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Fayetteville Survives Bentonville Rally

BULLDOGS BACK IN FINALS FOR FOURTH TIME IN FIVE YEARS

Posted: March 3, 2013 at 3:28 a.m.

Austin Heard of Bentonville reacts Saturday after the Tigers lost to Fayetteville in the semifinals of the Class 7A boys state basketball tournament at Fayetteville High School.

Survive and advance. Fayetteville earned its fourth trip the Class 7A state championship game in the last five years Saturday.

FAYETTEVILLE 54, BENTONVILLE 51

Bentonville 10 8 15 18 — 51

Fayetteville 16 10 10 18 — 54

Bentonville (21-9): Smith 16, Haggard 10, Dixon 9, Heard 7, Ward 7, Bachman 2.

Fayetteville (26-3): Watkins 20, Smith 12, Paschke 9, McCullough 7, Waitsman 6.

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