AJ MCDONALD - ALL-STATE, ALL-STATE TOURNEY & ALL-CONF. | Congratulations to Senior AJ McDonald on being selected as 5A All-State, 5A State Tournament Team an...

HOPE ODEN - ALL-CONF. & ALL-DEF. TEAM | Congratulations to Junior Hope Oden on being selected as 5A West All-Conference and to the 5A West A...

JAYDEN WARDEN - ALL-CONFERENCE | Congratulations to Senior Jayden Warden on being selected as 5A West All-Conference !...

KYELEE WILLIFORD - ALL-CONFERENCE HM | Congratulations to Sophomore Kyelee Williford on being selected as 5A West All-Conference Honorable ...

GABE JOHNSON - ALL-STATE | Congratulations to Senior Gabe Johnson! 5A ALL-STATE 5A West All-Conference ...

BRODIE MYERS - ALL-STATE TOURNEY, ALL-CONF., ALL-DEF. TEAM | Congratulations to Senior Brodie Myers! 5A West All Conference 5A West All-Defensive Team 5A All-...

TRUETT CAZZELL - ALL-CONFERENCE | Congrats to Sophomore Truett Cazzell on being selected to the 5A West All-Conference Team!...

KYREE DUMAS - ALL-CONFERENCE | Congrats to Sophomore Kyree Dumas on being selected to the 5A West All-Conference Team!...

AJ MCDONALD FINISHES HER CAREER REWRITING THE RECORD BOOK | Congrats to AJ McDonald on an outstanding career & shattering the Record Books in Rebounds, Blocks a...

JOHNSON SETS POINTER RECORDS | Senior Gabe Johnson changed the basketball record books this season. He set the new mark for rebo...

POINTERS IN THE STATE TOURNEY | The Pointers who sit at 19-11 and 8-6 will be the 4 seed from the 5A West in the State Tourney. ...

LADY POINTERS MAKE THEIR 3RD STRAIGHT STATE TOURNEY APPEARANCE | The Lady Pointers 19-11 and 8-6 are making their 3rd straight appearance in the 5A State Tourney, th...

POINTERS CRUSH HARRISON 78-41 | The Pointers took control early and cruised to a 78-41 victory over Harrision in Clair Bates Arena o...

AJ MCDONALD - RECORD SETTER | AJ McDonald is having a spectacular Senior season and is rewriting the Lady Pointer record books in ...

GABE JOHNSON - REBOUND MACHINE | Gabe Johnson is leaving his mark on the glass becoming Van Buren's leader in Season Rebounds after h...

VAN BUREN DOMINATES GREENWOOD | GREENWOOD -- It took about a quarter to shake off the rust of a forced 12-day layoff, but Van Buren ...

LADY POINTERS WITH A BIG ROAD WIN OVER GREENWOOD | VAN BUREN -- Trailing by five points midway of the fourth quarter, the Van Buren Lady Pointers neede...

BIG ROAD WIN FOR THE POINTERS | The Pointers picked up a solid road win on Thursday with a 52-33 win over Harrison. This was the 8t...

POINTERS 5-1 WITH ROAD WIN AT HARRISON | The Pointers picked up a solid road win on Thursday with a 52-33 win over Harrison. This was the 8t...

LADY POINTERS GET 2 ROAD WINS | The Lady Pointers picked up 2 big road wins this week, the 1st win was at rival Alma and the 2nd was...

LADY POINTERS MOVE TO 2-1 IN THE 5A WEST | VAN BUREN – Though Van Buren at times struggles on offense early in games, its defense always keeps ...

POINTERS PULL OUT A TOUGH OT WIN | The Pointers (14-5, 3-0 5A-West) used an 14-0 run in the extra period to pull away and defeat the Cy...

POINTERS MOVE TO 2-0 IN THE 5A WEST | SILOAM SPRINGS -- The fourth quarter belonged to the Van Buren Pointers on Friday night. Van Bure...

LADY POINTERS CONTROL SILOAM IN THE 2ND HALF | VAN BUREN 43, SILOAM SPRINGS 31 The Lady Pointers seized control in the third quarter, pulling ah...

POINTERS OPEN CONFERENCE OVER GREENWOOD | 2026 opened with a 75-45 win over Greenwood for the Van Buren Pointers in Clair Bates Arena. The win...

LADY POINTERS - RUNNER-UP IN PEA RIDGE INVITATIONAL | The Lady Pointers had a strong showing in Pea Ridge finishing as Runner-Up in their Invitational. T...

POINTERS WIN LENDEL THOMAS CLASSIC | Pointer Basketball closed out 2025 with a 61-57 win over Vilonia in the Lendel Thomas Classic Champi...

NEW POINTER RECORD | The Pointers broke a record from 1991 for the largest margin of victory with the 58 point, 80-22, vi...

LADY POINTERS HANG ON TO DEFEAT GREENBRIER | The Lady Pointers move to 5-1 on the season with their home win over Greenbrier. AJ McDonald had 15...

POINTERS TOP SOUTHSIDE TO GO 4-0 | Van Buren put another one in the bag on Monday to keep their perfect season alive. The Pointers scor...

VB BATTLES TO 75–73 VICTORY, STAYS UNDEFEATED | The Van Buren boys varsity basketball team kept their undefeated season alive with a thrilling 75–73...

POINTER BASKETBALL STARTS OFF 1-0 | The Pointers dominated in their opening game of the season with a 65-28 W over Clarksville. A good ...

VAN BUREN GIRLS TOUGH IN WIN AT CLARKSVILLE LADY PANTHER TIP-OFF CLASSIC | CLARKSVILLE – Van Buren's toughness shined down the stretch Tuesday night. Van Buren gutted out a...

RIVER VALLEY ATHLETES SIGN TO PLAY AT NEXT LEVEL | VAN BUREN – In the end, the timing was perfect for Van Buren guard Aspen Cone and College of the Oza...

COACH BRAD AUTRY - UNIVERSITY OF TULSA HOF | Congrats to our Head Men's Basketball Coach, Brad Autry, who was inducted with the 1999-2000 Univers...

AG DENTON - ALL RIVER VALLEY | A.G. DENTON, VAN BUREN CLASS Senior NOTABLE 5A-West All-Conference. ... Two-year starter for Point...

TRENTON COOLEY - ALL RIVER VALLEY | TRENTON COOLEY, VAN BUREN CLASS Senior NOTABLE Class 5A All-State. ... Two-year starter and led th...

ASPEN CONE - ALL RIVER VALLEY | ASPEN CONE, SR., VAN BUREN NOTABLE Cone leading the team from the point guard position helped Van B...

ASPEN CONE - ALL CONFERENCE | Aspen is a 3-time 5A West All-Conference member. She averaged 9.8 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 2.1 APG, and 2.4 SPG...

LILLIAN GILBERT - ALL CONFERENCE HM | Lillian Gilbert has received All-Conference Honorable Mention. She averaged 7.6 PPG and 2.1 APG. Her...

AJ MCDONALD - ALL-CONFERENCE | AJ McDonald was named to the 5A West All-Conference team. She averaged 13.1 PPG, 7.7 RPG, and shot 4...

HOPE ODEN - ALL CONFERENCE | Hope Oden receives her first All-Conference award with conference averages of 8.0 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 2.1 ...

COOLEY NAMED 5A ALL-STATE | Senior, Trent Cooley was named 5A All-State by a vote of opposing coaches. He was voted in the Top ...

JOHNSON NAMED ALL-CONFERENCE | Junior, Gabe Johnson was named 5A West All-Conference by a vote of opposing coaches. The 6'3" J...

DENTON NAMED ALL-CONFERENCE | Senior, A.G. Denton was named 5A West All-Conference and All-State Honorable mention by a vote of op...

LADY POINTERS HEADED TO STATE | The Lady Pointer basketball team is headed to the State Tourney for the 2nd straight season. They w...

POINTERS OVER FARMINGTON ON SENIOR NIGHT | Seniors, Trenton Cooley and A.G. Denton combined for the last 14 points for Van Buren to secure a 52...

POINTERS DOMINATE | The Van Buren Pointers won the last time they faced Mountain Home on the road and dominated at home ...

POINTER PICK UP BIG ROAD WIN | The Pointers picked up a critical late season road win with a 57-55 come from behind victory at Silo...

POINTERS TAKE CARE OF THE BULLDOGS | The Pointers kept a slight lead throughout the game until the 4th quarter where they exploded on a 1...

COOLEY AND THE POINTERS DISMANTLE THE PANTHERS | VAN BUREN 64, SILOAM SPRINGS 51 Senior guard Trenton Cooley can completely take over a game with ...

LADY POINTERS WIN 3 IN A ROW | VAN BUREN -- Senior forward Jaci Odom scored the opening basket to set the tone for Van Buren, and s...

LADY POINTERS DEFEAT HARRISON | The Lady Pointers got off to a slow start but turned it on in the 4th to beat Harrison 33-31. Big 3...

LADY POINTERS BEAT ALMA TO MOVE TO 2-2 IN CONFERENCE PLAY | Van Buren had a big defensive stop to end the game and seal the W over Alma, 50-49! The Lady Poin...

NEW STEALS LEADER IN VB | Trenton Cooley continues to leave his mark in the Van Buren record books this time on the hard floor...

COOLEY IN HIGH 5 PLAYERS TO WATCH | 2025 Trenton Cooley has been recognized in the River Valley Democrat-Gazette High 5 Players to Watch...

CLASS 5A BOYS HIGH FIVE PLAYERS TO WATCH | Trenton Cooley SCHOOL Van Buren GRADE Senior HEIGHT 5-10 NOTABLE Earned 5A-West All-Conference h...

CLASS 5A GIRLS HIGH FIVE PLAYERS TO WATCH | Aspen Cone SCHOOL Van Buren GRADE Senior HEIGHT 5-3 NOTABLE Twice named 5A-West All-Conference. ...

POINTERS RUNNER-UP IN MUSTANG CLASSIC | The Van Buren Pointers finished the Mustang Classic in the championship game coming up short to Olat...

MUSTANG CLASSIC - ALL TOURNAMENT | Seniors, Alexander Denton and Trenton Cooley were selected to the 2024 Mustang Classic All-Tournamen...

MUSTANG CLASSIC CHAMPS | Congrats to the Lady Pointer Basketball team on their dominance in the McDonald County Mustang Class...

ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM | Congrats to Aspen Cone and AJ McDonald as they were selected for the Mustang Classic All-Tournament ...

VAN BUREN TURNS TO COOLEY’S QUICKNESS TO TAKE VICTORY OVER OZARK | VAN BUREN -- In just a blink of the eye, Van Buren senior guard Trenton Cooley can change the game w...

RECORD BOOK | The Lady Pointers are off to a hot start, 7-1, and set two new school records in the 1st round of th...

POINTERS SEAL THE WIN OVER CLINTON | The Pointers, Trenton Cooley, hit two free throws in the closing seconds to seal the W over Clinton,...

LADY POINTERS WIN BIG ON THE ROAD | The Lady Pointers took care of business in Little Rock with their 31 point victory over Mt. Saint Ma...

LADY POINTERS STOMP THE LADY MAVERICKS | GIRLS: Van Buren 47, FS Southside 17 Tied at 3-3, Van Buren (4-1) reeled off the final eight poin...

POINTERS HANDLE SOUTHSIDE | FORT SMITH – A pair of first-half runs sparked the Van Buren Pointers on Monday night. Van Buren ...

POINTERS NAMED ALL-AREA IN RIVER VALLEY DEMOCRAT GAZETTE | Pointer Basketball placed 4 on the Arkansas River Valley Democrat Gazette All-Area Team All-Area ...

POINTERS CLOSE SEASON AT 23-8. MOST WINS IN 43 YEARS AT VB | The 2023-24 Pointers closed the season in the 2024 5A State Tournament with a 50-53 last second loss...

POINTER TRIPLETS | PREP BASKETBALL: Van Buren’s Drew Brasuell embraces family history, leaves own legacy with Pointers ...

LADY POINTERS ARE STATE BOUND | The Lady Pointers are headed back to the State Tourney after a 3 year lay off. They will play Lake ...

POINTERS DOMINATE ON THE ROAD | The Pointers came out and took control early and never looked back. In a complete team effort again...

LADY POINTERS WIN ON SENIOR NIGHT | The Lady Pointers took care of business on Senior night and helped their chances of making the State...

POINTERS MOVE TO 22-7 | The Pointers win their 6th in a row and move to 22-7 on the season with the win over Siloam Springs ...

LADY POINTERS WITH A BIG ROAD WIN | The Lady Pointers in a must win situation get the job done and avenge an earlier loss to Harrison wi...

ANOTHER ROAD WIN FOR THE POINTERS | The Pointers on a tough road course came out victorious again this time at Harrison, 63-50. The Poi...

VAN BUREN OVER ALMA | The Pointers now move to 14-1 over Alma in the last 12 years avenging an earlier loss winning by 12,...

BIG ROAD WIN OVER MT. HOME | The Pointers came out on fire and stayed on top to get a big road win at Mt. Home, 58-46! Glavine M...

VAN BUREN EXPLODES IN THE 3RD Q | The Pointers started slow but exploded in the 3rd Q to take the season sweep of the Bulldogs and win...

LADY POINTER DEFEAT GREENBRIER ON THE ROAD | The Lady Pointers led by Camryn Schmidt and Aspen Cone paved the way for a 16 point victory over the...

4TH Q SURGE MOVES POINTERS PAST GREENBRIER | The Pointers went into the 4th Q only up 1 over Greenbrier but outscored the Panthers 22-6 to take t...

LADY POINTERS CONTINUE THEIR WIN STREAK OVER ALMA | The Lady Pointers make it 11 in a row over the Lady Airedales dating back to 2013-14 season. The LP...

LADY POINTERS WIN BY 30 | Van Buren Lady Pointers get the 30 point victory over Siloam Springs! Cam Schmidt - 12p/11r Aspen ...

POINTERS MOVE TO 5-0! | Pointers with the big road W over Siloam, 72-42 to move to 5-0 in conference play! AG Denton - 21p/...

POINTERS STAY HOT | The Pointers again stayed hot on another make up game Saturday in Clair Bates Arena defeating the Go...

POINTERS DOMINATE THE BOMBERS | The Pointers moved to 3-0 in conference play with their Saturday make up game with Mt. Home in Clair...

TRENTON COOLEY IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT | Trenton Cooley's 85 foot buzzer beater makes ESPN Top 10. ...

POINTERS TAKE DOWN THE BULLDOGS | The Pointer basketball team moved to 2-0 in conference play with 23 point victory over Greenwood. T...

LADY POINTERS DEFEAT GREENBRIER | The Lady Pointers opened up conference play with a dominant win over Greenbrier, 62-31! Aspen Cone ...

POINTERS PICK UP A W OVER GREENBRIER | The Pointers protected their home court on Friday night with a 47-40 win over Greenbrier in the open...

POINTERS CLOSE 2023 WITH 78-62 WIN OVER SOUTHSIDE | The Van Buren Pointers closed the non-conference season with a 78-62 win over Southside H.S. (Ft. Sm...

MCDONALD COUNTY CHAMPS | The Van Buren Pointers were firing on all cylinders during the Mustang Classic defeating all three o...

POINTER FINISH 3RD IN V-TOWN SHOWDOWN | The Pointers took home 3rd place in the V-Town Showdown on Saturday after dominating Bergman 74-44! ...

LADY POINTERS MOVE TO 6-0 | The Lady Pointers were clicking on all cylinders at Bentonville West and came out with a 30 pt victo...

VAN BUREN DEFEATS VALLEY VIEW | The Pointers had another balanced attack to defeat Valley View in the opening round of the V-Town Sh...

LADY POINTERS DEFEAT SOUTHSIDE | The Lady Pointers moved to 5-0 on the young season after last night's 39-28 victory over the Lady Ma...

POINTERS WIN BIG OVER SOUTHSIDE | The Pointers finalized the sweep of the Mavericks Monday night in their 51-38 win. Both JV's won ea...

POINTERS OVER SHILOH AT CBA | Van Buren Pointer basketball picked up win #1 on the season with a 58-52 win over Shiloh Christian a...

MCDONALD SIGNS WITH DOANE UNIVERSITY | Senior Glavine McDonald officially signed with Doane Unviersity on a full athletic scholarship on No...

POINTERS OPEN SEASON WITH ROGERS AT CBA | The 2023-24 Van Buren Pointers will open the season at Clair Bates Arena taking on Rogers H.S. on Tu...

POINTERS EARN BERTH IN 5A STATE TOURNAMENT | Cazzell heeds call; Pointers gain berth VAN BUREN -- During practice this week, Van Buren coach B...

VAN BUREN TIGHTENS UP 5A-WEST RACE WITH 59-40 VICTORY OVER HARRISON | VAN BUREN -- The 5A-West Conference is going to be very interesting during the final week of the reg...

POINTERS CLOSE OUT HC '23 WITH BIG WIN | The Pointers closed out Homecoming 2023 with a big win over Mountain Home. In an old school rock fi...

POINTERS HOST MOUNTAIN HOME FOR HOMECOMING 2023 | The Van Buren Pointers host Mountain Home at Clair Bates Arena on Friday night to cap off Homecoming...

LADY POINTERS 2-0 ON THE WEEK | The Lady Pointers picked up their 2nd and 3rd conference wins by defeating Alma and Harrison this we...

VAN BUREN DOMINATES ALMA | The Pointer jumped on the Airedales early and never let up as they cruised to a 61-36 victory! It ...

POINTERS DOMINATE THE BULLDOGS | The Pointers pick up an early 5A West Conference win in the 1st home game of the newly renovated Cla...

POINTERS PICK UP THE WIN IN RD 1 OF VILONIA TOURNEY | The Pointers picked up a dominant win over Paragould in the 1st round of the V-Town Showdown, 69-41...

LADY POINTERS DEFEAT SOUTHSIDE OVER THANKSGIVING BREAK | The Lady Pointers move to 3-1 with their road win over the Lady Mavericks. Jaci Odom finished with ...

POINTERS DEFEAT SHILOH CHRISTIAN & PRAIRIE GROVE OVER THANKSGIVING BREAK | The Pointers are off to a 3-0 start picking up two wins over the break. Van Buren has won both game...

LADY POINTERS OPEN THEIR SEASON WITH A W | The Lady Pointers opened their season on the road at Clarksville and rode the hot hand of Caylee Bar...

POINTERS OPEN THE SEASON WITH A W | The Pointers open up the newly renovated but not quite completed Clair Bates Arena with a dominant w...

SENIOR NIGHT A SUCCESS FOR THE LADY POINTERS | The Lady Pointers celebrated their senior night with a victory over Siloam Springs. Lady Pointer se...

LADY POINTERS SWEEP THE SEASON SERIES OVER THE LADY AIREDALES | The Lady Pointers swept the series over the Lady Airedales Tuesday night with their 11 point victory...

POINTERS SWEEP ALMA IN 5A CONFERENCE PLAY | The Pointers had 4 players in double digit scoring to sweep the series over Alma this past Tuesday n...

POINTERS CONTINUE 5A WEST PLAY AT MOUNTAIN HOME | Van Buren continues 5A West play tonight on the road at Mountain Home. The Pointers look to pick up...

LADY POINTERS MAKE IT 7 IN A ROW OVER ALMA | The Lady Pointers picked up their 1st conference win of the season by defeating Alma on Tuesday nigh...

POINTERS PICK UP 3RD CONFERENCE WIN AT ALMA | The Pointers picked up a critical early season conference road win at rival Alma on Tuesday night. ...

MCDONALD IS THE PAINT STORE PLAYER OF THE WEEK | 6'2" Sophomore, Glavine McDonald has been named the Pointer Player of the Week through the first thr...

POINTERS MOVE TO 2-1 IN CONFERENCE PLAY | Van Buren strikes big in the 2nd half to upend the Bombers 53-44 and move to 9-6 overall and 2-1 in ...

CAZZELL IS CHAMBERS BANK POINTER PLAYER OF THE WEEK | Jaxon Cazzell was selected as the Pointer Player of the Week for December 26 - January 1. The 6'1"...

BRASUELL IS FARM BUREAU POINTER PLAYER OF THE WEEK | 6'0 Sophomore, Drew Brasuell, was selected as the Van Buren Pointers Player of the Week covering Dec...

MYERS IS KEVIN CLIFTON REALTY POINTER PLAYER OF THE WEEK | Conner Myers was selected as the Van Buren Pointers Player of the Week covering the first 2 weeks of...

POINTERS MOVE TO 4-1 ON THE SEASON WITH WIN OVER CLARKSVILLE | The Van Buren Pointers improved to 4-1 on the season with a 55-17 home win over Clarksville on Tuesd...

SALISBURY - USA TODAY - RIVER VALLEY COURAGE AWARD | Avery Salisbury was chosen for the Arkansas River Valley USA Today Courage Award in a recent announc...

POINTERS CELEBRATE 20-21 SEASON | The 20-21 Pointer Basketball team got together one last time on Thursday to celebrate the season tha...

BRANDON MILLER RECEIVES 5A WEST ALL-CONFERENCE RECOGNITION | 6'4" Senior forward Brandon Miller was selected for 5A West All-Conference recognition for the 2020-...

SALISBURY RECEIVES 5A WEST ALL-CONFERENCE & ALL-STATE RECOGNITION. | Senior Avery Salisbury recently received both All-Conference and All-State recognition from the 5A W...

ESTRADA SELECTED FOR 5A WEST ALL-CONFERENCE | Senior Jose Estrada recently picked up 5A West All-Conference recognition for the 2020-21 basketball...

5A WEST BOYS CONFERENCE TOURNEY | Pointers face the Mountain Home Bombers in 2nd round of the tourney!...

VAN BUREN HITS BUZZER BEATER TO DEFEAT ALMA | In entertaining fashion the Pointers defeated the Airedales, 48-47 last night with a half-court buzz...

LADY POINTERS SWEEP THE SEASON SERIES OVER THE LADY AIREDALES | The VBHS Lady Pointers defeated the Alma Lady Airedales in overtime last night, 51-47 to sweep the s...

DAY HELPS LIFT VAN BUREN OVER MT. HOME | Full article in the SW Times....

2021 BASKETBALL HOMECOMING | Homecoming! Congrats to these Senior girls for representing VBHS in the 2021 basketball homecoming:...

VAN BUREN SENIOR AVERY SALISBURY DISPLAYS HIS VERSATILITY IN WIN OVER GREENWOOD | Van Buren boys coach Brad Autry dug way back in the memory banks to find a comparison for his versat...

POINTERS CLAW THEIR WAY TO A WIN OVER THE BULLDOGS | What a battle at Clair Bates Arena! The Pointers looking for their 3rd win in conference play got...

VAN BUREN OVERCOMES LONG LAYOFF TO DEFEAT CRAWFORD COUNTY RIVAL ALMA | The Van Buren Pointers were glad to be playing basketball games after a 12-day layoff due to COVID-1...

BIG WEEK COMING FOR POINTERS | After a 10 day hiatus due to corona quarantine issues the Pointers open back up play on Wednesday, J...

SCHEDULE UPDATE FOR POINTERS - NEXT VS ALMA ON JAN. 20 | The Pointers have rescheduled three games that were postponed this past week due to quarantine issue...

POINTERS KEEP ROAD RECORD PERFECT WITH WIN AT GREENBRIER | The Pointers picked up their first 5A West Conference win and kept their '20-'21 road record perfect...

LADY POINTERS AND POINTERS LOOK FOR FIRST CONFERENCE WIN AT GREENBRIER | The Lady Pointers and Pointers are on the road tonight at Greenbrier for their second conference mat...

POINTERS AT 6-2 AFTER 5 GAME WIN STREAK - AT ROGERS HERITAGE NEXT | The 20-21 Pointers will go into their final non-conference contest of the season with a 6-2 overall ...

LADY POINTERS MAKE IT 5 IN A ROW! | The Lady Pointers have hit a hot streak with 5 wins in a row; the last 4 over 6A West teams. The la...

POINTERS TO TANGLE WITH WOLVERINES TONIGHT. | The Pointers and Lady Pointers will be back in Clair Bates Arena this evening hosting the Bentonvill...

LADY POINTERS WIN OVER ROGERS HERITAGE | Van Buren girls get win Times Record Staff Behind 15 points from Bailee Woodard, the Van Buren Lad...

VAN BUREN LADY POINTERS AND POINTERS TOP THE MAVERICKS ON TUESDAY NIGHT. | The Lady Pointers held the Lady Mavericks to just 14 points for the game as the contest was never in...

MICHAEL KINNEY PROMOTED TO HEAD COACH OF GIRLS BASKETBALL | https://www.swtimes.com/sports/20200515/kinney-promoted-to-head-coach...

BRAYDEN GILMORE SIGNS BASKETBALL SCHOLARSHIP | https://www.pressargus.com/sports/20200718/basketball-gilmore-inks-letter-with-arkansas-tech...

POINTERS RIDING MOMENTUM INTO STATE TOURNEY | The Van Buren Pointers didn’t make the state tournament the past two seasons, and then they were fac...

MILLER, GREBE LEAD LADY POINTERS TO STATE | Lexi Miller and Emmalee Grebe have provided the perfect stability for the otherwise young Lady Point...

POINTERS COUNT BY THREE TO CLINCH BERTH | The Van Buren Pointers counted by three in a variety of ways on Friday night to clinch a berth in th...

BENTONVILLE WEST 66, VAN BUREN 61 | Riley Buccino scored 20 points and Dillon Bailey 19 to lead the Wolverines past Van Buren on Senior ...

VAN BUREN RALLIES PAST BENTONVILLE WEST | Falling behind by 12 points in the first quarter is not where a visiting team wants to be, especiall...

SPRINGDALE HAR-BER 46, VAN BUREN 35 | JuJuan Boyd was 8-of-10 from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter to help the Wildcats avoid an...

MCDANIEL HELPS HAR-BER RALLY PAST VAN BUREN | Pacious McDaniel bounced up off the floor with a smile a mile wide and an emphatic double-fist pump ...

VAN BUREN 63, ROGERS HERITAGE 50 | Gary Phillips scored 14 of his game-high 22 in the fourth quarter to help the Pointers hold off the ...

ROGERS HERITAGE 57, VAN BUREN 49 | Alex Pabon poured in a game-high 22 points, including 15 in the second half to help the Lady War Eag...

FAYETTEVILLE PAST VAN BUREN | One early timeout was all Fayetteville needed to get refocused Tuesday night. Sasha Goforth made ...

FAYETTEVILLE 66, VAN BUREN 47 | Connor Barnett scored 15 points and Arthur Cox 12 to lead Fayetteville past Van Buren. Van Buren ...

VAN BUREN FALLS TO BENTONVILLE | VAN BUREN — Bentonville picked up its 20th win of the season to remain undefeated in the 6A West Fri...

ROGERS OVERCOMES VAN BUREN | Rogers High fell behind early again, but the slow start did not result in a second consecutive home ...

ROGERS 48, VAN BUREN 33 | Rogers used an 8-0 to start the fourth quarter and pull away from Van Buren. The game was tied 28...

VAN BUREN 62, BENTONVILLE WEST 45 | Gary Phillips had 18 points as Van Buren earned its first 6A-West victory by knocking off West. B...

VAN BUREN 51, BENTONVILLE WEST 27 | Van Buren owned a 16-8 lead after one quarter and continued to build to it as the Lady Pointers pick...

SPRINGDALE HAR-BER 71, VAN BUREN 63 | Lawson Jenkins scored a game-high 33 points, including 9 in the fourth quarter as the Wildcats (14-2...

VAN BUREN FALLS TO FAYETTEVILLE | Whatever Fayetteville thought it could get away with against the Van Buren girl’s team was not worki...

VAN BUREN FALLS TO FAYETTEVILLE | Whatever Fayetteville thought it could get away with against the Van Buren girl’s team was not worki...

ROGERS WINS OVER VAN BUREN | The Rogers Lady Mountaineers opened 6A-West just about the best way possible on Tuesday night. Ro...

VAN BUREN 37, CENTRAL 34 | Brooklyn Kannady scored 12 points and the Van Buren Lady Pointers held on for a 37-34 win over Littl...

VAN BUREN 52, DE QUEEN 32 | Brooklyn Kannady scored a game-high 20 points Saturday to pace Van Buren to a 52-32 win over De Quee...

VAN BUREN GIRLS OVERPOWER MAVS | Van Buren girls basketball coach Chris Bryant knew what he was getting into when he signed on to pla...

MULDROW 52, VAN BUREN 44 | Muldrow’s Taylor Collins scored 13 points and Mariah Jenkins added nine to pace the Lady Bulldogs to...

POINTERS’ BROTHERS THANKFUL FOR COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY | Logan Brothers was at a crossroads. He wasn’t in danger or anything. Not in the literal sense. Bu...

POINTERS’ BROTHERS SIGNS WITH CBC | Logan Brothers is proof that dreams do come true. The former Van Buren basketball standout signed...

BIG THIRD QUARTER FUELS BRYANT GIRLS OVER VAN BUREN | Kalia Walker wasn’t auditioning for college coaches Wednesday afternoon. But it sure seemed like...

VAN BUREN SENIORS RELISH LATE-SEASON BURST | Rylee Ryan emerges from the team’s locker room. A colorful portrait of former players adorns the wal...

VAN BUREN GIRLS RALLY PAST SPRINGDALE | The Van Buren Lady Pointers locked up fourth place in the 6A-West Friday in pretty dramatic fashion....

BIG SECOND QUARTER POWERS LADY POINTERS | Van Buren coach Chris Bryant was quick to credit Bentonville West coach Randy Richardson for having ...

SUCCESS FOLLOWING RED-HOT LADY POINTERS | The Van Buren Lady Pointers enjoyed a week of accolades that accompanies success. A week ago, the...

LADY POINTERS SNAP LADY BULLDOGS’ HISTORIC STREAK | The Van Buren Lady Pointers ended the longest winning streak in 7A-West history on Friday night. ...

LADY BULLDOGS VISIT VB ON 48-GAME 7A-WEST STREAK | The Van Buren Lady Pointers get a shot at history on Friday night when Fayetteville comes calling. ...

BENTONVILLE HIGH 59, VAN BUREN 55 | Brayden Freeman hit two free throws with 2.4 seconds remaining to help Bentonville hold off Van Bure...

BENTONVILLE POURS ON POINTS IN WIN OVER VAN BUREN | It was hard for Tom Halbmaier to find anything Bentonville High's girls did wrong during the first q...

ROGERS’ LONG-RANGE SHOOTING DOOMS LADY POINTERS | The Rogers Lady Mountaineers limited Van Buren’s long-range baskets and hit plenty of their own on F...

VAN BUREN BACK AT HOME TO START SECOND HALF | The Van Buren Pointers open the second half of the 6A-West round-robin schedule at home, hosting Rog...

POINTERS END FIRST HALF WITH WIN | The Van Buren Pointers ended the first half of the 6A-West with their first conference win of the se...

LADY POINTERS PLAY ‘DESPERATE’ IN HOME WIN | The Van Buren Lady Pointers were desperate to finish the first half of the 6A-West with a win, and t...

WEST 42, VAN BUREN 40 | The Van Buren Lady Pointers dropped a tough 42-40 decision to Bentonville West on Tuesday night in 6...

POINTERS’ EVANS RISES UP IN BLOWOUT OF HAR-BER | Next man up. All coaches abide by the rule. No one loves it more than Van Buren girls basketball ...

EVANS-LED VAN BUREN THROTTLES HAR-BER, 73-41 | he Van Buren Lady Pointers had a good week. Kayleigh Evans poured in 25 points Friday to power th...

VAN BUREN GLAD TO BE BACK HOME | The Pointers and Lady Pointers return home today, both in search of their first 6A-West wins this se...

LADY POINTERS COAST AT CLAIR BATES, 55-33 | The Van Buren Lady Pointers led from start to finish in earning their first 6A-West win of the young...

BRUTAL STRETCH TO OPEN THE 7A-WEST PLAY | The Pointers knew this stretch to open the 7A-West was going to be brutal, opening at much-improved ...

VAN BUREN READY FOR CONFERENCE HOME OPENER | The Van Buren Lady Pointers welcome the new year and second semester with a return home to Clair Bat...

ROGERS 41, VAN BUREN 32 | Senior Courtney Storey scored a dozen points to pace Rogers to a 41-32 victory in the 6A-West opene...

ROGERS HIGH 45, VAN BUREN 40 | The Mounties wiped away a 28-game conference losing streak to begin 6A-West play on Friday evening. ...

VAN BUREN TONIGHT TO OPEN CONFERENCE PLAY. | Van Buren opens the 6A-West, formerly the 7A-West, at Rogers (8-4) tonight to open conference play. ...

SAPULPA 51, VAN BUREN 37 | Sapulpa’s Tamarian Poindexter had 27 points Saturday to help host Sapulpa hand Van Buren a 51-37 set...

PLEASANT GROVE (TEXAS) 66, VAN BUREN 64 | The Pointers trailed 30-23 at halftime but a late second-half rally came up just short as Texarkana ...

J.A. FAIR 58, VAN BUREN 43 | Jacori Cranford led three War Eagles in double figures with 14 points in Friday’s consolation-round ...

HARRISON HOLDS OFF LADY POINTERS, 43-38 | Harrison’s Marion Groberg seemed to be one step ahead of the Van Buren Lady Pointers on Thursday nig...

LR CENTRAL 80, VAN BUREN 42 | Junior Jeremiah Jones scored 12 of his 15 points in the first half as the Tigers (7-1) rolled to a v...

VAN BUREN 57, JACKSONVILLE 45 | The Lady Pointers rolled to a double-digit win Friday as three players scored in double figures. ...

VB FALL ON OPENING DAY OF THE TOC | Things were spirited for the first half of Thursday’s Taco Bell Tournament of Champions opener betwe...

VAN BUREN 68, TULSA (OKLA.) EAST CENTRAL 46 | A barrage of 3-point shots enabled the Lady Pointers to dramatically turn Friday’s ToC game around a...

VAN BUREN 50, SUBIACO ACADEMY 37 | The Van Buren Pointers are beginning to string together some wins. Gary Phillips and Logan Brothe...

GILMORE-LED POINTERS EARN FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON | The Van Buren Pointers got some balanced scoring in Friday’s game with Clarksville. Anytime you’r...

GCT 57, VAN BUREN 51 | Greene County Tech’s Sheila Kellett scored 18 points to fuel a 57-51 win over the Van Buren Pointer...

LATE 3-POINTERS HELP LADY POINTERS TOPPLE BELLES | Van Buren senior Lexi Miller started Tuesday’s onslaught with Mount St. Mary with a flurry of early ...

VAN BUREN DEFEATED IN HOME OPENER | Van Buren boys basketball coach Austin Trembley knew he had a lot of new faces on his squad at the o...

FRAZIER JOINS ICC CREW | Van Buren senior Zaiyah Frazier took the opportunity given to her. Frazier signed with the Indepe...

VAN BUREN’S FRAZIER SIGNS WITH INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY COLLEGE | Van Buren senior Zaiyah Fraizer took the opportunity given to her. Fraizer signed with Independen...

CONWAY 60, VAN BUREN 38 | Conway had to wait almost the entire week to get into the action, and the Lady Wampus Cats wasted li...

LADY POINTERS DOMINATE BRYANT TO ADVANCE IN 7A TOURNEY | The Van Buren Lady Pointers started the Class 7A state tournament with three single-digit quarters o...

LADY POINTERS FALL TO FAYETTEVILE, GET NO. 4 SEED | It was the Sasha Goforth show Friday for the 7A-West champion Fayetteville Purple Dogs. Goforth s...

VAN BUREN 50, SPRINGDALE HAR-BER 36 | Van Buren senior guard Jamilyn Kinney had some good looks at the basket that just didn’t fall in the...

SPRINGDALE HAR-BER 64, VAN BUREN 49 | Make it six victories in the past seven games for the Springdale Har-Ber Wildcats. Har-Ber was ab...

VAN BUREN GEARS UP FOR BIG NIGHT | Tuesday night is the biggest basketball night of the season for Van Buren, Alma and Greenwood. Va...

VAN BUREN COUSINS COMPETE TOGETHER | t took awhile for it to come about, but Zane West will end his high school basketball career with hi...

WEST'S 3-POINTER LIFTS VAN BUREN PAST ROGERS | With 38 seconds remaining, Van Buren's Jordan West tucked his elbow and launched a shot from 3-point...

HERITAGE SHOOTS WAY PAST VAN BUREN | Tom Olsen said his team could have folded early Friday night. After missing its first nine shots...

BENTONVILLE'S PATIENCE RESULTS IN WIN OVER VAN BUREN | As long as Van Buren had the lead and Jamilyn Kinney handled the ball a good distance from the bask...

POINTERS BOUNCE BACK, HAND WOLVERINES THIRD STRAIGHT LOSS | Van Buren boys basketball coach Austin Trembley said his team learned a difficult lesson when it ope...

VAN BUREN 50, ROGERS HIGH 49 | Van Buren was able to pick up a conference victory at home and snap a three-game losing streak, but ...

VAN BUREN 52, ROGERS HIGH 39 | Van Buren was able to snap a three-game losing streak but had to do so after losing a starter early ...

LADY PURPLE'DOGS TOO MUCH FOR VAN BUREN | Fayetteville had its defense locked in early on the road to stay unbeaten in 7A-West Conference pla...

SPRINGDALE HAR-BER 37, VAN BUREN 34 | Senior Khanni Shannon converted a three-point play with 2 minutes, 3 seconds left to give the Lady W...

DAVIS POWERS SPRINGDALE PAST VAN BUREN | The top scorer in the 7A-West Conference finished with one point less than the opposing team Friday....

VAN BUREN 49, HERITAGE 29 | The Van Buren Lady Pointers improved to 3-0 in league play Friday with an easy 49-29 win over Herita...

VAN BUREN 42, HERITAGE 41 | K.J. Stewart hit a layup at the buzzer Friday to give Van Buren a 42-41 win over Heritage. The vi...

VAN BUREN EDGES BENTONVILLE AFTER KINNEY’S HUGE SECOND HALF | The Van Buren Lady Pointers capped a two-win start at home to open 7A-West play with a thriller on T...

BENTONVILLE WEST 50, VAN BUREN 29 | Bentonville West used a strong second quarter to gain a big lead then put the game well out of reach...

VAN BUREN 51, BENTONVILLE WEST 27 | Senior guard Jamilyn Kinney provided just the spark Van Buren needed Friday night at Clair Bates Are...

VAN BUREN LADY POINTERS, KINNEY MAKE IT THREE IN A ROW | The Lady Pointers won their third straight Neosho Holiday Classic and Jamilyn Kinney also won her th...

VAN BUREN POINTERS KEEP WIN STREAK GOING | The Van Buren Pointers will take the longest active winning streak in the 7A-West into the open date...

VAN BUREN 53, BENTONVILLE WEST 51 | Mekhi Burnett scored on a set inbound play and was fouled with 1.6 seconds left to lift Van Buren pa...

VAN BUREN 49, BENTONVILLE 38 | Van Buren overcame a 22-11 deficit late in the second quarter and went on to defeat Bentonville and ...

MEMPHIS (TENN.) MITCHELL 62, VAN BUREN 41 | Mikell Rice came off the bench to score a game-high 15 points as Memphis Mitchell defeated Van Buren...

VAN BUREN 51, VINITA (OKLA.) 45 | Lady Pointer senior guard Jamilyn Kinney put together a phenomenal first-half performance, literally...

BASKETBALL: SOUTHSIDE SURVIVES VAN BUREN | Southside built a big first-half lead but needed to survive a late-game comeback from Van Buren to p...

VAN BUREN ROLLS PAST PATRIOTS | The Pointers open tournament with win. The Pointers picked up a home win on Thursday (Nov. 30) as...

BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: VAN BUREN TOPS MOUNT ST. MARY’S | Van Buren 59, MSM 38 GIRLS — Jamilyn Kinney scored eight of her 12 points in the first quarter Tu...

BASKETBALL: VAN BUREN LADY POINTERS FALL TO UNBEATEN CONWAY | Van Buren battled for three quarters and even led a couple of times, but unbeaten Conway gathered so...

BASKETBALL: STEWART’S BUCKET SAVES VAN BUREN POINTERS IN WILD FINISH | Subiaco Academy stole a game last Saturday at Southside. Thursday, they had one taken from them. ...