North Arkansas appears to be pioneering a pipeline from Springfield to Harrison.
Four high school boys basketball players from Greene County committed to continue their playing careers for North Arkansas, a junior college located in Harrison. The Pioneers landed a quartet of Garrett Kesterson of Fair Grove, Mitch Closser of Kickapoo, J.T. Brown of Hillcrest and Deontei Johnson of Willard.
Garrett Kesterson
6-foot-4 guard, Fair Grove
Kesterson scored 2,121 points in four years of high school basketball. He led Fair Grove to back-to-back district championships and back-to-back appearances in the Class 3 playoff quarterfinals in 2016 and 2017.