Four Tournaments on Tap this Weekend

James King Memorial 7-on-7 Tournament

Malvern hosted an 8-team 7-on-7 tournament on Wednesday.  Rain shortened the event and Catholic was declared the winner as the only undefeated team.  Other teams included Arkadelphia, Glen Rose, Hot Springs, Malvern, Poyen, Sheridan, and Sylvan Hills.

Southwest Elite 7-on-7 Showcase

The state's largest 7-on-7 tournament begins on Friday with 32 teams from 10 different states.  The Southwest Elite 7-on-7 Showcase starts at 9 am with teams from Alabama, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas as well as 11 teams from Arkansas.  A schedule for the event can be found here.  The teams will play 7 pool play games on Friday with a double-elimination tournament to begin on Saturday.

This event has quickly grown from 12 teams in 2009 to its current 32 team format.  Arkansas teams have won 3 out of the 4 years.  Each of the defending champions will be in the field:

2009 Shiloh Christian (Springdale, AR)
2010 Olive Branch (MS)
2011 Bentonville (AR)
2012 Fayetteville (AR)

We generally make pool predictions in these tournaments, but with our unfamiliarity with these out-of-state teams, we would be doing so out of ignorance.  There are several quality teams with a chance to win the tournament and expect some Arkansas teams to be included in that group.


Oil Town 7-on-7 Tournament

Smackover High School will host a 12-team 7-on-7 tournament on Friday.  Below are the pools and predictions followed by the schedule.

Pool A
1. Smackover
2. McGehee
3. Strong
4. Parkers Chapel
5. Gurdon
6. Hermitage

Pool B
1. Magnolia
2. Hamburg
3. Junction City
4. Lafayette County
5. Harmony Grove (Camden)
6. Glenbrook (LA)

9:00 Smackover v Parkers Chapel     Magnolia v Harmony Grove
9:25 Hermitage v Strong                    Lafayette County v Junction City
9:50 McGehee v Gurdon                   Hamburg v Glenbrook
10:15 Smackover v Hermitage           Magnolia v Lafayette County
10:40 Parkers Chapel v McGehee     Harmony Grove v Hamburg
11:05 Strong v Gurdon                      Junction City v Glenbrook
11:30 Smackover v McGehee           Magnolia v Hamburg
11:55 Parkers Chapel v Strong          Harmony Grove v Junction City
12:20 Hermitage v Gurdon                Lafayette County v Glenbrook
12:45 Smackover v Strong                Magnolia v Junction City
1:10 Parkers Chapel v Gurdon          Harmony Grove v Gurdon
1:35 Hermitage v McGehee               Lafayette County v Hamburg
2:00 Smackover v Gurdon                Magnolia v Glenbrook
2:25 Parkers Chapel v Hermitage      Harmony Grove v Lafayette County
2:50 Strong v McGehee                    Junction City v Hamburg

Garrett Uekman 7-on-7 Tournament

The second annual Garrett Uekman 7-on-7 Tournament will be held Saturday at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock. The tournament consists of 14 teams and will begin at 8 am.  Each team will play 5 pool play games with a single-elimination tournament to follow.  Little Rock Central, who has already won 2 tournaments this summer, is a likely favorite along with Pulaski Academy, Jonesboro, Lakeside, and the Garrett Uekman inaugural champion, Dumas.

Schedule for the event can be found here

POOL A PREDICTIONS
1. Pulaski Academy
2. Central
3. Malvern
4. Fountain Lake
5. Russellville
6. Clinton
7. Highland

POOL B PREDICTIONS
1. Jonesboro
2. Lakeside
3. Dumas
4. Catholic
5. Mountain Home
6. Carlisle
7. Earle

Academy Sports and Outdoors 4-State 7-on-7 Championship

Gravette High School will host the 4-State Sports Tournament on Saturday beginning at 9 am.  The schedule and teams for this event will be released on Thursday.  We will add that schedule to this article.

Central is Back-to-Back Tiger Classic Champion

Thanks to @RobertYatesADG for constant updates.

Little Rock Central went undefeated in their own tournament to become back-to-back champions in the 2nd Annual Image One Tiger Classic on Tuesday.  It didn't come easy, however, as they won their three tournament games by a combined total of five points with two of those victories coming in overtime.  After going undefeated in pool play, Central beat Mountain Home 21-0, the defeated Arkansas Baptist in overtime, 25-23, before winning the championship with a 30-28 overtime victory over Lake Hamilton.

Lake Hamilton finished the day at 4-2, losing a pool play game to Mountain Home, but still claiming the top seed in Pool B.  Mountain Home would beat Sheridan 15-14 in the consolation final.

POOL A RESULTS
Central 28, Sheridan 0
Central 21, Parkview 14
Central 21, Clarendon 14
Parkview 23, Sheridan 8
Sheridan 9, Clarendon 8
Clarendon 9, Parkview 7

1. Central 3-0
2. Clarendon 1-2
3. Parkview 1-2
4. Sheridan 1-2

POOL B RESULTS
Lake Hamilton 28, Mountain Home 23
Lake Hamilton 30, Arkansas Baptist 21
Catholic 28, Lake Hamilton 9
Arkansas Baptist 32, Catholic 14
tie - Mountain Home 7, Catholic 7
tie - Mountain Home 21, Arkansas Baptist 21

1. Lake Hamilton 2-1
2. Arkansas Baptist 1-1-1
3. Catholic 1-1-1
4. Mountain Home 0-1-2

ROUND 1
A1 Central 21, B4 Mountain Home 20
B2 Arkansas Baptist  beats A3 Parkview
B1 Lake Hamilton 21, B4 Sheridan 0
B3 Catholic 16, A2 Clarendon 4

SEMIFINALS
A1 Central 25, B2 Arkansas Baptist 23 (OT)
B1 Lake Hamilton 23, Catholic 9

FINALS
A1 Central 30, Lake Hamilton 28 (OT)

2013 Image One Tiger Classic Preview

Little Rock Central hosts the 2nd Annual Image One Tiger Classic today.  The eight-team tournament will begin with pool play at 1:00 and bracket play at 4:30.  Lake Hamilton and Central should be the overwhelming favorites to win the event.  In June, Lake Hamilton won the Shootout of the South while Central took home the trophy at the Young Guns 7-on-7 Tournament.  Central won the inaugural event last summer, defeating Parkview in the finals.

POOL A SCHEDULE
1:00 Sheridan v Clarendon
1:30 Parkview v Central
2:00 Clarendon v Central
2:30 Sheridan v Parkview
3:00 Sheridan v Central
3:30 Parkview v Clarendon

PREDICTION
1. Central
2. Parkview
3. Sheridan
4. Clarendon

POOL B SCHEDULE
1:00 Mountain Home v Catholic
1:30 Arkansas Baptist v Lake Hamilton
2:00 Mountain Home v Arkansas Baptist
2:30 Lake Hamilton v Catholic
3:00 Mountain Home v Lake Hamilton
3:30 Arkansas Baptist v Catholic

PREDICTION
1. Lake Hamilton
2. Arkansas Baptist
3. Catholic
4. Mountain Home

Fountain Lake wins 18th Annual Tournament

For the second time in three years, Fountain Lake keeps the championship trophy in their field house as they defeated Dierks, 29-23, in the finals.  Dierks and Fountain Lake both pulled off upsets in the semifinals as Dierks beat Charleston, 35-28, and Fountain Lake defeated Mayflower in overtime, 30-28.

Fountain Lake Head Coach Tommy Gilleran had to do some shuffling around after two teams, Mena and Carlisle, dropped out earlier in the week.  With 10 teams split into two equal pools, each team had four pool play games with everyone qualifying for the tournament seeded by those results.  Mayflower dominated pool A with two 16-point games being their closest contests.  Fountain Lake and Clinton both had a 3-1 record in pool B to take the top two spots, but neither had been as dominant as Mayflower.

The Fountain Lake Tournament is the longest running 7-on-7 tournament in Arkansas as this weekend marked the 18th year of the event.

POOL A Standings / Scores
1. Mayflower 4-0
2. Charleston 2-2-1
3. Dierks 2-2-1
4. Hoxie 1-3
5. Fountain Lake JV 0-4

Mayflower 35, Charleston 14
Mayflower 41, Fountain Lake JV 7
Mayflower 37, Dierks 21
Mayflower 37, Hoxie 21
Dierks 23, Fountain Lake JV 7
Dierks 21, Hoxie 4
Charleston 28, Hoxie 7
Charleston 24, Fountain Lake JV 16
tie Dierks 14, Charleston 14
Hoxie 23, Fountain Lake JV 14

POOL B Standings / Scores
1. Clinton 3-1
2. Fountain Lake 3-1
3. Lake Hamilton JV 2-2
4. Cutter Morning Star 1-3
5. Smackover 1-3

Clinton 14, Lake Hamilton JV 7
Clinton 30, Cutter Morning Star 14
Clinton 28, Smackover 27
Fountain Lake 14, Clinton 7
Fountain Lake 21, Cutter Morning Star 14
Fountain Lake 21, Lake Hamilton JV 7
Lake Hamilton JV 30, Smackover 14
Lake Hamilton JV 23, Cutter Morning Star 7
Cutter Morning Star 23, Smackover 13
Smackover 34, Fountain Lake 9

Round 1 

B3 Lake Hamilton JV 9, A4 Hoxie 0

A3 Dierks 30, Cutter Morning Star 16

Round 2

A1 Mayflower 35, B3 Lake Hamilton JV 21

B2 Fountain Lake 39, A5 Fountain Lake JV 14

A3 Dierks 32, B1 Clinton 28

A2 Charleston 23, B5 Smackover 21 (OT)

Semifinals

B2 Fountain Lake 30, A1 Mayflower 28 (OT)

A3 Dierks 35, A2 Charleston 28

Finals

B2 Fountain Lake 29, A3 Dierks 23

2013 Fountain Lake 7-on-7 Preview

The 2013 Fountain Lake 7-on-7 Tournament features 12 schools from the lower classifications.  Pool A looks to be very competitive where we think 3 teams have a chance to win the pool.  Mena had a very good showing at the Summer Showdown, defending champion Charleston won their inaugural tournament on June 15, and Mayflower went toe-to-toe with some big dogs at the Shootout of the South.  Pool B should be Fountain Lake's to lose, but should see good competition from most of the other teams.  The top two teams in each pool will play against each other in a 4-team single-elimination tournament to determine the champion.

Pool A Predictions
Hard to go against the best quarterback in the state and future Razorback in Charleston's Ty Storey, but Mayflower has a really good one in their own right to go along with two very impressive receivers.
1. Mayflower
2. Charleston
3. Mena
4. Hoxie
5. Dierks
6. Fountain Lake JV

Pool A Schedule - First game begins at 9:00. Games are 20 minutes long, games will begin as soon as possible when the previous games are over.
 Fountain Lake JV v Dierks
 Mayflower v Mena
 Fountain Lake JV v Charleston
 Hoxie v Mena
 Dierks v Hoxie
 Fountain Lake JV v Mayflower
 Dierks v Hoxie
 Charleston v Mayflower
 Mena v Fountain Lake JV
 Charleston v Hoxie
 Dierks v Mayflower
 Hoxie v Fountain Lake JV
 Mena v Dierks
 Mayflower v Hoxie
 Charleston v Mena

Pool B Predictions
Fountain Lake should win this pool, but with 20 minute games, look for Carlisle to win some low possession games and for Smackover to make some noise with their athletes.  Lake Hamilton's JV will also be a contender.
1. Fountain Lake
2. Smackover
3. Lake Hamilton JV
4. Carlisle
5. Clinton
6. Cutter Morning Star

Pool B Schedule - First game begins at 9:00. Games are 20 minutes long, games will begin as soon as possible when the previous games are over.
 Clinton v Lake Hamilton JV
 Fountain Lake v Carlisle
 Lake Hamilton JV v Smackover
 Fountain Lake v Cutter Morning Star
 Carlisle v Clinton
 Fountain Lake v Clinton
 Carlisle v Cutter Morning Star
 Smackover v Fountain Lake
 Cutter Morning Star v Clinton
 Lake Hamilton JV v Fountain Lake
 Carlisle v Smackover
 Cutter Morning Star v Lake Hamilton
 Clinton v Smackover
 Lake Hamilton JV v Carlisle
 Cutter Morning Star v Smackover

2013 Mid-Summer Results

Before we begin the July tournament previews, we wanted to review the champions and runners-up from the June tournaments.  As always, please let us know of tournaments we have missed or mistakes we have made (arkansasfootballbloggers@gmail.com).

DATE	EVENT	Champion	Runner-Up
Fri, May 31	West Memphis Christian 7 on 7 Showcase	Canceled
Sat, Jun 1	Sonic Air Raid @ Harding Academy	Canceled
Wed, Jun 5	Robinson 7 on 7 Tournament	Pulaski Academy	Mills
Thu, Jun 6	OBU 7 on 7 Tournament	Canceled
Fri, Jun 7	Harrison 7 on 7 Tournament	Fayetteville	Strattford (MO)
Fri, Jun 7	Young Guns 7 on 7 Tournament @ Parkview	LR Central	Benton
Fri, Jun 7	Slingin' in the South @ UAM	Smackover	Hamburg
Sat, Jun 8	Red Devil Classic 7 on 7 Tournament	Atkins	Fordyce
Sat, Jun 8	Batesville Southside 7 on 7 Tournament	Southside
Thu, Jun 13	Valley View 7 on 7 Tournament	Southhaven (MS)	Highland
Fri, Jun 14	Southwest Arkansas Shootout @ Hope High School	Hope	Benton
Fri, Jun 14 - Sat, Jun 15	Shootout of the South	Lake Hamilton	Heritage Hall
Sat, Jun 15	Charleston 7 on 7 Tournament	Charleston	Gentry
Sat, Jun 15	Arkansas 7 on 7 Championship Tournament @ Central	Mt. Pleasant (TX)	Central JV

UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS
Sat, Jul 6	Fountain Lake 7 on 7
Tue, Jul 9	Image One Tiger Classic 7 on 7
Fri, Jul 12	Oil Town 7 on 7 Tournament @ Smackover High School
Fri, Jul 12 - Sat, Jul 13	Southwest Elite 7 on 7 Showcase @ Shiloh Christian
Sat, Jul 13	Garrett Uekmann Memorial 7 on 7 Tournament @ War Memorial
Sat, Jul 13	4-State 7 on 7 Championship @ Gravette High School
Sat, Jul 13	Valley View 7 on 7 Tournament
Thu, Jul 18	Arkansas State 7 on 7 Camp @ ASU
Sat, Jul 20	Hoxie 7 on 7 Tournament