FAYETTEVILLE — It's not often that a football program has a chance to three-peat, especially in the state's largest classification, but that’s the quest ahead for senior quarterback Austin Ledbetter of Bryant.
Ledbetter (6-2, 205 pounds), an Arkansas baseball pledge who also has his eyes on playing college football, will try to lead the Hornets to an 18th straight victory when they open the season Saturday against arch-rival Benton.
The game is dubbed the Salt Bowl and is played annually at War Memorial Stadium, where it has drawn crowds of 20,000 to 30,000 fans in the past, but will be limited to 12,000 this season because of social-distancing guidelines.