Joe T. Robinson at Springdale High

Jarrel Williams Bulldog Stadium

KICKOFF: 7 p.m.

RECORDS: Season opener for both teams.

ON THE AIR: The game is live-streamed on the Springdale Schools web site.

BETWEEN THE LINES: Robinson advanced to the Class 4A semifinals last season and have most of its key players back including top college prospect DL Zach Williams, who has committed to Arkansas. … The Senators have posted back-to-back double-digit wins seasons. … Robinson takes on another 7A-West team next week against Rogers High. … Springdale appears to have its strongest team in the Zak Clark era, bolstered by the transfer of six players from crosstown Har-Ber in the offseason. … Bulldogs’ RB Garrett Vaughan is primed to have a breakout season after adding 15 pounds of muscle in the offseason. … Chops Sanders, one of the transfers, is a difference-maker at outside linebacker and will be hard to contain as an edge rusher. … Clark said the starting quarterback for this game will be a game-time decision. Transfer senior Grant Allen and senior Will Mueller have each been taking snaps since the spring.

PLAYERS TO WATCH: Robinson — QB Greyson Tackett (Sr., 6-3, 215), DL Zach Williams (Sr., 6-4, 225), RB Zaytron Waits (Sr., 5-11, 210). Springdale — QB Will Mueller (Sr., 6-2, 190), QB Grant Allen (Sr., 6-1, 180), RB Garrett Vaughan (Sr., 5-11, 185), WR Conner Sikes (Sr., 6-0, 190), WR/DB Brock Pounders (Sr., 5-9, 160), LB Chops Sanders (Sr., 6-3, 215), WR/DB Juan Boyd (Jr., 6-0, 155).

HOOTEN’S RANKINGS: Robinson is No. 2 in Class 4A; Springdale is No. 9 in Class 7A. HOOTEN’S LINE: Springdale by 9.

OUR TAKE: Springdale 27, Robinson 20