Pea Ridge Times

McGEE: Blackhawks rise in polls

- Editor’s note: John McGee, an award-winning columnist, sports writer and art teacher at Pea Ridge elementary schools, writes a regular sports column for The Times. The opinions expressed are those of the writer. He can be contacted through The Times at pr

Boys

Pea Ridge +26 ppg Farmington +15 ppg Harrison +11 ppg Huntsville +3 ppg Gravette -1 ppg Berryville -8 ppg Shiloh -13 ppg Gentry -15 ppg Prairie Grove -19 ppg

4A-1 District standings West Division Girls

1. Pea Ridge 5-1

1. Farmington 5-1

3. Gravette 4-3

4. Gentry 1-6

5. Prairie Grove 0-6 East Division Girls 1. Berryville 5-5

2. Harrison 5-1

3. Huntsville 3-3

4. Shiloh 0-6

West Division Boys

1. Farmington 6-0

2. Pea Ridge 6-1

3. Prairie Grove 2-4

4. Gravette 2-6

5. Gentry 1-7 East Division Boys 1. Huntsville 6-0

2. Harrison 5-1

3. Berryville 2-4

4. Shiloh 1-5

MaxPreps 4A Basketball polls Jan. 17 North Region Girls Top Eight Teams

1. Berryville 20-0

2. Farmington 15-4

3. Pea Ridge 17-3

4. Clarksvill­e 16-4

5. Harrison 15-4

6. Morrilton 13-5

7. Pottsville 11-7

8. Gravette 10-7

North Region Boys Top Eight Boys teams

1. Pottsville 14-4

2. Harrison 14-5

3. Pea Ridge 16-4

4. Farmington 14-6

5. Dardanelle 17-3

6. Huntsville 13-6

7. Subiaco 11-7

8. Ozark 10-6

District, regional power rankings

Every season, the strength of the separate 4A districts and regions waxes and wanes with the availabili­ty of talent and programs. This year has seen a lot of fluidity of change with so many formerly 5A programs moved down into 4A status in basketball.

In football, the 4A-7 district was a football powerhouse last fall, but in basketball, the 4A-7 is easily the weakest one in the state.

There was no 4A-5 district in football but this new league is easily the most powerful one to date in basketball. Four of the top seven ranked boys teams in the state are in that district. The 4A-3 was the weakest district in football in Arkansas, but is the second best district in roundball, having three of the top nine including topranked Little Rock Mills.

Boys 4A District power rankings

A score of 10 is perfect

1. District 4A-5 15

2. District 4A-3 31

3. District 4A-1 51

4. District 4A-4 59

5. District 4A-8 81

6. District 4A-7 104

Girls 4A District power ranking

The 4A-1 is easily the class of Arkansas 4A schools with three of the top four ranked teams in the state in the local league (Pea Ridge, Berryville and Farmington).

The 4A-1 has been statewide power in girls’ basketball for years with the addition of programs from Harrison and Farmington making a tough league even tougher.

Girls district rankings

District 4A-1 16 District 4A-3 39 District 4A-4 50 District 4A-8 62 District 4A-5 77 District 4A-7 78

MaxPreps State 4A overall girls poll Jan. 19, 2019

1. Berryville 20-0

2. Batesville 18-2

3. Farmington 15-4

4. Pea Ridge 17-3

5. Clarksvill­e 16-4

6. Brookland 11-5

7. Star City 16-3

8. Harrison 15-4

9. DeQueen 17-2

10. Highland 11-7

11. Morrilton 13-5

12. Pottsville 11-7

13. Camden 15-3

14. Stuttgart 17-2

15. Warren 8-3

16. Pulaski 10-6

17. eStem 13-7

18. Gravette 10-7

19. Pocahontas 12-9

20. Bauxite 15-5

21. Heber Springs 9-8

22. Nashville 9-5

23. Ozark 9-11

24. Valley View 8-10

25. Huntsville 7-12

26. Dardanelle 8-11

27. Mena 9-8

28. Magnolia 8-7

29. Gentry 8-9

30. Prairie Grove 5-10

31. Monticello 7-9

32. McClellan 7-8

33. Robinson 7-8

34. Forrest City 6-10

35. Dover 8-11

36. Lonoke 7-10

37. Southside 4-15

38. Crossett 11-7

39. Shiloh 5-14

40. Blythevill­e 3-14

41. Westside 4-12

42. Mills 5-12

43. Arkadelphi­a 4-13

44. Malvern 3-13

45. Hope 1-9

46. Wynne 0-16

47. Hamburg 2-16

MaxPreps State 4A Overall boys poll Jan. 19

1. Mills 15-4

2. Forrest City 11-5

3. Westside 13-2

4. McClellan 13-6

5. Blythevill­e 11-4

6. Pottsville 14-4

7. Magnolia 11-3

8. eStem 15-9

9. Brookland 12-4

10. Harrison 14-5

11. Pea Ridge 16-4

12. Farmington 14-6

13. Southside 13-6

14. Dardanelle 17-3

15. Mena 15-5

16. Huntsville 13-6

17. Lonoke 9-7

18. Monticello 10-6

19. Pulaski 7-7

20. Subiaco 11-7

21. Robinson 8-9

22. Valley View 9-8

23. Morrilton 10-9

24. Stuttgart 9-8

25. Ozark 11-7

26. Warren 8-5

27. Camden 7-8

28. Star City 9-8

29. Nashville 7-6

30. Bauxite 9-10

31. Arkadelphi­a 6-5

32. Malvern 7-10

33. Crossett 6-9

34. Highland 8-12

35. Hamburg 9-10

36. Berryville 9-11

37. Prairie Grove 5-10

38. Clarksvill­e 6-13

39. Gravette 10-10

40. Dover 9-10

41. Batesville 5-11

42. Heber Springs 7-12

43. Batesville 5-13

44. Shiloh 3-16

45. Gentry 7-11

46. Pocahontas 3-12

47. Wynne 3-16

48. DeQueen 2-15

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