and Westside Consolidated.
The Pocahontas Redskins triumphed over the Blytheville Chickasaws 33-22 at Schoonover Stadium October 28 to clinch the conference championship. Pocahontas capitalized on three Blytheville fumbles in the first half and the Redskin defense held on downs twice inside the 10-yard line to allow Pocahontas to lead 20-8 at the end of the first half.
The Pocahontas Redskins held off the Blytheville Chickasaws this past Friday night, with Redskin quarterback Connor Baker racking up 389 rushing yards and five touchdowns on 41 carries in the victory. The Redskins travel to Highland this week for the regular season finale, with Baker just four rushing touchdowns shy of breaking the state record set by Clarendon’s Cedric Houston.
Yarnell’s Ice Cream of Searcy, in cooperation with KAIT-Channel 8, sponsor a “Sweetest Play of the Week” contest during high school football season. Plays are nominated and then voted on by the fans in their area. This week’s winner was Redskin Senior Quarterback/Linebacker Connor Baker for his 87-yard touchdown run against Westside on October 21.
The Pocahontas Junior Redskins traveled to Blytheville to play their last game of the season and came home victorious with a 28-16 win. Levi Martin scored on a single yard run and converted the 2-point attempt to give Pocahontas the lead at 8-0 with 5:14 left in the first quarter.
The Pocahontas Redskins dominated the Westside Warriors in a 40-7 conference win at Warriors Stadium last Friday night. The Redskin fans continued their strong support of the team, with a large and vocal crowd traveling to Warrior Stadium.
The Pocahontas Junior Redskins beat the Westside Warriors 42-6 in the last home game this year at Schoonover Stadium on October 19. The Redskins came out of the gate with fire in their eyes and led 20-0 at end of the first quarter and 36-0 at the half.
Pocahontas maintained sole possession of the 3-4A conference lead by rolling Westside 41-7 last Friday night. Quarterback Connor Baker accounted for six touchdowns in the win, with four of those coming on the ground, moving him that much closer to eclipsing the state record for rushing touchdowns.