The Weekend of Champions State Finals begins Thursday, May 20th and goes through Friday and Saturday. It’s the championships for high school baseball, softball AND boys and girls soccer, all being held in Benton.
Get tickets online only at https://gofan/app/school/AAA.
You can’t buy tickets at the gate. There’s also no outside food or drinks and no lawn chairs allowed in the bleachers.
See more info below, including how to watch the baseball and softball games live on TV:
Arkansas PBS (formerly AETN) will broadcast the 2021 1A-6A high school baseball and softball state finals live from the Benton Schools Athletic Complex beginning Thursday, May 20, in partnership with the Arkansas Activities Association. Catch it live on TV, or on YouTube the next week at youtube.com/arkansaspbs and in the Engage Arkansas PBS app.
Find all the ways to watch Arkansas PBS at myarpbs.org/watch.
Set your viewing schedule for the following broadcast times (Benton game in red):
- Softball 2A – Tuckerman vs. Mansfield, Thursday, May 20, at 10 a.m.
- Baseball 5A – Van Buren vs. Jonesboro, Thursday, May 20, at 1 p.m.
- Softball 5A – Benton vs. Greenwood, Thursday, May 20, at 4 p.m.
- Baseball 6A – Har-Ber (Springdale) vs. Rogers, Thursday, May 20, at 7 p.m.
- Baseball 2A – South Side-Bee Branch vs. Woodlawn (Rison), Friday, May 21, at 10 a.m.
- Softball 6A – Conway vs. Bentonville, Friday, May 21, at 1 p.m.
- Baseball 3A – Walnut Ridge vs. Harding Academy (Searcy), Friday, May 21, at 4 p.m.
- Softball 4A – Morrilton vs. Pea Ridge, Friday, May 21, 7 p.m.
- Softball 3A – Baptist Prep (Little Rock) vs. Hoxie, Saturday, May 22, at 10 a.m.
- Baseball 4A – Magnolia vs. Valley View (Jonesboro), Saturday, May 22, at 1 p.m.
- Softball 1A – Taylor vs. Sacred Heart (Morrilton), Saturday, May 22, at 4 p.m.
- Baseball 1A – Izard County Consolidated (Brockwell) vs. Viola, Saturday, May 22, at 7 p.m.
During the state finals, viewers and attendees may sign up to receive Arkansas PBS newsletters at myarpbs.org/signup to be entered to win Ken Burns’ landmark series “Baseball” on DVD. At the conclusion of the games, 12 winners who signed up May 20-22 will be randomly drawn to receive the documentary collection.
Photos from the Arkansas high school baseball and softball state championship games will be available at arkansaspbs.passgallery.com.
An up-to-date schedule with options for email reminders and calendar syncing is available at myarkansaspbs.org/schedule.