Graham, Rick and Leland are here to talk about the first week of conference play. Who made this week’s Gimme 5 from Waldren, Paris, Lavaca, Mansfield and Southside? Also in this week's addition what players and teams made the Top 5 in Northwest Arkansas that includes?   PLUS, WHO YOU GOT? Predictions for this week’s best high school games.

Conference play is here and Graham, Rick and Leland are here to talk about it on this week’s Prep Rally. Check out the highlights from River Valley with Leland Barclay’s Gimme 5 and Rick Fires goes over the Top 5 performances of the week in Northwest Arkansas. PLUS, WHO YOU GOT? Predictions for this week’s best high school games.   Give Me 5 - River Valley Brycen Hamilton - Hackett Angel Alvarez, QB, Clarksville Blake Forsgren, QB, Southside Jackson Harris, QB, Sallisaw Braxin Goodson, QB, Sallisaw Central   River Valley Sports Report Hackett - Hamilton Touch Down Fayetteville- Odom to Mattingly Touch Down Little Rock Southwest at Fort Smith Southside   Northwest Arkansas Top 5 Texas High vs Fayetteville Garyt Odom - Fayetteville Catavion Taylor - Fayetteville Colby Grogan of Greenland Prairie Grove Volleyball - Bentonville vs Benton   Northwest Arkansas Sports Report Volleyball Chill Pepper Cross County High School Football   Game of the Week - Greenwood at Shiloh Christian Lincohn at Gravett Elkins at Gentry Alma At Harrison Northside at Rogers Harber at Bentonville Girls JHigh School Golf   Who You Got - Game Picks 3A Hackett at Mansfield 4A Lincoln at Gravette 5A Alma at Harrison 6A Mountain Home at Fort Smith Southside 6A Van Buren at Russellville 7A FS Northside at Rogers 7A Springdale Har-Ber at Bentonville GAME OF WEEK: Greenwood at Shiloh Christian

Graham, Rick and Leland are back with another exciting episode of Prep Rally, heading into the final week of non-conference high school football games. Check out the highlights from River Valley with Leland Barclay’s Gimme 5 and Rick Fires goes over the Top 5 performances of the week in Northwest Arkansas. PLUS, WHO YOU GOT? Predictions for this week’s best high school games.

The boys are back with another exciting episode of Prep Rally. Check out the highlights from River Valley with Leland Barclay’s Gimme 5 and Rick Fires goes over the Top 5 performances of the week in Northwest Arkansas. This week, they talk about the second week game results from around Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley. Volleyball and cross country get a shout out as their seasons are underway.  PLUS, WHO YOU GOT? Predictions for this week’s best high school games.

Graham Thomas and Leland Barclay discuss the great games including the Battle of Rogers Avenue — Fort Smith Southside at Fort Smith Northside  — and the Battle of the Bone — Van Buren at Alma, along with Tulsa Union at Bentonville. PLUS, this week’s WHO YOU GOT? Predictions for this week’s games.

High school football season begins this week and our Prep Rally Podcast guys Graham Thomas, Rick Fires and Leland Barclay give their picks on this week’s Who You Got? Plus Gimme 5 in the River Valley, Top 5 in Northwest Arkansas. Find out who the pick in the following game picks this week in Who You Got:   Van Buren at Alma  FS Southside at FS Northside  Gravette at Pea Ridge  Farmington at Shiloh  Fayetteville at Cabot  Rogers at North Little Rock  Greenwood at Bentonville  Tulsa Union at Bentonville

“We’re back!” NWA Democrat-Gazette sports guys Graham Thomas and Rick Fires return with Leland Barclay in the River Valley for the season-debut of the Prep Rally Podcast.

We’re back with a post basketball season edition of Prep Rally. Join us as we recap the state finals in Hot Springs and local state tournaments

We’re into the final week and a half of regular season prep basketball in NWA and the River Valley. A lot of exciting conference races coming down to the finish line. We’ll talk about it next on Prep Rally. Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports editor Graham Thomas, reporters Rick Fires and Leland Barclay cover some of the best games from this past week. Rick returns after time on the disabled list. Something about a mule we hear. Leland witnessed the battle of Crawford County part two. Alma vs. Van Buren where the Pointers handed Alma their first loss and earned a trip to the postseason. Rick watched Rogers Heritage come in Springdale Har-Ber's Wildcat stadium get decimated by Courtland Muldrew and the rest of the Wildcats.  Bentonville and Fayetteville, was a fight for most of the game. Other teams include Bentonville West, a dangerous Springdale team and upcoming district tournaments.  We figured it would all come down to the final weeks of the year and that's ringing true.

Graham Thomas and Leland Barclay take a look back at the best games from Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley. The crew talk about the stellar atmosphere as the Springdale boys down Fayetteville, the New School sweeps Ozark Catholic to win their conference, Bentonville sets track records are over the weekend, Fayetteville girls win over Springdale and the latest wrestling victories for NWA schools.  In the River Valley, Van Buren wins another championship. In what? Better listen to find out. Also, several River Valley athletes found success in track, Northside Lady Bears continue to excel and Alma starts 9-0. The first since the 1940's.

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports reporters Graham Thomas and Rick Fires join River Valley reporter Leland Barclay to discuss the latest high school basketball action, including Van Buren’s visit to Alma, along with the best games in the 6A-West Conference including Bentonville's win against Springdale, and the split series between Rogers and Heritage.  They also preview upcoming games and mention standout performances from players like Annabelle Perry, Alyson Edwards of Mansfield, Marco Smith of Fort Smith Northside, Erianna Gooden of Fort Smith Northside, Israel Towns-Robinson of Alma, and other high school athletes.

The 6A-West Conference is starting to take shape on both the boys and girls sides. Who’s out front? Who’s in the mix? And How bout that 5A-West? All this and more on this week’s Prep Rally.

Winter weather all over Arkansas has put a halt over everything for the time being, but hopefully warmer days and basketball are ahead. Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and River Valley Democrat-Gazette reports Rick Fires, Walter Woodie, Leland Barclay and Graham Thomas stay warm and recap the pre-snow games and look ahead to a restart of the season for 6A teams.

Basketball season is in full swing in Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley, if the weather cooperates. So far so good. Graham Thomas, Rick Fires and Leleand Barclay dive into it and much more on this week’s Prep Rally.

It's Purple Perfection in 7A football as the Fayetteville Bulldogs finish 13-0. Greenwood also finishes 13-0 and brings the state title back. We take a look at the state championship games from last weekend on this week's Prep Rally.

Graham, Rick and Leland take a look back at last week’s playoff games, including Fayetteville’s victory over Conway, Bentonville defeating Bryant and wins from Greenwood and Shiloh Christian. Then the guys look ahead to this week’s Class 5A, 6A and 7A championship games.

After Week 2 of the Arkansas High School playoffs, we're down to just a few teams here in Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley. Who will survive Week 3? We take a look this week on a special Thanksgiving edition of Prep Rally. Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/ Support you local news, subscribe at: https://www.nwaonline.com/podcast23/

Round 1 of the Arkansas High School playoffs is in the books. Graham, Rick and Leland take a look back at last week’s playoff games and look forward to the second round as Fayetteville, Bentonville and Greenwood join the party.

Sports reporters Graham Thomas, Rick Fires and Leland Barclay take a look back at the last week of the regular season and look to this week’s first round of the Arkansas High School football playoffs.

It’s the final week of the regular season. Who’s in after this week? Who’s out? And who needs to win in Week 10 to keep playing? We discuss this and much more on this week’s Prep Rally.   Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/   Support you local news, subscribe at: https://www.nwaonline.com/podcast23/