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Razorbacks’ Matthews’s three wins last week earns SEC weekly award

Brooke Matthews earned co-medalist honors and won three matches last week earning Southeastern Conference Golfer of the Week honors Tuesday.

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FAYETTEVILLE — Brooke Matthews earned co-medalist honors and won three matches last week earning Southeastern Conference Golfer of the Week honors Tuesday.

Matthews and the No. 6 Razorbacks are in Birmingham, Alabama, for the 2019 SEC Championship Wednesday-Sunday at the Legends Course at Greystone Country Club.

About the SEC Championship

Dates: Wednesday-Sunday, April 17-21
Course: The Legends Course at Greystone Country Club
Live Scoring: SECSports.com and Golfstat.com
Broadcast: The championship match on Sunday, April 21 will be televised live on SEC Network at 7:30 a.m.

The Razorbacks enter the week as the defending SEC Champions winning the program’s first conference title last year when the format changed to include match play.

Maria Fassi was the co-medalist last year and she, along with seniors Dylan Kim and Kaylee Benton, return to lead Arkansas in their defense of the title this week. Matthews and freshman Ximena Gonzalez round out the lineup for Arkansas.

Matthews earned co-medalist honors shooting a collegiate career-best 4-under 68 in the single round of stroke play at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic last week.

It is her first medalist honor as a Razorback. The Rogers native, turned 1-under and finished strong with three consecutive birdies on her final holes.

Matthews went on to win all three of her matches defeating players from Louisville, Augusta and the host Georgia. She was the only Razorback to win all three matches at the Liz.

NCAA Championships

The University of Arkansas and Blessings Golf Club are the proud hosts of the 2019 NCAA Women’s and Men’s National Championships.

The women’s event begins May 17 and is immediately followed by the men’s championship beginning May 24.

For more information or to volunteer for the event, log on to www.NCAAGolf19.com.

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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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