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Hill confident country, Arkansas ‘will figure it out’ dealing with crisis

U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-Little Rock) is upbeat and positive about how the country and state of Arkansas will be responding to the ongoing global pandemic that has slowed down everything.

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U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-Little Rock) is upbeat and positive about how the country and state of Arkansas will be responding to the ongoing global pandemic that has slowed down everything.

“We’ll figure it out,” he told Tye Richardson and Tommy Craft on ESPN Arkansas’ statewide Morning Rush on Wednesday morning.

In some places across the country where the number of cases is relatively low per capita (and Arkansas is one of those compared to major metro areas) starting to re-open things is the hot topic these days.

“Potentially we could start to see that in businesses in May,” Hill said. “It’ll ultimately be up the governor working with businesses. It’ll be different across the country. Asa Hutchinson is doing good job pacing it and he’ll encourage it to head upward.”

Hill also understands the importance of sports to much more than just the fans.

“Sports is a major driver of economic activity,” he said. “Just think of the high school and the competitive level before you even head off to college … the soccer tournaments, tennis tournaments, basketball tournaments.

“These are big businesses in our towns.”

Hill said he feels like they will get it worked out soon.

“We’ve got to figure out a way to do that in a safe way from a public hygiene point of view,” he said. “I bet we figure it out. This is America.

“We’re innovative. We have ingenuity. We’re going to get our kids out safely to play college sports and high school sports. We’re going to figure out a way to let people watch that in a safe way.”

He’s positive, probably based on the information he’s getting on the accelerated pace the entire medical and research industries have attacked the health crisis.

“I’m convinced we will,” he said about getting things back. “That’s the way we are. We’ve got to have more testing, more therapeutics and treatment and we’re going to bring this country back.”

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Thu, Aug 29vs UAPB (Little Rock)W, 70-0
Sat, Sep 7@ Oklahoma StateL, 31-39 2OT
Sat, Sep 14vs UABW, 37-27
Sat, Sep 21@ AuburnW, 24-14
Sat, Sep 28vs Texas A&M (Arl)L, 21-17
Sat, Oct 5vs TennesseeW, 19-14
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2024 High School Rankings

OVERALLRecordPts
1.Bryant (21)13-02461
2.Greenwood (4)13-02242
3.Bentonville9-41855
4.Little Rock Parkview13-11734
5.Conway10-21563
6.Pulaski Academy10-31128
7.Shiloh Christian9-477
6.Benton10-2676
7.Fayetteville9-3527
9.Rogers8-4359
Others receiving votes: Arkadelphia 20, Farmington 15, Valley View 5, Hot Springs Lakeside, Mountain Home 2, Salem 2, Conway Christian 1, Little Rock Christian 1.
CLASS 7A
1.Bryant (25)13-01251
2.Bentonville9-4983
3.Conway10-2772
4.Pulaski Academy10-3485
5.Fayetteville9-3174
Others receiving votes: Rogers 10.
CLASS 6A
1.Greenwood (25)13-01251
2.Shiloh Christian9-4964
3.Benton10-2772
4.Mountain Home10-3513
5.Lake Hamilton8-420
Others receiving votes: Little Rock Catholic 6.
CLASS 5A
1.Little Rock Parkview (25)13-11251
4.Farmington12-2904
3.Valley View12-1683
5.Hot Springs Lakeside10-3605
2.Joe T. Robinson10-2252
Others receiving votes: Morrilton 3.
CLASS 4A
1.Arkadelphia (25)13-21252
2.Elkins14-1991
3.Little Rock Mills12-1523
4.Southside Batesville13-1465t
5.Warren10-3284
Others receiving votes: Malvern 3.
CLASS 3A
1.Salem (25)11-4125
2.Bismarck14-11001
3.Mansfield11-365
4.Fordyce11-1422
5.Osceola10-2214
Others receiving votes: Booneville 17, Prescott 3, Rivercrest 2.
CLASS 2A
1.Conway Christian (25)14-01252
2.East Poinsett Co.10-4984
3.Junction City9-468
5.Mount Ida9-341
4.Carlisle11-1251
Others receiving votes: Des Arc 8, Bigelow 6, Murfreesboro 3, Cross County 1.
8-MAN SANCTIONED
1.Strong-Huttig (25)8-0751
2.Midland11-1502
3.Cedar Ridge9-2223
Others receiving votes: Woodlawn 3.

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