PEARCY - Junction City muscled up Saturday and won the 3A Division of the Arkansas High School State Weightlifting Championships, hosted by Lake Hamilton. The Dragons lifted 5115 pounds, beating Booneville’s 4800 in Class 3A. Junction City was second overall to Benton, which totaled 5330 pounds.
QUITMAN - Parkers Chapel didn’t win any championships Tuesday at the 2A State Track & Field Championships in Quitman. But Coach Josh Willeford was pleased with the effort.
Although the 2023 season is over, the 2024 season looks to be a bright one for Union County schools given the number of underclassmen who got plenty of experience this past season.
Two schools that are no strangers to playing the week of Thanksgiving and yet are strangers to each other will collide with a berth in the 3A state semifinals at stake.