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Bigham awaiting 5A tests

Beebe football Coach Justin Bigham addresses media members on Friday at First Community Bank on Chenal Parkway in Little Rock.
(Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Colin Murphey)
Beebe football Coach Justin Bigham addresses media members on Friday at First Community Bank on Chenal Parkway in Little Rock. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Colin Murphey)

Justin Bigham left one competitive conference and hopped right into another one.

The DeWitt alumnus had a successful run for four years at Gentry in the 4A-1 conference and made the move to Beebe during the offseason and assumed control of the program after then-head coach Chris Gunter resigned in November. But Bigham is well aware of what he's about to step in to when it comes to the 5A-Central.

"The conference itself, I think it kind of speaks for itself," he said. "You have Pine Bluff, who's always good. White Hall, they just got Coach [Daryl] Patton, but they also hired their assistant head coach who was my assistant head coach at Gentry last year. And then Maumelle always has talent across the board, and they do a good job in the offseason to make sure they have talent.

"And

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