BENTONVILLE 56, VAN BUREN 14

BENTONVILLE -- Bentonville (4-1, 2-0 7A-West) cruised past Van Buren (1-4, 0-2) at Tiger Stadium.

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Bentonville starting quarterback Canaan Ross, who was limited to first-half action, completed 11 of 17 passes for 177 yards and 3 touchdowns. He hit Tyler Johnson with a 16-yard pass for the Tigers' first score, then added a 52-yard touchdown pass to Kam'ron Mays-Hunt and a 20-yard touchdown pass to Jacob Clark.

Van Buren answered Ross' first touchdown pass with Walter Green's 1-yard touchdown run with 7:13 left in the first quarter. The Pointers, however, went for it on fourth down on their next two drives and fell short on both occasions. Bentonville rolled from there.

Sports on 10/01/2016

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