Prep Rally

Join our hosts Graham Thomas and Leland Barclay, as they look towards the upcoming finals in Softball, Baseball, and Soccer. All finals will take place starting this Friday, May 23rd at The University of Central Arkansas in Conway, AR.   #podcast #sports #highschoolsports   Keep up to date on High School Sports! https://www.nwaonline.com/sports/prep/ Chapters (00:00:00) - Introduction(00:01:22) - Summary of Semi-Finals(00:08:44) - Upcoming Finals

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports reporters recap the Class 3A state football championship as Charleston knocked off Booneville. Read more sports stories at: nwaonline.com/sports/prep/ Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/ Support your local news by subscribing at: nwaonline.com/subscribe

State football championship games recapped and Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reporters preview this weekend’s big basketball tournaments. Read more sports stories at: nwaonline.com/sports/prep/ Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/ Don't miss the latest news in Northwest Arkansas, sign up for our free newsletters at: nwaonline.com/email/

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports reporters preview this weekend’s state championship football games at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock. Read more sports stories at: nwaonline.com/sports/prep/ Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Reporters Chip Souza, Rick Fires and Leland Barclay recap week two of the high school football playoffs, and the Big Show Tip-Off basketball tournament at Fort Smith Northside. Read more sports stories at: nwaonline.com/sports/prep/ Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/ Support your local news by subscribing at: nwaonline.com/subscribe

Chip Souza, Paul Boyd, Leland Barclay talk about the week 1 football playoff results, preview next week's games and a basketball tournament at Fort Smith Northside. Leland will also preview a feature story about a coaching family in the River Valley. Read more sports stories at: nwaonline.com/sports/prep/ Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/ Don't miss the latest news in Northwest Arkansas, sign up for our free newsletters at: nwaonline.com/email/

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports reporters recap the final week of the regular season of high school football and preview National Signing Day as Farmington’s Jenna Lawrence signs to play basketball at Arkansas along with other signees. Read more sports stories at: nwaonline.com/sports/prep/ Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/ Support your local news by subscribing at: nwaonline.com/subscribe

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports reporters recap championship-clinching wins by Shiloh Christian, Greenwood and Elkins, and give props to Fayetteville’s superior volleyball team. Read more sports stories at: nwaonline.com/sports/prep/ Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/

Shiloh Christian’s dominating win against Farmington is the main topic today as Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports reporters recap the Saints’ 51-30 win. Chip, Henry, Rick and Leland also look ahead to this week’s big games as the prep football season enters week nine. Read more sports stories at: nwaonline.com/sports/prep/ Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/ Support your local news by subscribing at: nwaonline.com/subscribe

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports reporters recap Bentonville's overtime win against Fayetteville last week, and take a look ahead at this week's huge 5A-West clash as Farmington rolls into Shiloh Christian.

Chip Souza and Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette prep reporters Henry Apple, Paul Boyd and Rick Fires recap Bentonville West’s 34-21 win against Rogers, and look ahead to Friday’s 7A-West clash as Fayetteville travels to Bentonville.

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports reporters take a look at Rogers' big 29-28 win against Fayetteville on J.T. Miller's 38-yard field goal with four seconds left in the game, and look ahead to this week's big games around the region. Read more sports stories at: nwaonline.com/sports/prep/ Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports reporters recap Fayetteville’s big 42-28 win against Bentonville West as Drake Lindsey passes for 347 yards and 4 touchdowns.

NWA Democrat-Gazette sports reporters preview the start of 7A-West Conference play and recall the coaching excellence of the late George Loss, who guided Fort Smith St. Anne’s to great heights and also talk about High school vollyball. Read more sports stories at: nwaonline.com/sports/prep/ Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/

NWADG Sports reporters recap week three of high school football as Fayetteville earns a big road win at Fort Smith Northside. Also big news for readers in the River Valley as the River Valley Democrat-Gazette adds sports content to its Sunday edition starting this weekend. Read more sports stories at: nwaonline.com/sports/prep/ Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports reporters recap Greenwood’s thrilling 56-53 win against Fort Smith Northside on a touchdown pass with no time left on the clock. Little Rock Christian's victory of Shiloh Christian and other matchups from last week. The crew will also preview some of this week's matchups. Read more sports stories at: nwaonline.com/sports/prep/ Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/ Don't miss the latest news in Northwest Arkansas, sign up for our free newsletters at: nwaonline.com/email/

Join the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and the River Valley Democrat-Gazette sports team of Chip Souza, Rick Fires, Henry Apple and Leland Barclay talk about the exciting Week 0 football games in Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley. They'll recap some amazing games including Bentonville's victory over Broken Arrow, the Battle of Rogers Avenue in Fort Smith, Rogers Heritage's first opening weekend victory in years and more. The team will look ahead to Week 1 matchups like Little Rock Christian versus Shiloh Christian, Bixby at Har-Ber, Greenwood at Stillwater, Charleston at Elkins, Cabot at Bentonville West and others. Read more sports stories at: nwaonline.com/sports/prep/ Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/ Support your local news by subscribing at: nwaonline.com/subscribe

Chip Souza, Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports editor, and his staff preview the opening week of the prep football season and dissect the teams across the region on today’s podcast. Check it out in Thursday’s digital edition and on YouTube.

The Shiloh Christian Southwest Elite 7on7 tournament signals that the start to the high school football season is just around the corner. NWADG Sports reporters preview the tournament and the upcoming Arkansas Activities Association summer meeting later this month.

In this week’s Prep Rally Podcast, Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports editor Chip Souza and Leland Barclay discuss the All-Star week experience in Conway. They also talk about Greenwood's new softball coach, Donald Hart, Springdale’s new basketball arena and the new arena in Huntsville. Read more sports stories at: nwaonline.com/sports/prep/ Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports editor Chip Souza along with sports reporters Rick Fires, Henry Apple and Leland Barclay give their rundown of the end of high school season's sports including the state championships. They also talking about some of their favorite games of the session as well as some stand out athletes. Read more sports stories at: nwaonline.com/sports/prep/ Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/

The Bentonville Tigers were the last team from the 6A-West to earn a berth in the state baseball tournament. Now they are the last team standing from the West after punching their ticket to the state finals. The Van Buren baseball team is back in the championship game for the second straight year, and the Bentonville softball team is making its sixth consecutive state championship game appearance. Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/

Isaiah Sategna said he had unfinished business this track season, and the Fayetteville phenom handled that to lead his team to the Class 6A state championship, breaking a longstanding record in the process. Shiloh Christian’s Bo Williams was all smiles after winning a state powerlifting championship last week. The NWADG sports crew recap these events and preview this week’s state baseball, softball and soccer tournaments in this week’s Prep Rally Podcast. Read more sports stories at: nwaonline.com/sports/prep/ Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/

With one swing of a Rogers Heritage bat Tuesday night, Heritage, Fort Smith Southside and Bentonville West earned playoff berths in 6A baseball. Chip Souza, Henry Apple and Leland Barclay will also talk about Pea Ridge completing the track triple-crown by winning the Class 4A boys team title.

Will it take an abacus, slide rule, calculator and sun dial to figure out which 6A-West baseball teams will make it into the state tournament? Maybe. Chip Souza, NWA Demcrat-Gazette sports editor, talks with Leland Barclay, the River Valley sports guru, talk about how Rogers has the conference locked up, but the 2-3 seeds are still up for grabs. Who will grab it? Springdale Har-Ber?, Rogers Heritage, Fayetteville? Leland also talks about a stellar baseball game between Greenwood and Alma that true baseball fans can appreciate. Also what happens if teams tie? Read more River Valley sports stories at: nwaonline.com/news/rivervalleyDG/sports/ Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/

Rogers Heritage has tabbed Eric Munoz as its new head football coach. The former Springdale Red’Dog was hired Tuesday night to take over the War Eagles’ program.

Van Buren welcomes a new football coach; Freshmen are dominating prep softball and a couple of coaches reach milestone wins. Read more sports stories at: nwaonline.com/sports/prep/ Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/

The crew is safe after an early morning tornado swept through Northwest Arkansas. Rogers Heritage is looking for a new football coach; Brinkley Moreton is a rising star for Lincoln softball.

State finals recap and who is the state’s No. 1 boys team?

Bentonville versus North Little Rock highlights state championship week.

Regional basketball recaps and a look back at the state swim/dive meet

Join the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports team, Chip Souza, Leland Barclay, Rick Fires and Henry Apple talk about how the wintry weather has altered plans for Regional Tournament Games. Postponements could push the game back to a weekend start. They'll also break down how the seeding could play out once the tournaments are played.

Fayetteville and Springdale Har-Ber maintain perfect 6A-West records with wins Tuesday; Harrison names a football coach

Rogers Heritage wraps up the 6A state dual wrestling title, and teams are fighting for seeding in the conference basketball schedule.

Winter weather threatens prep basketball schedule, and players from the across the region sign college letters of intent on National Signing Day.

Conference basketball is heating up; Harrison searching for a new football coach; Girls state dual wrestling this weekend. Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/.

Between covid issues and a winter weather hit, prep basketball is taking one hit after another. Chip Souza and Leland Barclay discuss this and more in this week’s podcast.

Covid continues to wreak havoc on prep basketball; AAA set to announce regional and state tournament bids.

NWADG sports reporters recap the 6A-West Conference basketball openers, and preview the Hoop Hall South Regional classic at Bentonville West.

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports reporters Chip Souza, Rick Fires and Leland Barclay dive into the new realignment conferences and Fort Smith Northside coach Mike Falleur stepping down.

The NWADG sports staff are joined by Leland Barclay to recap the state championship football games in Little Rock, and preview the Class 4A title game this weekend.

The NWADG sports reporters recap Fayetteville’s heart-stopping comeback win against Conway and take a look at this week’s state championship games in Little Rock. Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/

Join Chip Souza, Henry Apple, Paul Boyd, Rick Fires and Leland Barclay as they recap football action in the River Valley and Northwest Arkansas. An epic Fayetteville comeback, a heartbreaker for Bentonville, Greenwood surprises, or doesn't and more. Don’t miss the latest sports stories at nwaonline.com/sports/prep and sign up for our free sports emails at nwaonline.com/sportsemail/

The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports guys break down the first round of the Arkansas state football playoffs, including Fort Smith Northside’s big road win at Bentonville West. Rick Fires also dishes on a 22-play drive in another game. Read more sports stories at: nwaonline.com/sports/prep/ Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/

In this week’s Prep Rally Podcast, NWA sports reporters Chip Souza, Rick Fires and Leland Barclay break down the first round of the state football playoffs. Don't miss the latest sports stories from Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley, sign up for our email updates at nwaonline.com/sportsemail/

Chip Souza (@NWAChip) and Rick Fires (@NWARick) are joined by Leland Barclay(@Barclayalmanac) in the River Valley as they break down playoff scenarios and recap the state volleyball championships.

Henry Apple, Rick Fires and Leland Barclay talk about the last 2 weeks of the regular session of high school football and talk about up coming games leading up to play offs.

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Sports reporters recap the heartbreaking Fort Smith Northside loss to Conway, and Fayetteville’s huge 42-34 win against Bentonville that ended the Tigers’ 35-game conference winning streak.

The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports reporters recap last week’s big games in the area including Rogers’ big 33-28 win against Bentonville West.

NWADG Sports Reporter recap week five of the prep football season including Fayetteville’s 48-13 win against Rogers as Bladen Fike fires six touchdown passes and runs for another — in the first half.

NWADG Sports Editor Chip Souza and River Valley sports reporter Leland Barclay dive into the opening week of conference football in this week's podcast. They also pay tribute to longtime Fort Smith sports reporter Buck Ringgold, who's leaving the newspaper in Fort Smith after 20-plus years of covering River Valley prep sports.