This Week's Prep Football Matchups

CLASS 7A Bentonville High at Rogers Heritage David Gates Stadium KICKOFF 7 p.m. RECORDS Heritage 1-4, 0-2 7A-West; Bentonville 5-0, 2-0. ON THE AIR The game will be live-streamed on each team's school web site. BETWEEN THE LINES The Tigers have dominated their first two 7A-West Conference opponents, outscoring them by a combined total of 80-13 ... The War Eagles snapped a 25-game losing streak a month ago with a 55-12 win over Springfield (Mo.) Central but lost their first two league games by a total of 76-6. ... Heritage hasn't won a conference game since a 29-28 overtime victory against Van Buren on Oct. 6, 2017. ... Bentonville defeated Fort Smith Southside 35-7 last week, but took control with three touchdowns in a two-minute span in the second quarter. Zane Ochoa picked off a pass and returned it 29 yards for a score. ... The Tigers recovered an onside kick and went on to score eight plays later for a 28-7 with 4 minutes, 22 seconds left before halftime. ... Bentonville held the Mavericks to just 108 yards of total offense. ... Heritage got on the board last week against Springdale Har-Ber on its last offensive play, scoring on a 25-yard touchdown pass by Carter Hensley with three seconds remaining in the fourth quarter. PLAYERS TO WATCH Rogers Heritage, WR/DB Jeb Brown (Sr., 6-0, 170), RB River Gonzalez (Jr., 5-9 170), TE Noah Fricke (Sr., 6-2, 220), OL Tristan Ketter (Sr.,6-4, 280), OL/DL Cristian Jimenez (Sr., 6-1, 275), LB Garrett Murdock (Sr., 6-0, 205), DB Seth Kendall (Sr., 5-11, 170), QB Carter Hensley (Soph., 6-3, 180). Bentonville, QB Andrew Edwards (Sr., 6-3, 195), WR Chas Nimrod (Jr., 6-2, 180), WR Cade Foster (Sr., 5-9, 165), LB Cole Joyce (Sr., 6-0, 220), LB Keegan Stinespring (Sr., 5-11, 205), LB Zane Ochoa (Sr., 6-1, 190), Kolbi Crawford (Sr., 6-1, 160), K Logan Tymeson (So., 5-9, 155). HOOTEN'S RANKINGS Heritage is No. 16 in Class 7A; Bentonville is No. 2.

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