Fayetteville or Springdale for football / sports? (Rogers, Benton: relocate, colleges, offer)

[biv2biv]

My family is looking to relocate to NW Arkansas and alot of our family activities are centered around sports. Our kids are very active and competitive in sports. Which schools are the best for football, basketball and other sports programs? Which high schools do the colleges mostly recruit from - especially for football?

Also, which town has the best developmental leagues for kids? Thanks!

[DC at the Ridge]

Springdale's high school football program has been outstanding over the years. That said, both Fayetteville and Springdale as well as Bentonville and Rogers have numerous sports programs available, for football, soccer, baseball, basketball and track. I really don't know about the college recruitment question, but I'm sure someone else can fill you in.

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by biv2biv

My family is looking to relocate to NW Arkansas and alot of our family activities are centered around sports. Our kids are very active and competitive in sports. Which schools are the best for football, basketball and other sports programs? Which high schools do the colleges mostly recruit from - especially for football?

Also, which town has the best developmental leagues for kids? Thanks!

All I can say is: as for recruiting, if the kids are good enough, they will get offers regardless. OUr son played baseball for one of the worst schools in our district in NO Va. I won't go into detail as to why we were in that disrict. To make a long story short he was recruited by colleges all over the coutry and the same with pro teams. One of his friends, a football player had the same experience with football. It is nice to be in the better schools, but you can get results regardless.

Nita

[boulder]

Originally Posted by biv2biv

My family is looking to relocate to NW Arkansas and alot of our family activities are centered around sports. Our kids are very active and competitive in sports. Which schools are the best for football, basketball and other sports programs? Which high schools do the colleges mostly recruit from - especially for football?

Also, which town has the best developmental leagues for kids? Thanks!

In 2006, 'Sports Illustrated' magazine ranked Fayetteville High School as one of the top 20 athletic programs in the country. Fayetteville tends to be competitive across the board (boys and girls) from football to baseball to softball to soccer.

The local school producing the most division 1 football players has to be Springdale High School.

As far as development leagues ... hands down - Fayetteville with all the ex U of A athletes involved in the schools, Boys and Girls Club, city leagues, etc. The little league baseball program alone has several ex college players and a few former MLB professional players supporting the league.

[Aporkalypse]

Originally Posted by boulder

In 2006, 'Sports Illustrated' magazine ranked Fayetteville High School as one of the top 20 athletic programs in the country. Fayetteville tends to be competitive across the board (boys and girls) from football to baseball to softball to soccer.

The local school producing the most division 1 football players has to be Springdale High School.

As far as development leagues ... hands down - Fayetteville with all the ex U of A athletes involved in the schools, Boys and Girls Club, city leagues, etc. The little league baseball program alone has several ex college players and a few former MLB professional players supporting the league.

Now that Springdale split its high schools I would say it's easily Fayetteville.