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51 PREP RALLY: THE LIST | 8.22.2021 The 11 players who make up the 2021 version of The List are as varied as the schools they attend. Each year the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette selects the 11 mem- bers of The List as the top 11 players in the 12-county coverage area we serve. The coverage area includes 40-plus football-playing schools and more than 750 players from Harrison on the Missouri border to Waldron and from Van Buren on the Oklahoma border to Lamar in far Johnson County. Springdale Har-Ber junior running back Hudson Brewer, who rushed for more than 1,500 yards and 16 rush- ing touchdowns in 2020, was over- whelmed with his selection to The List. "I did!" Brewer exclaimed when told he was selected. "Wow, that's awe- some!" Brewer burst onto the scene quickly as a sophomore, drawing the start- ing nod in the Wildcats' first game at Jenks, Okla. He was able to shake off the jitters and rushed for 81 yards on 17 carries and scored a touchdown in his varsity debut. "I was a little freaked out at first when coach told me that I was going to start that game," Brewer says now. "But after I got a few carries and real- ized that I could do this." Har-Ber coach Chris Wood said Brewer has added about 15 pounds over the offseason while getting faster. That should send a shiver down the spines of most 7A-West coaches. The List also features a pair of repeat selections in Fayetteville's Isaiah Sategna and Kaiden Turner, a pair of seniors who are itching to start the season. Sategna, who committed to the University of Oregon this summer, and Turner, who has committed to Indiana University, are ready to put last season's up-and-down season in the rearview mirror. "I'm glad the recruiting process is over, for sure," said Turner. "Now, I can just concentrate on balling out my senior season and trying to win state. We still have a lot to improve on as a team but I think the team leadership is through the roof." One group that sometimes gets overlooked is the offensive line, but Har-Ber senior Jack Struebing is front-and-center in this group. The 6-3, 270-pound senior, a four-year starter and lead blocker for most of Brewer's runs, has not decided on where he will play at the next level but holds multi- ple Division I offers. "This is another year competing and just that added pressure on me, holding me to a higher standard. I've gotten a lot of reps and I know how the 7A-West functions, so it's been very beneficial for me because I've gotten a lot of live reps," said Struebing. "I feel like even last year as a junior that I was expected to be a leader for the line and just said, 'Hey, I'm going to take the bull by the horns and I'm going to lead this group.' So this year as a senior, with a lot of young offensive linemen, I've got to show them the way. It's something that I enjoy doing." The offensive firepower on this year's group is amazing. Cedarville senior Darryl Kattich rushed for 2,007 yards in 2020, and Shiloh Christian junior quarterback Eli Wisdom was a 2,000-yard passer and 1,400-yard rush- ing in leading the Saints to the Class 4A state title last fall. Bentonville senior receiver Chas Nimrod had a multitude of offers to choose from before he finally made a commitment to the University of Tennessee late in the summer. Defensively, a pair of University of Arkansas commits headline The List on that side of the ball. Greenland senior J.J. Hollingsworth is a two-way starter who had 66 tackles and 8 sacks in 2020, and Shiloh Christian senior linebacker Kaden Henley brought down 150 tackles including 26 for loss in the Saints' championship season. "My expectations this season for myself is to dominate," said Henley. "I need to be the leader on the team. I just need to be myself, help others and try to improve our team and try to improve myself as much as possible. The expectation for our team is to win another state championship." — Chip Souza • @NWAChip 1803 SW REGIONAL AIRPORT BLVD. • BENTONVILLE, AR 72712 • 479-544-9575 • www.mcmullenrealtynwa.com McMullen Realty Group WISHING YOU A WINNING SEASON! From your friends at McMullen Realty Group