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/

Graham Thomas, Rick Fires and Leland Barclay look back at Bentonville’s win over Rogers, the shootout between Springdale Har-Ber and Fort Smith Southside and Farmington’s upset win over Shiloh Christian. Also, the guys take a look at this week’s games.   Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/   Support you local news, subscribe at: https://www.nwaonline.com/podcast23/

Fayetteville's win over Bentonville as Purple ‘Dogs are in driver seat for the conference championship. Harrison rallies to beat Alma with a Hail Mary pass and Booneville and Charleston set to clash in a 3A-1 showdown. All this and more coming up on this week’s Prep Rally with Graham Thomas, Rick Fires and Leland Barclay.  Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/   Support you local news, subscribe at: https://www.nwaonline.com/podcast23/

Undefeated Fayetteville hosts Bentonville with the winner in the driver’s seat for the 7A-West Conference championship. The wild, wild 5A-West stays wild with Alma and Shiloh Christian out in front, and big games in the 4A-1 and 3A-1. All this and more on this week’s Prep Rally.

Graham Thomas, Rick Fires and Leland Barclay look back at Fayetteville’s 47-42 victory over Rogers as well as the other big high school football games in Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley.   The guys then look ahead to this week, including the Battle of Springdale, Springdale High vs Springdale Har-Ber. Also, be sure and watch for the Top Five.    Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/ \Support you local news, subscribe at: https://www.nwaonline.com/podcast23/

How about those Rogers Mounties? Rogers with a huge win at Fort Smith Southside to open 7A west conference play.   Can the Mounties do it again this week at Fayetteville in another conference showdown of undefeated teams?   Graham Thomas, Rick Fires and Leland Barclay recap this and all the big games from the start of 7A-West Conference play. Leland has the scoop from the Rogers-Fort Smith Southside game, which ended in a 44-38 Mounties win.   The guys then take a look ahead to this week’s biggest matchups, including another showdown for Rogers, who travels to Fayetteville.   We discuss this and much, much more on this week's Prep Rally.

It’s time for 7A-West Conference play. Sports reporters Graham Thomas, Rick Fires and Leland Barclay examine this week’s best matchups, including Rogers at Fort Smith Southside and Fayetteville at Bentonville West along with looking back at last week’s games.   Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/   Support you local news, subscribe at: https://www.nwaonline.com/podcast23/

Week 2 is over as week 3 begins before Arkansas High Football conference play begins, Graham Thomas, Rick Fires and Leland Barclay drill down in last weeks games and the upcoming games. Don’t miss theirs top 5 picks from around Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley form last weeks games and events.

Graham Thomas, Rick Fires and Leland Barclay take a look back at Week 1 in high school football in Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley. The guys break down the Conway Wampus Cats’ 42-39 win at Bentonville in a match up of two of the the best teams in Class 7A. They also look at the performance of Bo Williams at Shiloh Christian, who had 400 rushing yards and 6 touchdowns, along with looking ahead to this week’s games.

Sports reporters Graham Thomas, Rick Fires and Leland Barclay look back on the games from Week Zero in Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley. The guys then turn their attention to the Week 1 football games, including the Game of the Week — Conway at Bentonville, which will draw much interest from all over the state. The podcast wraps up with this week’s Top Five performances from the previous week.

Football is back and so is the Prep Rally Podcast. Sports reporters Graham Thomas, Rick Fires and Leland Barclay discuss the Week Zero games in Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley, including rivalry matchups with Alma at Van Buren, Northside at Southside and this week’s game of the week, Cabot at Fayetteville. They also discuss how the extreme heat will impact the start times for kickoff. The guys also will break down their Top Five storylines heading into the 2023 season.

Toughness is the theme today as Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports reporters recap the spring state championship games and Booneville’s Lexi Franklin pitching with 6 stitches over her right eye after getting hit prior to the Lady Bearcats’ 3A state championship softball game. Franklin, with her eye bandaged, earned MVP honors in leading her team to the title. Gravette softball, Har-Ber baseball, and soccer champs at Harrison, Green Forest and Bentonville are all recognized on today’s episode of the last Prep Rally Podcast of the school year. Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/   Support you local news, subscribe at: https://www.nwaonline.com/podcast23/

It’s Weekend of Champions this week and the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports reporters break down all championship games in Conway this weekend. In the Feats of the Week, Benton’s Alyssa Houston has thrown 5 consecutive no-hitters to lead the Lady Panthers to the 5A championship game; Anna Woolsey pulled off a rare feat at the Meet of Champions winning the 100, 200 and 400, only the second time in MOC history that feat has been accomplished.

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Sports Editor Graham Thomas joins the podcast this week.   A plethora of spring sports were the topic today starting with Gunnar Woolard’s big day for the Gravette Lions as they win the 4A-North Regional baseball championship.   In the feats of the week, Gravette sophomore Sydney Kildow was huge for her team in the championship game of the 4A-North regional softball tournament, pitching three hitless and scoreless innings in a 3-0 win against Pea Ridge. And Leland Barclay recaps the state powerlifting meet in Lake Hamilton where Charleston’s Reese Merechka won the 165-pound weight class.    Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/   Support you local news, subscribe at: https://www.nwaonline.com/podcast23/

In today’s podcast, Anna Woolsey of Ozark had another big day on the track, scoring 46 points with four first place finishes in the Class 4A state track meet Tuesday. In our Feats of the Week, Rogers Gael Salinas drove in 8 runs in two games for the 6A-West baseball champs; Dahana Tuemala homered twice including a grand slam in Rogers’ 15-0 win against Springdale; and Austin Mitchell of Greenwood came into Tuesday night’s must-win game with the bases loaded and delivered for the Bulldogs as they clinched the 5A-West title. Sign up for our free Prep Sports newsletter at: nwaonline.com/sportsemail/   Support you local news, subscribe at: https://www.nwaonline.com/podcast23/