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Siloam Springs/Gentry Branch (479) 736-1353 • 217 S Gentry Blvd • Gentry, AR www.DELTONWILLIAMS.com (479) 427-5623 Becky Smith (479) 366-4262 Licensed in Arkansas Oklahoma and Missouri Member of 4 area MLS Boards 31 PreP rally: Class 4A Thursday, augusT 31, 2017 "There are no easy weeks in this conference," Gentry coach Paul Ernest said. "Even the teams that are left out of the playoffs, you better come to play or those guys can beat you." Last season three of the final four teams in the 4A playoffs were members of the 4A-1 — Pea Ridge, Prairie Grove and Shiloh Christian. In the past two sea- sons, a team from the 4A-1 has played for the state championship, and neither of those teams were Shiloh Christian, a program that won three consecutive state championships from 2008-10. Saints coach Jeff Conaway said all peo- ple need to know about the strength of the 4A-1 is that the No. 4 seed last year, 4a v Continued from Page 29 File NWa democrat-gazette/aNdy shuPE anthony Johnson (1) of Prairie grove will lead the Tigers into the season. Johnson rushed for 1,168 yards last season to lead the team to the Class 4a state semifinals. Prairie grove returns four starters each way from last season's 12-1 team. see 4a-1, Page 33 2016 Conference Standings 4A-1 Team Conf. Overall Prairie grove .............................. 7-0 .............. 12-1 Pea ridge...................................6-1 .............. 13-2 shiloh Christian ..........................5-2 ...............11-3 gravette ......................................4-3 ................ 7-5 huntsville ....................................3-4 ................ 4-7 Lincoln ........................................2-5 ................ 3-7 Berryville .................................... 1-6 ................ 3-7 gentry ........................................0-7 ................ 2-8 4A-4 Team Conf. Overall dardanelle ..................................6-1 .............. 10-3 Booneville ...................................5-2 ................ 6-5 Ozark ..........................................5-2 ................ 7-5 Pottsville .....................................4-3 ................ 5-6 dover ..........................................4-3 ................ 7-4 Waldron ......................................3-4 ................ 5-5 West Fork ................................... 1-6 ................ 1-9 subiaco academy ......................0-7 .............. 0-10 Hooten's Coaches Poll 4A-1 1. Prairie grove 2. Pea ridge 3. shiloh Christian 4. gravette 5. gentry 6. Lincoln 7. huntsville 8. Berryville 4A-4 1. Booneville 2. dardanell 3. Pottsville 4. Ozark 5. Waldron 6. dover 7. West Fork 8. subiaco academy