Week #1 of the 2015 Arkansas high school football playoffs wrapped up last Friday night. There were few surprises - most of them in 2A. This supports our notion that the playoffs are 1 round too large. Three teams were left wondering what could have been as Lake Hamilton, Stuttgart, and Marked Tree all went home with 1-point losses. Some balance may have been restored in the 7A as only the top seeds from both Central and Northwest Arkansas advanced. We still look for the state champion to come out of the 7A West top 3 (Har-Ber, Bentonville, or Fayetteville).
The highest scoring team this first week of the playoffs was England
with 71 points. Fayetteville and Episcopal Collegiate showed the ability to light up the scoreboard by going over 60 points. As you might expect as
the playoffs begin, the number of team reaching that 50 point mark was
down. These are the 50-Point Club members for Week #1 of the playoffs:
- England (71)
- Fayetteville (67)
- Episcopal Collegiate (62)
- Pulaski Robinson (58)
- Hector (56)
- Nashville (56)
- Pulaski Academy (56)
- Lafayette County (55)
- Gosnell (54)
- Harding Academy (53)
- Prescott (53)
- Smackover (53)
- Little Rock McClellan (52)
- Arkadelphia (51)
- Lamar (50)
- Morrilton (50 - Loss)
Our correct picks below are in
BLUE while our misses are in
RED. We correctly picked 50 out of 58 (86.2%) in Week #1 of the playoffs.
2015 - Playoffs Week #1
- Bryant -- BYE
- Fayetteville 67, West Memphis 36
- Bentonville -- BYE
- North Little Rock 35, Fort Smith Northside 0
- Cabot -- BYE
- Fort Smith Southside 38, Little Rock Catholic 35
- Springdale Har-Ber -- BYE
- Conway 42, Springdale 7
- Greenwood -- BYE
- Marion 14, Lake Hamilton 13
- Benton -- BYE
- El Dorado 31, Searcy 13
- Jonesboro -- BYE
- Alma 28, Texarkana 23
- Pine Bluff -- BYE
- Russellville 35, Sheridan 23
- Little Rock Christian 42, Sylvan Hills 15
- Wynne 48, Camden Fairview 13
- Pulaski Academy 56, Vilonia 14
- Hope 31, Blytheville 21
- Hot Springs Lakeside 41, Forrest City 36
- Little Rock McClellan 52, Morrilton 50
- Batesville 42, Watson Chapel 35
- Greenbrier 35, Beebe 21
- Pocahontas -- Bye
- Star City 35, Heber Springs 12
- Prairie Grove 45, Jonesboro Westside 14
- Ashdown 26, Stuttgart 25
- Dardanelle 42, Lincoln 0
- Hamburg 35, Arkansas Baptist 7
- Fountain Lake 42, Dollarway 6
- Arkadelphia 51, West Helena 19
- Warren -- Bye
- Pottsville 42, Highland 20
- Nashville 56, Crossett 13
- Shiloh Christian 23, Dover 8
- Central Arkansas Christian 42, Malvern 39
- Gosnell 54, Lonoke 34
- Pea Ridge 42, Trumann 6
- Pulaski Robinson 58, Gravette 18
- West Fork -- Bye
- Camden Harmony Grove 28, Atkins 21
- Smackover 53, Manila 16
- Charleston 28, Mountain View 0
- Rivercrest 43, Cedarville 0
- Episcopal Collegiate 62, Bald Knob 29
- Hoxie 21, Fouke 14
- Glen Rose 33, McGehee 19
- Danville -- Bye
- Paris 43, Marianna 12
- Harding Academy 53, Booneville 21
- Centerpoint 28, Elkins 8
- Prescott 53, Mayflower 28
- Greenland 35, Osceola 6
- Lamar 50, Cedar Ridge 22
- Fordyce 22, Harmony Grove - Haskell 8
- Rison -- Bye
- Gurdon 40, Quitman 19
- Hector 56, Parkers Chapel 14
- Brinkley 21, Marked Tree 20
- England 71, Union Christian 12
- Mountainburg 43, Hermitage 20
- Magnet Cove 43, Earle 36
- Des Arc 44, Walnut Ridge 0
- McCrory -- Bye
- Hackett 46, Carlisle 8
- Mount Ida 49, Salem 8
- Lafayette County 55, Strong 26
- Cross County 36, Murfreesboro 29
- Hazen 40, Poyen 6
- Junction City 48, Westside - Johnson County 0
- Conway Christian 28, Dierks 8
