EASTERN ARKANSAS — Stuttgart remains No. 1 in Class 4A in this week’s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette poll.
Searcy moves up to No. 1 in Class 6A and is rated sixth overall. Stuttgart is tenth overall.
Bentonville is No. 1 followed by Conway, Shiloh Christian, Joe T. Robinson, Bentonville West, Searcy, North Little Rock, Benton, Bryant and Stuttgart.
Mountain Home is fifth in Class 6A while Valley View is third in Class 5A. Rivercrest is fourth in Class 3A. Marked Tree is second and Clay Totty’s Hazen Hornets fourth in Class 2A.
The Cross County Thunderbirds, coming off a big win over Star City, will get the Class 2A second-ranked Marked Tree Indians in their conference opener Friday night at Marked Tree.
Wynne, after a week off, will travel to Brookland to open the season.
The Wynne Junior Jackets, who lost to Nettleton by one point Thursday for their first loss, will host Brookland this Thursday while Cross County will host Marked Tree Thursday.
The Wynne Stingers will play two games this week — at Paragould Tuesday for fifth and sixth grade games, and then at home Saturday against Brookland for fourth, fifth and sixth grade games.
The Cross County fifth and sixth grade teams host Trumann Saturday.
