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This is the seventh of an 11 part series of every team in the River Valley Touchdowns coverage area where I asked each coach three questions that need to be answered in order to have a successful season.
This is the sixth of an 11 part series of every team in the River Valley Touchdowns coverage area where I asked each coach three questions that need to be answered in order to have a successful season.
When I started the 10 questions series I told my friend Jason Kilburn that the only question that would not have to be asked about the 2019 Arkansas Razorbacks would be about the tight ends. And then things changed quickly early this week when starting tight end and Mackey Award nominee C.J…
This is the fifth of an 11 part series of every team in the River Valley Touchdowns coverage area where I asked each coach three questions that need to be answered in order to have a successful season.
Almost every article that is written on the outlook of the 2019 Razorback football season starts with how bad the 2018 Razorbacks were. Well, this will article will be no different. This time the concentration is on the wide receivers and you guessed it, they were bad. Considering the era…
This is the fourth of an 11 part series of every team in the River Valley Touchdowns coverage area where I asked each coach three questions that need to be answered in order to have a successful season.
This is the third part of an 11 part series of every team in the River Valley Touchdowns coverage area where I asked each coach three questions that need to be answered in order to have a successful season.
Sayvion Brock was a promising sophomore for the 5A West champion Russellville basketball team last season. The day before the Cyclone’s first round state tournament basketball game Brock’s life changed dramatically. Brock was told that his basketball career would have to come to an end very…
Rakeem Boyd is the most talented back to play at Arkansas since Darren McFadden and Felix Jones, particularly McFadden. I put that out on Twitter last season and former Arkansas Razorback running back Jonathan Williams made it known he disagreed. No disrespect to Williams or his backfield …
By Otis Kirk
The University of Arkansas elected to allow beer and wine sales in general seating areas inside of Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium during the 2019 season.
This is the second part of an 11 part series of every team in the River Valley Touchdowns coverage area where I asked each coach three questions that need to be answered in order to have a successful season.
This is the first part of an 11 part series of every team in the River Valley Touchdowns coverage area where I asked each coach three questions that need to be answered in order to have a successful season.
When speaking of the University of Arkansas football team there is a story to be told. On April 1, 2012, everything changed for the Razorback football program. Then, throw in what was supposed to be a splash hire in getting Bret Bielema from Wisconsin the day after winning the Big Ten cham…
Arkansas picked last in the SECHOOVER, AL--The Arkansas Razorbacks were picked seventh by the media to wrap up SEC Media Days this week.
River Valley Touchdowns has a new producer for season two.
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2-10. When it comes to football those two numbers in that order are ugly. Those numbers together happen to be the worst record in Arkansas Razorback football history. Needless to say, it wasn’t the storybook start that some were envisioning Chad Morris' first year as Razorback head coach. …
Summer break is over a month old and some kids are starting to have the summer break blues. Well, the Cyclone football coaching staff has the answer— it’s called Cyclone Pride camp.
The Elite 11 is a quarterback competition that is a tournament style format that judges who is deemed the best quarterback in the nation. Morrilton Devil Dog Jacolby Criswell is showing up big. Through four days of the competition Criswell is ranked as the fourth overall quarterback in the…
D1baseball.com predicts Arkansas to be back in the College World Series once again next season.
If a coach ever wanted a “how to” manual on how to not close out games in the fourth quarter all they would need to do is watch the Arkansas Razorback football team under Bret Bielema. Fourth quarter gaffe after fourth quarter gaffe is what defined his tenure at Arkansas. Bielema, who went…
The hottest Friday night football show in the River Valley makes its return for a second season this fall.
Dover recently had a basketball skills academy. They have released their winners for the week.
Most people did not expect the Razorback baseball squad to make it back to Omaha this season, but Arkansas had players step up in key roles to catapult them to the SEC West, regional, and super regional championships.
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Pottsville’s Abby James will be representing Pottsville in the Arkansas Activities Association all-star game.
With high hopes coming into Omaha within the program along with the fanbase the Arkansas Razorbacks went two and BBQ at the College World Series on Monday.
The most unlikely of matchups is happening in Monday’s College World Series elimination game starting at 1 pm.
Coming into Arkansas’ opening game of the College World Series you couldn’t have scripted it any better for the Razorbacks. How does this sound? One of the last two teams to get into the NCAA baseball tournament in their first game--not to mention Michigan, the other last team, beating eigh…
Don’t forget these words. The University of Arkansas is a baseball school. For some, this fact is hard to accept, considering that football is what the state takes the most pride in, or that basketball has the most recent major championship.
If you don’t know by now Arkansas is going to Omaha. This marks the sixth time under Dave Van Horn and the fifth time in the last ten seasons. Also, if you didn’t know by now it took an amazing effort from a guy who didn’t get recruited as a pitcher to save the Hogs bacon.
It’s the time of the year that every college baseball fan looks forward to—the College World Series. The CWS is where the eight teams who have survived to this point of the NCAA tournament gather in Omaha, NE to determine the national championship of college baseball. The format is two sep…
It's no secret that most media members root for the team they cover. Most of the statewide ladies and gentlemen came from Arkansas and were thrilled to be able to watch them take down Ole Miss on Monday to punch a ticket to Omaha. But it's understood you CANNOT root on media row. Well, that …
They say the phrase "Game Seven" is the greatest two words in sports. These contests are where legends are made. In college baseball there isn’t a game seven, but there is a game three. In college baseball game three has the same meaning as game seven--win or go home. That’s exactly what …
Two wins away from the College World Series is where the Razorbacks find themselves as the only team that beat them in a home series comes to town, Ole Miss.
The Arkansas Activities Association has come out with conference alignments for the 2020-2022 cycle and there is some movement for local teams and their opponents.
Mason and Rylee Huie will represent Pottsville in this year’s Arkansas Activities Association all-star game.
Morrilton Devil Dog quarterback Jacolby Criswell has committed to the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
Sophia Hampton edged out Mary Kate Brown for softball Player of the Year during the Centennial Bank Brightest Stars Banquet on Thursday May 23. The two will be playing for the West team in the Arkansas Activities Association all-star game Friday, June 21.
The Arkansas Razorback baseball program has been a top tier program under Dave Van Horn since his arrival in Fayetteville in 2003. The program has seemed to take a leap in the past few years though. The program is starting to get into uncharted territory as they are now hosting the super r…
In the battle of aces the Razorbacks (43-17) pulled out their trump card and took a 3-1 victory over TCU (33-27). The win puts Arkansas into the regional final slated for Sunday at 8 pm.
During a special called school board meeting on May 31st, Dover School District administrators and board members proudly announced the appointment of Mr. Reed Mendoza as the Dover Pirates new Head Senior High Football Coach. Mendoza served as the Offensive Coordinator and Head Junior High Fo…
The SEC voted during its spring meetings Friday to lift a ban on selling alcoholic beverages in public areas at its athletic events.
The old Kenny Rogers song, The Gambler, says, “you’ve got to know when to hold ‘em and know when to fold ‘em.” Well, Arkansas and TCU knew when to hold ‘em as both the Razorbacks and Horned Frogs held their aces for game two of Saturday’s NCAA Fayetteville regional scheduled for 6:00 pm.
Freshman Connor Noland was efficient on Friday versus Central Connecticut State (30-22) he threw 5.1 innings allowing two hits, struck out two, and allowed two runs with only one of those runs being earned. The biggest number that came from Noland’s start was 58. That was the number of pitc…
Connor Noland the two sport athlete at the University of Arkansas will start game one of the NCAA regional Friday at 1 pm versus Central Connecticut State (30-21).
By Kevin McPherson
In Dave Van Horn’s 14th season as Arkansas’ skipper he missed the NCAA tournament. It came as somewhat of a shock to Razorback fans because Van Horn’s program had been the model of consistency. Some were questioning whether or not Dave had possibly lost that “it” factor. A few were even sof…
The Arkansas Razorbacks find themselves in the same position they were last season as they drew the number five overall seed. Now the question is can they parlay that into an appearance in the national championship series once again?