Class 7A - Week 8 - 2011

Class 7A - Week 8 - 2011

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Hootens.com Rankings
Class 7A, Week 8, 2011
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1. Bentonville (7-0)
2. Springdale Har-Ber (6-1)
3. Fayetteville (6-1)
4. West Memphis (6-1)
5. Fort Smith Southside (4-3)
6. Bryant (6-1)
7. Conway (5-2)
8. North Little Rock (5-2)
9. Little Rock Central (5-2)
10. Little Rock Catholic (4-3)
11. Fort Smith Northside (3-4)
12. Rogers (2-5)
13. Cabot (1-6)
14. Springdale (1-6)
15. Rogers Heritage (1-6)
16. Little Rock Hall (2-5)

HOOTENS.COM GAME OF THE WEEK
No. 5 FS Southside at No. 2 Springdale Har-Ber.
It has quickly become one of the state's better rivalries. The past three regular-season meetings have been decided by an average of five points. Har-Ber lost at Southside 38-21 last year. Har-Ber beat the Rebels twice in 2009, 16-13 in overtime during the regular season and 27-6 in the state title game. Southside beat Har-Ber twice in 2008, 27-22 during the regular season and 8-7 in the final seconds of the semifinals.

TV SHOW
Hooten's Arkansas Football airs 7:30 p.m. Thursdays on KARZ (Z42 in Little Rock), Suddenlink Cable 22 in Northeast Arkansas and On Demand in Northwest Arkansas (Cox Ch. 644). A preview of this week's games can also be seen on hootens.com homepage.

LAST WEEK
Hootens.com correctly predicted five of 10 winners in games involving Class 7A schools, For the season, hootens.com is 58-17 (77 percent).

WEEK 8 PREDICTIONS (favored team in ALL CAPS followed by point spread)
7A/6A CENTRAL
Cabot at BRYANT (14): Bryant led by three TDs in the second quarter at Conway last week and has beaten Cabot three of the past five years. Young Cabot could finish 1-9 for the first time since 2005.
CONWAY (7) at Van Buren: Van Buren junior kicker Houston Ray hit a 40-yard field goal as time expired to beat Russellville last week.
LR CATHOLIC (3) at Russellville: Russellville has lost three conference games by four points or less.
NORTH LR (4) at LR Central: North Little Rock has beaten Central the past three years by a combined score of 91-6.

7A WEST
FS Southside at SPRINGDALE HAR-BER (1): Game of the Week.
BENTONVILLE (21) at FS Northside: Defending state champion Bentonville has scored 46 points per game against Northside over the past four years but likely tops that this week.
Rogers at FAYETTEVILLE (7): Fayetteville beat FS Southside last week for the eighth time in nine years. Rogers lost at Bentonville 61-6 a week ago.
SPRINGDALE (1) at Rogers Heritage: Heritage allows 46 points per Friday to league opponents. Springdale beat FS Northside 48-36 last week for its first win of the season.

7A/6A EAST
MARION (27) at LR Hall: Marion scores a league 44 points per game. Senior running back Tre Franklin has rushed for more than 1,100 yards and 21 touchdowns.
WEST MEMPHIS (28) at Mountain Home: Mountain Home led Marion 13-6 at halftime lasst week. West Memphis had won 32 consecutive conference games before losing to Jonesboro in overtime last week.


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