Russellville High School

RUSSELLVILLE — It was so cold an hour before the start of the Russellville Cyclones' 13-7 victory over the Fort Smith Northside Grizzlies in the Class 7A state playoff quarterfinals that I was able to run a little over two miles in my coat, blue jeans and mittens and not sweat a drop. I jogged the first four of each five minutes for 25 minutes through the dark and around the back side of the school and on the firm soil of a huge parking lot under construction and felt great. Russellville had a touchdown (after which it missed the extra-point attempt), a field goal, and two safeties. I had never seen 13 points scored like that.