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The Mountain View game plan was simple. Give the ball to Derek Burns and see if Green Forest could stop him. Burns had 197 yards on 30 carries in a 28-20 Mountain View victory on Friday. "We probably played our best all-around game this season, but it's pretty disappointing when you play that well and you are unable to get a win," Green Forest coach Bobby Bishop said. ...

The Eureka Springs Highlanders won 22 games a year ago and they hope to build on that in 2017. J.M. Gregg and Avery Walker each graduated for the Highlanders, but several key pieces return. "Carter Drennon and Garrett Cross, those guys really matured a lot throughout the season last year," Eureka Springs coach Brian Rambo said. "Not only did they grow as players, but they grew physically. They are both about 6-3, 6-4 right now. Those are our two go-to guys right now."...

The Eureka Springs cross country team competed in the Prairie Grove Invitational on Saturday. Eureka Springs' Gabi Bloch finished fourth in the girls race and Tyler Stephenson finished eighth in the boys race. Individual results are as follows: Boys race: Huntsville won, scoring 44 points and Eureka Springs finished sixth, scoring 135 points. ...

The first three quarters weren't easy for the Berryville Bobcats on Friday night, but a 55-yard pass from Luke Britt to Wyatt Poe gave the Bobcats their first points of the conference season as the final minutes ticked off the clock in a 37-7 loss at Gravette...

Having won the first two sets 25-19, 25-13, the Green Forest Lady Tigers appeared to be in complete control of Thursday's senior night match against the Alpena Lady Leopards. Then the third set started with Alpena leading Green Forest 20-11 — but the Lady Tigers came back to win the set, 27-25, and complete the sweep...

Heading into Thursday's home game against Marshall, the Green Forest junior high football team had been held to 19 points in the last four games. The Tigers put up 31 points on Thursday evening in a 31-14 win. "It was a really good football game," Green Forest coach Ryan Whetham said. ...

It has been a rough couple of weeks for the Berryville Bobcats, but coach Doug Shott is hoping the Bobcats can turn things around Friday night when they travel to Gravette. "The attitude has been good this week," Shott said. "I'm so proud of our kids because it's like I told them, nobody is going to feel sorry for us. We are going to play a ballgame Friday night. We have gotten after it pretty hard. I feel pretty good about things."...

The Green Forest football team is facing a Mountain View team that has won just one game this season, but coach Bobby Bishop said the Tigers better not be taking the Yellowjackets lightly. "They are a lot better team than what their record indicates," Bishop said. "They are a power-I team similar to us. The quarterback runs the ball real well and they have a really good tailback."...

Green Forest lost Tuesday's home match to Huntsville in straight sets, 25-27, 12-25, 14-25, but coach Trista Killingsworth saw some positives to take away from the loss. "I was happy to see them come out with some enthusiasm," Killingsworth said. "And they triumphed over a few battles. They got down a few points and got back up. And you saw that in the second set, too. Their hustle has gotten better and our serve-receive has gotten a ton better. We just need to execute our hits now."...

The Berryville Lady Bobcats had two road matches earlier this week. With a win over Pea Ridge on Thursday, the Lady Bobcats will secure the No. 2 seed heading into next week's district tournament in Lincoln. "If everything goes well in senior high and we get this win, then that definitely solidifies us a number two seed," Berryville coach Kristin Whetham said. ...

Fourth down was not Berryville's friend Friday evening, as the Bobcats were 0-for-4 on fourth down conversions in the first half against Lincoln. All of those turnovers were on the Lincoln side of the field and that added up to a 39-0 homecoming loss for the Bobcats...

Tackling has been a major concern for Green Forest football coach Bobby Bishop throughout the entire season. That concern was on full display Friday evening in a 44-21 road loss at Yellville-Summit. "Most of our problem is that we aren't very good tacklers," Bishop said Monday. "We have some JV action tonight, so we will spend an hour or so working on open-field tackling and then we will get back to working on our regular routine tomorrow."...

The Green Forest Tigers hosted their first annual cross country meet on Saturday. Bentonville West stole the show in the boys race, taking the top four positions. Prairie Grove's Bekah Bostain won the girls race. Individual results are as follows: Boys race: Bentonville West won, scoring 16 points. ...

The Berryville junior high team lost 38-22 Thursday night at Lincoln. The Wolves scored two touchdowns on punt returns and had an interception return for a touchdown as well. "Mistakes killed us last night," Berryville coach Cody Curtis said. "We gave up 21 points off special teams or turnovers, so when you do stuff like that, you aren't going to win games."...

The Berryville Bobcat Lady volleyball team traveled to Hollister, Mo., to compete in a tournament on Saturday in which they finished second. Berryville coach Kristin Whetham is proud of the way her team performed, but wishes the Lady Bobcats would have seen some better competition...

While Pea Ridge defeated Green Forest in four sets on Thursday evening, 25-15, 17-25, 25-19, 25-16, there was a vast improvement from the first time the two teams met in Pea Ridge earlier this year. "The girls are working hard and they aren't quitting," Green Forest coach Trista Killingsworth said. "They hustled good. They had a good attitude. Their passes were good and the serve receive was better. I'm excited, actually."...

After each team scored on its opening drive of the game, Green Forest coach Ryan Whetham thought Thursday's junior high home football game against Greenland was going to be more competitive than it was. "We started off really good," Whetham said. "We took the ball down and drove it in. Barrett Phillips got the touchdown. The line blocked really well. The backs blocked really well. And then they came right back and scored. We thought it was going to be a real battle."...

Senior night could not have gone any better for the Berryville volleyball team, as the Lady Bobcats defeated the Green Forest Lady Tigers in straight sets, 25-18, 25-16, 25-3 on Tuesday. "In that first set, I played all of my seniors and they played really well," Berryville coach Kristin Whetham said. ...

The Green Forest Tigers ruined Marshall's homecoming last week and the Tigers look to do the same this Friday when they play at Yellville-Summit. "It ought to be a pretty good ballgame," Green Forest coach Bobby Bishop said. "They are coming off of a good win against Greenland. They looked good on film. They have some pretty good skill kids. They use two quarterbacks. One is more of a thrower, the other is more of a runner."...

Berryville's Ty Allen shot an 84 at Tuesday’s Class 4A state golf tournament at the Red Apple Inn and Country Club in Heber Springs, which helped earn his team an 11th-place finish. Abdiel Marts shot a 105, while Rusty Colbert shot a 108 and Jace Walker shot a 151...

After scoring 61 points in the opening game of the season, Berryville has scored 20 points in the four games since. The Bobcats have been shut out three times. Berryville plays host to Lincoln (1-4, 0-2 4A-1) for homecoming on Friday night, and the Bobcats are in desperate need of a win...

The Berryville Bobcats came closer to playing a mistake-free game of football Friday night at Gentry. The couple of mistakes that Berryville did make ultimately cost the Bobcats in a 21-0 loss. Midway through the second quarter, Gentry quarterback Jon Faulkenberry scrambled for a touchdown on a broken play. ...

It's always tough to take positives away from a 35-7 loss, but the Green Forest Tigers learned a lot from Friday night's home loss to the Clinton Yellowjackets. "It was just like we had heard and seen on film," Green Forest coach Bobby Bishop said. "Clinton has a good football team. ...

The Green Forest volleyball team was busy last week, going 2-1 with wins over Eureka Springs and Yellville-Summit and a loss to Alpena. Green Forest 3, Eureka Springs 1 Green Forest got a 25-7, 20-25, 25-20, 25-16 home win over the Lady Highlanders on Thursday. ...

The local cross country teams traveled to Fayetteville on Saturday to compete in the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival, where they ran against schools from all across the United States. Green Forest's Rafael Rosales finished 21st. Individual results are as follows:...

The Green Forest junior high offense continued to sputter on Thursday, as the Tigers lost 36-6 at Elkins. "They scored quick and often and we couldn't do anything about it," Green Forest coach Ryan Whetham said. "They passed the ball real well. We stopped their run game, but they picked us apart in the secondary."...

The Berryville junior high football team suffered a 45-23 home loss to the Gentry Pioneers on Thursday. After giving up 22 points in the first half, the Bobcats changed schemes at halftime, but they were never able to stop a Pioneer offense that was led by a dominant quarterback and powerful running back...

Berryville, Eureka Springs and Green Forest all had girls qualify for this week’s state golf tournaments. As a team, the Berryville Lady Bobcats finished seventh overall in the girls Class 4A tournament, shooting a 328 at the Maumelle Country Club. McKayla Hussey finished fifth and earned all-state honors with an individual score of 84...

The Berryville Lady Bobcats started strong and finished strong Tuesday night in a 25-10, 25-19, 23-25, 25-14 home victory over Pea Ridge. "We came out ready to play because I think we were expecting more from Pea Ridge in that first set," Berryville coach Kristin Whetham said. ...

To start the season, many predicted the Clinton Yellowjackets would be the best team in Class 3A-1. Four weeks into the season, there is no reason for that prediction to change, as the Yellowjackets are 4-0 and have outscored their opponents 128-23. Green Forest will have a chance to hand the Yellowjackets their first loss of the season Friday night at Tiger Stadium...

Gentry's Jon Faulkenberry will likely be the most athletic player Berryville faces all year. Through four games, Faulkenberry has thrown for 881 yards and nine touchdowns. He has also rushed for 429 yards and 11 touchdowns. "We have to make sure everybody understands their responsibilities on different types of plays so we don't get ourselves out of position," Berryville coach Doug Shott said of Friday night’s road game against the Pioneers. ...

The local cross country teams always want to perform well, but there is always extra incentive when the Berryville Bobcats host the Bobcat Back 40. Each school had something to be proud of, as the Lady Bobcats won the 4A-5A race, Green Forest's

Friday's 17-0 lead against the Marshall Bobcats quickly vanished for the Green Forest Tigers, but they were able to hang on for a 24-16 road victory. "It was 10-0 at halftime and then we added a touchdown early in the fourth quarter to make it 17-0, but thanks to a couple of big plays, it was quickly 17-16 and we were in a dogfight," Green Forest coach Bobby Bishop said. "We just felt fortunate to get out of there with a win."...

It was by no means a win on the scoreboard, but coach Doug Shott said Friday's 35-0 home loss to Shiloh Christian was a small step in the right direction for the Berryville Bobcats. "I felt like we played a controlled and disciplined football game," Shott said. "The average person that just saw the score would just think it was a blowout, but we give them two pretty cheap scores, one on a blown assignment. Other than that, I thought we played them pretty tough."...

The Berryville Lady Bobcats competed in the Washburn, Mo., Volleyfest Tournament on Saturday, the first of three weekend tournaments Berryville will be competing in throughout the year. After a busy day in which the Lady Bobcats faced six opponents, Berryville came in second place. Five of those matches came against schools from Missouri...

Green Forest's match with Huntsville didn't go so well on Thursday, as the Lady Eagles defeated Green Forest 25-21, 25-10, 25-19. "The first set was a really good game," Green Forest coach Trista Killingsworth said. "It was tied at 20-20 and we just didn't finish it. If we could have finished that set, the whole match could have been different."...

Defensively, the Green Forest junior high team has played great over the last two weeks. Offensively, they have only managed to score seven points and that cost the Tigers for a second week in a row on Thursday, as they lost at home to the Mountain Home Bombers, 20-7...

Had the Berryville Bobcats not spotted the Shiloh Christian Saints 14 points just minutes into a 39-14 loss on Thursday night in Springdale, things could have turned out differently. "It was about the worst way you could start a game," Berryville coach Cody Curtis said. ...

Golf season was in full swing this week, as all three Carroll County schools were competing for their chance to advance to the state tournament. All three schools will be sending competitors to the state tournament, highlighted by Berryville, which will be sending both the boys and girls teams to the Class 4A state tournament. In addition to that, McKayla Hussey was the gold medalist at the district tournament at The Creeks in Cave Springs, where she shot an 80...

Playing a home game against Shiloh Christian isn't the rebound game Berryville was looking for after committing 19 penalties and turning the ball over four times in a loss to the Green Forest Tigers last week. The Bobcats are playing the hand they have been dealt as the 4A-1 conference season begins and coach Doug Shott is looking forward to the opportunity to play the Saints on Friday night...

The Marshall Bobcats are 0-3 on the season, but that is no reason for the Green Forest Tigers to overlook them Friday night when the Tigers make their first trip out of Carroll County this year. "Marshall is a winless football team, but I think they are better than what their record indicates," Green Forest coach Bobby Bishop said. ...

On Tuesday, the Eureka Springs cross country team competed in the University of the Ozarks Invitational in Clarksville. Gabi Bloch finished second overall in the 1A-4A girls race and the Eureka Springs boys finished sixth overall in the 1A-4A race. Individual results are as follows:...