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Arkansas starts season with road win at Tulsa
Arkansas got off to a 1-0 start on the season, defeating the Tulsa Hurricane Friday night 5-2.
TULSA, Okla. — Arkansas got off to a 1-0 start on the season, defeating the Tulsa Hurricane Friday night 5-2.
To start things off in doubles brothers Jose Alonso/Pedro Alonso defeated Lucca Baptista/Mitchell Pritchard of Tulsa 6-1 at the No. 3 spot to give Arkansas the early advantage. Down 3-2 at the No. 2 spot, Josh Howard-Tripp/Jose Salazar fought back to defeat Tulsa’s Louis Corker/Joshua Goodger 6-4 to clinch the doubles point for the Razorbacks.
Adam Sanjurjo/Oscar Mesquida and Tulsa’s Jarod Hing/Majed Kilani were tied 4-4 at the clinch.
Ranked 113th in the Oracle/ITA rankings, Salazar defeated No. 56 Majed Kilani 6-3, 6-0 at the No. 1 spot to extend Arkansas’ lead to 2-0. Freshman Josh Howard-Tripp shortly followed to give Arkansas a 3-0 lead, defeating Louis Corker 6-2, 6-1 at court four.
Tulsa would finally get on the board as No. 82 Joshua Goodger would defeat Adam Sanjurjo 6-4, 6-4. The Razorbacks would waste no time to clinch, as junior Oscar Mesquida would finalize the result with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 win at No. 3 to give Arkansas a 4-1 lead and the win.
Following the clinch, freshman Pedro Alonso would fall to Lucca Baptista 6-7, 3-6, while his younger brother Jose would knock off Mitchell Pritchard 6-1, 2-6, 6-4.
Arkansas will travel to Norman, Oklahoma, for their next match on Sunday against the No. 18 Oklahoma Sooners at 1 p.m.
Arkansas 5, Tulsa 2
Singles competition – Order of finish (1,4,2,3,5,6)
1. No. 113 Jose Salazar (AR) def. No. 56 Majed Kilani (TU) 6-3, 6-0
2. No. 82 Joshua Goodger (TU) def. Adam Sanjurjo (AR) 6-4, 6-4
3. Oscar Mesquida (AR) def. Jarod Hing (TU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-0
4. Josh Howard-Tripp (AR) def. Louis Corker (TU) 6-2, 6-1
5. Lucca Baptista (TU) def. Pedro Alonso (AR) 6-7, 3-6
6. Jose Alonso (AR) def. Mitchell Pritchard (TU) 6-1, 2-6, 6-4
Doubles competition – Order of finish (3,2)
1. Adam Sanjurjo/Oscar Mesquida (AR) vs. Jarod Hing/Majed Kilani (TU) 4-4, unfinished
2. Josh Howard-Tripp/Jose Salazar (AR) def. Louis Corker/Joshua Goodger (TU) 6-4
3. Jose Alonso/Pedro Alonso (AR) def. Lucca Baptista/Mitchell Pritchard (TU) 6-1
| Thu, Aug 29 |  | vs UAPB (Little Rock) | W, 70-0 |
| Sat, Sep 7 |  | @ Oklahoma State | L, 31-39 2OT |
| Sat, Sep 14 |  | vs UAB | W, 37-27 |
| Sat, Sep 21 |  | @ Auburn | W, 24-14 |
| Sat, Sep 28 |  | vs Texas A&M (Arl) | L, 21-17 |
| Sat, Oct 5 |  | vs Tennessee | W, 19-14 |
| Sat, Oct 19 |  | vs LSU | L, 34-10 |
| Sat, Oct 26 |  | @ Mississippi State | W, 58-25 |
| Sat, Nov 2 |  | vs Ole Miss | L, 63-31 |
| Sat, Nov 16 |  | vs Texas | 11:00 AM ABC |
| Sat, Nov 23 |  | vs Louisiana Tech | 3:00 PM ESPN+/SECN+ |
| Sat, Nov 30 |  | @ Missouri | 2:30 or 3:30 PM TBA |
| 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: | ||||
| OVERALL | Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. | Bryant (25) | 10-0 | 268 | 1 |
| 2. | Greenwood (2) | 10-0 | 234 | 3 |
| 30 | Conway | 9-1 | 202 | 2 |
| 4. | Little Rock Parkview | 9-1 | 171 | 4 |
| 5. | Bentonville | 7-3 | 162 | 5 |
| 6. | Benton | 9-1 | 148 | 6 |
| 7. | Fayetteville | 8-2 | 111 | 7 |
| 8. | Pulaski Academy | 8-2 | 89 | 8 |
| 9. | Rogers | 7-3 | 43 | 9 |
| 10. | Joe T. Robinson | 9-1 | 22 | — |
| 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) | 10-0 | 135 | 1 |
| 2. | Conway | 9-1 | 102 | 2 |
| 3. | Bentonville | 7-3 | 81 | 3 |
| 4. | Fayetteville | 8-2 | 45 | 4 |
| 5. | Pulaski Academy | 8-2 | 39 | 5 |
| Others receiving votes: Rogers 3. | ||||
| CLASS 6A | ||||
| 1. | Greenwood (27) | 10-0 | 135 | 1 |
| 2. | Benton | 9-1 | 108 | 2 |
| 3. | Mountain Home | 8-2 | 62 | 3 |
| 4. | Shiloh Christian | 7-3 | 49 | 4 |
| 5. | Little Rock Catholic | 9-1 | 34 | 5 |
| Others receiving votes: Marion 6. | ||||
| CLASS 5A | ||||
| 1. | Little Rock Parkview (27) | 9-1 | 135 | 1 |
| 2. | Joe T. Robinson | 9-1 | 106 | 2 |
| 3. | Valley View | 10-0 | 79 | 3 |
| 4. | Farmington | 9-1 | 48 | 4 |
| 5. | Hot Springs Lakeside | 8-2 | 20 | 5 |
| Others receiving votes: Camden Fairview 7, Harding Academy 7, Morrilton 3. | ||||
| CLASS 4A | ||||
| 1. | Elkins (20) | 10-0 | 126 | 1 |
| 3. | Arkadelphia (5) | 8-2 | 91 | 3 |
| 2. | Little Rock Mills (1) | 10-0 | 68 | 2 |
| 4. | Warren | 8-2 | 55 | 4 |
| 5. | Dardanell (1) | 9-1 | 23 | — |
| Southside Batesville | 10-0 | 23 | — | |
| Others receiving votes: Malvern 12, Gravette 5, Highland 2. | ||||
| CLASS 3A | ||||
| 1. | Bismarck (12) | 10-0 | 105 | 1t |
| 2. | Fordyce (10) | 10-0 | 96 | 1t |
| 3. | Prescott (1) | 9-1 | 70 | 4 |
| 4. | Osceola (2) | 8-1 | 54 | 3 |
| 5. | Booneville (1) | 9-1 | 39 | 5 |
| Others receiving votes: Mansfield (1) 23, Rivercrest 10, Rison 4, Salem 4. | ||||
| CLASS 2A | ||||
| 1. | Carlisle (20) | 10-0 | 127 | 1 |
| 2. | Conway Christian (7) | 10-0 | 115 | 2 |
| 3. | Des Arc | 8-2 | 59 | 5 |
| 4. | East Poinsett Co. | 7-3 | 52 | — |
| 5. | Bigelow | 6-4 | 18 | 3 |
| Murfreesboro | 7-3 | 18 | 4 | |
| Others receiving votes: Mount Ida 6, Junction City 4, Cross County 3, Poyen 3. | ||||
| 8-MAN SANCTIONED | ||||
| 1. | Strong-Huttig (27) | 5-0 | 81 | 1 |
| 2. | Midland | 9-0 | 53 | 2 |
| 3. | Cedar Ridge | 8-1 | 25 | 3 |
| Others receiving votes: Woodlawn 3. | ||||