MOUNT VERNON-ENOLA HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT at Mount Vernon-Enola High School SENIOR GIRLS December 28th Game 1 - Mount Vernon-Enola vs. Concord (10 a.m.) Game 3 - Morrilton Sacred Heart vs. Conway Christian (12:30 p.m.) Game 5 - Heber Springs vs. Nemo Vista (3 p.m.) Game 7 - Quitman vs. Midland (5:30 p.m.) December 29th Game 9 - Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 5 (10 a.m.) Game 11 - Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 7 (12:30 p.m.) Game 13 - Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 7 (3 p.m.) Game 15 - Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 5 (5:30 p.m.) December 30th Game 17 - Loser Game 9 vs. Loser Game 11 (10 a.m.) Game 19 - Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 11 (12:30 p.m.) Game 21 - Loser Game 13 vs. Loser Game 15 (3 p.m.) Game 23 - Winner Game 13 vs. Winner Game 15 (5:30 p.m.) SENIOR BOYS December 28th Game 2 - Concord vs. Morrilton Sacred Heart (11:15 a.m.) Game 4 - Nemo Vista vs. Conway Christian (1:45 p.m.) Game 6 - Heber Springs vs. Quitman (4:15 p.m.) Game 8 - Mount Vernon-Enola vs. Midland (6:45 p.m.) December 29th Game 10 - Loser Game 6 vs. Loser Game 8 (11:15 a.m.) Game 12 - Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 4 (1:45 p.m.) Game 14 - Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 4 (4:15 p.m. Game 16 - Winner Game 6 vs. Winner Game 8 (6:45 p.m.) December 30th Game 18 - Loser Game 10 vs. Loser Game 12 (11:15 a.m.) Game 20 - Winner Game 10 vs. Winner Game 12 (1:45 p.m.) Game 22 - Loser Game 14 vs. Loser Game 16 (4:15 p.m.) Game 24 - Winner Game 14 vs. Winner Game 16 (6:45 p.m.)
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Panther Cubs open with win over Clinton
September 5, 2019
By PHILIP SEATON
CLINTON – Axley Davis’ three-yard touchdown run with 2:03 provided the go-ahead spark as Heber Springs downed Clinton, 18-12, in seventh-grade football action Thursday night at Tumlison Field.
After Heber Springs failed to score on its first possession of the game, Clinton struck first as Liam Hudson connected with Peyton Sellers for a 35-yard touchdown pass with 10:33 to play in the first half. The two-point run failed.
The Panthers tied things up with 4:33 left in half as quarterback Liam Buffalo kept the ball and raced 69 yards for the game-tying score. The two-point run failed.
Clinton was moving the ball down the field late in the first half before Lawson Greenwald stepped in front of a Hudson pass and raced 69 yards to give the Panthers a 12-6 lead with eight seconds left. The two-point run failed.
The Yellowjackets knotted things up at 12-all with 14:02 to play in the game on a 30-yard run by Sellers. The two-point run failed.
Clinton still had time to tie the game, but Heber Springs’ Weston Warden’s interception ended the threat and sealed the win.
Heber Springs will look improve to 2-0 on the season on Thursday in Searcy when the Panthers tangle with Harding Academy at 5:30 p.m. Clinton will be idle next week after Conway Christian canceled their scheduled contests. The Eagles are not fielding a seventh-grade or junior high teams this season after not having enough players.
Hendrix looks to Rebound in 2019
August 17, 2019
CONWAY – After guiding Hendrix to a 2015 Southern Athletic Association Championship and leading the Warriors to an impressive 8-2 record in 2017, head coach Buck Buchanan looks to continue to revitalize the Hendrix football program following a 2-8 effort in 2018.
Buchanan, who was hired immediately after Hendrix football ended its 52-year hiatus, enters his seventh season as the head man for the Warriors. Buchanan currently holds a 34-27 (.557) mark while at Hendrix with a 23-21 (.522) record in SAA play and also has guided Hendrix to finishing in the top three in the SAA three different seasons in his six years here.
Returners
After an injury sidelines him for over 75 percent of the 2018 season, one of the top quarterbacks that Hendrix has seen is back and will be wearing the black and orange this fall. After being one of the top quarterbacks, statistically, in the entire country in 2017, Miles Thompson played just more than one full game before getting injured and missed the rest of the 2018 season. Thompson, who has throw for more than 4,400 yards and 46 touchdowns, will be one of several Warrior players who bring back several years of collegiate experience.
Offensively, Thompson is joined again by Kip VanHoose. VanHoose, who led the entire SAA in rushing yards a season ago, is looking to build off a season in which the Kansas City, Mo., product rushed for 860 yards and three scores.
On the offensive line and returning for this season year is Xavion Gardner. Gardner is a two-time All-SAA First Team selection and was part of the offensive line that led the NCAA with 600 yards of total offense per game.
Defensively, Ronnie McShan, Tanner Hartsfield and Jared Bazley return for the Warriors. All three obtained All-SAA Honorable Mention honors a year ago while Hartsfield led the team in tackles with 31 solo and 70 total tackles and Bazley earned D3football.com National Team of the Week honors once. On the special teams side of things, kicker Sandy Burks returns for his senior year. A native of North Little Rock, Burks has successfully made 14 field goals, 70 PATs and has logged 56 kickoffs for 2,973 yards as a Warrior and earned D3football.com National Team of the Week honors once, as well, last season.
Newcomers
Coach Buchanan was able to welcome in more than 25 new Warriors to the Hendrix football program. Of those 25-plus newcomers, one of those names should be familiar to Conway residents.
Multi-sport sport athlete Jacob Wood shined as the star quarterback for Conway Christian, a guard for the men’s basketball team and also played baseball for the Eagles.
Wood, a 6-foot-2, 180-pound quarterback who holds several school records, led the Eagles to a 10-3 record on the 2018 season that ended in a two-point loss in the state quarterfinals to Mount Ida.
Other notable newcomers who could have a sensational freshman campaign include: wide receiver Tyler Rodriguez who earned Texas 3A Player of the Year honors and recorded 42 touchdowns at quarterback from Bonham, Texas; Thayne Garnett who is an all-around half back, tight end and running back and is a Weatherford, Texas, native running with the first-team offense; and also freshman wide receiver Harrison Campbell a native of Bentonville. Wood and Campbell both played in the Arkansas All-Star Game in June at University of Central Arkansas. Defensively, notable players to look for include defensive back’s Canon Roeder of Frisco Wakeland, Texas; Gus Asle from Frisco Reedy, Texas; and Riley Strey of Flower Mound, Texas.
Schedule
Hendrix opens the 2019 season Sept. 7 at 6 p.m. with another nonconference contest against Lyon College in Conway in a classic “Battle for ScotZilla” rivalry; looking for its third victory over the Scots in Conway in three attempts. The Warriors will hit the road for the next two games; taking on Texas Lutheran in Seguin, Texas and battling Birmingham-Southern in Birmingham, Ala., to open up SAA play. Hendrix returns back to Conway Oct. 5 to look for another victory against SAA rival Rhodes. Other notable games include the annual Hendrix College Sports Hall of Honor Induction Ceremony Nov. 2 versus Trinity and Senior Day Nov. 16 against the Sewanee Tigers from Young-Wise Memorial Stadium.