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123 W. Buchanan • Prairie Grove, AR 479-846-2661 405 West Pridemore Lincoln, AR Lincoln Wolves Farmington Cardinals Proudly supporting High School Football! Prairie Grove Tigers 36 PreP rally: Class 4A Thursday, augusT 31, 2017 two leagues that com- prise Class 7a. Pea ridge lost to Warren in the state champion- ship game while Prai- rie grove and shiloh Christian advanced to the state semifinals. Pea ridge is No. 2 and Prairie grove No. 6 in Class 4a in the presea- son rankings by hoo- ten's arkansas Football magazine. Charleston went from 6-5 in 2016 to 13-1 and playing for a state cham- pionship in 2017. Is there another team in North- west Arkansas capable of making such a turn- around? Bentonville West is the easy answer with all its starters returning from a start-up program that went 3-8 last season. Bentonville West may not win a championship in its second year, but few will be surprised if the Wolverines surpass rival Bentonville high, which has won five state championships since 2001. Fort smith southside, a tradition power in Class 7a, could return to prominence after falling to 3-7 last season and missing the playoffs for the first time since 2010. Teams from Northwest Arkansas had another good season with one state champion (Fayette- ville) and three state run- ners-up (Greenwood, Pea FaQs v Continued from Page 35 NWA Democrat-Gazette/ANTHONY REYES • @NWATONYR Drew Winn (6) of Pea ridge runs against shiloh Christian on dec. 2 at Blackhawks stadium in Pea ridge. Both teams are in the 4a-1 Conference, one of the top conferences in the state. see Questions, Page 37