Rogers Kirksey 24, Rogers Lingle 6

Ty Galyean returned a kickoff 73 yards for a touchdown and threw for another score to keep Kirksey unbeaten on Tuesday.

Galyean threw a 62-yard touchdown pass to Hunter Hill after taking a backward lateral from quarterback Max Harrell.

Harrell threw a 56-yard touchdown to Brett Gentz and a two-point conversion for Kirksey (7-0). Devin Young also tackled the Lingle quarterback in end zone for a safety.

Kirksey will host Bentonville Washington next week.

Springdale Central 20, Fayetteville Ramay 9

Kyle Pianalto threw a touchdown pass and added a two-point conversion to lead Central past Ramay.

Pianalto completed a 36-yard touchdown pass to Cole Brothers. He ran in thw conversion for an 8-3 Central lead.

Holden Thornton added a 16-yard touchdown run and Trashaun Gaus finished the scoring with a 51-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter.

Brothers also interception a pass for Central (6-1).

JUNIOR HIGH FOOTBALL

Springdale Central 21, Fayetteville Ramay 7

Tucker Lee ran for three touchdowns to help Central remain undefeated on Thursday night.

Lee scored on runs of 13, 47 and 2 yards. Lee’s 47-yard run came after Central (7-0, 5-0 in Northwest Arkansas Conference) stopped Ramay on a fourth-and-1 play. Jesus Sidon added three extra points.

Safety Alex Rice also had two interceptions in the red zone for Central.

PREP VOLLEYBALLL

Springdale Har-Ber def. Rogers High

Alicia Swearingen had 22 kills and Marisa Pless added 20 kills to lead Har-Ber to a 25-12, 25-17, 23-25, 25-20 win over Rogers High in 7A-West Conference play Thursday.

Har-Ber improved to 11-2 in the 7A-West and is now tied with Fayetteville for the league lead. The Lady Wildcats finish the season Tuesday against cross-town rival Springdale High.

Sydney Marsellis contributed six blocks and Katie Huff five blocks for Har-Ber. Katie Collins added 22 digs and four aces.

Springdale High def. Fort Smith Northside

Kristin Hylton finished with 21 kills and Lauren Perry added 20 kills to help Springdale High claim a 23-25, 20-25, 25-14, 25-22, 17-15 win over Northside in 7A-West Conference play Thursday.

The Lady Red’Dogs (14-12, 5-8) clinched a spot in the Class 7A state tournament with the victory. Springdale will likely be the fifth seed.

Setters Emily Broad and Tisha Watkins contributed 19 and 18 assists, respectively. Chloe Brown led Springdale with 20 digs.

Fort Smith Northside gave Fayetteville all it could handle in the first two games, but the Lady Purple Bulldogs were too much as they claimed a 25-19, 25-17, 25-11 7A-West win in Kaundart-Grizzly Fieldhouse.

The Lady Bears (5-9, 1-8) held a 12-7 lead in the opening game, but Fayetteville went on a 14-2 run to take control of the match. Most of the points during the run came off of Northside miscues but Northside coach Catherine Young knows that Fayetteville (12-8-1, 8-1) had to work for the win.

The Lady Purple’Dogs remained tied for the league lead with Springdale Har-Ber, which knocked off Bentonville on Thursday.

Northside cut the Fayetteville lead to 21-17 after a block from Keisha Tucker, but the Lady Bulldogs scored four of the game’s last six points to take the early lead.

“I felt like Northside did a good job of hanging with us in games one and two,” Fayetteville coach Jessica Phelan said. “I thought we did a good job serving and because of that, we were able to set up our defense.”

Northside again took an early lead in game two but an 11-2 run by Fayetteville ended any chance of an upset.

Fayetteville closed the match with 13 straight points to seal the road win.

“Blocking was huge for us tonight,” Phelan said. “It is a huge momentum builder and this was a big night for Morgan Cosby. Serving and blocking are two keys to defensive control and we had those aspects working tonight.”

FS Southside def. Rogers High

Six years ago, when the 7A-West ran through Southside, the Confederettes routinely made quick work of anyone in their path.

Thursday looked a lot like 2003.

Paced by Olivia Caldwell’s solid effort, the Lady Feds breezed to a 25-9, 25-20, 25-9 victory over Rogers High at Southside Gym.

Along with her six aces, Caldwell did most of her damage with perfect sets for hitters Nicollette Milam and Chelsea McKim.

The junior setter finished with 20 assists, five kills and six aces.

Southside (11-6, 5-4) won just the second time in the last five matches, with two of those three defeats — against Bentonville and Fayetteville — coming in tight five-game sets.

Southside built a quick 15-2 lead in the opener, but struggled at times in the second game. Rogers’ Mikalah Booher brought the Lady Mounties (2-7 in league play) within 18-16 before Milam blistered a perfect set from Caldwell to make it 19-16.

Southside’s Loribeth Alexander helped finish off Rogers in the second game.

Another quick start in the third game helped finish off Rogers. The Lady Mounties, who had enjoyed big runs during the past three seasons under coach Jeana Breedlove, had no answer for the Lady Rebels.

McKim and Milam had 14 and 11 kills, respectively, for Southside. Brooke Hale added eight digs and five kills; Amy Driscoll and Kylie Blazic added

JUNIOR HIGH FOOTBALL

Bentonville Gold 35, Springdale Southwest 0

Gold scored 28 second-half points to pull away for the Northwest Arkansas Conference win Thursday.

Springdale Central 28, Springdale George 0

Tucker Lee and Miguel Salgado ran for two touchdowns each to help Central improve to 5-0 with the win.

Lee scored on runs of 10 and 15 yards in the second quarter, while Salgado added TD turns of 10 and 47 yards for Central (5-0, 3-0 in Northwest Arkansas Conference).

Jesus Sidon also kicked four PATs for Central.

EIGHTH-GRADE FOOTBALL

Rogers Kirksey 14, Bentonville Lincoln 13

Ty Galyean provided the key defensive play to help Rogers Kirksey hold off Bentonville Lincoln during Thursday’s action in Bentonville’s Tiger Stadium.

With Lincoln attempting a two-point conversion after scoring a touchdown with less than 3 minutes remaining, Galyean stepped between two Leopards and picked off the option pitch. Kirksey (5-0) then took the ensuing kickoff and ran out the clock.

Preston Young took the opening kickoff 69 yards to the Lincoln 1, and quarterback Max Harrell scored on the following play to give Kirksey a 6-0 lead. The Cougars added a 12-yard touchdown run by Brandon Workman later in the first quarter, with Harrell adding the two-point conversion.

Kirksey will play Rogers Oakdale next week at Gates Stadium.

Bentonville Washington 36, Springdale Southwest 14

Matthew Garrison accounted for both Southwest scores with two receiving touchdowns in the loss to Gold on Thursday.

Garrison had two fourth-quarter touchdown catches, while Roman Wright also had two catches for Southwest (3-2).

Springdale Central 33, Springdale George 7

Kyle Pianalto threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as Central remained unbeaten.

Pianalto threw a 21-yard touchdown pass to Cole Brothers and a 4-yard scoring strike to Zach Vaughn. He also scored on a 4-yard run.

Central also scored on defense and special teams. Tyler Horstman blocked a punt and Jake Hall returned it for a score, while Jessie Guetierrez also returned a fumbled 54 yards for a score.

The Springdale Central Warriors, with five runners in the top 16, won the championship of the junior high boys’ large school division at the Panther Cross Country Invitational Saturday in Siloam Springs.

The Warriors were led by freshmen Dino Andrade, Spencer Jones, Cole Williams and Alex Salas.

The Lady Warriors finished in third place in the junior girls’ large school division.

In another recent meet, the Central boys and girls each won team titles at the Ecclesia College Invitational meet in Elms Springs.

Springdale High def. Fort Smith Northside

Kristin Hylton hammered 23 kills and Lauren Perry added 16 to defeated Northside 23-25, 21-25, 25-23, 25-20, 15-10 in 7A-West Conference play Tuesday.

Tisha Watkins dished out 15 assists and Emily Broad added 13 for the Lady Bulldogs (3-3 in 7A-West). Sydney Hargraves led Springdale with 12 digs, while Chloe Brown added 10.

JUNIOR HIGH VOLLEYBALL

Fayetteville Ramay def. Springdale Central

Ramay swept Central 25-8, 25-10 in Northwest Arkansas Conference play Tuesday.

Central (8-1) won the eighth-grade match 25-21, 25-14 behind the serving of Olivia Cash and Tiffany Ray. Ray had eight aces and 14 service points, while Cash added seven aces and 12 service points.

Springdale George def. Rogers High

Gabby Aldaco had eight service aces and three kills to lead George to a 25-19, 25-15 win on Tuesday.

Brittany Cline chipped in four kills for George.

George also won the eighth-grade match 25-19, 10-25, 15-4. Callie Harris and Kaylee Wade led George with four kills each. Harris added four aces and Wade three aces.

Springdale Southwest def. Bentonville Gold

Anna Holcomb contributed eight service points and Arden Hall had five to lead Southwest to a 25-19, 25-14 win on Tuesday night.

Southwest improved to 15-2 overall and 7-2 in Northwest Arkansas Conference play.

Southwest lost the eighth-grade match 25-15, 22-25, 15-10. Danni Delozier led Southwest with 10 service points, while Laney Rhoads added three kills, three blocks and four service points.

It was incorrectly reported in Tuesday’s edition that Central defeated Southwest. Southwest won the varsity and eighth-grade matches.

Rogers Oakdale def. Rogers Lingle

Kaitelyn Harryman finished with six kills and seven aces to lead Oakdale to a 25-13, 25-21 win over Lingle in eighth-grade volleyball Tuesday. Sara Hill contributed 16 digs and four aces.

Oakdale also won the eighth-grade B match 25-19, 25-16. Sami Brown led the way with six aces. Oakdale has now won eight straight matches.

Central Def. Southwest

Central topped Southwest 25-17, 25-17 in ninth-grade action and also won 25-23, 25-14 in the eighth-grade match Monday at Southwest.

For Southwest (14-2) in the ninth-grade match, Allie Scott had nine points and Anna Hudgeons had eight points, Kylie Buttram had five points for Central (3-5) while Allison McGaugh had four points and two aces.

In the eighth-grade match, Banni Delozier had nine points for Southwest (7-2), while Bethany Maddox had five points. Kimberly Huff had eight points and three aces for Central (7-1), while Olivia Cash had one kill and four points.

Southwest won the “B” match 25-13, 25-11.

Central plays today at Ramey, while Southwest plays today at Bentonville Gold.

Siloam Springs Def. George

Siloam Springs upended George 25-5, 25-20 in a ninth-grade match and 25-18, 25-15 in an eight-grade match Monday at George. George’s Katelyn Delp recorded three kills and one block in the ninth-grade match. Lacey Davis had four kills for George in the eighth-grade match.

George plays again today at Rogers.

Oakdale Def. Elmwood

Oakdale prevailed on the road over Elmwood 25-16, 25-21. Katelyn Harryman had 18 points and nine aces for Oakdale.

FRESHMEN

Rogers Heritage Def. Rogers High

Rogers Heritage (6-2) defeated Rogers High 25-8, 25-12. Emily Alderson had seven kills for Heritage and Kendra Linn had 12 digs. Heritage plays at George Monday.

Southside (6-2, 3-2 7A-West) had match point twice in the fifth game but couldn’t close it out against the Lady Tigers (8-5, 5-0).

Rebecca Brown and Shayne Wiedemann had 15 kills each for Bentonville.

PREP GOLF

Har-Ber Sweeps Rogers Heritage

Taylor Kline shot a 42 to earn medalist honors to lead Springdale Har-Ber to an easy 144-203 victory over Rogers Heritage on Thursday at Prairie Creek Country Club.

Lauren Zulpo and Kaitlyn Vogel each shot 51 in support of Kline.

On the boys’ side, Har-Ber’s Zach Coats fired an even-par 36 to take medalist, but the Wildcats lost by a stroke 170-171 to Heritage. Antonio Guererro shot a 42, followed by a 45 by Candler Boortz and a 48 from Will McDoniel for Heritage in the play five, count four format. Jared Gilstrap led Heritage with a 39.

JUNIOR HIGH FOOTBALL

Fayetteville Ramay 14, Springdale Southwest 6

Ramay held Southwest on downs at its own 4, then drove 96 yards for a score late in the first half en route to the victory Thursday.

Casey Paraday threw to Dalton Clinkscales for the only score of the night for Southwest (1-2 overall, 0-2 in Northwest Arkansas Conference).

In the eighth-grade game, Braxton Jester threw two touchdown passes and ran for another to lead Southwest to a 28-6 win.

Gus Vitt added a 25-yard touchdown run and Josh Poulos recovered a fumble, which led to Jester’s short touchdown run. Bryan Lemus also made three extra points for Southwest (3-0).

Jester threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Colton Weztler and added a 40-yard scoring strike to Jordan Dennis.

Springdale Central 48, Harrison 14

Miguel Salgado ran for three touchdowns to help Central improve to 3-0 with the easy nonconference win on Thursday night.

Salgado had touchdown runs of 26, 32 and 82 yards. Blake Taylor, Tucker Lee and Aaron Wellman also had touchdown runs. Pierce Phillips also threw a 15-yard TD pass to Alex Rice. Jesus Sidon also hit 6-of-7 PATs.

Central won the eighth-grade game 32-6.

Rogers Kirksey 14, Rogers Oakdale 0

Kirksey improved to 3-0 with the shutout win in eighth-grade football on Thursday.

Alex Lewis scored on a 2-yard run and Max Harrell added the second touchdown on a 4-yard quarterback keeper. Ty Galyean had a 55-yard kickoff return to set up one of those scores.

Junior High Volleyball

Southwest def. George

Miranda Kelly had 11 service points and Arden Hall nine to lead Southwest to a 25-12, 25-18 win over George in Northwest Arkansas Conference play Tuesday.

Southwest improved to 13-2 overall and 5-2 in the league. Lucille Lanje led George (1-6, 1-10) with three aces and six assists, while Mariah King added three kills and one block.

Southwest (5-2) also won the eighth-grade match 27-25, 25-23. Sydney McConnell led Southwest with six service points and Sydney Breathitt added five. Lacey Davis led George with five kills, while Bri Long added four kills and three aces.

Central def. Rogers Elmwood

Setters Ashley Wiednehoeft and Haley McCarver helped lead Springdale Central to a 25-14, 25-12 win over Rogers Elmwood in Northwest Arkansas Conference play.

Central improved to 3-4 overall and in the league.

Central improved to 7-0 with a 25-20, 27-25 win in the eighth-grade match.

Payton Frisinger contributed three kills late in the match, while Kayla Bakker also had a strong night passing.

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL

Bentonville def. Springdale High

Danielle Betts finished with six kills as Bentonville claimed a 25-22, 25-14, 25-18 7A-West Conference win over Springdale High on Tuesday.

Rebecca Brown added nine assists and two block assists for the Lady Tigers (4-3, 4-0). Sara Hoover also added three aces.

— The Morning News

Fort Smith Southside def. Rogers Heritage

Carson Hunter had four kills to help the Confederettes slip past Heritage, 25-15, 25-12, 25-16.

The scrappy Lady War Eagles (5-12, 0-4) fought Southside (6-1, 3-1) point for point for much of the first game. Heritage was right there in the second game as well before a kill by Chelsea McKim jump-started a 16-3 run.

Springdale Har-Ber def. Fort Smith Northside

Springdale Har-Ber wasted little time in beating Fort Smith Northside 25-7, 25-17, 25-21.

The Lady Wildcats (7-1, 3-1) used a powerful service game to put pressure on the Lady Bears (5-5, 1-3), which caused Northside struggled to get the ball to its front row.

Leading 5-4 in the opening game, Har-Ber ran off 12 straight points to put the game out of reach quickly. Har-Ber’s Katie Huff started the run while Kailey Bain had three aces during it.

“We got what we came for,” Har-Ber coach Sandy Jones said of the conference win. “Our strategy all year has been to jump on them quickly. We serve hard at them so they don’t get a chance to set something up and that worked for us in the first two games.”

Northside was in control of the third game as it opened a 15-10 lead and later led 19-15. But that is when the Lady Wildcats started their comeback. Kellsie Pullen came up with a kill, Alicia Swearingen added an ace then Marisa Pless had a kill as Har-Ber trimmed the Lady Bears’ lead to 19-18.

Har-Ber eventually tied the game at 20 after a block but the Lady Wildcats scored the match’s last four points, 10 of the last 12, to seal the win. Pless and Huff had kills in the final points while Holly Huffman had a block.

— Southwest Times Record

GOLF

Springdale Har-Ber, Siloam Springs Split

Siloam Springs’ Don Voss fired a 2-over-par 38 to earn medalist honors and lead his team to a five-shot win over Springdale Har-Ber at Stonebridge Meadows Golf Club in Fayetteville.

Siloam finished with a 175, compared to 180 for Har-Ber in the play five, count four format.

Zach Coats led Har-Ber with a 39, followed by Will McDoniel’s 46, Antonio Guererro, 47, and Jordan Harrell, 48.

Taylor Kline fired a 45 to earn medalist in the girls’ match and lead Har-Ber’s win, 154-174.

Lauren Zulpo added a 52 and Kaitlyn Vogel chipped in with a 57 for the Lady Wildcats.

Har-Ber also won the boys’ junior varsity match 186-191. Ty Whatley led the Wildcats with a 41, while Mason McLaren added a 42.

Har-Ber takes on Bentonville today at Bella Vista Country Club.

— The Morning News

GOLF

Rogers High Ties Bentonville

Rogers High and Bentonville both shot 148, and Fayetteville shot 162 Monday at Fayetteville Country Club.

Rogers’ Jess Sanders and Wyatt Hively shot 36s, while Slade Hames and Patrick Holt added 38s. Grant Washburn shot a 40.

Rogers plays against Bentonville on Thursday at The Highlands golf course in Bella Vista.

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL

Har-Ber Sweeps East Newton, Mo.

Alicia Swearingen had nine kills, Marisa Pless had six kills and Katie Collins had five digs as Springdale Har-Ber (6-1) defeated East Newton, Mo. 25-14, 25-12. Har-Ber plays Fort Smith Northside on the road tonight.

JUNIOR HIGH VOLLEYBALL

Central Tops Bentonville Black

Central defeated Bentonville Black 25-22, 25-18 in ninth-grade action on the road. Kaisan Schinder had four blocks for Central (2-4), while Kylie Buttram had three kills and two aces.

In the eighth-grade match, Central remained undefeated at 6-0 with a 26-24, 25-19 win. Tiffany Ray had seven points and Emily Coats had two kills.

Central plays Rogers at home today.

George Falls To Washington, Gold

George’s eighth-grade team (2-4) fell to Washington 25-16, 25-17. Kaylee Wade had three kills and Callie Harris had four aces for George. In the ninth-grade match, Bentonville Gold defeated George 25-17, 22-25, 25-21. Keeley Caldwell had seven kills, Mariah King had six kills and Katelyn Delp had four kills for George (1-6).

George plays Southwest at home today.

Southwest Splits With Lingle, Heritage

Rogers Heritage defeated Southwest 25-19, 25-22 in ninth-grade action. Allie Scott had eight points and two blocks for Southwest (12-2) while Aimee Apon had four points. In the eighth-grade game, Southwest defeated Lingle 25-14, 25-14. Bethany Maddox had 11 points and Claire Sanchez had four points.

A smash by Springdale’s Courtney Shaw pulled the Lady Bulldogs (5-3, 2-1) to within two, but a block by Hunter and Kacie Ballard’s kill gave the Lady Feds a 16-10 lead. Another ace by Driscoll and Milam’s kill made it 20-11 before Springdale’s Kristin Hylton unleashed a series of kills by bring the Lady Bulldogs within seven.

Starting quickly in the third game, Southside amassed a 11-4 lead on Milam’s block. Brooke Hale’s block and Christina Chapman’s kill boosted Southside’s lead to 20-9 before Hylton, again, sparked a late Springdale run.

Hylton led Springdale with 10 kills, while Lauren Perry added nine kills and three blocks. Chloe Brown also contributed 11 digs.

Springdale Har-Ber def. Fayetteville

Alicia Swearingen slammed 14 kills to lead Springdale Har-Ber to a 3-0 (25-23, 25-18, 25-14) win over Fayetteville in 7A-West Conference play Thursday.

Sydney Marsellis added eight kills and Aubrey Marsellis chipped in seven kills and three blocks for the Lady Wildcats (5-1, 2-1). Har-Ber’s Katie Collins also contributed 11 digs.

JUNIOR HIGH FOOTBALL

Bentonville Black 14, Springdale Southwest 0

Southwest limited Bentonville Black to just two first downs, but could not score.

The Cougars (1-1, 0-1 in NWA Conference) were led by David Karr and Dalton Clinkscales.

Southwest defeated Bentonville Lincolne 27-6 in the eighth-grade game.

Braxton Jester ran for a touchdown and threw for two more to lead Southwest (2-0).

Jester scored from 10 yards out in the opening period, then hit Camden Scott with a 17-yard touchdown pass to give Southwest a 14-0 halftime cushion. Jester added a 20-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Dennis in the third quarter.

Colton Weztler provided a key interception at the goal line to end a Lincoln scoring threat, while Paul Williamson was credited with several big tackles to lead the defense.

Southwest returns to action next week at Ramay in Fayetteville.

Springdale Central 40, Rogers Heritage 0

Six different players scored touchdowns as Central notched its second straight shutout victory.

Tucker Lee, Hunter Patrick, Miguel Salgado, Colin Richardson and Aaron Wellman all scored touchdowns on the ground for Central (2-0, 1-0 in NWA Conference). Pierce Phillips also completed a 50-yard touchdown pass to Alex Rice. Jesus Sidon also kicked four PATs.

Kyle Pianalto scored three touchdowns and threw for two 2-point conversions to lead Central to a 24-16 win in the eighth-grade game.

Trailing 16-8 in the third quarter, Pianalto ralllied Central. Pianalto scored the go-ahead touchdown with two minutes left in the game and added the 2-point conversion pass to Tyler Horstman to set the final score.

SPRINGDALE — Less than a week after a statewide proposal to send private schools to separate playoffs from public schools failed, the 4A-1 Conference passed its own proposal — aimed at Springdale private school Shiloh Christian.

The conference’s athletic directors voted Monday to not play Shiloh in any junior high sports, beginning in the 2010-11 school year. Shiloh is in the 4A-1 in senior high, where member schools are required by Arkansas Activities Association rules to play the Saints.

However, while Shiloh has played in the conference’s junior high league recently, no rules exist at that level to keep schools from voting a member out of the league.

“It’s not like it’s the first time Shiloh has had to overcome adversity,” Shiloh football coach and Athletic Director Josh Floyd said. “Ever since (former Shiloh football) coach (Gus) Malzahn was here and they started winning games, there’s been adversity and people trying to take the program down and our school down and attack our school.”

Last week, the AAA’s member schools voted down a proposal that would have banned financial aid-providing private schools from the public school playoffs. That proposal was sponsored by in part by 4A-1 member Berryville, which has already said it won’t play Shiloh in scheduled junior high games this season.

Brad Blew, Farmington’s athletic director and former girls basketball coach, didn’t hesitate when asked on Monday what was the reason for the vote — recruiting. Shiloh has won five state football championships since 1998, including the Class 4A title last season.

“It’s the hottest topic in high school athletics that I’ve seen in my career,” Blew said. “I think that it goes beyond just Arkansas. There are a lot of states across the country that are in similar waters as we are.

“(Recruiting) is what the whole thing is about. It’s about having an advantage over another. Until the playing field is leveled, I think we’re going to continue to have this problem. I just don’t see anything changing in that area anytime soon.”

Current 4A-1 member Huntsville wasn’t a part of Monday’s vote because the Eagles are moving up to Class 5A in 2010. However, Huntsville football coach and Athletic Director Ken Harriman was at the meeting, and the school will take Shiloh’s place in the junior high conference.

“Obviously, for Huntsville this is a tremendous benefit for us because we had no place to play in junior high without traveling 3 1/2 hours to somewhere like Greenbrier or Vilonia on a Thursday night,” Harriman said.

Harriman agreed with Blew that recruiting allegations and questionable financial aid practices were the primary reason for Monday’s vote. He also pointed to private school’s higher student athletic participation percentages as a problem.

“This is one of the few things schools feel like they can do about recruiting to even the playing field,” Harriman said. “I think the only place that this can ever end up and completely settled is just like I’ve been reading in editorials, and that has to be separate private school and public school divisions, just like it is in other states. Until it gets to that point, I don’t think we’re ever going to be able to level the playing field.”

Monday’s vote isn’t the first time members of a conference have voted not to play Shiloh. When Floyd played quarterback at Shiloh more than a decade ago, conference members — including Greenland and Elkins — voted to not play Shiloh in senior high football.

After that, the AAA passed a rule forcing teams to play senior high conference members if they wanted to participate in the playoffs.

“If the junior high rules would apply to senior high, then I think there would be a lot of people who wouldn’t play private schools,” Blew said. “They just don’t have that choice.”

Conference member Berryville has already voted not to play Shiloh in junior high this season, but Blew said the other schools elected to wait a year to give Shiloh a chance to find teams to fill out their schedule.

“As much as we don’t like it, we’ll just keep moving on,” Floyd said. “We will have a schedule for our kids. It does involve kids. People seem to forget about our kids in all of this stuff.”

Blew also said Monday’s vote likely wasn’t the end of the private vs. public debate.

“I think, if I were a betting man, then the rules that were adopted last week (forcing students who transfer from public schools to private to sit out of athletics for a years) is a step,” Blew said. “I don’t think it’s a finished product and would anticipate more proposals on next years’ ballot. This thing could go on for a long, long time.

“Either the two sides have to get together and come up with a set of guidelines or wind up in a courtroom at some point. We’re quite a ways from seeing the end of this.”