The Class 3A football playoffs will begin this Friday, after the Arkansas Activities Association announced today that the suspension has been lifted.
The AAA suspended the 3A postseason last week, amid an eligibility dispute with an athlete on the Lamar football team. The association ruled that Lamar used an ineligible player and had to forfeit five conference wins, knocking the school out of consideration for postseason participation. But today, the AAA reinstated Lamar High School as the second place team from the Class 3A 4 Conference.
"With guidance of the AAA Board of Directors and our legal council the AAA had decided that it was in the best interest of our member schools and student-athletes to begin the Class 3A state football playoffs," said AAA Executive Director Lance Taylor.
The Class 3A state championship game will be played at Estes Stadium on the University of Central Arkansas Campus Friday. The class 2A state championship game has been moved to Saturday, Dec. 12 at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock.
Class 3A
First Round
Perryville bye
Magnet Cove at Mansfield
Rivercrest bye
Episcopal Collegiate at Bauxite
Prescott bye
Mayflower at Lavaca
Cedarville at Glen Rose
Green Forest at Barton
Fountain Lake bye
Parkers Chapel at Lamar
Charleston bye
Earle at Rison
Harding Academy bye
Cave City at Paris
Yellville-Summit at Camden Harmony Grove
Jessieville at Harrisburg
The AAA suspended the 3A postseason last week, amid an eligibility dispute with an athlete on the Lamar football team. The association ruled that Lamar used an ineligible player and had to forfeit five conference wins, knocking the school out of consideration for postseason participation. But today, the AAA reinstated Lamar High School as the second place team from the Class 3A 4 Conference.
"With guidance of the AAA Board of Directors and our legal council the AAA had decided that it was in the best interest of our member schools and student-athletes to begin the Class 3A state football playoffs," said AAA Executive Director Lance Taylor.
The Class 3A state championship game will be played at Estes Stadium on the University of Central Arkansas Campus Friday. The class 2A state championship game has been moved to Saturday, Dec. 12 at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock.
Class 3A
First Round
Perryville bye
Magnet Cove at Mansfield
Rivercrest bye
Episcopal Collegiate at Bauxite
Prescott bye
Mayflower at Lavaca
Cedarville at Glen Rose
Green Forest at Barton
Fountain Lake bye
Parkers Chapel at Lamar
Charleston bye
Earle at Rison
Harding Academy bye
Cave City at Paris
Yellville-Summit at Camden Harmony Grove
Jessieville at Harrisburg
