Central Arkansas Christian's season came to end last Friday as undefeated Elkins throttled the Mustangs high-powered offense as the Elks won, 53-15.
The 15 points was by far the lowest of the season for CAC (9-3) as the team went into last Friday averaging nearly 50 points a game.
Elkins, however, was averaging more than 50 points a game and they kept it going at a cold night at Mustang Mountain as the team put together more than 500 yards of total offense in the win.
Elkins (13-0) now hosts the state's other Church of Christ school in Harding Academy this Friday as both teams are unbeaten.
Harding Academy is the No. 1 team in 4A and is favored to beat No. 3 Elkins, according to Hootens.com
There's no lines or over/unders in high school football but if there was, and you were the kind of degenerate who'd wager on those games, I'd take the over regardless of where it was set. Last team to score likely wins and both teams should crack the 50s.
In the other 4A semifinal, undefeated Warren travels to Rivercrest because all Bo Hembree knows how to do is win.
In 3A, Glen Rose heads to Booneville in what should be a Beavers trap as the Bearcats just know how to win and again and again and again. Wouldn't know personally, in high school, we won three of four games against them.
In the other game, the traveling Mansfield Tigers hit the road for the third consecutive time as they'll be at Prescott this Friday.
Previous trips include Hoxie and Salem but this might be the end of the road as the Curley Wolves are favored to win.
The games this Friday and Saturday will be televised live on Arkansas PBS via your cable provider, YouTubeTV and on the Arkansas PBS app.
Want to follow along in more detail?
Live in-game and post-game stats for all championship games can be accessed by any computer, tablet or mobile device by going to aaa.statbroadcast.com.
All state championship games will be played at Little Rock's War Memorial Stadium. If going, arrive early as security can be a hassle and expect to pay to park, so have some extra cash on hand.
2A State Championship game | Noon, Friday | No. 2 EPC vs. No. 1 Bigelow
East Poinsett County makes the trip down from Northeast Arkansas to face Bigelow in the first state championship of the weekend.
Bigelow is undefeated and favored to win by Hootens.com.
6A State Championship game | 6:30 p.m., Friday | No. 2 Little Rock Christian vs. No. 1 Greenwood
Greenwood is the favorite in Friday's second game as the Bulldogs faceoff against Little Rock Christian. Greenwood won the regular season matchup, 17-0. By virtue of playing for a title, Little Rock Christian will be a 7A school next season as Fort Smith Northside moves back to the 7A-West, where the belong and Fort Smith Southside drops down to Class 6A, which will make for one interesting River Valley next season. It will also make for a much more compact 7A-Central.
To read more on the state championship game from Hootens.com, click here.
7A State Championship game | Noon, Saturday | No. 2 Bentonville vs. No. 1 Fayetteville
Hootens.com has the undefeated Purple 'Dogs as the favorite against 7A-West conference rival Bentonville. The teams are No. 1 and No. 2 in the rankings for 7A.
CAC knocked out of the playoffs
CAC knocked out of the playoffs
CAC knocked out of the playoffs
It was fun while it lasted.
Central Arkansas Christian's season came to end last Friday as undefeated Elkins throttled the Mustangs high-powered offense as the Elks won, 53-15.
The 15 points was by far the lowest of the season for CAC (9-3) as the team went into last Friday averaging nearly 50 points a game.
Elkins, however, was averaging more than 50 points a game and they kept it going at a cold night at Mustang Mountain as the team put together more than 500 yards of total offense in the win.
Elkins (13-0) now hosts the state's other Church of Christ school in Harding Academy this Friday as both teams are unbeaten.
Harding Academy is the No. 1 team in 4A and is favored to beat No. 3 Elkins, according to Hootens.com
There's no lines or over/unders in high school football but if there was, and you were the kind of degenerate who'd wager on those games, I'd take the over regardless of where it was set. Last team to score likely wins and both teams should crack the 50s.
In the other 4A semifinal, undefeated Warren travels to Rivercrest because all Bo Hembree knows how to do is win.
Hootens.com has Warren as the favorites as well.
To read more on the 4A semifinals, click here.
In 3A, Glen Rose heads to Booneville in what should be a Beavers trap as the Bearcats just know how to win and again and again and again. Wouldn't know personally, in high school, we won three of four games against them.
In the other game, the traveling Mansfield Tigers hit the road for the third consecutive time as they'll be at Prescott this Friday.
Previous trips include Hoxie and Salem but this might be the end of the road as the Curley Wolves are favored to win.
For more, click here.
State Championship weekend (Part 1)
The games this Friday and Saturday will be televised live on Arkansas PBS via your cable provider, YouTubeTV and on the Arkansas PBS app.
Want to follow along in more detail?
Live in-game and post-game stats for all championship games can be accessed by any computer, tablet or mobile device by going to aaa.statbroadcast.com.
All state championship games will be played at Little Rock's War Memorial Stadium. If going, arrive early as security can be a hassle and expect to pay to park, so have some extra cash on hand.
2A State Championship game | Noon, Friday | No. 2 EPC vs. No. 1 Bigelow
East Poinsett County makes the trip down from Northeast Arkansas to face Bigelow in the first state championship of the weekend.
Bigelow is undefeated and favored to win by Hootens.com.
To read more, click here.
6A State Championship game | 6:30 p.m., Friday | No. 2 Little Rock Christian vs. No. 1 Greenwood
Greenwood is the favorite in Friday's second game as the Bulldogs faceoff against Little Rock Christian. Greenwood won the regular season matchup, 17-0. By virtue of playing for a title, Little Rock Christian will be a 7A school next season as Fort Smith Northside moves back to the 7A-West, where the belong and Fort Smith Southside drops down to Class 6A, which will make for one interesting River Valley next season. It will also make for a much more compact 7A-Central.
To read more on the state championship game from Hootens.com, click here.
7A State Championship game | Noon, Saturday | No. 2 Bentonville vs. No. 1 Fayetteville
Hootens.com has the undefeated Purple 'Dogs as the favorite against 7A-West conference rival Bentonville. The teams are No. 1 and No. 2 in the rankings for 7A.
To read more, click here.
5A State Championship game | 6:30 p.m., Saturday | No. 1 Little Rock Parkview vs. No. 2 Shiloh Christian
When he was at North Little Rock, Brad Bolding usually got the 'Cats to the semis but couldn't crack the code in winning a state title.
Now that he's at Little Rock Parkview, he's already won one and going for back-to-back titles this Saturday in the nightcap against Shiloh Christian.
Parkview is undefeated and while they haven't always looked dominant at times this season, they're favored to beat the Saints by Hootens.com.
For more, click here.