Kristina Henry

SCHOOL Bentonville High

THE SCOOP Henry guided the Lady Tigers to a 23-2 overall record, including their second straight Class 7A state championship with a 4-0 victory over Cabot in the championship match. … Bentonville went a perfect 14-0 in 7A-West Conference play, outscoring its opponents by a 75-3 margin. … The Lady Tigers’ only two losses came against out-of-state teams.

DID YOU KNOW Bentonville has now won five of the last six Class 7A state titles and eight state championships in the last 11 years under Henry’s guidance.

QUOTABLE “I truly felt coming into this year it was going to be rebuilding because you’re graduating kids and moving kids to different positions,” Henry said. “I think the focus was trying to replace who was going to score the goals, what the attack was going to look like and what the defense was going to look like. It was having to replace both lines and seeing the best role for everybody. If we could solve those problems, I thought we would be in good shape for conference play. Although Lauren Hargus scored a lot of goals, we had a number of players that were scoring goals and that was a new look for us.”
