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Razorbacks pound out 12 hits in rolling past Grand Canyon on Tuesday night

Arkansas opened its midweek series against Grand Canyon with a 6-1 victory on Tuesday night at Baum-Walker Stadium.

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Casey Opitz against Grand Canyon

FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas opened its midweek series against Grand Canyon with a 6-1 victory on Tuesday night at Baum-Walker Stadium.

The Razorbacks and Antelopes wrap up the two-game set on Wednesday at 3 p.m., at Baum-Walker Stadium.

You can listen to Phil Elson and Bubba Carpenter with the pregame starting at 2:30 p.m. on ESPN Arkansas 95.3 in the River Valley, 96.3 in Hot Springs and 104.3 in Harrison-Mountain Home.

The game will also be available online at HitThatLine.com. CLICK HERE

The Razorbacks recorded 12 hits in the game, all singles, suppressing the Antelopes (9-8) to just one run on eight hits, with no walks allowed.

It was the second time this season Arkansas has not issued a walk to an opponent, also doing so against Oklahoma on Feb. 28 in Houston.

Freshman right-handed pitcher Will McEntire made his first start as a Razorback in Tuesday’s contest against Grand Canyon.

The Bryant native worked six innings, allowing one run on seven hits, with no walks and three strikeouts. He faced 22 batters, with only two hitter’s counts reaching three balls, earning his first win of the year.

Sophomore lefty Caden Monke tossed the final three innings, giving up just one hit, retiring the last eight batters he faced, with three strikeouts to earn his first save of the year.

Matt Goodheart against Grand Canyon

PHOTO BY ANDY HODGES | HITTHATLINE.COM

Four Razorbacks recorded multi-hit games against Grand Canyon, with Heston Kjerstad and Robert Moore each getting three. Matt Goodheart and Braydon Webb both had two hits in the contest, as Arkansas had double-digit hits for the fourth time in five games.

For the first time in seven games, the Hogs drew first blood, scoring four in the second inning for a 4-0 lead.

Arkansas had five consecutive batters reach via four-straight singles and a fielder’s choice to quickly put up three runs. Webb and Casey Opitz got hits to opposite sides of the field, setting up Jacob Nesbit to drive in Webb with a single down the first base line to make it 1-0.

Shortly after, Moore shot one up the middle off a pair of Lopes’ gloves, sending Opitz home, then Nesbit scored on a fielder’s choice to make it 3-0. With two away, Goodheart posted the fifth single of the inning to drive in Cole Austin to complete the four-run frame.

GCU got a run back in the top of the third behind a solo home run from David Avitia to cut the lead to 4-1. It was the first run allowed by McEntire this year.

Arkansas erased it in the bottom of the fourth on a sacrifice fly from Opitz after singles from Kjerstad and Goodheart, getting Martin on first via a fielding error to push the lead to 5-1.

In the fifth, Kjerstad roped his third hit of the night through the right side of the infield to score Moore, who opened the inning with a single, to go up, 6-1.

The final four frames featured all goose eggs on both sides, as Arkansas improved to 3-0 all-time against Grand Canyon.

Information from Razorback Sports Communications is included in this story.

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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 (18)8-02521
2.Conway (6)8-02302
3.Greenwood (2)8-02103
4.Little Rock Parkview7-11714
5.Bentonville5-31416
6.Benton7-11265
7.Fayetteville6-21008
8.Pulaski Academy6-2757
9.Rogers5-3459
10.Shiloh Christian6-24010
Others receiving votes: Marion 13, Valley View 9, Joe T Robinson 8, Mountain Home 4, Cabot 3, Elkins 3.
CLASS 7A
1.Bryant (20)8-01241
2.Conway (6)8-01052
3.Bentonville5-3753
4.Fayetteville6-2455
5.Pulaski Academy6-2354
Others receiving votes: Rogers 5.
CLASS 6A
1.Greenwood (26)8-01301
2.Benton7-11022
3.Shiloh Christian6-2713
4.Marion7-1524
5.Mountain Home7-131
Others receiving votes: Little Rock Catholic 4.
CLASS 5A
1.Little Rock Parkview (23)7-11271
2.Joe T Robinson7-1902
3.Valley View (3)8-0803
4.Hot Springs Lakeside7-1484
5.Farmington7-130
Others receiving votes: Camden Fairview 4, Maumelle 4, Morrilton 3, Greenbrier 2, Harding Academy 1.
CLASS 4A
1.Elkins (19)8-01161
2.Arkadelphia (5)6-2792
3.Little Rock Mills (1)8-0703
4.Warren6-2404
5.Malvern (1)8-0315
Others receiving votes: Dardanelle 22, Southside Batesville 11, Mena 8, Bauxite 7, DeWitt 4, Highland 2.
CLASS 3A
4.Bismarck (15)8-01054
5.Fordyce (4)8-0765
Prescott (3)7-1531t
1.Osceola (2)6-149
3.Mayflower (1)8-036
Others receiving votes: Booneville (1) 31, Rivercrest 19, Mansfield 14, Charleston 4, Rison 3.
CLASS 2A
1.Carlisle (21)8-01211
2.Conway Christian (4)8-01042
3.Des Arc7-1663
4.Bigelow (1)6-2455
5.Murfreesboro6-230
Others receiving votes: Marked Tree 10, Mineral Springs 6, Junction City 5, Cross County 1, Mount Ida 1, Poyen 1
8-MAN SANCTIONED
1.Strong-Huttig (25)5-0761
2.Midland (1)7-0502
3.Cedar Ridge7-1253
Others receiving votes: Rector 5.

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