Travel distance Week 2.

[Proud Buckaroo]

Shiloh Christian: 3 h 19 min (206.2 mi)
Dumas: 2 h 29 min (162.2 mi)
Pea Ridge: 4 h 13 min (236.1 mi)
Gravette: 5 h 19 min (348.0 mi)
CAC: 2 h 41 min (181.5 mi)
Ozark: 4 h 21 min (274.6 mi)
Stuttgart: 1 h 30 min (80.4 mi)
Batesville SS: 1 h 23 min (89.5 mi)

[Proud Buckaroo]

Double check me and make sure I got the right teams traveling. I went off the brackets that was on maxpreps.

[LJ06]

Double check me and make sure I got the right teams traveling. I went off the brackets that was on maxpreps.

Gravette travels to Hamburg

[LeftBench]

Batesville SS travels to Joe T

[Proud Buckaroo]

Thanks, guys.

[G-Town38]

I don't think that 2 schools in this state could be further away from each other than Gravette and Hamburg. Extreme Northwest to extreme Southeast.

[hoskinsplace]

Bracket on main page says Gravette plays Highland. I know this isnt correct, is it?

[Proud Buckaroo]

Bracket on main page says Gravette plays Highland. I know this isnt correct, is it?

Someone reported the wrong score on maxpreps. They reported that Highland won. It should be corrected when/if someone reports the score to be incorrect.

Hamburg won last night.

[LJ06]

Bracket on main page says Gravette plays Highland. I know this isnt correct, is it?

Heck no Highland got drummed

[hoskinsplace]

Look it also says that on max preps. Someone has put the scores in backwards apparently.

[GHS_08]

I don't think that 2 schools in this state could be further away from each other than Gravette and Hamburg. Extreme Northwest to extreme Southeast.

Gosnell traveled to Prarie Grove in 2005. 5 hrs 29 min 376 Miles

[NEAfootball]

An left the day before the game it was so far of a travel. That was a 1st round game that Gosnell upset Prairie Grove as a 4 seed by 40plus points.

[GHS_08]

An left the day before the game it was so far of a travel. That was a 1st round game that Gosnell upset Prairie Grove as a 4 seed by 40plus points.

Ryan Humphrey had 5 rushing touchdowns in the first half.

[NEAfootball]

Yes Hump finished with a 1,000 yards rushing that season in only 5 games at HB after Clint went down. Recovering two inside kicks to start the game and go up 28-0 in first quarter tends to make things snowball.

[x14113]

Gosnell could very well be the most distant 4A school for Ozark ATM.

The time and distance listed is for a route that takes you through Vilonia, Newport, and Jonesboro, a path that has only recently become viable. If you stick to I-40 and I-55 (as we did back in '98), you'll be logging even more miles.

[Negan4Life91]

Ozark is heading up Thursday night so come game day we will be well rested

[beach bum]

Gosnell traveled to Prarie Grove in 2005. 5 hrs 29 min 376 Miles

Don't remind us PG faithful about that night.... You guys rushed for almost 700 yards. I am not kidding either it really was like 650+ on the ground. And when you look at Gosnell you really are tucked way up there in the corner. Add in there is no quick way through the hills of north Arkansas and that makes for long trips for Gosnell every postseason when they are the road team if ever headed to the 1-4A! Gosnell scored over 60 points too because we kept keeping the score just under the mercy rule the entire 2nd half and you guys would gash another 70 yards rushing each drive. We would have been better off letting you guys get to the mercy rule which sounds weird.

[NEAfootball]

Right now with construction on Hwy 18 from Jonesboro to Gosnell it's still not great. However, if you're coming the night before I would highly reccomend staying in Jonesboro then driving on to Gosnell. The choices of practice facility, food places and hotels is 100x better. With the new highway to Jonesboro its no time from Jonesboro to Little Rock now.

[NEAfootball]

Don't remind us PG faithful about that night.... You guys rushed for almost 700 yards. I am not kidding either it really was like 650+ on the ground. And when you look at Gosnell you really are tucked way up there in the corner. Add in there is no quick way through the hills of north Arkansas and that makes for long trips for Gosnell every postseason when they are the road team if ever headed to the 1-4A! Gosnell scored over 60 points too because we kept keeping the score just under the mercy rule the entire 2nd half and you guys would gash another 70 yards rushing each drive. We would have been better off letting you guys get to the mercy rule which sounds weird.

If I remember correctly PG had two big injuries in that game to a DT and MLB both of which were big time players on defense. I remember our coaching staff reading the paper the morning before the game and got super excited when the PG coach was quoted as,"we feel like we can make educated guesses as to where the ball is going." However, those two guys don't get hurt early it's probably a lot closer ball game.

[Missco]

Arkansas is almost the only state that doesn't do playoffs by regions. Missouri and Tennessee do it in ways that make more sense. In Arkansas put 2AAAA with 3AAAA. Put the 1 and 4 together and 8 and 7. Problems solved. Arkansas really only needs 5 football classes also and 4 or 5 in basketball tops.

[cuckoobird]

You would never get the best two teams doing it that way. You rarely do now

[Missco]

You have to beat them all anyway. That is how almost every state in the union does it. A solution in Arkansas would go back to 8 conferences. 1 and 4 2 and 3. 5 and 7 6 and 8. That solves your problem. Winner of 1,4 plays winner of 5and 7. Problem solved

[NEAfootball]

If they went regional based then extra teams in the playoffs isn't horrible I don't agree with rewarding mediocre teams but at least it cuts down on useless games somewhat. I still will never fully be onboard with a team having a losing record in the playoffs. An I completely agree before long we will have Class 10A and 8 teams playing round robins for state championships. I think Arkansas only has around 150 teams in all classifications.

[Missco]

Arkansas has around 225 football schools.

[SUGARTOWN]

You'd still have long trips even with regional playoff pairings. Heck, some schools have 2 hour or more trips in CONFERENCE games.

[Negan4Life91]

Right now with construction on Hwy 18 from Jonesboro to Gosnell it's still not great. However, if you're coming the night before I would

highly reccomend staying in Jonesboro then driving on to Gosnell. The choices of practice facility, food places and hotels is 100x better. With the new highway to Jonesboro its no time from Jonesboro to Little Rock now.

I have no idea which way the hillbillies are coming up but I'm coming up around one on Friday and I'm going through west Memphis it seems closer that way

[Youknowwhothisis]

What's the distances this week? I know Hamburg is making a farther trip than Gravette did last week

[GHS_08]

Gosnell to Prarie Grove is 5 hours 28 minutes 343 miles

[LJ06]

Gosnell to Prarie Grove is 5 hours 28 minutes 343 miles

That's ridiculous

[prHOG13]

Hamburg to Pea Ridge is 337 miles, or 5 hours and 10 minutes

[bulldoghistorian]

No team should ever have to travel that far especially the day after thanksgiving. It is what it is, though.

[hoskinsplace]

Agreed these travel times the day after a holiday are tough. Gosnell will have a long trip to over come and so will several others. Wish AAA would play the games on Saturday this weekend every year just to be fair to the ones who do have to travel. No pity party needed or wanted, just stating a fact,that it would be better for all teams that play this year or any year on the holiday weekend.

[spoony gluv]

Arkansas is almost the only state that doesn't do playoffs by regions. Missouri and Tennessee do it in ways that make more sense. In Arkansas put 2AAAA with 3AAAA. Put the 1 and 4 together and 8 and 7. Problems solved. Arkansas really only needs 5 football classes also and 4 or 5 in basketball tops.

this was actually the format up until the early 2000s, The traditionally more athletic conferences, 7aaaa and 8aaaa, lobbied to change it arguing that they were eliminating one another in the early rounds and diluting the quality of teams in the semis and finals. The charge was led by Nashville primarily, so it got changed.

[Missco]

Arkansas does things  backwards. In most states ceetain area's are always stronger that doesnt make their associations change things to satisfy a few school's. Gates would be higher with that format. You still have to win them all to be state champs.