FAYETTEVILLE — It’s not often that a player has a chance to win a second Class 4A state title and be named MVP twice by the time he is a sophomore, but that’s the possibility for Magnolia star Derrian Ford this weekend in Hot Springs.
Ford (6-3, 195), a priority Arkansas 2022 recruit, scored 36 points to lead the Panthers to a 63-56 win over Brookland in double overtime Saturday in Farmington.
Magnolia (26-0), which is riding a 31-game winning streak, will face Little Rock Mills (28-3) Friday at 7:45 p.m. in a rematch of last season’s championship game that the Panthers won 78-76.