Hogs get highest seed ever for SEC Tournament; face Kentucky

By ESPN Arkansas News Services

May 6, 2018

BATON ROUGE, La. — Having tallied the program’s highest SEC wins total since 2013, Arkansas will be the No. 7 seed in next week’s SEC Tournament and play 20th-ranked and No. 10 seed Kentucky in Wednesday’s first round.

The 2018 SEC Softball Tournament will be played at the Mizzou Softball Stadium in Columbia, Mo.

The 7-10 matchup between Arkansas and Kentucky will be the second game of the opening round and is set for a 1:30 p.m. first pitch on the SEC Network and through the WatchESPN app.

This season marks Arkansas’ 11th appearance in the SEC Tournament and second consecutive under coach Courtney Deifel. The Razorbacks finished the regular season with a 37-14 overall record and 12-12 mark in SEC play.

Wednesday’s game will be just the second time Arkansas and Kentucky will play in the conference tournament, and first time since 2001. The two teams did not play during the regular season.

RAZORBACK FOOTBALL

Sat, Sep 5	vs North Alabama	W 31-14
Sat, Sep 12	@ Utah	L, 43-10
Sat, Sep 19	Georgia	L, 45-17
Sat, Sep 26	Tulsa	W 34-6
Sat, Oct 3	@ Texas A&M	L, 34-7
Sat, Oct 10	Tennessee	L, 24-17
Sat, Oct 17	@ Vanderbilt	6:00 PM ESPN2
Sat, Oct 31	vs Missouri	TBA
Sat, Nov 7	@ Auburn	TBA
Sat, Nov 14	South Carolina	TBA
Sat, Nov 21	@ Texas	TBA
Sat, Nov 28	vs LSU	TBA

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

OVERALL		Record	Pts
1.	Shiloh Christian (11)	6-0	163	1
2.	Conway (3)	5-1	141	3
3.	Bentonville West (3)	6-0	130	2
4.	Bentonville	5-1	119	4
5.	Joe T. Robinson	6-0	102	5
6.	Searcy	6-0	81	6
7.	North Little Rock	5-1	58	7
8.	Springdale Har-Ber	4-2	35	8
9.	Sheridan	6-0	26	9
10.	Greenwood	4-2	24	10
Others receiving votes: Bryant 15, LR Christian 10, Sylvan Hills 8, Fayetteville 5, Stuttgart 5, Mountain Home 4, Pulaski Academy 3, Farmington 2, Van Buren 2, Benton 1, Jacksonville 1.

CLASS 7A
1.	Shiloh Christian (11)	6-0	77	1
2.	Conway (3)	5-1	58	3
3.	Bentonville West (3)	6-0	54	2
4.	Bentonville	5-1	45	4
5.	North Little Rock	5-1	12	5
Others receiving votes: Springdale Har-Ber 6, Bryant 2, LR Christian 1.

CLASS 6A
1.	Searcy (16)	6-0	83	1
3.	Sheridan (1)	6-0	57	3
4.	Sylvan Hills	4-2	33	—
2.	Benton	3-3	29	2
5.	Mountain Home	5-1	28	5
Others receiving votes: Van Buren 14, El Dorado 10, Lake Hamilton 1.

CLASS 5A
1.	Joe T. Robinson (16)	6-0	84	1
2.	Greenwood (1)	4-2	61	2
3.	Farmington	6-0	45	3
4.	Jacksonville	5-1	41	4
5.	Little Rock Parkview	4-2	18	5
Others receiving votes: Little Rock Mills 4, Greenbrier 1, Hot Springs Lakeside 1.

CLASS 4A
1.	Stuttgart (13)	6-0	78	1
2.	Nashville (2)	6-0	66	2
3.	Gosnell (1)	6-0	43	3
4.	Ozark (1)	6-0	32	4
5.	Elkins	5-1	21	5
Others receiving votes: Gravette 7, Fountain Lake 3, Forrest City 2, Lonoke 1, Booneville 1, Arkadelphia 1.

CLASS 3A
1.	Bismarck (10)	5-1	72	1
3.	Mansfield (2)	5-2	55	3
2.	Smackover	5-1	39	—
4.	Walnut Ridge (3)	5-1	24	4t
	Rivercrest	5-1	22	—
Others receiving votes: Atkins 17, Newport (1) 11, Fordyce (1) 11, Prescott 4.

CLASS 2A
1.	Mount Ida (10)	7-0	72	1
2.	Baptist Prep (6)	6-0	68	2
3.	Marked Tree	5-1	34	3
4.	Earle (1)	5-1	28	—
5.	Gurdon	4-2	24	5
Others receiving votes: Bearden 14, Dierks 10, Bigelow 7, East Poinsett Co. 1.

8-MAN SANCTIONED
1.	Corning (9)	6-0	31	1t
2.	Cedar Ridge (3)	5-0	24	1t
3.	Magazine (1)	5-0	18	3
Others receiving votes: Izard County 4, Rose Bud 1.

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