Class 6A - Week 2 - 2012

Class 6A - Week 2 - 2012

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Hootens.com Rankings
Class 6A, Week 2, 2012
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1. El Dorado (0-1)
2. Greenwood (1-0)
3. Pine Bluff (1-0)
4. Lake Hamilton (0-1)
5. Jonesboro (1-0)
6. Texarkana (0-1)
7. Marion (0-1)
8. Searcy (1-0)
9. LR Parkview (1-0)
10. Russellville (1-0)
11. Mountain Home (0-1)
12. Siloam Springs (0-1)
13. Benton (0-1)
14. Sheridan (1-0)
15. LR Hall (0-1)
16. LR Fair (0-1)

HOOTENS.COM GAME OF THE WEEK
Class 5A No. 4 Alma at No. 2 Greenwood
Greenwood has beaten Alma seven straight times, although five games have been decided by eight points or less.
Alma beat Van Buren 47-21 a week ago, holding the Pointers to one first down in the first half. Senior quarterback Gage Jensen threw three touchdown passes, including a 36-yarder to senior receiver Dillon Work. Junior Alex Burris, an all-state linebacker in 2011, ran for two 1-yard scores.
Greenwood junior QB Jabe Burgess completed 21 of 29 passes for 260 yards and one TD and ran 16 yards for a score in last week's 47-14 win over Sallisaw, Okla. Senior playmaker and Arkansas State commit Drew Morgan returned a punt 69 yards for a TD.

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LAST WEEK
Hootens.com correctly picked 11 of 15 games (73 percent) involving 6A teams.

WEEK 2 PREDICTIONS (favored team in ALL CAPS followed by point spread)
7A/6A CENTRAL
Alma at GREENWOOD (3): See Hootens.com Game of the Week.
LR Hall at MILLS (1): Both teams lost their season opener last week (Hall 26-6 to Sheridan; Mills 35-7 to LR Parkview). Hall beat Mills 28-26 last fall.
LR PARKVIEW (1) at Dollarway: Parkview senior RB Rashaad Earls ran 23 times for 160 yards and three TDs in last week's 35-7 win over Mills. The Patriots beat Dollarway 30-14 last year.
RUSSELLVILLE (4) at Siloam Springs: Russellville snapped its eight-game losing streak with last week's 20-12 win over Morrilton. Siloam Springs surrendered 411 total yards in a 48-24 loss to Watson Chapel.

7A/6A EAST
Jonesboro at CONWAY (15): Jonesboro senior RB Martin Stafford rushed for 189 yards and a TD and returned a kickoff 86 yards for a score in last week's 69-30 win over Greene County Tech. Conway beat the Hurricane 49-35 last season.
MARION (8) at Forrest City: Marion has lost four of its last five games, including last week's 21-12 setback to Wynne. The Patriots have beaten Forrest City by a combined 102-38 the past two seasons.
Mountain Home at HARRISON (2): Mountain Home junior QB Drake Walker generated 342 total yards and two TDs in last year's 37-0 win over Harrison.
SEARCY (2) at Batesville: Searcy senior QB Antwan Arnold ran for a pair of TDs in last week's 18-0 win over LR McClellan. The game ended with 1:37 left in the first quarter (weather delay). Searcy beat Batesville 37-22 a year ago.

7A/6A SOUTH
Jacksonville at BENTON (1): Benton lost to Arkadelphia 42-20 last week after blowing a big third-quarter lead. Senior RB Wallace Foote ran for 85 yards and three TDs. The Panthers beat Jacksonville 41-14 last year.
El Dorado at FS SOUTHSIDE (6): El Dorado lost to Camden Fairview 49-21 last week, its first season-opening loss since 2007. Southside lost to Rogers Heritage 20-19.
Earle at LAKE HAMILTON (7): Class 3A Earle beat Class 2A No. 1 Junction City 14-7 last week, holding the Dragons to 32 total yards in the second half. Lake Hamilton lost to 7A/6A East favorite North Little Rock 42-7.
LR Fair at PULASKI ROBINSON (7): Fair loses its 17th game in a row. Robinson beat the War Eagles 42-12 a year ago.
Watson Chapel at PINE BLUFF (2): Pine Bluff senior RB Walter Ashley ran for two TDs, returned a kickoff 89 yards for a score and hauled in a 62-yard TD pass in last week's 53-27 win over FS Northside. The Zebras beat Watson Chapel 35-6 in 2011.
Sheridan at ARKADELPHIA (6): Sheridan senior QB Dylan Flores threw a 19-yard TD pass and ran 3 yards for a score in last week's 26-6 win over LR Hall. The Yellowjackets beat Arkadelphia 10-0 last fall.
GREENBRIER (3) at Texarkana: Greenbrier beat Beebe 35-0 last week. Texarkana senior RB Ke'Darious Grissom ran 22 times for 92 yards in a 13-7 loss to Texarkana, Texas.

7A/6A WEST
RUSSELLVILLE (4) at Siloam Springs: Russellville snapped an eight-game losing streak with last week's 20-12 win over Morrilton. Siloam Springs surrendered 411 total yards in last week's 48-24 loss to Watson Chapel.

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