The Booneville Bearcats and Dollarway Cardinals kicked off their season at Cardinal Stadium on a hot 85-degree Friday night, but it was no sweat for the Bearcats, who won 36-6 in a battle of traditional 3A powers.
The tone inside McFadden Gymnasium for the Pine Bluff School District's annual report to the public didn't entirely reflect excitement over the future, or present, of Jefferson County's largest school system.