Hootens.com Rankings
Class 6A, Week 7, 2012
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1. Greenwood (6-0)
2. Jonesboro (4-1)
3. El Dorado (4-2)
4. Pine Bluff (5-1)
5. Lake Hamilton (4-2)
6. Russellville (4-2)
7. Searcy (4-2)
8. Marion (2-4)
9. Texarkana (1-5)
10. LR Parkview (2-4)
11. Mountain Home (1-5)
12. Siloam Springs (1-5)
13. Sheridan (2-4)
14. Benton (2-4)
15. LR Hall (0-5)
16. LR Fair (0-6)

HOOTENS.COM GAME OF THE WEEK
No. 5 Lake Hamilton at No. 3 El Dorado
These teams have split the last eight meetings with El Dorado winning four of the past five. The Wildcats beat Lake Hamilton 24-20 in last year's title game, six weeks after losing to the Wolves 31-24.
Lake Hamilton's two losses this year have been to Class 7A No. 2 North Little Rock (42-7) and No. 4 Pine Bluff (40-9). The Wolves surrendered 28 unanswered points last week in that loss to Pine Bluff. The Zebras threw three touchdown passes and returned an interception 87 yards for a score. Senior quarterback Clay Jessie triggers an offense averaging 32 points per game. Junior linebacker Chris Eastburn leads on defense. "They're probably the biggest team we've seen," El Dorado coach Scott Reed says, "and their linebackers are really good. It's hard to find ways to run against them."
Three-time defending state champion El Dorado has won four straight games by an average of 32 points this fall after back-to-back losses to Class 5A No. 2 Camden Fairview (49-21) and Class 7A No. 6 Fort Smith Southside (38-21). "We're finally getting healthy and getting better every week," Reed says. Senior QB Lucas Reed has completed 54 of 93 passes (58 percent) for 825 yards and 11 TDs with three interceptions. Senior RB Josh Brock leads El Dorado with 90 carries for more than 500 yards and seven TDs. Senior RB Marque Burris has 72 carries for almost 500 yards and five scores. Senior linebacker Patrick Seweje (team-high 30 tackles) and junior tackle Bijhon Jackson (6-3, 320) spearhead a budding defense which shut out LR Central a month ago and held Texarkana to a season-low seven points last week.

TV SHOW
Hooten's Arkansas Football airs 8:30 a.m. Saturdays on KARZ 42 (Little Rock) and Fox 24 (Fayetteville/Fort Smith) and 11 p.m. Sundays on KAIT 8 (ABC, Jonesboro), featuring the top players and teams from across the state. Greenwood senior left tackle Tyler Thompson will be featured as the Arkansas Air Guard Scholar Athlete of the Week.

LAST WEEK
Hootens.com correctly picked 10 of 11 games (91 percent) involving 6A teams. For the season, HAFR has correctly predicted 61 of 76 games (80 percent).

WEEK 7 PREDICTIONS (favored team in ALL CAPS followed by point spread)
7A/6A CENTRAL
FS Northside at LR PARKVIEW (9): Northside has lost its six games by an average of 29 points. Parkview looking for its first win over a Class 7A team in seven years (beat LR Central 28-23 in Week 7, 2005).
GREENWOOD (50) at LR Hall: Coach Rick Jones' record improves to 100-16 (86 percent) at Greenwood. The Bulldogs ride a 30-game winning streak. Junior QB Jabe Burgess completed 16 of 17 passes for 246 yards and four TDs in last week's 42-14 win over LR Catholic. Senior receiver Drew Morgan has 51 catches for 739 yards and nine TDs this season. Hall surrenders 49 ppg in league play. The Warriors ride a 12-game losing streak, last winning on Sept. 16, 2011 over Arkadelphia 35-21.
RUSSELLVILLE (7) at LR Catholic: Russellville has won its past two games over FS Northside and LR Parkview by a combined 75-26. The Cyclones allow 15 ppg. Catholic has lost seven of its past eight games, allowing 16 points weekly this fall. The Rockets have won the past two meetings in this series by an average of 53-21.

7A/6A EAST
JONESBORO (14) at Mountain Home: Jonesboro led Class 7A No. 2 North LR during most of last week's game, losing 27-20 in the final 63 seconds. The Hurricane, picked by league coaches to finish fifth in the spring, now playing for the No. 2 playoff seed and home-field advantage in the first two rounds. Mountain Home has not beaten a current league opponent in almost three years. Junior QB Drake Walker has accounted for 1,484 yards and 15 TDs this season.
WEST MEMPHIS (8) at Marion: Both teams have lost two of their past three games. West Memphis has beaten Marion in six straight years. The last two meetings have been decided by a total of 22 points.
NORTH LR (14) at Searcy: North LR scored 20 unanswered points in last week's 27-20 win over Jonesboro. Junior RB Juan Day rushed for 189 yards and three TDs, including a 12-yarder with 1:03 left. Searcy beat Marion 17-0 after giving up 41 points to Mountain Home a week earlier. The Lions have beaten three conference teams with a combined 4-14 record by an average of eight points.

7A/6A SOUTH
TEXARKANA (10) at Benton: Texarkana looking for its second win of the year. The Razorbacks have lost their past two games to Lake Hamilton and El Dorado by a combined 89-28. Texarkana has beaten Benton by an average of 21 points over the past seven years. The Panthers are staring at a five-game skid with a loss this week (at Lake Hamilton, home against El Dorado and at Pine Bluff to finish the regular season). Benton has defeated Class 5A Jacksonville and LR Fair this year.
Sheridan at BRYANT (35): Sheridan beat Benton 17-14 last week, despite being outgained 291-266. Junior RB Braden Lunday totaled 123 all-purpose yards and a TD. Bryant mercy-ruled LR Fair with 3:53 left in the third quarter. Senior linebacker Tyree Reese scored three TDs, taking direct snaps in the Hornets' "Jumbo" package.
Lake Hamilton at EL DORADO (3): See Hootens.com Game of the Week.
PINE BLUFF (42) at LR Fair: Pine Bluff, picked by league coaches to finish fourth in the spring, chasing its first league title since 2008 after last week's 40-9 win over Lake Hamilton. Fair hast lost its three league games by a combined 127-26.

7A/6A WEST
HAR-BER (35) at Siloam Springs: Har-Ber has beaten Heritage and Van Buren by an average of 32 points since losing to Bentonville 28-7. Siloam Springs surrenders 59 ppg in league play.