National Signing Day
Seven kids have now signed letters of intent to further their athletic careers with several more on the horizon. Lady Bulldog Basketball Senior Kylah Pearcy started off the cycle by signing with University of Arkansas Fort Smith. She will join class of ’22 Lady Bulldog Abby Summit with the Lady Lions. Former Greenwood Bulldog and Gatorade Arkansas Player of the Year Anna Trusty, played for the Lady Lions last season, but has since transferred to Oral Roberts in Tulsa, OK. Trusty played against another former Lady Bulldog Mady Cartwright on November 17th. Cartwright and the Golden Hurricanes defeated Oral Roberts 78-69 in Overtime.
Six players signed on the December signing day with Daisy Parker and Lakyn Dawson going to Henderson State for Softball. Alyssa Lovell will also be furthering her softball career at Lyon College, in the Christmas Capital of Arkansas, Batesville. Piper Ames will be a two-sport athlete for John Brown University, signing to run cross-country and track. Kane Archer made his decision by selecting Utah and Cody Taylor taking his talents to Charlotte.
“A special day for Greenwood community and Greenwood Athletic department. To see athletes from three different sports is such a huge deal.” Athletic Director Chris Young said. “It just shows that our school district and our community supports everybody, not just kids from one particular sport, but kids that are chasing their dream and want to play at the next level.”
“I think we’re trying to do that school wide, just combined, we’re all in this together as they’ve said for a long time here. And when you can do that, when other sports and other athletes support each other, I think it makes everybody stronger.” Athletic Director Chris Young said.
Moving on to Head Coach Chris Young, an additional signing is scheduled for February. Defensive end Cody Johnson is committed to the University of Central Oklahoma. At this time Wyatt Edwards, Akira Fujibayashi, Champ Davis, and others have not made their intentions known.
State Championship
Get your tickets for the Class 6A State Championship on Saturday night at 6:30 in War Memorial. Tickets can be purchased through the GoFan website by searching for Greenwood Bulldogs. There is a clear bag policy for the Stadium. Weather for the game looks to be clear with a high in 50’s but will definitely drop once that sun goes down. Due to Greenwood being the higher seed, the Bulldogs will be on the “home” side of War Memorial.
If you need a Friday night football fix, because you cannot make it to Little Rock the next day. Travel down to Mansfield, where our neighbors to the south will be taking on the Salem Greyhounds. This is for a trip to the Class 3A State Championship and is a battle of the unbeatens in that class. Or if you are the stay at home no matter what type, Booneville is playing Fordyce in the other Class 3A Semi-Final the game will be live streamed.
MORE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Cheer is gearing up for their State Championship on December 19th in Hot Springs at the tongue-in-cheek “Reeves’ House”. Cheer is going for a 3-peat this year, on the heels of the Blue Dazzlers going Back-to-Back. Greenwood Bands is also gearing up for their State Championship in Winter Wind Ensemble, this will also be a Back-to-Back for the Devin West led squad. Fill the stands and take trophies.
Hooping In The Wood
Tournament Basketball returns to H.B. Stewart Arena next week! Fayetteville, Springdale Har-Ber, Tulsa Union, Searcy, Charleston, Paris, and Hugo, OK, will be at the Arena the 12th and 13th. Wash the end of the football season woes away with a cold beverage and some Nachos from the Concession Stand.
