Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Rogers at Bentonvill­e West

- — Henry Apple

KICKOFF 7 p.m.

RECORDS Rogers 5-0, 2-0 7A-West; West 3-2, 1-1.

COACHES Rogers — Chad Harbison; West — Bryan Pratt.

KEY PLAYERS Rogers — QB Dane Williams (Jr., 6-0, 170), RB Jacob Jenkins (Jr., 6-0, 185), WR Mabry Verser (Jr., 6-4, 200), WR Tye Cunningham (Sr., 6-0, 170), WR Graycen Cash (Jr., 6-1, 150), WR Janson Garner (Jr., 6-2, 175). West — QB Jake Casey (Jr., 6-4, 180), RB Carson Morgan (Sr., 6-1, 205), WR Ty Durham (Sr., 6-0, 180), OL Lane Jeffcoat (Jr., 6-9, 285), RB/LB Braden Jones (Sr., 6-1, 205), CB Nick Bell (Sr., 5-9, 165), DB/P Josh Buxton (Sr., 5-9, 175), DE Grant Overman (Sr., 6-3, 220), DB Thomas Willbanks (Sr., 5-10, 165).

THE SCOOP This is the seventh meeting between the two schools. West enjoys a 5-1 series advantage, but Rogers claimed a 33-28 decision at home in last year’s meeting. … The Mounties seek their first 3-0 start in league play since their state runner-up season in 2006. … Williams has thrown for 1,329 yards and 16 TDs on 88-of-120 passing after his 302-yard, 2-TD outing last week. … Cash almost doubled his reception total for the season when he caught 10 passes for 117 yards last week. He has 24 for the season. … Casey has thrown for almost 1,200 yards and 9 TDs this season, with four of those TDs coming in last week’s win over Springdale. … With his two TD catches against Springdale, Bell has four for the season, one less than team leader Durham. … The Wolverines’ defense allowed just four first downs and 108 yards total offense, and 44 of those came on the next-to-last play of the game.

OUR TAKE Rogers 35, Bentonvill­e West 24.

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