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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.