Class 6A - Week 11 - 2012

Class 6A - Week 11 - 2012

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

HOOTENS.COM GAME OF THE WEEK
No. 10 Benton at No. 7 Russellville
Both teams enter the playoffs banged up and beaten. Benton has given up 41 points per game over the past three weeks in losses to Lake Hamilton, El Dorado and Pine Bluff. Russellville has lost to Fort Smith Southside and Greenwood by a combined 64-7 the past two weeks.
Benton has won two playoff games in 20 years, including a 24-21 victory over Russellville in 2004. Senior running back Wallace Foote has 176 carries for 1,343 yards (7.6 yards per carry) and 17 touchdowns this year. Senior Boone Cox has 31 catches for 519 yards and six TDs.
Russellville has won four playoff games since that three-point loss to Benton in 2004, including three by an average of four points. The Cyclones feature a two-quarterback system in senior Mitch Mullen and junior Cody Jones. Senior safety Hayden Hipps leads on defense.

LAST WEEK
Hootens.com correctly picked eight of 10 games (80 percent) involving 6A teams. For the season, HAFR has correctly predicted 98 of 121 games (81 percent).

WEEK 11 PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS (favored team in ALL CAPS followed by point spread)
TOP HALF OF THE BRACKET
LR Fair at GREENWOOD (42): Fair loses its 26th game in a row. Greenwood junior QB Jabe Burgess has completed 157 of 213 passes (74 percent) for 2,101 yards and 25 TDs this year. Greenwood junior RB Hoyt Smith paces the Bulldogs with 102 carries for 734 yards (7.2 ypc) and nine TDs. Senior playmaker Drew Morgan has 1,707 all-purpose yards and 23 TDs. Greenwood has won 20 straight home playoff games.
LR PARKVIEW (1) at Sheridan: Parkview has beaten two 6A teams this year (LR Hall 49-14 and Mountain Home 34-31). The Patriots defeated Sheridan 42-14 in the 2009 playoffs. Sheridan's four wins this year came over teams with a combined record of 5-34, including a 26-6 triumph over Hall in the opener. The Yellowjackets lost its last home playoff game to Jonesboro 29-14 in 2000.
Mountain Home at EL DORADO (35): Mountain Home has lost six straight games against 6A opponents. El Dorado has lost five times in 6A play over the past five years.
Siloam Springs at SEARCY (13): Siloam Springs beat Class 4A Gravette 35-14 Week 3 for its only win of the year. The Panthers allow 43 ppg. Searcy has lost three of its past four games, beating West Memphis 23-15 two weeks ago.

BOTTOM HALF OF THE BRACKET
LR Hall at PINE BLUFF (42): Hall loses its 17th straight game. Pine Bluff has won 17 games over the past two years.
Benton at RUSSELLVILLE (1): See Hootens.com Game of the Week.
Texarkana at JONESBORO (35): Jonesboro beat Texarkana 49-20 last year to advance to the semifinals for the first time since 1980. Senior RB and Farm Bureau Awards watch list player Martin Stafford has rushed for close to 1,500 yards and 21 TDs this fall.
Marion at LAKE HAMILTON (21): Lake Hamilton has beaten Marion three times by an average of 20 points over the past six years.


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