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Strong fall hopefully leads to excellent spring for Hogs’ men’s golf

The 13th-ranked Arkansas men’s golf team is poised to capitalize on a strong fall season as it starts the spring portion of its schedule Feb. 4-5.

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FAYETTEVILLE — The 13th-ranked Arkansas men’s golf team is poised to capitalize on a strong fall season as it starts the spring portion of its schedule Feb. 4-5.

The culmination of the schedule has the Razorbacks hosting the NCAA Championship at the Blessings Golf Course.

Arkansas will have a strong test to start the spring season at the annual Sea Best Invitational, which is played in Ponte Vedra, Fla., at the TPC Sawgrass Dye’s Valley Course. The 14-team field features eight of the nation’s top 50 programs.

The Razorbacks are coming off a strong fall season, facing one of the nation’s toughest schedules.

• Arkansas finished the fall ranked 13th in the GolfStat national rankings.

• Arkansas was one of just two programs to have five players ranked among the nation’s top 200.

• The Razorbacks finished among the top four in each of their five fall events, including a runner-up finish at the Jerry Pate Intercollegiate.

• Junior William Buhl and freshman Julian Perico each won individual medalist honors. The titles were the first collegiate wins for both. Buhl won the Gopher Invitational and Perico set several school records in winning the Jerry Pate Intercollegiate.

• The starting five all had scoring averages below 72.2, including Mason Overstreet (70.75), Julian Perico (71.07), William Buhl (71.20), Luis Garza (71.87) and Tyson Reeder (72.13).

• Mason Overstreet finished among the top 20 in all four of his events, including two top 10’s. Julian Perico had two top 5’s. Buhl and Garza tallied three top 20’s.

• Overstreet played in two prestigious individual events (Sun Bowl All-America and Patriot All-American) over the break while Julian Perico and Luis Garza recently competed in the Latin America Amateur Championship.

In addition to success on the course, the program had an impressive fall in the classroom.

• Six Razorbacks posted a 3.00 GPA or higher for the fall semester.

• Seven Razorbacks have a cumulative 3.00 GPA or higher for their career.

• Thomas Critch and Luis Garza earned Athletic Department Honor Roll.

• Noah Edmonson, Landon Ernst and Wilson Gibson earned Athletic Director’s Honor Roll

• Mason Overstreet earned Champions Honor Roll and he posted a perfect 4.0 GPA for the second straight semester.

2019 Sea Best Invitational
Feb. 4-5
Hosted by Jacksonville
Ponte Vedra, Fla. – TPC Sawgrass – Dye’s Valley Course
6,873-yard, Par 70
Live Results

Arkansas Lineup
1 – Mason Overstreet (Jr.)
2 – William Buhl (Jr.)
3 – Julian Perico (Fr.)
4 – Luis Garza (Jr.)
5 – Tyson Reeder (Jr.)
Ind. – Wil Gibson (Fr.)

The Field
No. 13 Arkansas
No. 42 Campbell
East Carolina
No. 46 Florida
No. 39 Florida State
Jacksonville
No. 35 Liberty
Lipscomb
McNeese State
No. 30 North Carolina
No. 26 North Carolina State
No. 23 North Florida
No. 24 UNLV
USC-Upstate

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2024 High School Rankings

Following is the Arkansas Sports Media High School Football Poll including the Overall Top 10, the top five in Classes 7A, 6A, 5A, 4A, 3A and 2A, plus the top three in the 8-man division, as voted by a panel of sports media from around the state for the week ending August 24. Ranking is given with first-place votes received, records, total points and ranking from last week's poll:
OVERALLRecordPtsPrv
1.Bryant (25)10-02681
2.Greenwood (2)10-02343
30Conway9-12022
4.Little Rock Parkview9-11714
5.Bentonville7-31625
6.Benton9-11486
7.Fayetteville8-21117
8.Pulaski Academy8-2898
9.Rogers7-3439
10.Joe T. Robinson9-122
Others receiving votes: Valley View 8, Mountain Home 7, Cabot 6, Little Rock Catholic 6, Shiloh Christian 6, Elkins 1, Farmington 1.
CLASS 7A
1.Bryant (27)10-01351
2.Conway9-11022
3.Bentonville7-3813
4.Fayetteville8-2454
5.Pulaski Academy8-2395
Others receiving votes: Rogers 3.
CLASS 6A
1.Greenwood (27)10-01351
2.Benton9-11082
3.Mountain Home8-2623
4.Shiloh Christian7-3494
5.Little Rock Catholic9-1345
Others receiving votes: Marion 6.
CLASS 5A
1.Little Rock Parkview (27)9-11351
2.Joe T. Robinson9-11062
3.Valley View10-0793
4.Farmington9-1484
5.Hot Springs Lakeside8-2205
Others receiving votes: Camden Fairview 7, Harding Academy 7, Morrilton 3.
CLASS 4A
1.Elkins (20)10-01261
3.Arkadelphia (5)8-2913
2.Little Rock Mills (1)10-0682
4.Warren8-2554
5.Dardanell (1)9-123
Southside Batesville10-023
Others receiving votes: Malvern 12, Gravette 5, Highland 2.
CLASS 3A
1.Bismarck (12)10-01051t
2.Fordyce (10)10-0961t
3.Prescott (1)9-1704
4.Osceola (2)8-1543
5.Booneville (1)9-1395
Others receiving votes: Mansfield (1) 23, Rivercrest 10, Rison 4, Salem 4.
CLASS 2A
1.Carlisle (20)10-01271
2.Conway Christian (7)10-01152
3.Des Arc8-2595
4.East Poinsett Co.7-352
5.Bigelow6-4183
Murfreesboro7-3184
Others receiving votes: Mount Ida 6, Junction City 4, Cross County 3, Poyen 3.
8-MAN SANCTIONED
1.Strong-Huttig (27)5-0811
2.Midland9-0532
3.Cedar Ridge8-1253
Others receiving votes: Woodlawn 3.

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