Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Rogers High at Fayetteville
Harmon Field
KICKOFF 7 p.m.
RECORDS Rogers is 0-4, 0-1 in 7A-West. Fayetteville is 1-3, 0-1. ON THE AIR KRRD-FM 106.1 and streaming at fhsbulldogs.com and gomounties.com
BETWEEN THE LINES Rogers enters allowing nearly 52 points per game after losing 52-13 at Van Buren last week. …. Fayetteville will attempt to stop a three-game losing streak after losing 35-17 at Bentonville West. …. Fayetteville won last year’s game over Rogers 52-28. …. Rogers is second in the 7A-West in total offense (454 yards per game), and Fayetteville is fourth (360). …. Fayetteville sophomore Isiah Sategna caught a 77-yard pass last week from quarterback Hank Gibbs. … Connor Flannigan caught a 15-yard touchdown pass from Gibbs. … Flannigan is fourth in the 7A-West with 27 catches for 415 yards and five touchdowns. …. Mason Ross is second in the league for Rogers with 37 catches for 589 yards and eight touchdowns. …. Rogers quarterback Hunter Loyd leads the conference with 1,996 yards passing. He’s thrown 13 touchdowns and three interceptions.
PLAYERS TO WATCH Rogers — QB Hunter Loyd (Sr., 6-4, 202), RB Sammy Zamrron (Sr., 5-7, 172), WR Mason Ross (Sr., 5-9, 174), OL R.J. Long (Sr., 6-3, 290). Fayetteville — WR Connor Flannigan (Sr., 5-11, 170), LB Quade Mosier (Sr., 6-2, 220), LB Tyler Barnes (Sr., 6-1, 215), QB Hank Gibbs (Sr., 6-4, 215), QB Quinn McClain (Sr., 6-1, 215), DB Brooks Flannigan (Sr., 5-11, 190), OL Melvin Kumwenda (Sr., 6-2, 260).
HOOTEN’S RANKINGS Rogers is No. 15 in Class 7A; Fayetteville is No. 8. HOOTEN’S LINE Fayetteville by 35 OUR TAKE Fayetteville 63, Rogers 21