Monthly Archives: August 2008

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Jason Henry is cleared

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Richard Davenport

Arkansas basketball signee Jason Henry has been cleared by the NCAA Clearinghouse and will be able to play this season for the Hogs.

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Player of the Week: Justin Carney

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Richard Davenport

Each week Richard will pick a player to feature and ask the typical (and some atypical) questions.

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A scout’s life

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Richard Davenport

Also on Tuesday, I featured football scout Randy Rodgers, who has more than 50 major colleges as clients. Based out of Austin, Texas, Rodgers coached 29 years on the college and high school level. He served as the recruiting coordinator at Illinois and Texas under Coach John Mackovic.

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Big men on campus

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Richard Davenport

White Hall may have one of the best offensive lines in the state. Averaging just shy of 290 pounds per man, the Bulldogs could also be the biggest.

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Kentucky lands another QB

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Richard Davenport

Kentucky added their second top rated QB to the 2009 recruiting class on Thursday when Morgan Newton, 6-4, 210 of Carmel, Ind., orally committed to the Wildcats over Indiana, Florida, Clemson and Indiana.

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Fast on his feet

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Richard Davenport

On Tuesday, I wrote about athlete Ricky Johnson, 6-2, 190, 4.38 of Lafayette Carencro in Louisiana.  Johnson’s coaches raved about his the athletic ability.

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Batesville teammates catching notice

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Richard Davenport

Batesville has quite a bit of talent this year and is expecting to contend for another 5A conference title this year. On defense, the Pioneers feature defensive end Price Holmes and linebacker Weston Fairchild.

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Commitment looks good in scrimmage

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Richard Davenport

Arkansas commitment Ross Rasner, 6-0, 199, 4.52 of Waco had some nice stats in a scrimmage against Little River Academy last Saturday.

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Young and recruited

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Richard Davenport

Even college hockey teams are getting commitments from kids still in junior high. Read about it here: http://blogs.jsonline.com/badgers/archive/2008/08/21/q-amp-a-with-14-year-old-hockey-recruit.aspx

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Coach: Gem of a player in Fortson

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Richard Davenport

Courtney Fortson’s summer basketball coach, Mark Komara of Southeast Elite in Alabama, said Arkansas is getting a winner whose work ethic rubs off on his teammates.

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Get the scoop on LR player

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Richard Davenport

HoopScooponline.com has Little Rock Parkview forward Aaron Ross, 6-7, 205, listed as the No. 9 player in the 2011 recruiting class.

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Fontana orally commits to

Posted on August 15, 2008 by Richard Davenport

 SMU. He chose the Mustangs over Arkansas and 7 other schools.

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Fontana update

Posted on August 15, 2008 by Richard Davenport

New Orleans offensive lineman Joey Fontana will announce his decision after his team finishes practice tonight. Fontana told me he should announce around 9:30 or 10:00 pm Friday.  Fontana has 9 scholarship offers, including one from the Hogs.

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