LOG CABIN DEMOCRAT
NORTH LITTLE ROCK — Following recent trends, the Arkansas Acitivities Association Board of Directors set state and regional tournament sites for spring and fall sports Thursday.
The board has usually placed an emphasis on communities that have new arenas and on alternating regional sites geographically in the region. An emphasis is also placed on keeping the baseball and softball state tournaments at the same site or a nearby community.
The 7A basketball tournament will be hosted by Fayetteville, which has a new gymnasium. The division’s athletic directors and administrators have traditionally agreed to submit a single bid and rotate the host site between the Central and Northwest. Cabot hosted the event last season.
The closest host sites to Conway are regional baseball and softball tournaments at Bee Branch, soccer state tournaments in North Little Rock and Cabot and next year’s 7A volleyball state tournament at Cabot.
The state and region site:
BASKETBALL
State
7A: Fayetteville
6A: Greenwood
5A: Pine Bluff Convention Center
4A Cave City
3A Riverview (Searcy)
2A: Marmaduke
1A: Bradley
All state championship games: Barton Coliseum, Little Rock
Regionals
3A: Paris, Jessieville, Hoxie,Prescott
2A: Sloan-Hendrix, Magazine, Carlisle, Hampton
1A; County Line, Hillcrest, West Side Greers Ferry, Emerson
BASEBALL
State
7A: Rogers
6A: Benton
5A: Nettleton
4A: Harrison
3A: Harding Academy
2A: Parkers Chapel
1A: Whie Hall
Regionals
3A: Greenland, Glen Rose, Bergman, Haratio
2A: Tuckerman, Hector, Poyen, Dierks
1A: Lead Hill, Viola, South Side Bee Branch, Taylor
SOFTBALL
State
7A: Springdale
6A: Russellville
5A: Hope
4A: Ashdown
3A: White Hall
2A: Norphlet
1A: Scranton
Regionals
3A: Greenland, Glen Rose, Bergman
2A: Tuckerman, Hector, Poyen, Norphlet
1A: Lead Hill, Viola, South Side Bee Branch, Taylor
SOCCER
State
7A boys: North Little Rock
7A girls: Cabot
6A: Searcy
5A: Harrison
4A: Central Arkansas Christian (Burns Park, NLR)
TRACK AND FIELD
7A: No bid (AAA will determine)
6A: Russellville
5A: Hot Springs
4A: Heber Springs
3A: Green Forest
2A: Union Christian
1A: Green Forest
Meet Of Champs
Lake Hamilton
DECATHLON-HEPTATHLON
Fayetteville
CROSS COUNTRY
Oaklawn Park, Hot Springs
VOLLEYBALL
7A: Cabot
6A: Jonesboro
5A: No bid (AAA will determine)
4A: Mena
3A: Alpena
State finals: Russellville