Van Buren hasn't had much luck against Mountain Home recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Pointers will welcome the Bombers at 7:00 p.m. Van Buren has given up an average of 30.5 points per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Van Buren is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arkansas' top teams: Greenwood, who was ranked fourth at the time (Van Buren was ranked 25th). The Pointers took a blow against the Bulldogs on Thursday, falling 56-3. The contest marked the Pointers' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Meanwhile, Mountain Home entered their tilt with Lake Hamilton on Thursday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They breezed past the Wolves to the tune of 42-7. The result was nothing new for the Bombers, who have now won four games by 27 points or more so far this season.
Mountain Home's win bumped their record up to 7-1. As for Van Buren, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 5-3.
Van Buren was dealt a bruising 42-7 loss at the hands of Mountain Home in their previous meeting back in November of 2024. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Pointers were down 27-7.
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