Top Guns

Lake Hamilton senior quarterback Phillip Butterfield headlines the field competing in the fifth annual Sonic Top Gun Challenge July 9 and 10 at Shiloh Christian School at Springdale.
Competitors in the invite-only event are evaluated, instructed and tested in seven events that produce a champion.
Butterfield, a Tulsa commit, passed for more 2,795 yards and 30 touchdowns and ran for more than 300 yards and eight TDs in helping the Wolves to the 2007 6A state title game. Vype High School Sports Arkansas Preview magazine ranks Lake Hamilton No. 1 in 6A.
Pulaski Academy senior Spencer Keith also competes in the event. Keith racked up more than 4,7000 yards and 51 TDs last fall. Keith tore his ACL playing basketball in January but played 7-on-7 this summer. Kansas State, Virginia Tech and SMU have are interested. Little Rock Christian's Griffin Kuhn is another college prospect competing. Kuhn passed for 28 touchdowns last fall.
Other Central Arkansas QBs competing are Arkansas Baptist junior Logan Quinn, Central Arkansas Christian senior Zac Cole and Pine Bluff junior Claude Johnson.



Top Gun Challenge Field

Kip Kelly Pea Ridge
Griffin Kuhn Little Rock Christian
Ashton Glaser Springdale
Phillip Butterfield Lake Hamilton
Zach Faust Springdale Har-Ber
Daniel Holiday West Fork
Hayden Smith Warren
Zac Cole CAC
Ethan McKenzie Gravette
Claude Johnson Pine Bluff
Michael Thomas Mountainburg
Pierre Vaughn Nashville
Spencer Keith Pulaski Academy
Kiehl Frazier Shiloh Christian
Brandon Allen Fayetteville
Kendall Pinkney Dardanelle
Rollins Elam Lonoke
Logan Quinn Arkansas Baptist
Caleb Ramsey Gentry
Matt Jones Lamar
John Richardson Westside JC
Will Coleman Desoto HS