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.

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.

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 — Jon Vaughn shook off two first-half interceptions, using his legs to spark Springdale Central’s 21-14 come-from-behind win over Fayetteville Woodland.

ROGERS — Fayetteville Woodland used three first-half touchdowns passes from Austin Allen to sail past Rogers 26-0 in Northwest Arkansas Conference play Thursday, keeping the Cowboys’ league title hopes alive.

ROGERS — Bentonville Gold continues to shine behind the play of an offense that has been simply unstoppable with the most recent evidence coming in the form of a 41-8 mercy-rule victory over Rogers Heritage in Northwest Arkansas Conference play Thursday evening.

BENTONVILLE — Bentonville Gold was about as close to perfect as any team could hope to be in Northwest Arkansas Conference play on Thursday night, as the Tigers’ first team scored six touchdowns on six possessions en route to a 41-6 drumming of Springdale Southwest in Tiger Stadium.