Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Rogers Heritage at Bentonville
KICKOFF 7 p.m.
RECORDS Rogers Heritage 1-4, 0-2 7A-West; Bentonville 3-2, 2-0
COACHES Heritage — Eric Munoz; Bentonville — Jody Grant
KEY PLAYERS Heritage — QB/LB Domenic Castenada (Jr., 5-10, 175), RB Amere Dingle (Sr., 5-9, 175), OL Stephen Kelly (Sr., 6-2, 205), DB Matthew Hightower (Sr., 5-10, 175), WR Christian Flores (Jr., 6-1, 170). Bentonville — QB Carter Nye (Sr., 6-1, 175), WR C.J. Brown (Sr., 6-1, 190), RB Jason Gilmore (Sr, 5-9, 185), TE Eli Brooks (Jr., 6-3, 205), OL Trason Hunt (Sr., 6-5, 275), WR/DB Que Brown (Sr., 6-0, 155), DL/LB Ben Pearson (Sr., 6-2, 205), OLB/DE Rivers Wiseman (Sr., 6-4, 190), DB Christian Farrow (Sr., 6-0, 160). NOTABLE Bentonville has never lost to Heritage in the 15 games the schools have played since Heritage opened in 2008. … Heritage has lost four straight games after opening the season with a victory at Siloam Springs. … Castaneda completed 8 of 13 passes for 80 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception for Heritage in a 61-13 loss to Springdale Har-Ber last week. WR Christian Flores caught four passes for 67 yards and a score for the War Eagles. … The War Eagles rushed 24 times for 79 yards. … Nye passed for a career high 486 yards and six touchdowns in a 50-35 win against Fort Smith Southside last Friday. He’s completed 90 of 142 passes for 1,381 yards, 13 TDs and 4 interceptions this season. … WR C.J. Brown, an Arkansas commitment, has caught 25 passes for 611 yards and seven touchdowns, including 215 receiving yards last week and two scores. … RB Jason Gilmore has rushed 64 times for 524 yards and 5 TDs. …The Tigers have outscored opponents 72-7 in the third quarter through five games.
OUR TAKE Bentonville 42, Rogers Heritage 7