Sports

The Yellville-Summit Panthers traveled to Mountainburg to play the Mountainburg Dragon Friday night at 7 p.m. The Panthers have not started a game by possessing the football first all season. This thought did not change on Friday.

Tuesday, September 5, at 7 p.m., the Yellville-Summit (Y-S) Panthers hosted the first home football game of the season by welcoming the Lighthouse Christian (LHC) Chargers into Panthers Stadium for a nonconference contest with the Panther winning 42-0.

The Yellville-Summit Panthers continued the roadshow to start the 2023 football season in Johnson County against the Westside Rebels on Friday, September 1, at 7 p.m. The Panthers ran the Rebels from one end of the football field to the other and defeated the Rebels by the score of 36-0 with a running clock in the second half of the game.

Yellville-Summit Panthers traveled to open the 2023 football season to play the Baptist Prep Eagles in Little Rock to defeat the Eagles 44-20. The game was delayed because of the excessive heat warning and began at approximately 8:07 p.m. with weather conditions being hot and humid on the field.

“Today Robert Howell was presented with the Brandon Burlsworth award. The award is giving for outstanding character and sportsmanship.

The Y-S Panthers travelled to Berryville for a scrimmage the Berryville Bobcats before the 2023 football season starts. The first game of the season for the Panthers is scheduled in Little Rock Friday, August 25 against the Baptist Prep Eagles at a new time of 8 p.m.