KO PHALAKHONE’S EARLY GOAL SETS TONE FOR VAN BUREN SOCCER | After a week off for spring break, Van Buren senior captain Ko Phalakhone was ready to get back to s...

POINTERS TAKE DOWN THE BULLDOGS | The Pointer soccer team moved to 5-0 and 1-0 in conference with a 5A West opening win over Greenwood...

SENIOR GIRLS SOCCER PLAYERS HONORED | Avery Mulloy, Van Buren NOTABLE Mulloy signed to play at the next level at Central Baptist Colleg...

SENIOR BOYS NAMED TO ALL-RIVER VALLEY DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE BOYS SOCCER TEAM | Eli Davis, Van Buren NOTABLE The senior defender, who was named all-state in 2024, always did the...

VAN BUREN’S MENDEZ THE RIVER VALLEY DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE BOYS SOCCER PLAYER OF THE YEAR | VAN BUREN -- When the moment was big, Van Buren boys soccer Coach Nathan Almond couldn't help but no...

NEWCOMER DELA FUENTE MAKES IMMEDIATE IMPACT FOR VAN BUREN BOYS SOCCER | VAN BUREN -- If the Van Buren soccer program was going to continue its recent postseason success, it...

ALMOND NAVIGATES YOUTH MOVEMENT FOR VAN BUREN BOYS SOCCER | VAN BUREN -- Looking back at the program's lengthy run of Class 5A state tournament semifinals appea...

VAN BUREN’S CONE, GREENWOOD’S JONES MAKE ADJUSTMENT FROM BASKETBALL TO SOCCER | After leading their basketball teams to state tournament appearances as point guards, the competitiv...

5 STRAIGHT SEMIFINAL APPEARANCES | The Van Buren Pointer soccer team continues their winning ways in post season play as they earn thei...

VAN BUREN SOCCER TEAMS SWEEP ALMA | ALMA -- It's been a trend all season that the youth of the Van Buren Pointers boys soccer team have ...

POINTERS CONTINUE DOMINANCE OVER ALMA | The Pointers have never lost to Alma and that streak continues since they started playing in the sam...

LADY POINTER DEFEAT ALMA | The Lady Pointers got a much needed win over Alma after an earlier tie this season! Van Buren pulle...

POINTERS SHUTOUT GREENWOOD | Pointer soccer takes care of business with a 3-0 shutout over Greenwood on Tuesday night! Santiago ...

LADY POINTERS DEFEAT FARMINGTON | The Van Buren girls soccer team got a much needed conference win on Friday night over Farmington. ...

POINTERS WIN THEIR 3RD CONFERENCE GAME | The Pointers shut the door on Alma in the 2nd half after leading 2-0 at halftime with goals form San...

POINTERS PICK UP A BIG WIN AT MT. HOME | The Pointers got a much needed win last night with their 4-1 victory over Mt. Home. Freshman Said ...

HEADED TO THE SEMIS | The Pointers are headed to the semifinals for the 4th straight year. They defeated Searcy the #1 se...

POINTER SOCCER ADVANCES TO THE QUARTERFINALS | Early goals by Brandon Mendez, Mason Saffell and Luis Herrera was enough for the Pointers to defeat ...

POINTERS MOVE INTO 2ND PLACE | The Pointers needed to avenge their 1-0 loss to Siloam from earlier in the year and did so by blanki...

SENIOR NIGHT SUCCESSFUL FOR POINTERS | The Pointers won their 6th game in a row on Senior Night defeating the Alma Airedales, 4-0! Senior ...

POINTERS WIN 4 IN A ROW | The Pointers battled with the Bulldogs and came out victorious, 1-0. Brandon Mendez scored the only...

POINTER SOCCER BACK IN THE W COLUMN | The Pointers coming off two tough losses got back in the win column with a 2-1 victory over Mt. Home...

POINTERS HANDLE THE GOBLINS | The Pointer soccer team improves to 3-0 in conference play as they again easily handle another 5A We...

POINTERS MERCY RULE AIREDALES | The Pointers scored 4 goals in the 1st half and added 4 more in the 2nd half to defeat the Airedales...

POINTERS OPEN CONFERENCE PLAY WITH DOMINANT WIN | The Pointers battling through injuries and sickness found their energy in the 2nd half scoring 5 str...

POINTERS BLANK THE WOLVERINES | The Pointers picked up a good road win against 6A Bentonville West, 5-0! Brandon Mendez led the sco...

9-2 WIN FOR THE POINTERS | The Pointers scored early and often to cruise past the Black Diamonds in a non-con match-up. Angel ...

LADY POINTERS DEFEAT SALLISAW | The Lady Pointer soccer team got a 2-0 non-con victory over Sallisaw to move to 1-1 on the season. ...

HERRERA'S MOTOR ALWAYS GOING | PREP RALLY SPRING PREVIEW: Van Buren midfielder Herrera has a motor that’s always revved up...

ANDREW MENDOZA - SOCCER ALL-STAR | Congrats to Andrew Mendoza, soccer's outstanding midfielder, who was selected for the 2023 Soccer Al...

#2 SEED OUT OF THE 5A WEST | The Pointer soccer team will enter the 5A State Tourney as the 2 seed from the West and take on Gree...

LADY POINTERS WIN BIG | The Lady Pointer soccer team completes the sweep of Alma with a 6-2 road victory. They defeated th...

5 GAME WINNING STREAK | The Pointers are on a hot streak as they get to the end of the conference season winning 6 of their ...

LADY POINTERS LOOKING TO FINISH STRONG | The Lady Pointers playing in the toughest conference in 5A have earned two big wins going on the ro...

POINTER SOCCER BATTLING FOR A CONFERENCE TITLE | The Pointer soccer team was supposed to be rebuilding this year after losing a majority of their ros...

GOING BACK TO THE SHIP! | The Pointer soccer team is back in a familiar spot as they head to the State Championship game for t...

PEDRO RODRIGUEZ - SOCCER PLAYER OF THE YEAR | Van Buren Coach Nathan Almond has watched the Class 5A boys state soccer title game at least 10 time...

2021 POINTER SOCCER 5A STATE CHAMPIONS! | Van Buren boys soccer team wins Class 5A championship after a game winning goal from Kylan Almond B...

POINTER SOCCER IS GOING TO THE SHIP! | The Pointer soccer team captured their 2nd State title appearance in program history as they rolled ...

POINTER SOCCER IS 5A WEST CONFERENCE CHAMPS | The 2021 Pointer soccer team records their 2nd conference championship in program history on Friday ...

VAN BUREN SOCCER PLAYER CARLIE NGUYEN FITS IN NEW ROLE AS GOALKEEPER | Carlie Nguyen could play anywhere on the soccer field — forward, midfielder, defender, but an opport...

POINTER SOCCER DOMINATES GREENBRIER | The Pointers got back to their winning ways with a 4-1 victory over Greenbrier Friday night at Citiz...

LAST SECOND SHOT ENDS BATTLE BETWEEN VAN BUREN, SILOAM SPRINGS | Van Buren scrambled to make two corner kicks in the final 30 seconds of the 5A West soccer match Tue...

LADY POINTER SOCCER | Van Buren and Alma barely had more than six games done before the whole world was shut down because ...

BOYS SOCCER: VAN BUREN BRINGS BACK EXPERIENCE | Van Buren returns with experience at all of its starting positions for this year's soccer season, wh...

NEW LADY POINTER SOCCER COACHES | Excited to announce the new coaches of the VBHS Lady Pointer Soccer team! Coach Brian Dodson will...

DELAFUENTE’S MONSTER DAY CARRIES POINTERS | It started raining hard toward the end of Van Buren’s 6A state soccer opener with Southside Thursday...

VAN BUREN 6, FORT SMITH SOUTHSIDE 1 | Isaac Delafuente scored five goals to send Van Buren in the quarterfinals with a blowout victory. ...

FLAT POINTERS DROP HOME FINALE TO WOLVERINES | No one wants to lose two games going into the state tournament. Van Buren coach Nathan Almond is no ...

DESPITE SETBACK, POINTERS CONTROL OWN PLAYOFF DESTINY | Van Buren overcame a four-goal deficit the first time they played Heritage. But Tuesday night, injur...

POINTERS BATTLING FOR NO. 3 SEED | As his team battles for the No. 3 spot in the 6A-West, Van Buren coach Nate Almond is pretty pleased...

POINTERS’ DELAFUENTE CHURNING OUT GOALS | It’s hard to argue with success. The Van Buren Pointers’ soccer team has lived on the edge a litt...

RED-HOT DELAFUENTE FUELS POINTERS | The Van Buren Pointers may not be ready to announce themselves as 6A-West contenders. But scores ...

HEARTBREAK AND TRIUMPH. | The Pointers opened 6A-West play last week with heartbreak and triumph. After dropping a tough lo...

VAN BUREN 3, BENTONVILLE HIGH 1 | Bentonville fell into a 2-0 at halftime and didn’t recover as the Tigers dropped a 6A-West decision ...

BENTONVILLE 4, VAN BUREN 1 | Eli Brandon, Andrew Wagner and Harrison Dickerson each scored a goal in the second half as Bentonvil...

BENTONVILLE WEST 8, VAN BUREN 0 | Sydney Suggs and Ginger Olsen each scored a pair of goals in the first half as Bentonville rolled to...

SPRINGDALE HIGH 3, VAN BUREN 1 | The Bulldogs kept their record spotless as Jose Vega scored a pair of goals. Nelson Barroso also ...

VAN BUREN 3, BENTONVILLE HIGH 2 | Goals by Rodrigo Mouron and Lucas Apparecido weren't enough as Bentonville suffered a loss at Van Bu...

BENTONVILLE HIGH 10, VAN BUREN 0 | Sydney Suggs and Tyler Ann Reash each scored two goals as Bentonville rolled past Van Buren in Thurs...

BENTONVILLE WEST 4, VAN BUREN 3 | Blake McDoulett's penalty kick late in the first half snapped a 2-2 tie, and Bentonville West held o...

VAN BUREN BOYS HAVE SOLID SHOWING AT RIVER VALLEY CUP | Although Van Buren didn’t win the River Valley Cup on its home field, its coach still took away plen...

ROGERS HERITAGE 3, VAN BUREN 1 | The Lady War Eagles jumped to a 2-0 halftime lead and cruised to the win Monday at Gates Stadium to ...

FAYETTEVILLE 7, VAN BUREN 0 | The Lady Purple'Dogs (16-4, 11-3) won their third match in four days to secure the No. 2 seed from t...

SPRINGDALE HAR-BER 7, VAN BUREN 0 | Har-Ber captured its fifth win in its last six matches Tuesday with a dominant performance against t...

SPRINGDALE HAR-BER 9, VAN BUREN 0 | The Wildcats moved within a game of a conference championship Tuesday night, demolishing the Pointer...

ROGERS HIGH 3, VAN BUREN 1 | Leslie Barrales had a hat trick to lead the Lady Mounties to a 3-0 halftime lead and they cruised to...

BENTONVILLE HIGH 4, VAN BUREN 4 (7-6 PKS) | Hayden Townsend kicked the game-winning penalty kick as Bentonville outlasted Van Buren in a shootou...

ROGERS HERITAGE 4, VAN BUREN 0 | Erol Banuelos had a hat trick, while Alex Perez added a goal and an assist to lead the War Eagles to...

VAN BUREN SENIOR KEEPER HAS BEEN A SURPRISE | Andy Lopez is the definition of what it means to be a team player. The Van Buren senior goal keeper...

BENTONVILLE HIGH 4, VAN BUREN 1 | Rodrigo Mouron completed a hat track in the first half, and Bentonville enjoyed its home opener with...

PANTHERS CLIP POINTERS IN RIVER VALLEY CUP | The Van Buren Pointers did everything Friday afternoon against Siloam Springs except put the ball in...

VAN BUREN TO 5-0 WIN AGAINST GREENWOOD | After a bit of a slow start, the Van Buren Pointers' soccer team is beginning to find their way at B...

VAN BUREN SQUARE OFF IN NONCONFERENCE PLAY | The Pointers had a great showing in Cabot over the weekend, earning a 2-0-1 record. Van Buren's Dan...