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CLASS 7A CHAMPIONSHIP CAPSULE

Started by BarclayAlmanac, November 27, 2016, 09:05:10 pm

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CLASS 7A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
War Memorial Stadium, Little Rock
Friday, December 2, 7 p.m.

[size=0pt]FAYETTEVILLE vs NORTH LITTLE ROCK[/size]

[size=0pt]FAYETTEVILLE BULLDOGS (11-1)[/size]
[size=0pt]Head coach: Bill Blankenship[/size]
[size=0pt](1st year at Fayetteville; 216-69 overall in 23 years)
Playoff appearances: 24
Playoff record: 31-19
State championships: (4) 2015, 2012, 2011, 2007
State championship games: (7th)
2015 defeated Springdale Har-Ber, 28-7
2014 lost to Bentonville, 24-21
2012 defeated Bentonville, 31-20
2011 defeated Bentonville, 29-28 OT
2010 lost to Bentonville, 49-28
2007 defeated Springdale Har-Ber, 28-7
FEARLESS FACTS: Blankenship is in his first year at Fayetteville, taking over for Daryl Patton after his sudden departure in May. ... Blankenship is a graduate of Spiro OK and guided his alma mater to the state championship game in 1987 during a 5-year stint as the head coach before leaving for Edmond OK Memorial for two years and then for 14 years at Tulsa Union, where he was 154-26 and three state championships. ... Fayetteville's only loss was to Bentonville, 24-21, in the 7A-West opener. ... The Bulldogs won six straight conference games after that and were co-champs with Springdale Har-Ber and Bentonville, but earned the top seed in the playoffs due to the three-way tie-breaking procedure. ... Fayetteville is 3-0 against North Little Rock, including North Little Rock Northeast in 1985, in the playoffs. ... Quarterback Taylor Powell has completed 223 of 322 passes this year for 3,208 yards and 40 touchdowns. ... In his career, Powell has thrown for 9,236 yards and 109 touchdowns, which is a record in the state's largest classification. ... Terrence Rock leads the rushing attack with 928 yards and six touchdowns. ... The Bulldogs have a trio of pass catchers over the 600-yard mark; Barrett Banister has 62 catches for 727 yards and 14 scores, Cody Gray has 40 catches for 622 yards and five touchdowns, and Brennon Lewis, a transfer from Fort Smith Northside, has 52 receptions for 765 yards and nine touchdowns. ... Fayetteville's defense, led by Alabama commit Akial Byers, a tackle, has allowed just 173 yards this season and an average of just 286 yards per game.

NORTH LITTLE ROCK CHARGING WILDCATS (12-0)
Head coach: Jamie Mitchell
(19-5 in 2nd year at North Little Rock, 182-66 overall in 20 years)
Playoff appearances: 25
Playoff record: 17-24
State championships: (4) 1972, 1970, 1966, 1965
State championship games: (1st)
FEARLESS FACTS; Mitchell is in his second year at North Little Rock, taking over for Brad Bolding after he was terminated by the school district. ... Mitchell is a graduate of Pontotoc MS and was an assistant coach when his alma mater won the state championship in 1992 before going on to lead Starkville MS to the state championship in 2012. ... North Little Rock has not won a state championship under the current playoff format, but did win state championships as the champion of the big-school conference in 1972 and 1970 as North Little Rock Ole Main and in 1965 as North Little Rock. ... The 1966 state championship was by finishing No. 1 in the final Associated Press poll after sharing the big-school conference championship with Little Rock Hall and Fort Smith Northside. ... Ken Stephens was the head coach of the 1965, 1966 and 1970 champions while Henry Hawk was the coach of the 1972 championship team. ... North Little Rock has never had a perfect season although it did go undefeated in 1965 with a 13-13 tie to El Dorado and a 0-0 tie to Pine Bluff to finish 10-0-2. ... North Little Rock, originally known as Argenta High School until 1930, split into Ole Main and Northeast in 1970, and then reunited in 1990, renaming the mascot the Charging Wildcats from Northeast's mascot of the Chargers and Ole Main's mascot of the Wildcats. ... North Little Rock has scored 566 points this season and is averaging 411 yards per game. ... Alex Day has rushed 154 times for 1,359 yards and 19 touchdowns despite missing three games due to injury. ... Trey Cox has thrown for 1,835 yards and 21 touchdowns against just three interceptions. ... Wynton Ruth has added 707 yards and 14 touchdowns on the ground, and has caught 34 passes for 522 yards and five touchdowns to lead the receivers. ... The Charging Wildcats are just 7-14 against teams from the 7A-West in the playoffs since 1990.
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ArgentaNLR

Any championships by Scipio Jones HS?  Jones HS was the NLR African American HS merged into NLR as a result of desegregation

BarclayAlmanac

I have a pretty good list of the African-American championships, but it's not a complete list. I've been trying to fill in gaps for years and years. anyway, I do show that NLR Jones won state championships in 1942, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1957 and 1958, but again there may be other years, too. the information for that is scarce.


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