NORTH LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Activities Association Board of Directors held their annual site selection meeting Wednesday afternoon and awarded state and regional tournaments for most of the winter and spring sports.
Rogers was the only bidder for the Class 6A state basketball tournament. Pine Bluff beat out Lake Hamilton and Greenwood for the Class 5A tournament, while Blytheville was selected over Farmington and Clinton for Class 4A.
Lamar was picked over Melbourne for Class 3A; Rector was selected over Quitman, Cedar Ridge and Marshall for Class 2A; and County Line beat out Clarendon and Marked Tree for Class 1A, which will be held at Ozark High School.
Valley View was selected as the site for Class 5A soccer, scheduled May 11-13.
All the state and regional tournament sites for 2023 are as follows:
BASKETBALL
State Tournaments
(Feb. 28-March 4)
Class 6A – Rogers
Class 5A – Pine Bluff
Class 4A – Blytheville
Class 3A – Lamar
Class 2A – Rector
Class 1A – County Line @ Ozark
Regional Tournaments
(February 22-25)
Class 4A
North – Morrilton
East – Clinton
South – Warren
Class 3A
Region 1 – West Fork
Region 2 – Mountain View
Region 3 – Rose Bud
Region 4 – Drew Central
Class 2A
North – Buffalo Island Central
Central – Sloan-Hendrix
West – Hector
South – Fordyce
Class 1A
Region 1 – The New School & Ozark Catholic
Region 2 – Calico Rock
Region 3 – Nemo Vista
Region 4 – Lafayette County
BASEBALL
State Tournaments
(May 11-13)
Class 6A – Cabot
Class 5A – Marion
Class 4A – Lonoke
Class 3A – Lincoln
Class 2A – Greenland
Class 1A – Taylor
Regional Tournaments
(May 4-6)
Class 4A
North – TBD
East – Joe T. Robinson
South – DeQueen
Class 3A
Region 1 – Valley Springs
Region 2 – Tuckerman
Region 3 – Rose Bud
Region 4 – Genoa Central
Class 2A
North – Riverside
Central – Magnet Cove
West – Greenland
South – Horatio
Class 1A
Region 1 – Omaha
Region 2 – West Side Greers Ferry
Region 3 – Wonderview
Region 4 – Bradley
SOFTBALL
State Tournaments
(May 11-13)
Class 6A – Bryant
Class 5A – Marion
Class 4A – Lonoke
Class 3A – Lincoln
Class 2A – Greenland
Class 1A – Taylor
Regional Tournaments
(May 4-6)
Class 4A
North – TBD
East – Joe T. Robinson
South – DeQueen
Class 3A
Region 1 – Valley Springs
Region 2 – Tuckerman
Region 3 – Rose Bud
Region 4 – Genoa Central
Class 2A
North – Riverside
Central – Magnet Cove
West – Greenland
South – Horatio
Class 1A
Region 1 – Omaha
Region 2 – West Side Greers Ferry
Region 3 – Wonderview
Region 4 – Bradley
SOCCER
State Tournaments
(May 11-13)
Class 6A – Fort Smith Southside
Class 5A – Valley View
Class 4A – Joe T. Robinson
Class 3A – Bergman
Weekend of Champions
(May 19-20)
Conway
TRACK AND FIELD
State Meets
(May 1-6)
Class 6A – Fort Smith Southside
Class 5A – Lake Hamilton
Class 4A – Clarksville
Class 3A – Prescott
Class 2A – Quitman
Class 1A – Lincoln
Meet of Champs
(May 10)
Russellville
Decathlon/Heptathlon
(May 17-18)
Fayetteville
Cross Country
(November 2-3)
Lake Hamilton
VOLLEYBALL
State Tournaments
(October 24-26)
Class 6A – Conway
Class 5A – Searcy
Class 4A – Shiloh Christian
Class 3A – TBD
Class 2A – Quitman
