The Highland Rebels will take on the Arkadelphia Badgers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Highland will bounce into Friday's matchup after beating Pocahontas, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. The Rebels secured a 27-21 W over the Redskins on Thursday. The Rebels haven't had any issues with the Redskins recently, as the game was their third consecutive win against them.
The critical scores for Highland came from Dakota Niswonger, Carson Stanford, Izaac Hilton, and James Jensen.

Brogan Pospisil
| 11/06/25 vs Pocahontas | 3 |
| 09/05/25 vs Brookland | 2 |
| 10/10/25 @ Blytheville | 1 |
Highland didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Brogan Pospisil. Highland is 2-1 when Pospisil posts one or more interceptions, but 3-4 otherwise.
Meanwhile, Arkadelphia was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Malvern 53-21. The final result isn't all that surprising considering the Badgers' considerable advantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas football rankings (they are ranked 16th, while the Leopards are ranked 84th).
Arkadelphia's record is now 9-1. As for Highland, the victory got them back to even at 5-5.
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