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Hogs close out series sweep, but another pitcher hurt

Koty Frank has some sort of injury after five pitches, but at least it’s not an arm for shrinking staff.

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — It’s getting tough for Dave Van Horn to make a lot of pitcher decisions these days.

Mainly because injuries keep happening.

“Somebody’s going to have to step up or we’re going to have to make some adjustments,” Hogs coach Dave Van Horn said after a 6-2 win Sunday.

After losing the planned opening-day starter in Jaxon Wiggins before the first game, then having reliever Brady Tygart have a problem awaiting a second opinion, reliever Koty Frank made everybody groan Sunday at Baum-Walker.

After throwing five pitches to start the seventh inning, Frank grimaced and grabbed under his right (throwing) shoulder. He then threw a warmup pitch in front of trainers and the pain was clearly obvious.

“It’s not his arm,” Van Horn said. “That’s about all I can tell you.”

The Razorbacks closed a series sweep over the Panthers on a sun-splashed (but windy) afternoon in front of over 9,703 who came looking for a lot to cheer about.

That took awhile.

“One of those games,” Van Horn said. “It took us awhile to figure it out.”

The Hogs didn’t get a run until Caleb Cali scored in the fifth inning to tie the game at 1-1, then they added another in the sixth on a homer by Jace Bohrofen.

In the seventh, Parker Rowland led off with a homer, then Jared Wagner delivered an RBI single followed by Bofrofen’s 2-RBI single and the Hogs cruised to the win with that four-run inning.

Hunter Hollan started and got the win, despite some adventures in the first inning that led to a Panthers’ run that mystifies Van Horn, but not the junior pitcher.

“I’ve been doing that since the first grade,” he said later. “I don’t know if it’s trying to do much or what.”

Van Horn just wants it figured out.

He’s got enough problems with pitching as it is.

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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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