Springdale Har-Ber has mostly had a run of excellence since it started playing football in 2006, but it pulled off a program first Saturday.
Junior tight end Errington McRae (6-3, 235 pounds), one of the state’s top 2021 prospects, played a key part as the Wildcats fought off five consecutive elimination games to win their first Southwest Elite Classic 7-on-7 Tournament championship.
Har-Ber (14-2 in the tournament) downed previously unbeaten Bixby, Okla., 22-19 and 26-14 to cap the comeback. The Wildcats played 16 games over two days.
McRae started in both football and basketball for Har-Ber last season as a sophomore after moving from Forrest City, where he had been a quarterback in junior high.