Tiger Stadium
KICKOFF: 7:30 p.m.
RECORDS: Siloam Springs 1-3, 0-1; Bentonville 4-0, 1-0.
BETWEEN THE LINES: This marks the first meeting between the two Benton County schools since 2001, when Bentonville won 38-0 en route to a Class 5A state championship. ... The Tigers have won the previous six meetings and sport a 10-3 advantage in the series since 1984, with Siloam Springs’ last victory being a 14-7 decision in 1993. ... The two schools played in the same conference from 1955 until 1989, when Bentonville moved up to the AAAA-West. ... Siloam Springs will play all of its regular-season games in either Benton or Washington County this year. ... Bentonville tailback Tearris Wallace needs 68 yards to become the conference’s all-time leading rusher and surpass Fort Smith Southside’s Daniel McGee, who ran for 3,570 yards from 2006-08.
HOOTEN’S RANKINGS: Siloam Springs is No. 12 in Class 6A. Bentonville is No. 1 in Class 7A.
HOOTEN’S LINE: Bentonville by 45.
— HENRY APPLE
THE MATCHUPS
Siloam Springs Offense Bentonville Defense
Pos. Player Class Pos. Player Class
QB Austin Van Poucke Sr. DE Nick Fernandez Jr.
or Chris Lampton Soph.
RB Scout Alexander Sr. NG Jared Conover Jr.
WR Bronson Tucker Sr. DE Justin Fair Sr.
WR Chandler Gregory Jr. OLB Jimmy Short Sr.
WR Edwin Magana Sr. ILB Garrett Kaufman Sr.
WR Jordan Herring Sr. ILB John Donald Sr.
LT Blaine Crouse Jr. OLB Clay Wallace Sr.
LG Daryn Ketcher Jr. CB Gavin Shadrick Sr.
C Bryan Harmon Jr. S Austin Haggard Sr.
RG Jacob Engel Sr. S Nate Gneiting Sr.
RT Austin Farmer Sr. CB Chris Mizelle Sr.
Bentonville Offense Siloam Springs Defense
Pos. Player Class Pos. Player Class
QB Reece Dollins Sr. DE David Zamora Sr.
RB Tearris Wallace Sr. DT Luis Gutierrez Sr.
WR Trey Perkins Sr. DT J.C. Everett Jr.
WR Jimmie Jackson Jr. DE David Goodman Soph.
WR Kaleb Haney Sr. ILB Jose Reyes Sr.
TE Jack Kraus Jr. ILB Mario Flores Sr.
LT Ean Pfeifer Soph. S Parker Baldwin Soph
LG Zach McBride Sr. S Tyler Burke Soph.
C Zach Brunetti Jr. S Gage Ennis Jr.
RG Jackson Hannah Jr. CB Oscar Alaniz Sr.
RT Aaron Risenhoover Sr. CB Guillermo Leyva Jr.