Panthers head to Mills, playoffs guaranteed
- Kickoff: 7 p.m. at Mills Stadium, Little Rock
- Admission: $5
- Radio: Lance Hamilton with handle the play-by-play on KSUG 101.9 The Lake. Panther Pregame begins at 6:30 p.m. followed by the game. Listen Live Link
LAST WEEK
Panthers clinch berth with Senior Night win
LAST YEAR
Panthers crush Comets, head to playoffs
4A-2 STANDINGS
W L CP W L PS PA Southside Batesville 5 1 54 7 2 318 219 Central Arkansas Christian 5 2 59 7 3 296 220 Riverview 5 2 49 7 3 337 278 Lonoke 5 2 47 6 4 293 297 Heber Springs 3 3 28 3 6 246 286 Bald Knob 2 4 8 2 7 133 288 Stuttgart 1 6 13 1 9 238 341 Little Rock Mills 0 6 0 0 9 188 236 Friday, November 1 Central Arkansas Christian 34, Bald Knob 6 Heber Springs 49, Riverview 35 Lonoke 35, Stuttgart 28 Southside Batesville 50, Little Rock Mills 23 Thursday, November 7 Lonoke 26, Riverview 14 Central Arkansas Christian 28, Stuttgart 6 Friday, November 8 Bald Knob at Southside Batesville Heber Springs at Little Rock Mills
PLAYOFFS
Due to Little Rock Mills forfeiting four wins due to the use of an ineligible player on Monday and Thursday’s results, Heber Springs is locked in the No. 5 seed regardless of the outcome of tonight’s contest with Little Rock Mills. The rest of the conference seeding is set as well, the seeding will be: No. 1 Southside Batesville, No. 2 Riverview, No. 3 Central Arkansas Christian, No. 4 Lonoke and No. 5 Heber Springs.
The only thing left to be determined is if Southside Batesville clinches the outright conference title or has to share it with Riverview, CAC and Lonoke. The seeding will not change regardless of the outcomes.
Playoff Match-Ups for 2A-4
DeWitt at Southside Batesville, Star City at Riverview, Gentry/Gravette/Prairie Grove at Central Arkansas Christian, Lonoke at Pea Ridge/Shiloh Christian loser, and Heber Springs at Pea Ridge/Shiloh Christian winner.
CONSECUTIVE STREAK: Heber Springs has qualified for the playoffs for six straight seasons, and 13 out of the last 14 years.
HEBER SPRINGS COACH WILL COX
GAME NOTES
THE SERIES: Heber Springs leads the series 1-0.
SERIES HISTORY: Though this is the second time the Panthers have faced Little Rock Mills, Heber Springs did play the two of the schools that consolidated to form Mills University Studies. The Panthers went 0-4 from 1955 through 1959 against Little Rock Fuller, and 0-3-1 against Mabelvale from 1955 through 1958.
CLOSE TO A THOUSAND: Julio Rubio needs 43 yards rushing tonight against Little Rock Mills to top the 1,000-yard mark this season. The senior has carried the ball 164 times this season for 957 yards with 14 touchdowns.
WINS, BUT NOT REALLY: Mills had won four games before the forfeiting those contests because of the use of an ineligible player earlier this week. The Comets, under first-year coach Cortez Lee — the former Pine Bluff Dollarway head coach, had defeated Jacksonville in nonconference play, before beating Central Arkansas Christian, Lonoke and Stuttgart.
MISTAKES: Heber Springs is 2-1 on the season when committing 5 or less infractions, and 1-5 when being flagged more than five times. The lone loss was at Greenbrier when Heber Springs was flagged only four times, but turned the ball over three times in that contest.
SON OF FORMER NFL PLAYER: Mills’ Reggie Swinton II is the son of former Dallas Cowboy Reggie Swinton.
SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: NATE DEARMOND
SEASON STATS
Heber Springs 54 76 40 76 - 246 (27.3) Opponent 46 83 90 67 - 286 (31.8) TEAM First Downs by Rush: Heber Springs 94, Opponent 102 First Downs by Pass: Heber Springs 55, Opponent 51 First Downs by Penalty: Heber Springs 7, Opponent 10 Total First Downs: Heber Springs 156, Opponent 162 Third-Down Conversions: Heber Springs 52/110 (47.3), Opponent 38/97 (39.2) Fourth-Down Conversions: Heber Springs 12/29 (41.4), Opponent 13/25 (52) Red-Zone Conversions: Heber Springs 23/30 (76.7) (23 tds), Opponent 28/36 (77.8) (26 tds, 2 FG) Fumbles/Lost: Heber Springs 16/8, Opponent 15/7 Turnovers: Heber Springs 15, Opponent 10 Points Off Turnovers: Heber Springs 41, Opponent 28 Penalties/Yards: Heber Springs 73/545, Opponent 60/609 Plays/Total Offense/YPP: Heber Springs 555/3281/5.9, Opponent 540/3046/5.6 Rushing: Heber Springs 367/1914/5.2, Opponent 393/1876/4.8 Rushing Per Game: Heber Springs 212.7, Opponent 208.4 Passing: Heber Springs 107/182-1366-10/7, Opponent 100/167-1208-16/3 Completion Percentage: Heber Springs 58.8, Opponent 59.9 Passing Per Game: Heber Springs 151.8, Opponent 134.2 Sacks/Yards Lost: Heber Springs 19/107, Opponent 10/49 Punts: Heber Springs 26/1026/39.5, Opponent 26/893/34.4 Blocked Punts: Heber Springs 1 INDIVIDUAL OFFENSE RUSHING (ATT/YARDS/PER ATTEMPT/PER GAME/TDS): Julio Rubio 164/957/5.8/106.3/14, Adam Martin 151/698/4.6/77.6/7, Landon Johnson 50/227/4.5/25.2/5, Levy Phillips 4/21, Nathan McKee 1/6, Diego Rubio 1/2, Tri Johnson 1/(-2), Team 2/(-41) RUNS OF 50+: Julio Rubio 2, Adam, Martin 1 RUNS OF 40+: Julio Rubio 3 Adam Martin 1 RUNS OF 30+: Julio Rubio 5, Adam Martin 2 RUNS OF 20+: Julio Rubio 9, Adam Martin 7, Landon Johnson 1 RUNS OF 10+: Adam Martin 23, Julio Rubio 23, Landon Johnson 4, Levy Phillips 1 100-YARD RUSHING GAMES: Julio Rubio 5, Adam Martin 3 PASSING (ATT/COMP-YARDS-TDS/INT): Adam Martin 107/182-1366-10/7 250-YARD PASSING GAMES: Adam Martin 1 RECEIVING (REC/YARDS/PER CATCH/TDS): Matthew Cook 19/188/9.9/1, Nathan McKee 18/212/11.8/2, Landon Johnson 16/212/13.3/2, Fate Berry 13/182/14/1, Hunter Kent 13/170/13.1/2, Tri Johnson 12/208/17.3/2, Julio Rubio 12/143/11.9, Jackson West 1/18, Dalton McCollum 1/9, Diego Rubio 1/8 100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES: Hunter Kent 1, Tri Johnson 1, Julio Rubio 1 TOTAL OFFENSE (OFFENSE/PER GAME): Adam Martin 2064/229.3, Julio Rubio 957/106.3, Landon Johnson 227/25.2, Levy Phillips 21, Nathan McKee 6, Diego Rubio 2, Tri Johnson (-2), Team (-41) KICKOFF RETURNS: Tri Johnson 8/170/21.3, Matthew Cook 4/62/15.5, Hunter Kent 5/46/9.2, Julio Rubio 3/44/14.7, Levy Phillips 4/37/9.3, Jackson West 4/39/9.8, Diego Rubio 2/37/18.5, Nathan McKee 5/65/13, Lawrence Baureis 1/10, Harley Bresnahan 1/ 6, Tristan Thissen 1/0. PUNT RETURNS: Nathan McKee 3/12, Tri Johnson 1/(-3) INTERCEPTION RETURNS: Nathan McKee 1/10, Dalton McCollum 1/4, Fate Berry 1/2 FUMBLE RETURNS: Matthew Cook 1/4 ALL-PURPOSE YARDS (YARDS/PER GAME): Julio Rubio 1037/129.6, Adam Martin 698/77.6, Tri Johnson 373/53.3, Landon Johnson 438/48.7, Nathan McKee 305/33.9, Matthew Cook 254/28.2, Fate Berry 184/23, Hunter Kent 216/24, Diego Rubio 47/5.9, Jackson West 57/6.3, Levy Phillips 58/7.3, Lawrence Baureis 10/1.7, Harley Bresnahan 6/1, Dalton McCollum 13/1.6, DEFENSE TACKLES (ASST/SOLO/TOTAL): Fate Berry 66/24/90, Landon Johnson 56/25/81, Diego Rubio 40/13/53, Kaden Hughes 27/13/40, Hunter Kent 27/11/38, Nathan McKee 26/11/37, Levy Phillips 22/11/33, Lawrence Baureis 21/9/30, Matthew Cook 25/5/30, Nicholas Hitchcock 21/6/27, Jackson West 22/4/26, Tri Johnson 9/5/14, Dalton McCollum 8/5/13, Julio Rubio 9/3/12, Harley Bresnhan 6/4/10, Trevor Weathers 7/1/8, Preston Jones 2/2/5, Harley Hannah 3/2/5, Hunter Griffin 3/1/4, Devon Doxey 3/1/4, Tristan Thissen 1/2/3, Trent Barnes 2/1/3, Jackson Harrod 2/1/3, Nate Dearmond 0/1/1, Spencer Evans 1/0/1, Gus Hannah 1/0/1. TACKLES FOR LOSS: Fate Berry 15, Landon Johnson 14.5, Kaden Hughes 9.5, Diego Rubio 7, Nicholas Hitchcock 4.5, Julio Rubio 3, Lawrence Baureis 3, Levy Phillips 2, Jackson West 2, Tri Johnson 1.5, Hunter Griffin 1, Harley Bresnahan 1, Devon Doxey 1. SACKS/YARDS LOST: Fate Berry 4/28, Kaden Hughes 4/24, Tri Johnson 2.5/22, Levy Phillips 1/ 5, Harley Bresnahan 1/ 4, Diego Rubio 1/5, Julio Rubio .5/9, Landon Johnson .5/3, Matthew Cook .5/3, Nicholas Hitchcock .5/4. INTERCEPTIONS: Dalton McCollum 1, Nathan McKee 1, Fate Berry 1 DEFENSIVE FUMBLE RECOVERIES: Hunter Kent 2, Diego Rubio 2, Nicholas Hitchcock 1, Nathan McKee 1, Landon Johnson 1, BLOCKED PUNTS: Kaden Hughes 1 PUNTING (No./Yards/Avg./Inside20): Adam Martin 25/993/39.7/6, Matthew Cook 1/33/33 SCORING: Julio Rubio 84 (14 tds), Adam Martin 48 (8 td), Landon Johnson 36 (6 tds), Jackson Harrod 30 (30-33 PAT, 0-1 FG), Hunter Kent 12 (2 td), Nathan McKee 12 (2 td), Tri Johnson 12 (2 td), Fate Berry 6 (1 td), Matthew Cook 6 (1 td)
SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: BRANDON TATE
MARKEDTIME.COM PLAYERS OF WEEK
WEEK 9 vs RIVERVIEW
OFFENSE – Hunter Kent. DEFENSE – Diego Rubio
WEEK 8 vs SOUTHSIDE BATESVILLE
OFFENSE – Julio Rubio. DEFENSE – Diego Rubio
WEEK 7 vs. BALD KNOB
OFFENSE – Landon Johnson. DEFENSE – Fate Berry
WEEK 6 vs. CAC
OFFENSE – Julio Rubio. DEFENSE – Kaden Hughes
WEEK 5 vs. STUTTGART
OFFENSE – Adam Martin. DEFENSE – Nathan McKee
WEEK 4 vs. LONOKE
OFFENSE – Fate Berry. DEFENSE – Landon Johnson
WEEK 3 vs. HARDING ACADEMY
OFFENSE – Tri Johnson. DEFENSE – Dalton McCollum
WEEK 2 vs. GREENBRIER
OFFENSE – Harley Hannah. DEFENSE – Levy Phillips
WEEK 1 vs. CLINTON
OFFENSE – Adam Martin and Julio Rubio. DEFENSE – Fate Berry
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