( Hank Layton )
Nick Smith watches a free throw shot by a Fort Smith Northside player on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, during the third quarter of the Charging Wildcats' 77-45 win at Grizzly Arena in Fort Smith. Visit nwaonline.com/220216Daily/ for the photo gallery.
Arkansas signee and North Little Rock hoops star Nick Smith Jr., (6-5, 185) has a lengthy list of accomplishments, but one thing has eluded his grasp – a state championship.
Smith will get a chance to change that beginning Friday at 5:30 p.m., when the Charging Wildcats (25-3) meet Springdale in a Class 6A state tournament quarterfinal matchup at Little Rock’s Southwest High School.