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Chris Kizer tapped as head Badger
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Chris Kizer tapped as head Badger

The Arkadelphia Public School District school board approved the hiring of Chris Kizer as the next head coach of the Badger football program Friday evening at a special called meeting

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Head Badger Trey Schucker leaves post for Central Arkansas coaching position
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Head Badger Trey Schucker leaves post for Central Arkansas coaching position

Head AHS Badger football coach Trey Schucker announced Thursday, April 23, 2026, that he is leaving Arkadelphia to take another coaching position in Central Arkansas

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Jonathan Fletcher added to Tigers football coaching staff
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Jonathan Fletcher added to Tigers football coaching staff

Fletcher, who has been on staff at Delta State University since 2013, replaces Brett Shockley, who was recently hired as the head football coach at El Dorado High School

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Ouachita hosts Special Olympics Arkansas Spring Games
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Ouachita hosts Special Olympics Arkansas Spring Games

It was the first Special Olympics event hosted on campus since 2019 and the inaugural one held at Ouachita’s new Hickingbotham Family Track & Field

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High school track & field returns to Ouachita with Win Whipple Invitational
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High school track & field returns to Ouachita with Win Whipple Invitational

The event, held in honor of Arkadelphia native and Arkansas Track & Field Hall of Famer James Winfield “Skinny” Whipple, was the first high school track & field meet held on campus in over 30 years

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Hogs’ Silverfield seeks players; legislators seek answers
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Hogs’ Silverfield seeks players; legislators seek answers

The University of Arkansas will struggle to keep up unless the Walton family focuses its attention on football instead of a medical school, a world-class art museum, and hiking and biking trails

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The U of A’s ‘radical shift’
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The U of A’s ‘radical shift’

The value that’s being reinforced is that the most important thing a young person can do is throw a football. It’s clearly far more important than studying to be a nurse, engineer, or teacher. The dollars say so.

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