Hooten's 3A Game of the Week: Barton v.s. Charleston

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3A Top Ten

1. Junction City (10-0)
2. Charleston (11-0)
3. Prescott (10-1)
4. Mayflower (10-0)
5. Clinton (11-0)
6. Rivercrest (9-2)
7. McGehee (9-2)
8. Barton (10-1)
9. Osceola (9-2)
10. Elkins (9-2)

No. 8 Barton at No. 2 Charleston
Winner plays host to Prescott-Osceola victor. Schools have combined for 13 state championships and are a combined 21-1 this year. Charleston bested Barton 31-10 in the 2011 Class 3A state title game. Barton (eight titles) won 10 games this year for the first time since 2012 in last week's 40-33 win over Paris. The win was Barton's first postseason conquest since a 26-24 win over Lamar in 2013. Barton surges under first-year coach Clark McBride and is led by Bradley Smith and Wanya Wilkins, who landed on the Farm Bureau Insurance Award watch list. "They do everything right," McBride says of Charleston. "We're excited to see how we match up against one of the state's top programs."
Charleston (five titles) has won 21 straight home games dating to a 30-12 2015 Week 2 loss to Class 4A Prairie Grove. Charleston's 38-14 win over Mountain View last week was Coach Greg Kendrick's 60th victory at the school (record of 60-6). Farm Bureau Insurance Award candidates Sean Michael Flanagan, Mason Wisdom and Dain Young pace Charleston. Comparing scores: Barton beat Paris 40-33 last week and Charleston beat Paris 29-26 Week 5. Charleston competed against a similar offense to Barton's Week 9 in a 35-6 win at Perryville, though Barton offers more team speed. "Their execution out of the flexbone is superb," Kendrick says. "We have faced teams bigger than them, but none with the type of speed they have."