Arkansas
Top 25 Arkansas high school football rankings (11/3/2024)
It’s that time of the year, everyone. High school football games kicked off throughout the state of Arkansas Oct. 31-Nov. 2 and there was plenty of great action taking place.
The No. 1 team in the Natural State remains Bryant then followed by Conway followed by Greenwood and Little Rock Parkview.
Here’s the complete breakdown of Arkansas’ elite high school football teams, heading into Week 9 of the 2024 season, as we see it.
Senior quarterback Jordan Walker has been arguably the state’s top passer all season long, completing 83-of-136 passes for 1,682 yards, 28 touchdowns and two interceptions.
Move over, the Wampus Cats are the state’s second ranked team as they have yet to drop a game this season. Up next is a tilt against is a showdown with No. 1 Bryant. Get your popcorn ready.
Nobody has played better under center in the state of Arkansas than Kane Archer of Greenwood. The quarterback has thrown for 2,708 yards, 43 touchdowns and one interception.
Parkview’s lone loss of the season is a 30-10 decision to No. 1 team in Bryant. The Patriots finishes up the season with Camden Fairview.
This Pulaski Academy team’s only two losses have come against Bryant and Conway. Both of those clubs are ranked 1-2 in these rankings.
The Panthers are averaging a cool 51.4 points per game through nine games played this season. Now Benton will gear up for a road date versus Marion.
Since a Sep. 20th loss to Lee’s Summit North, Bentonville has won six straight games.
We know the Warriors have three losses, but all of them have come up against teams ahead of them in these rankings I.E. Bryant, Conway and Shiloh Christian.
The Bombers ever since losing 37-13 to Shiloh Christian have responded with a four-game winning streak. Wins have come over Russellville, Siloam Springs, Lake Hamilton and Van Buren.
The Rockets suffered their first loss of the season against a very good Benton team, 42-0. Catholic bounced back last week against Marion with a 23-14 victory.
Tyson Bradden has done a nice job taking care of the football and producing plenty of points. The senior has thrown for over 1,300 yards and 19 touchdown passes this season.
Marion drops down a few spots after falling to Little Rock Catholic, 23-14. They’ll look to bounce back this week against No. 6 Benton.
Drew Gartman has been the team’s workhorse out of the backfield, scoring a team-high 19 rushing touchdowns along with 1,085 yards.
Another week and another Elks’ win to remain undefeated. Elkins rolled to a 35-21 victory over Gravette last week.
The Bulldogs made it two wins in a row with a 42-0 trouncing of Rogers Heritage.
We leave Hot Springs Lakeside right where they’re at after a 28-12 loss to Parkview. The Rams will finish the regular season with Hot Springs.
Rogers bounced back from a loss to Fayetteville with a 70-42 defeat of Har-Ber last week.
Back to back losses to Greenwood and Mountain Home had us dropping Lake Hamilton down the ranks a bit. Lake Hamilton came up with a big win over Shiloh Christian last week.
The Bulldogs dropped their third game of the year in a loss to Bentonville. Springdale is another team we won’t drop as they faced one of the state’s top tier clubs.
Griffin Mason has proven himself as one of the state’s top running backs this season, carrying the rock 213 times for 1,356 yards and scoring 13 touchdowns.
In one of the wildest games of the season the Cardinals pulled off a thrilling 78-75 victory over Morrilton a couple weeks ago.
The Comets just keep winning and their latest victory was a 49-7 throttling of Central Arkansas Christian last week.
The Badgers make their way back into the rankings after winning six straight games, including two shutouts. Only two losses have come to Camden Fairview and Lake Hamilton.
The Lions pulling off a 33-29 upset win over Prescott last week vaults them into our rankings last week. Can Bismarck finish the season at 10-0?
With the Sand Lizards only loss of the season coming against No. 14-ranked Elkins, Dardanelle makes its debut in this week’s rankings.
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Former Arkansas coach Nolan Richardson, who led the Razorbacks to the 1994 national title, will be immortalized with a statue outside Bud Walton Arena, the school said Wednesday.
Richardson was on the court at halftime of No. 20 Arkansas’ 105-85 win over Texas in the team’s regular-season home finale Wednesday night when athletic director Hunter Yurachek surprised him and told him the school had commissioned a statue to commemorate his achievements.
Per the school’s announcement, work on the statue is set to begin soon.
“Coach Richardson’s impact on the game of basketball and our state is immeasurable,” Yurachek said in a statement. “He represented Arkansas with a toughness and intense work ethic that endeared him to our fans while changing the lives of numerous athletes, coaches and staff under his direction. His ’40 minutes of Hell’ changed college basketball and led to the 1994 national championship that changed Arkansas and our university forever. Coach Richardson will stand tall outside the arena for the rest of time.”
BUILD THE STATUE. LIVING LEGEND. 🐐 pic.twitter.com/2nJPh1d6zo
— Arkansas Razorbacks Men’s Basketball 🐗 (@RazorbackMBB) March 5, 2026
Richardson coined the phrase “40 Minutes of Hell” in reference to the ferocious, full-court defense his Arkansas teams played during his tenure (1985-2002). Between Arkansas and his first Division I job at Tulsa, Richardson amassed 508 wins (389 with the Razorbacks), reached the Final Four three times and secured Arkansas’ only national title.
Richardson also was a member of the Texas Western (now UTEP) teams that preceded the school’s victory over Kentucky in 1966, when five Black players started an NCAA championship game for the first time and won. That game paved the way for Black players to compete at schools that had previously rejected them.
Richardson, one of six SEC coaches to win a national title since 1990, was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014.
After Wednesday’s game, current Arkansas coach John Calipari joked that he’s contractually obligated to clean the statue once it’s finished.
“Which I will do in a pleasant way because I love it,” he said. “He’s been so good to me since I’ve been here.”
Richardson and Arkansas were not on good terms when they divorced in 2002. But the two sides have repaired the relationship over the years. The university renamed the floor at Bud Walton Arena “Nolan Richardson Court” in 2019. Richardson praised Calipari’s hiring in 2024 after he left Kentucky, and he has been around the program since Calipari’s arrival.
“He should have been had a statue, I think,” said Trevon Brazile, who finished with 28 points on his senior night Wednesday. “They won the national championship.”
Added Darius Acuff Jr., who finished with 28 points and 13 assists against the Longhorns: “It’s great to see that for sure. Coach Richardson is a big part of our team. He’s been to a couple of our practices, so it’s always good to see [him]. He’s a legend.”
BONANZA, Ark. (KATV) — According to our partners at 40/29 News, autopsies show that Charity Beallis died by suicide, and her six-year-old twin children died by homicide.
Beallis and the children were found on December 3, 2025, in their home in Bonanza. All three had gunshot wounds.
Records show that Beallis and her husband were in the process of divorcing when the murders happened. 40/29 reports that Beallis’ son has asked that their divorce be considered final, while her husband, Randall Beallis, has asked the court to dismiss the divorce proceedings.
The news release listed the following evidence:
— An examination of the transcripts of the deposition of Mrs. Beallis in the divorce/custody case and the final hearing on the case on 12-2-2025, reveal that she wished to be reconciled to her estranged husband, which did not happen. Mrs. Beallis, after being represented by four different attorneys, represented herself in the contested divorce/custody hearing. At the conclusion of the hearing, Mrs. Beallis was ordered to begin joint custody of her children with her estranged husband.
–Mrs. Beallis’ estranged husband was a driver of a Tesla electric vehicle at that time. Tesla has compiled location data on Tesla vehicles, and according to the information provided by Tesla, Mrs. Beallis’ estranged husband’s vehicle was not near the residence in Bonanza on the night in question. Also, the estranged husband’s phones did not “ping” any of the cell towers proximately related to Ms. Beallis’ location.
–Information from the home security alarm company shows the alarm was deactivated by Mrs. Beallis by her phone (she had exclusive access to the security system) at around 10 pm on the night in question. Even though deactivated, the alarm company was able to provide information showing no doors or windows to the home were opened during that time. When law enforcement arrived after 9:30 am on 12-3-2025, there were no doors or windows open, and they had to use a key to enter the home. SCSO rigorously tested the functioning of each door and window and found them to be operating properly.
The court released an order on Wednesday stating that it does not have jurisdiction to rule on those motions regarding the divorce. Beallis’ body has been released to her son, while the children are with Randall Beallis.
Wally Hall
Wally Hall is assistant managing sports editor for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. A graduate of the University of Arkansas-Little Rock after an honorable discharge from the U.S. Air Force, he is a member and past president of the Football Writers Association of America, member of the U.S. Basketball Writers Association, past president and current executive committee and board member of the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame, and voter for the Heisman Trophy. He has been awarded Arkansas Sportswriter of the Year 10 times and has been inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame and Arkansas Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame.
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