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Hollan all Razorbacks need to finish off South Carolina series

Lefty Hunter Hollan all Hogs need on mound and some clutch hitting gave them a series win over Gamecocks.

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas got what they needed headed to final series of year with Hunter Hollan’s complete game on the mound Sunday afternoon and closed out the SEC series with South Carolina on Sunday afternoon at Baum-Walker Stadium.

Hollan threw 113 pitches and 80 of them were strikes. It now sets up the pitching for next week’s final regular-season series in Nashville against Vanderbilt on Thursday night before the SEC Tournament starts the following week in Hoover, Ala.

The Razorbacks are now likely in a strong position to host an NCAA Regional and Super Regional the following week. Those decisions will be made after the conference tournament.

You wondered if Hollan would make it to the second inning after a first inning that was problems all over the place. He settled down a made one mistake pitch to throw a complete game, giving up

After nobody came close to a hit in the first with both sides going down in order, Cole Messina led off the top of the second with a line double to right-center field to be the first baserunner and moved to third on a single by Gavin Casas. Hollan somehow got out of that mess with an infield popup to first baseman to Brady Slavens and Hollan got a line shot back to him on the mound and he threw Messina out at third.

Hollan gave up a homer to lead off the third inning to Will Tippett over the right field wall. He let two more runners get on base, then worked himself out of another jam, striking out two guys, but South Carolina got on top 1-0.

The Hogs evened things in the bottom of the third when Peyton Holt led off with a single left and scored two batters later on a double by John Bolton for a 1-1 game.

In the fifth, Caleb Cali led off the bottom of the inning with a single to left and moved over on a double by Holt to right field. Parker Rowland scored both of them with a mis-played single to center for a 3-1 lead.

In the bottom of the sixth, Slavens hit a one-out shot down the right-field line for a double, then scored on a two-out single to Cali to right field for a 4-1 lead.

Ben McLaughlin added a homer to right-center field that hit the top of the wall and bounced into the scoreboard for a 5-1 lead.

The Hogs are now 38-13 on the year (19-8 in the SEC).

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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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