The former North Little Rock coach claimed his first state championship when his Little Rock Parkview squad defeated Shiloh Christian, 31-21, on Saturday afternoon at War Memorial Stadium.
The win set off a wild celebration on the sidelines as the Parkview Patriots went victory formation with 1:22 remaining in the game to run out the clock on the victory.
As the clock was still ticking down, Bolding got the Powerade jug dumped on him by his players.
“This has been a long time coming,” Bolding said on the field to the Arkansas PBS broadcast team. “This is a special team.”
Indeed, junior quarterback Eric McGehee was named the game’s most valuable player after throwing for 144 yards and two touchdowns on a seven for 12 day.
But it was a complete effort by the Patriots as Omarion Robinson threw for a touchdown on a trick play. Robison also had one catch for 69 yards and a touchdown with Monterrio Elston and Hunter Austin also had touchdown catches.
Parkview also scored on defense with a 34 yard interception return from Chris Franklin and on special teams with a 27 yard field goal from Salomon Aguilar.
Parkview finished the game with 151 yards passing and 168 yards rushing for a 319 total yards offense.
Parkview finished the season 12-2 with the losses coming back to back in September to eventual Class 7A state champion Bryant, and North Little Rock, a double overtime thriller.
Bryant just scraped by Parkview, 20-10, and it was the closest margin of victory Bryant had that season.
Shiloh Christian came into the game with just one loss, its season-opener to Little Rock Christian, but had since reeled off 12 consecutive wins.
State titles have been rare in the Little Rock School District this century.
The last school to win a state championship was Little Rock Central in 2004, and the now closed Little Rock McClellan played for a title in 2015 but lost to Pulaski Academy. McClellan was closed and consolidated into the new Little Rock Southwest with J.A. Fair.
The attendance for the game was 7,864 and mostly on the Parkview side. Among those attendees was Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr., a Parkview graduate.
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Good for Brad Bolding.
The former North Little Rock coach claimed his first state championship when his Little Rock Parkview squad defeated Shiloh Christian, 31-21, on Saturday afternoon at War Memorial Stadium.
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The win set off a wild celebration on the sidelines as the Parkview Patriots went victory formation with 1:22 remaining in the game to run out the clock on the victory.
As the clock was still ticking down, Bolding got the Powerade jug dumped on him by his players.
“This has been a long time coming,” Bolding said on the field to the Arkansas PBS broadcast team. “This is a special team.”
Indeed, junior quarterback Eric McGehee was named the game’s most valuable player after throwing for 144 yards and two touchdowns on a seven for 12 day.
But it was a complete effort by the Patriots as Omarion Robinson threw for a touchdown on a trick play. Robison also had one catch for 69 yards and a touchdown with Monterrio Elston and Hunter Austin also had touchdown catches.
Parkview also scored on defense with a 34 yard interception return from Chris Franklin and on special teams with a 27 yard field goal from Salomon Aguilar.
Parkview finished the game with 151 yards passing and 168 yards rushing for a 319 total yards offense.
Parkview finished the season 12-2 with the losses coming back to back in September to eventual Class 7A state champion Bryant, and North Little Rock, a double overtime thriller.
Bryant just scraped by Parkview, 20-10, and it was the closest margin of victory Bryant had that season.
Shiloh Christian came into the game with just one loss, its season-opener to Little Rock Christian, but had since reeled off 12 consecutive wins.
State titles have been rare in the Little Rock School District this century.
The last school to win a state championship was Little Rock Central in 2004, and the now closed Little Rock McClellan played for a title in 2015 but lost to Pulaski Academy. McClellan was closed and consolidated into the new Little Rock Southwest with J.A. Fair.
The attendance for the game was 7,864 and mostly on the Parkview side. Among those attendees was Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr., a Parkview graduate.