Among the highlights, Farmington's Eli Schwartzman set a new state record for assists in a single game January 13 at Harrison. We speak with coach Johnny Taylor about the team's success to date.

The Arkansas Activities Association voted on state tournament sites for the coming winter, spring and volleyball seasons.

Conference play returns in Arkansas basketball as teams work toward the chance to play in March. We visit with Rogers boys' coach Jason McMahon, who returned to head coaching after spending the last several years in Mali, Africa.

Wrestling ramps up with dual meets during the week and tournaments over the weekend. The Rogers girls earned a major win at the Will Rogers tournament in Tulsa, where the top five teams hailed from Arkansas, including third-place Fayetteville and fourth-place Har-Ber. Shiloh Christian hosted area teams at the Shiloh Duals, and Bentonville and Heritage competed in the Inola Invitational while the Rogers and Bentonville West boys were at the Larry Wilkey Invitational at Jenks.

Area athletes also competed at the Prentiss Gudgen Invitational at Pittsburg, Kansas, where Marcus Myhan pf Bentonville West claimed the high jump title.

The holiday break was full of basketball and wrestling tournaments. We recap the tourneys as teams prepare to resume or begin conference play.

We have a short episode due to the light schedule over Christmas break. We highlight the start of some of the basketball tournaments and preview more of the events which begin this week.

The conference season in basketball started in the 3A-1 and 4A-1 circuits, and several holiday tournaments, Bentonville West boys' coach Trent Loyd recapped the early start.

Elkins football coach Zach Watson recapped the season, which culminated a five-year run, All-state teams and conference assignments for the 2026-28 cycle were also announced,

Rogers wrestling coach Willie Wright spoke about the team as it prepared for a busy January.

New Shiloh Christian volleyball coach Cassie Loyd spoke about her hopes for the Saints as they prepare for the 6A West next fall.

We recap the final weekend of the football season with Elkins and Mansfield winning their first titles in the Arkansas contests while the last six Oklahoma championships took place.

We also visit with Shiloh Christian coach Tucker Barnard, whose team moves to 7A next season, its third promotion in six years thanks to the competitive equity factor.

We recap area basketball tournaments, most notably in Rogers, McDonald County, Missouri, Pea Ridge, Farmington, Fort Smith and Greenwood along with the Bentonville West wrestling invitational.

Eighteen state football champions were crowned over the weekend in Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma, while the semifinals would set the final weekend in eight classifications.

We also speak with Greenland Lady Pirates coach Tiffany Phillips, who is attempting to return the team to the standard set by her former mentor Clay Reeves.

On a brief episode this week, we recap the third weekend of football tournaments in Arkansas and Oklahoma, which will see this week's championship games in the two largest classifications in Arkansas rematches from 2024.

We also recap the early stages of the basketball season as it enters the month of December.

This week's episode recaps the second week of playoffs for Arkansas and Oklahoma football which saw Rogers reach their first semi-final since 2006, Shiloh Christian earn promotion to 7A after reaching it's sixth consecutive semifinal and Elkins set up a state championship rematch with Arkadelphia in the 4A tournament.

We continue our preview of the basketball season with Fayetteville Lady Bulldogs coach Vic Rimmer.

The Arkansas Activates Association would also announce its conference volleyball assignments for the 2026-27 cycle,

We recap the first round of the football playoffs in Arkansas and Oklahoma.

We preview the high school basketball season and visit with Springdale High School boys' coach Greg Scott.

We also recap the college signing day at a number of high schools and the All-State selections for cross-country.