Pioneers shut out visiting Tigers in scrimmage play

Westside Eagle Observer/RANDY MOLL
Gentry's Ty Hays hangs on to the ball as West Fork players try to strip it away during a scrimmage in Pioneer Stadium on Aug. 16.
Westside Eagle Observer/RANDY MOLL Gentry's Ty Hays hangs on to the ball as West Fork players try to strip it away during a scrimmage in Pioneer Stadium on Aug. 16.


GENTRY -- The Pioneers gave fans a taste of what's to come and shut out the visiting West Fork Tigers in scrimmage play Aug. 16 at Pioneer Stadium, 18-0.

"I thought we played well at times," said Gentry's head coach Justin Bigham, "but, overall, we have a lot to work on with execution and effort before we play next Friday on the 26th."

The Pioneers are scheduled to host Westville (Okla.) at 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 26.

Other games include the following:

Sept. 9 -- Quitman -- Away

Sept. 16 -- Pea Ridge -- Home

Sept. 24 -- Huntsville -- Home

Sept. 30 -- Berryville -- Away

Oct. 7 -- Green Forest -- Home*

Oct. 14 -- Ozark -- Away

Oct. 21 -- Lincoln -- Home

Oct. 28 -- Elkins -- Home**

Nov. 11 -- Gravette -- Away

* Homecoming

** Sr. Night

All Game Times are at 7 p.m.

  photo  Westside Eagle Observer/RANDY MOLL Gentry's Ty Hays runs the ball around the left side during a scrimmage in Pioneer Stadium on Aug. 16.
 
 
  photo  Westside Eagle Observer/RANDY MOLL Tucker Hodges (19), Jared James (32) and Addison Taylor (13) put a stop to a West Fork running play during a scrimmage in Pioneer Stadium on Aug. 16.
 
 
  photo  Westside Eagle Observer/RANDY MOLL Gentry's Dillon Jarnagan attempts to run the ball past West Fork defenders during a scrimmage in Pioneer Stadium on Aug. 16.
 
 
  photo  Westside Eagle Observer/RANDY MOLL Gentry's Ty Hays hangs on to the ball as West Fork players try to strip it away during a scrimmage in Pioneer Stadium on Aug. 16.
 
 
  photo  Westside Eagle Observer/RANDY MOLL Westfork players begin to drag down Braedon Warren of Gentry during a scrimmage in Pioneer Stadium on Aug. 16.
 
 
  photo  Westside Eagle Observer/RANDY MOLL With Gentry’s Jonathon Corter (left) and Ty Hays (right) to clear the way, Gentry quarterback Chris Bell (center) runs the ball to within a yard of the goal line during a scrimmage in Pioneer Stadium on Aug. 16. Unfortunately, the Pioneers turned over the ball in the play.
 
 
  photo  Westside Eagle Observer/RANDY MOLL Gentry's Ty Hays runs the ball around the left side during a scrimmage in Pioneer Stadium on Aug. 16.
 
 
  photo  Westside Eagle Observer/RANDY MOLL Gentry students cheered on the Pioneers during a scrimmage game against visiting West Fork in Pioneer Stadium on Aug. 16.
 
 


  photo  Westside Eagle Observer/RANDY MOLL A West Fork defender reaches for Braedon Warren as the ball passes through his fingers during scrimmage play in Pioneer Stadium on Aug. 16.