LITTLE ROCK — All-Stars losing day for costs
The Arkansas High School Coaches Association All-Star football game will be played Thursday next June at the University of Arkansas, one day earlier than normal, said Lance Taylor, executive director of the Arkansas Activities Association.
Taylor said all eventsAHSCA All-Star week are being conducted a day earlier to address rising expenses.
The executive committee of the AHSCA and the AAA board of directors approved the change, Taylor said.
Taylor said All-Star baseball and softball games will be Monday night, soccer and volleyball games Tuesday night, basketball games Wednesday night and the football game Thursday night.
Instead of Wednesday-Friday, the AHSCA coaching clinic will be Tuesday-Thursday, Taylor said.
“They’re cutting off days to try to cut costs,” Taylor said.
Earlier this year, the AAA began exploring the possibility of the AHSCA holding in-season All-Star games as a way to shave expenses.
All-Star games had traditionally been played in Conway and Little Rock before moving to Fayetteville in 2002.
GLEN ROSE Kehner watch
Glen Rose senior tailback Steven Kehner continues to be one of thebiggest onfield stories of the 2010 season.
Kehner carried 10 times for a career-high 313 yards and 5 touchdowns in Fridaynight’s - victory over Cutter MorningStar.
Kehner needs 15 yards to become just the eighth player in Arkansas high school history to reach 6,000 yards in a career and 1,001 yards to set a single-season state rushing record.
This fall, Kehner has carried 152 times for 2,090 yards and 34 touchdowns.
In 13 games as a senior at Nettleton in 2006, Derek Lawson ran 335 times for a state-record 3,090 yards and 36 touchdowns.
Kehner will play at least two more games since No. 2 Glen Rose (9-0, 6-0 5-3A) has clinched a playoff berth.
Glen Rose closes the regular season this week at Prescott (7-2, 5-1).
Friday night marked the 15th consecutive 100-yard rushing game, and 31st overall, for Kehner, who has 5,985 career rushing yards.
BENTONVILLE 200 for Lunney
Bentonville Coach BarryLunney won his 200th career game Friday night when the topranked Tigers (9-0, 6-0 7AWest) beat Springdale 42-7.
Lunney has a 200-82-1 career record.
Lunney was 15-5 at Beebe in 1987-88, 136-60-1 at Fort Smith Southside in 1989-2004 and, since 2005, 49-17 at Bentonville.
Lunney led Southside to state championships in 1991, 1992, 1997 and 2002 and won the Class 7A state title at Bentonville in 2008.
Lunney has never coached an unbeaten team.
Bentonville is at No. 2 Springdale Har-Ber (8-1, 5-1) on Friday night.
The winner will have the 7A-West’s No. 1 playoff seed and home field advantage throughout the playoffs.
HARRISBURG 102 for Davis
Harrisburg senior quarterback Zach T. Davis threw four touchdowns in Friday night’s 35-26 loss to top-ranked Rivercrest, pushing his career total 102.
Davis also surpassed 9,000 career passing yards in the game after throwing for more than 300 yards.
Only four quarterbacks in Arkansas high school history have thrown for 10,000 yards in a career.
The loss snapped a sevengame winning streak for Harrisburg (7-2, 5-1 3-3A).
Rivercrest (9-0, 7-0) clinched a share of the conference championship and a No. 1 playoff seed with the victory.
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Sports, Pages 42 on 10/31/2010