4A-3

Newport Greyhounds

2008 Schedule
Date

H/A

 Newport

222

 Opponent

122

W/L

 Record Conf.
Sep.   5

H

 Newport

14

 Batesville

24

L

0-1
Sep. 12

H

 Newport

55

 Bald Knob

26

W

1-1
Sep. 19

A

 Newport

6

 Wynne

0

W

2-1
Sep. 26

H

 Newport

44

 Highland

20

W

3-1

1-0

Oct.   3

A

 Newport

41

 Valley View

7

W

4-1

2-0

Oct. 10

A

 Newport

40

 Pocahontas

0

W

5-1

3-0

Oct. 17

H

 Newport

22

 Osceola

45

L

5-2

3-1

Oct. 24

H

 Newport

 

 Jonesboro Westside

 

 
Oct. 31

A

 Newport

 

 Gosnell

 

 
Nov.  7

A

 Newport Trumann

2007 Schedule
Date

H/A

 Newport

471

 Opponent

167

W/L

 Record Conf
Aug.30

ASU

 Newport

56

 Pocahontas

9

W

1-0
Sep.  7

A

 Newport

57

 Gosnell

22

W

2-0
Sep. 14

H

 Newport

17

 Batesville

10

W

3-0
Sep. 21

A

 Newport

46

 Marianna Lee

6

W

4-0

1-0

Sep. 28

H

 Newport

54

 Batesville Southside

23

W

5-0

2-0

Oct.  5

H

 Newport

41

 Mountain View

6

W

6-0

3-0

Oct. 12

A

 Newport

40

 Stuttgart

20

W

7-0

4-0

Oct. 19

H

 Newport

42

 Bald Knob

6

W

8-0

5-0

Oct. 26

A

 Newport

22

 Heber Springs

8

W

9-0

6-0

Nov.  2

H

 Newport

48

 Lonoke

6

W

10-0

7-0

Nov.16

H

 Newport

48

 Dumas

51

L

10-1

2007 Archives

State playoff notes
November 6, 2007

By David Wallace
Hootens.com

NORTH LITTLE ROCK - A streak continues, history is made, and droughts end as the brackets are set for the 2007 high school football state playoffs.

The longest continuing playoff streak belongs to Newport (10-0, 7-0, 1st seed in 2-4A). The Greyhounds are going to the postseason for the 21st consecutive time.

Springdale Har-Ber (8-2, 6-1, 1st seed in 7A West), Valley View (7-3, 4-3, 4th seed in 3-4A) and Cave City (6-4, 3-4, 5th seed in 2-3A) are making their first playoff appearances in their second year of varsity football.

Centerpoint (5-5, 4-3, 4th seed in 7-3A) will make the first playoff trip in the school's 11-year history. Centerpoint resulted from the consolidation of Glenwood and Amity (a non-football playing school). Glenwood made the playoffs three times in 40 years, the last time in 1990.

England (4-6, 3-4, 4th seed in 8-3A) is making its first appearance since 1995. Nettleton makes back-to-back playoff appearances for the first time since 1996-97. Helena-West Helena's (5-5, 4-3 in 5A Southeast) 3rd seed is its highest since 1984.

Greyhound returns from major injury
October 30, 2007

By David Wallace
Hootens.com

NEWPORT - Beating Lonoke would guarantee Newport (9-0, 6-0 in 2-4A) gets one of its best players back for a playoff game. Winning the conference title would give the Greyhounds a first-round playoff bye.

By week 12 senior wide receiver/cornerback Quarmaine Dean (6-1, 165) will return for the first time since breaking his collarbone in week 4 against Marianna Lee. The broken bone pierced through the skin near the neck. Doctors said it was within an inch of hitting a major artery.

Newport runs by Pocahontas 56-9
August 30, 2007

By David Wallace
Hootens.com

JONESBORO - Newport senior running back Nico Cox rocketed to 214 yards, including scoring runs of 26 and 84 yards Thursday night in the Greyhounds' 56-9 mauling of Pocahontas at Indian Stadium in Jonesboro. The game was the last of six during Simmons First/Hootens.com Kickoff week.

Cox, a Sonic Super Team selection, rushed for 1,600-plus rushing yards a year ago.

Cox's 84-yard dash was the most sparkling play of the night but came late against the Redskins' second-team defense. He shot over the right side untouched to put Newport up 43-9 with 7:49 left.

Newport coach Greg Brannon says Cox's big night came with the deck stacked against him. "I thought (Pocahontas) keyed on Nico all night," Brannon says. "When we ran the option to the tight end side, they covered Nico and left our quarterback (Edward Pruitt) wide open. They just overloaded our strong side, and it hurt them."

Pruitt, a returning starter, rushed five times for 52 yards and two TDs and completed two of five passes for 98 yards and another score. The senior's 48-yard strike to 6-4 senior Clyde Dean with 9:43 to go in the second quarter gave the Greyhounds a 13-2 lead and started the rout. Newport averaged 8.2 yards per play in amassing 426 yards offense. Brannon was at least as impressed with his defense, which limited a potent Redskin attack to 82 yards.

"We felt good about them after we played that scrimmage game against Wynne," Brannon says. "We played well then, our assignments were fine, we just had a few things to straighten out."

Newport senior corner Quarmaine Dean blanketed Pocahontas receivers, breaking up four passes. Sophomore linebacker Thamail Morgan made five tackles, forced a fumble, broke up a pass, partially blocked a punt and collected two sacks. "I hate to single anybody out because our whole defense played good," Brannon says.

Pocahontas' first score came in the first quarter when Pruitt pitched wildly to Cox on the option deep on the Newport end, and the ball rolled through the corner of the end zone for a safety to make it 7-2. The Redskins started the third quarter with a 77-yard drive that consumed 7:02, ending in senior QB Craig Green finding senior running back Tim Sullivan with a 3-yard TD pass to make it 21-9.

Reprinted by permission.

2006 Schedule
Date

H/A

 Newport

409

 Opponent

325

W/L

 Record Conf
Sep.  1

H

 Newport

21

 Pocahontas

46

L

0-1
Sep.  8

H

 Newport

39

 Gosnell

68

L

0-2
Sep. 15

A

 Newport

26

 Batesville

31

L

0-3
Sep. 22

H

 Newport

41

 Marianna Lee

44

L

0-4

0-1

Sep. 29

A

 Newport

47

 Batesville Southside

0

W

1-4

1-1

Oct.  6

A

 Newport

46

 Mountain View

0

W

2-4

2-1

Oct. 13

H

 Newport

12

 Stuttgart

33

L

2-5

2-2

Oct. 20

A

 Newport

56

 Bald Knob

26

W

3-5

3-2

Oct. 27

H

 Newport

14

 Heber Springs

24

L

3-6

3-3

Nov.  3

A

 Newport

47

 Lonoke

0

W

4-6

4-3

Nov.10

A

 Newport

12

 Pine Bluff Dollarway

8

W

5-6
Nov.17

A

 Newport

36

 Pocahontas

32

W

6-6
Nov.24

A

 Newport

12

 Fordyce

13

L

6-7

 

2006 Archives

Pioneers hold off late Newport rally, 31-26
September 15, 2006

By David Grim
NEARsports.com

The Newport Greyhounds scored 19 fourth quarter points, but it wasn't enough as the Batesville Pioneers win the "White River Bowl," 31-26.

Batesville (2-1) scored first on a 15-yard touchdown run from Tim Hughes with 7:53 left in the opening quarter. Nick Reynolds made the score 7-0 with his extra point.

Reynolds made it 10-0 on a 22-yard field goal with 4:26 left in the half.

Newport (0-3) got on the scoreboard with 3:17 left before intermission. Nico Cox hurled a halfback pass 52 yards to Quarmaine Dean for a touchdown. Derrick Watkins made it a three point difference with his extra point.

Batesville surged in the third quarter. Ronnie Hughes scored with 7:23 left in the period and added a two-point conversion to make the score 18-7.

Pioneer quarterback Cody Aycock ran in a 17-yard quarterback keeper with 1:10 left in the third and Reynolds' PAT made it 25-7.

Batesville's last touchdown came early in the fourth quarter when Ronnie Hughes made it 31-7 on a 5-yard touchdown run.

Newport refused to lie down. The Greyhounds rattled off 19 unanswered points.

Cox ran in the next two touchdowns from 27 and 59 yards away respectively. With 6:47 left in the game, Batesville's lead had been cut, 31-20.

L.T. Tolerson scored the final Greyhound touchdown with 1:13 left in the game to set what would be the final score.

An onside kick attempt failed and the Pioneers ran out the clock to end the game.

Cox led all rushers with 221 yards on 17 carries.

2005 Schedule
Date

H/A

 Newport

278

 Opponent

291

W/L

 Record Conf
Sep.  2

A

 Newport

12

 Sylvan Hills

35

L

0-1
Sep.  9

H

 Newport

20

 Marion

45

L

0-2
Sep. 16

H

 Newport

14

 Batesville

49

L

0-3
Sep. 23

H

 Newport

27

 Hoxie

20

W

1-3

1-0

Sep. 30

A

 Newport

35

 Corning

8

W

2-3

2-0

Oct.  7

A

 Newport

35

 Heber Springs

14

W

3-3

3-0

Oct. 14

H

 Newport

33

 Mountain View

13

W

4-3

4-0

Oct. 21

A

 Newport

41

 Yellville-Summit

13

W

5-3

5-0

Oct. 28

A

 Newport

21

 Pocahontas

25

L

5-4

5-1

Nov.  4

H

 Newport

10

 Highland

20

L

5-5

5-2

Nov.11

A

 Newport

24

 Farmington

7

W

6-5
Nov.18

A

 Newport

7

 Central AR Christian

42

L

6-6

2005 Archives

Pocahontas holds of Newport; reclaims conference lead
October 28, 2005

By David Grim
NEARsports.com

POCAHONTAS - The Pocahontas Redskins defense held the Newport Greyhounds to just 80 second half yards, and held on to win 25-21 in a key 2AAA Conference game. Justin Bennett caught two touchdown passes for the Redskins and returned a kickoff for another.

The victory gives the Redskins (8-1, 5-1) a share of the conference lead with Newport (5-4, 5-1). Hoxie's conference record fell to 4-2 with a loss to Highland, 28-7. Pocahontas holds the tie-breaker over both Highland and Newport by virtue of defeating both teams.

Pocahontas scored on its second play of the game. Michael Creason threw a 57-yard touchdown pass to Bennett. Ryan Broyles kicked the score to 7-0.

Newport answered with a 51-yard touchdown pass from Kristin Braxton to Clyde Dean. Cam Cantrell's foot tied the game at 7-7 with 7:55 left in the opening quarter.

Broyles gave the Redskins a 10-7 lead with a 23-yard field goal, but Newport took the lead on its first play from scrimmage after the field goal. Quentin Alcorn sprinted 63 yards for a touchdown with 4:40 left in the first quarter. Cantrell's kick made the score 14-10.

Creason connected with Bennett again with just 1:15 left in the half, this time for 71 yards. Chase Cissell conver ted the two-point try to give the Redskins an 18-14 halftime lead.

The Greyhounds got the ball to start the second half and drove 65 yards in 8 plays. Alcorn capped the drive on a 5-yard touchdown run with 7:58 remaining in the third quarter. Cantrell's extra point gave Newport the lead, 21-18.

Pocahontas reclaimed the lead on the ensuing kickoff. Bennett returned the kick 81 yards to set what would be the final score, 25-21.

"The whole town wrote us off," said Pocahontas Coach David Williams. "These kids never gave up. We've lost three or four great players to injury, but our kids persevered."

Alcorn led all rushers with 178 yards on 30 carries. Tim Sullivan led the Redskin ground game with 83 yards on 13 carries. Bennett's two catches both went for touchdowns, totaling 128 yards.

 

2004 Schedule
Date

H/A

 Newport

295

 Opponent

224

W/L

 Record Conf
Sep.  3

H

 Newport

0

 Sylvan Hills

23

L

0-1
Sep. 10

A

 Newport

14

 Marion

22

L

0-2
Sep. 17

A

 Newport

12

 Batesville

35

L

0-3
Sep. 24

A

 Newport

30

 Hoxie

36

L

0-4

0-1

Oct.  1

H

 Newport

35

 Corning

0

W

1-4

1-1

Oct.  8

H

 Newport

46

 Heber Springs

12

W

2-4

2-1

Oct. 15

A

 Newport

48

 Mountain View

14

W

3-4

3-1

Oct. 22

H

 Newport

55

 Yellville-Summit

14

W

4-4

4-1

Oct. 29

H

 Newport

7

 Pocahontas

27

L

4-5

4-2

Nov.  5

A

 Newport

34

 Highland

14

W

5-5

5-2

Nov.12

A

 Newport

14

 Shiloh Christian

27

L

5-6

2004 Archives

Newport's Bryson Elston (50) attempts to knock down a pass in the Greyhounds 55-14 victory over Yellville-Summit. Photo courtesy of Brad Burns, SearcySports.com 10/22/04

Heber Springs linebacker Jonathan West (50) tries to head off Newport's Hunter Smith. The Greyhounds won the game, 46-12. Photo courtesy of Brad Burns, SearcySports.com 10/8/04

2003 Schedule
Date

H/A

 Newport

386

 Opponent

264

W/L

 Record Conf
Sep.  5

H

 Newport

20

 Batesville

49

L

0-1
Sep. 12

H

 Newport

33

 Marion

13

W

1-1
Sep. 19

A

 Newport

13

 Wynne

41

L

1-2
Sep. 26

H

 Newport

30

 Hoxie

14

W

2-2

1-0

Oct.  3

A

 Newport

15

 Corning

14

W

3-2

2-0

Oct. 10

A

 Newport

46

 Heber Springs

14

W

4-2

3-0

Oct. 17

H

 Newport

56

 Mountain View

21

W

5-2

4-0

Oct. 24

A

 Newport

33

 Yellville-Summit

25

W

6-2

5-0

Oct. 31

A

 Newport

22

 Pocahontas

43

L

6-3

5-1

Nov.  7

H

 Newport

49

 Highland

7

W

7-3

6-1

Nov.14

H

 Newport

56

 Piggott

7

W

8-3
Nov.21

A

 Newport

13

 Atkins

16

L

8-4

2003 Archived Stories

Osceola forced to forfeit all games this season; EPC in the playoffs
Novemeber 10, 2003

By Wadie Moore
Arkansas Activities Association Media Director

NORTH LITTLE ROCK - Osceola High School, a member of the 3AAA Conference, self-reported on Monday that the school used an ineligible players in all 10 of its regular season games while posting a 5-2 mark in the conference and going 6-4 overall.

Because of the rule infraction, Osceola is now 0-7 in conference play and 0-10 for the season and will not be eligible for post-season play.

Osceola was scheduled to play at Newport on Friday in the first round of the Class AAA state playoffs.

Piggott, which finished fourth in conference play and was scheduled to open at Pocahontas, will now play at Newport. East Poinsett County, which tied for fourth place in the 3AAA Conference, will travel to Pocahontas.

Pocahontas destroys Newport, 43-22, earns top seed from 2AAA
October 31, 2003

By David Grim
NEARsports.com

POCAHONTAS - Pocahontas junior quarterback Andrew Bell completed 8 of 18 passes for 254 yards and four touchdowns as the Redskins dominated the Newport Greyhounds, 43-22, in a 2AAA Conference showdown here Friday night.

Bell put the Redskins (9-0, 6-0) on the board first with a 15 yard touchdown pass to Kyle Wren with 8:24 left in the opening quarter. Pocahontas faked the PAT when holder Kent Winslow jumped up and ran in for the two point conversion, making the score 8-0.

Bell's next touchdown pass was a 41 yard strike to Winslow with 3:40 left in the first quarter. Coty Cox, kicking a perfect five of five extra points, made the score 15-0.

Pocahontas fullback Eric Dunham ran in the next Redskin touchdown from three yards out early in the second quarter, and then caught a 38 yard touchdown pass from Bell on the following possesion to make the score 29-0 before Newport (6-3, 5-1) ever scored a point.

Newport's first touchdown came with 3:57 left in the half. Quinten Alcorn ran in a 10 yard touchdown and quarterback Trey Metzger added two more points to make it 29-8.

Bell found Wren one more time before intermission, this time on a 69 yard screen play, to make the score 36-8 at halftime.

Bell scored the final Redskin touchdown himself with 6:11 left in the third quarter. Bell ran in from two yards away to envoke the "mercy rule" on the Greyhounds.

Newport scored two more touchdowns after the rule took effect. Fred Brown scored on a 13 yard run late in the third quarter, and Metzger passed 15 yards to Will Scoggins in the fourth to set the final score.

"We didn't know if we'd be ready for this game," said Pocahontas coach Dave Williams. "We had a couple starters out. But our kids did a fine job. We did what we had to do."

With the win, Pocahontas takes sole possesion of the 2AAA Conference lead, and clinches the top seed from that conference in the Class AAA playoffs. The Redskins travel to Heber Springs next week to try and complete their first undefeated regular season since 1993.

 
2002 Results
Date Newport

385

 Opponent 223

W/L

 Record Conference
Sep.  6 Newport

13

 Batesville

36

L

0-1

0-0

Sep. 13 Newport

35

 Marion

28

W

1-1

0-0

Sep. 20 Newport

3

 Wynne

37

L

1-2

0-0

Sep. 27 Newport

35

 Hoxie

6

W

2-2

1-0

Oct.  4 Newport

42

 Corning

8

W

3-2

2-0

Oct. 11 Newport

42

 Heber Springs

7

W

4-2

3-0

Oct. 18 Newport

42

 Mountain View

7

W

5-2

4-0

Oct. 25 Newport

41

 Yellville-Summit

6

W

6-2

5-0

Nov.  1 Newport

27

 Pocahontas

14

W

7-2

6-0

Nov.  8 Newport

42

 Highland

13

W

8-2

7-0

Nov. 15 Newport

25

 Trumann

22

W

9-2
Nov. 22 Newport

38

 Booneville

18

W

10-2
Nov. 29 Newport

0

 Nashville

21

L

10-3

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