Hootens.com Rankings
Class 6A, Week 11, 2009
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1. West Memphis (10-0)
2. El Dorado (9-1)
3. Watson Chapel (8-2)
4. Jonesboro (9-1)
5. Lake Hamilton (7-3)
6. Pine Bluff (6-4)
7. Texarkana (4-6)
8. LR Parkview (7-3)
9. Marion (6-4)
10. Mountain Home (5-4-1)
11. Searcy (4-6)
12. Sheridan (3-7)
13. Jacksonville (2-8)
14. Benton (1-9)
15. LR Hall (1-9)
16. LR Fair (1-9)

GAME OF THE WEEK
No. 7 Texarkana at No. 9 Marion
Texarkana travels in the first round for the first time since 2005, playing its best football of the season. Texarkana stunned Lake Hamilton 21-18 two weeks ago after losing six games by a combined 197-82, including a 14-13 heartbreaker Week 5 at El Dorado.  Last week junior tailback Charles Hillis (5-8, 140) paced the Porkers with 162 yards and three first-half scores in the 39-7 win over Sheridan. Junior quarterback Kierra Harris (6-0, 170) also tossed three TDs for Texarkana.
Marion escaped Week 10 with a 43-36 victory over Jacksonville despite surrendering more than 600 yards. DeKendrick Smith's interception with 27 seconds left sealed the victory.  Marion entered allowing 20 points in conference games but couldn't slow Jacksonville.  Marion nearly pulled a major upset two weeks ago against Jonesboro, losing 18-15.
Both teams average 25 points per game, but Texarkana owns a slight edge on defense, surrendering 20 ppg to Marion's 22.  Marion hasn't won a playoff game since 2006.

TV SHOW
Hooten's Arkansas Football will NOT air this Saturday due to a doubleheader of SEC football on CBS. The show returns statewide 11 a.m. next Saturday on Today's THV 11 and KFSM TV 5 with highlights from the second round of the playoffs

LAST WEEK
Hootens.com correctly picked 6 of 8 winners (75 percent). Hootens.com is 81-20-1 (81 percent) for the season.

WEEK 11 PREDICTIONS (favored team in all CAPS followed by point spread)
TEXARKANA (2) at Marion: Game of the Week. Texarkana played in brutal 6A South and is battled tested for this trip.
Searcy at WATSON CHAPEL (24): Searcy overcame a 10-0 deficit last week at Mountain Home with two Dezmond Stegall TD passes for a 12-10 lead in the fourth quarter before losing 16-12. Watson Chapel's wishbone attack scored on its first two plays from scrimmage in a 48-7 win over Benton.  Watson Chapel has outscored opponents 112-13 since its Week 7 loss to Lake Hamilton.
Mountain Home at PINE BLUFF (26): Mountain Home snapped a four-game losing skid, beating Searcy 16-12 with Tommy Fellicia's fourth-quarter TD run.  Pine Bluff owns 6A's second longest win streak (4) after beating previously No. 1 ranked El Dorado 28-26. The Zebras stopped El Dorado on a game tying two-point conversion to win.
Sheridan at LR PARKVIEW (12): Parkview looks for its first postseason win since 1983. Sheridan limps into the playoffs after a 39-7 beating from Texarkana. The Yellowjackets only TD came on Eric Eggnurn's 12-yard pass to Colton Gilbert.  Parkview became the first 6A East squad to lead West Memphis before the Blue Devils rattled off 35 unanswered last week.  Facing fourth-and-16, Benjamin Anderson hit Chris McClendon for a 7-0 lead.

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