Sports

You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who wouldn’t agree that Green Forest’s matchup with Huntsville on Friday, Oct. 28, at Tiger Stadium was one of the most entertaining high school football games of the season.

The Berryville Bobcats had their best offensive performance in a conference game this season on Friday, Oct. 21, but that wasn’t enough to overcome three second-quarter turnovers as Huntsville defeated the visiting Bobcats 49-28.

The final score of Green Forest’s game at Gravette on Friday, Oct. 21, looks like the game was a mismatch: Gravette won 43-3.

Berryville coach Kristin Whetham said the Lady Bobcats’ loss to host Prairie Grove in the first round of the 4A Northwest district volleyball tournament on Monday, Oct. 18, was typical of the entire season.

Berryville sophomore Bella Knapp finished 26th in the girls division at the Lions Thrive Invitational cross country meet hosted by Gravette at Northwest Arkansas Community College in Rogers on Tuesday, Oct. 18, covering the 5,000-meter course in a time of 23 minutes, 46.70 seconds.

For a little more than 43 minutes of game time, Berryville’s Homecoming game against Gravette on Friday, Oct. 14, at Bobcat Stadium was essentially a standoff.