It's 3/8 baseball here in Benton, AR. And it is a glorious day for championship action helper when I'm are Jayhawk along with Bobby Swofford as we get you set for today's game between Walnut Ridge and Harding Academy and Bobby, this is going to be one of the. Most fun games. I think we're going to see all weekend just because the simple fact that you've got two extremely good pitchers. You've got two extremely good lineups. And really, I think both these teams know what to expect from one anothe
r. Yeah, once we dive into this broadcast a little more, you're going to hear a lot of crazy numbers, especially when we're talking about Harding Academy. This squad. It's 342 as a team, not just one player as an entire team. The numbers really impressive for Harding Academy, and this is a rematch from the 3A3 Regional Championship. Well for Harding Academy. You see, right there, they're starting. Pitchers. Can be Kate Smith and this one in seven on the year 1.23 ERA with 73 strikeouts. He's wor
ked 39.2 innings, only started six games. He missed part of the year due to basketball's basketball in an injury. And so you look at that that 1.23 ERA. That was pretty impressed. It's pretty impressive and the only thing that may be more impressive than his E RA is is batting averages in 5:45 at the plate. That's why he's already drawing big time interests, including from Oklahoma. Kate Smith certainly a pleasure to watch for Harding Academy today. The Walnut Ridge Bobcats come in 25 and three
on the year, and their lineup is going to look a little something like this. They're going to lead off with their pitcher Cole Manning, who is also a not only a good picture, but a heck of a batter. He's batting 443 this season and there, followed by their center fielder and land. Insane shortstop, Cannon Baker first basement is there clean up guy and Will Davis. He's batting 300 this year. Marie Thomas is the five hole hitter to DH Day is batting six in Mason Andrews. #7 is call Russell Nolan B
elcher is the catcher today for Walnut Ridge and batting eighth and in left field kill. Slusher is batting ninth. The. Outfield alignment for Harding Academy. Daniel Henley in left field, Chris Anderson, Center, at Jayden Wilhite is in right field and as I said, Kate Smith on the mound for Harding Academy pitching to Cole Manning, first pitches in there called a strike on that outside part, the. Enfield 4 Harding Academy. You've got Welch Cooper Welch that being at third base Kyle or Hoover it s
hortly via long at 2nd and Eli Wallace at first page. Here's a shot right back up the box picked up by the shortstop bedtime thrown over an for Harding Academy that's Hoover to Wallace for the first down here in the first inning. A great job there by Kyler Hoover to arrange to his left picks up that ground ball back up the middle almost behind second base. Unable to gun down Cole Manning with room to spare on the six three put out. Ball game is recorded by the shortstop Tyler Hoover. Now that br
ings up land insane. Who's hitting 337 with 23 RBI so far. First pitch swung on, bounced to the first base side. It goes foul and he'll start off on one. No, Kate Smith's going to sit in those mid to upper 80s if he really rears back and finds a little extra. 8586 is really where he likes to sit. Few different pitches, three to be exactly his repertoire. Try to go inside out, but you already mentioned the numbers are JA 1.23 ER a less than 40 innings of work and 73 strikeouts, so he's going to g
et a lot of swing and misses. At pitch inside, called the ball and let's count to one in one. 11's on the way heads up high. Count two and one the dimensions here at Everett Field in Benton, down the lines 320. Power alleys on both sides. 355 in Dead Center is 375. 2 ones on the way, swung on and fisted over right field side. Found that takes account 22. With a busy day here in Benton High School baseball softball soccer state championships all going on simultaneously, that one more softball gam
e coming up tonight for a clash. Bolton Petridge, there's 22 swung on and he's down on strikes and so that brings 2 ounce now here in the top of the first inning. That's what we're talking about with. Kate Smith is going to rely on that fastball that one runs in it's underneath the hands of Shane for his first punch out of the afternoon, so Ken Baker comes to ladies playing shortstop batting 275 on the year with 33 RBI. He's had four doubles this year and his walks 19 times. As first pitch sales
over his head. Can you turn off? Wanna know? Thick clouds overhead here at every field today had really don't expect a ton of rain this evening. You wanted that was supposed to be this morning is another one is little bit of chin music into another. Back and find a little extra has been Samantha last two pitches. First pitch in this at bat touched 87. 2 old pitches, swan and nest. Baker to chase one out of the zone there sitting two oh, you know he was going dead fastball trying to put one of t
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the bottom of the first inning as it's now going to be Harding Academy at the plate. An up first will be Kyler Hoover, who's playing shortstop. And he will be batting 268 on the season with 25 RBI LB him. Then Levi along and Gavin 11 out Betty, who's going to be the 123 hitters, the outfield 4 Walnut Ridge, Kel Slusher land, insane and Center and Cole Russell over in right field. The infield, Marie Thomas and 3rd Cannon Bakery Short Kate and Martin is the second baseman. Will Davis on first no.
No one book Belcher's gonna be behind the plate. First, pitch the fastball that misses outside for Cole Manning. And so we wanna know to call Hoover. Tyler and they said batting 268 and give it a shot to center field right there to settle up on the need for the same for the first down they had him shaded perfectly. Centerfielder was shaded well to the right field side of second base really only had to step back two or three places and holes and into sane for the first out here in the bottom of
the first. Not anymore. So Levi Lang now is that the plate first pitch is a bomb. Flames got good numbers committed to play at Little Rock. 418 average 42 RBI's. 16 extra base hits. It takes that strike on the outside corner less four home runs. Here's the 11 swung on left to right that bring it down for a base hit. Lang is rounding first headed to 2nd, the right fielder. That time Russell couldn't get his footing and he slides in the second safe Levi Lane with his 11th double of the season. Ron
Q. You mentioned the number of extra base hits. He immediately rips on the other way. Harding Academy these numbers are really outrageous as the team have a chance to strike early and this 3A title game. Only by Langston stands at second base. Gavin Talvitie he's the catcher today, bats third. He has a 392 average 33 RBI's the first pitch is just a bit outside and it goes. Wanna know? Talking with first year head coach Alex Smith. Earlier this week, he said Salvetti is a guaranteed college play
er. This hasn't made up his mind where he wants to play one of those outside. Is accounts to know 392 average? Above average catcher? Yeah, that's going to get you on campus pretty much anywhere you want to go. Here's the two oh pitch fastball, Mrs Lowe, those three alone. One out here in the bottom of the first inning scoreless ball game between Walnut Ridge and Harding Academy. There's a strike right down Broadway in three, one man. He's got a good control, 80 strikeouts and 51 innings of work
this season for Walnut Ridge. A perfect eight. No mark. Everyone's on the way and that just tried to call it the outside corner were full so really pretty pitch their 84 right on the black. There's nothing else that you can do with it other than take it enforces the full count. 3 balls, two strikes. Pitch on the way. Ask Ball got away from the catcher as Languell head to third base and it's a walk salvetti Sanal Party Academy has runners on the corners with only one out here in the bottom of th
e first inning. And though 1 battery you don't want up at the plate with runners on the corners. If your Walnut Ridge is Kate Smith and his 5:45 batting average strides into the Box 5 home runs this year to 777 doubles and is only struck out this year four times. It's the barrel on the ball. Here's a fastball way outside. Count to wanna know just gotta settle in overthrowing. If you're cold Manning. We've mentioned it a few times this weekend already RJ, but doesn't matter the venue and there's
are always going to creep in early in contest in the state title game. Is a strike on the outside for now would be merged with the state championship game coming playbook. Whenever you're facing a guy batting 5:45 with five home runs, I would imagine there's an you got two runners on that's. Probably give you a little bit nervous as well. Conversation is definitely been had. Don't let 11 beat you. Here's 11 swung on foul back in the bank account 1/2. It's really pick your poison with this lineup
though with Harding Academy hitting 342 as a team, only one player in the starting lineup, hitting below 2727, sixty five, excuse me. We've got pop, but here's the thing for Cole Manning. The picture for Walnut Ridge, he's 8 know this year with the 141 DRA. 80 strikeouts. He's worked 54 innings. Here's a curveball. Hits the dirt. Coming home is gonna be laying in. He'll stand up and coming all the way to third base will be Gavin Elbette. He just stayed running. He kept watching to see where the
baseball was rounded. Second got always the third here. Really nice heads up running my alphabetty not Belcher behind the plate. Didn't show the greatest sense of urgency tracing after that baseball and allowed Alviti to go all the way from first to third. Here's the pitch that is outside that takes account of three and two. 3 balls, two strikes decayed, Smith fastball swung on and fouled back. 17 pitches so far thrown for Cole Manning. Here's the three two curveball swung on out to 3rd. They'r
e going to come home with a play at the plate tags on. He's out at home, so he dropped the ball. Will be a empire originally pointed at him, and they dropped the balls and out soon enough and Belcher couldn't secure them all on the tag. It comes free, allows his second run to score, and Kate Smith can be critical in RBI fielder's choice. The empire looked at him and hold play. He pointed and shook his head like he was out, and then they realized the ball came out. Where is pigeon near Cooper? We
lch is a called Strike South break there for Manning gets the groundball that he wants, gets the water, appeared to be going to be an easy out at the plate, but the ball pops free and gives Harding Academy another run. Here's the O one pitch that's found back to bring its own too. Cooper Welch 345 average 19 RBI. Runner at first base is Kate Smith. Only one out here in the bottom of the first inning. Her ball hits the dirt. The second meeting in just a few weeks between Walnut Ridge and Harding
Academy. They met in the regional championship game. The two pigs and they say, went around bright green. That's two hours. Now here in the first, Harding Academy won that Game 13 to 3. That's why they were the number one seed. Terminology here in the title game basketball it goes though they throw down to second. An Kate Smith is in easily. I tell you one thing that Coleman is not having very good command of his curveball right now. Everyone he's thrown so far is hit the dirt. Harding Academy,
a lot of credit on the basis to they've any chance they get to swipe an extra bag extra 90 feet. They're doing it for his account to know after a fastball misses low. There's 2O swab line to left field. Kate Smith rounding third, he's going to come into school. It's three to nothing. Harding Academy. Big piece of timely hitting there. From Chris Anderson picks up RBI #26 on the season. In the Wildcats have jumped out to an early 3 nothing lead and gonna bring up a mound. Visits from Jason built
to the head coach for Walnut Ridge. While they do that, Daniel Henley will be the seventh batter up in this inning. He'll be batting with a 359 average and 18 RBI. Good look at the coaching staff. Jason Belcher. The fifth round pick in the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft, from Walnut Ridge. Helped his Bobcats reach the title game in 1999. Do one thing that we've seen so far in the last couple of days of this bodies, the aggressive baserunning of teams. I mean, if you think about the game earlie
r today, with Woodlawn, I mean those guys you never saw any stop when they were running. It was always going to. We're going to. We're going to make you throw the ball and get us out as this pitch is chopped out to 2nd, they're going to make the throw to 1st. Does he come off the bag? He does know he stays in so it's. The third out here in the bottom of the first inning. It's three to nothing Harding Academy. They lead this one as we head to the top of the second inning. You're watching this Cen
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e Mason and Grooves in the first inning. Party or Walnut Ridge went 123 in order with two strikeouts and it really looked like that. Kate Smith or nothing but fastballs in the first inning. So he's this. He's saying this is my best pitch hit if you can. We'll see if that continues. Here is 4-5 and six are coming up Davis at the plate. First pitch to him, the fastball and Mrs outside Low Will Davis is a 300 hitter this year with 24 RBI, two home runs and then walked 11 * 1 oh swung on after third
right. There's Welch throws it across than they get the first down could contact there from Davis, but right at the third baseman. Easy throw for Welch out number one. Alright, Thomas is up next. He's the third baseman for Walnut Ridge. Batting 436 with 32 RBI's had six home runs leads the team in home runs this year. Marie comma. First pitch is a called strike fastball on the outside corner at 86. No one's on the way fastball. This is low. Back even at one one, you're right though. Bobby Kate
Smith really just using the fastball for the majority of his pitches. Here's another fastball. It's found back is 1 to know now that he hasn't leave. There's really no point in getting too cute trying to get too fancy. Just pump it across the plate. Let your defense do the work and if they swing and miss at it, even better. That's the advantage of having a power arm with the lead kind of relaxing this let it fly. One news account. Here's the pitch by Cades Smith that one is let me call the ball
and it's two and two. 2261 missing that was a violent rip it a fastball, it came right on the inside half at 85. Three strikeouts in the first five batters he's faced. See now why Kate Smith has 70. 6 strikeouts and just 42 thirds innings of work. So 2 hours at the top of the second. Now the infield can play a little bit of a shift to the right side of the infield, as Mason Andrews comes up 351 hitter and he'll pop it up on the left side. How to make a run over was the third baseman catcher know
Beltran, or excuse me, Gavin, Elbette and Cooper? Well, try to. Convey to get that one little bit out of reach Cooper. Well, it's kind of looked at that one. Didn't think he had a chance to track it down. So you can start a Sprint until it's too late and that one falls harmlessly to the turf. There's a lot of foul ground area between the line and the fencing. More than normal. Here 01. That one's old chin music up top when it's count to one in one. If you. You see the facilities here at Benton.
The dugouts kind of sit way off and further back to prevent from line drives into the dugout. As the fastball is in there at 86. Count to one and two. There's more heat. Kate Smith still don't think we've seen an offspeed pitch yet. Here's the 1/2 fastball popped up. Right behind home plate is going to. Go on top of the roof and keep count one and two. But the IF there is a problem with power pitching and it's, you're nitpicking. The pitch counts tend to run up a little high, but Kate Smith got
to deliver pitch #24 here, and that's a good one. He could get out of the second. Here's 1/2 curveball. It is swung on and missed. And just like that, don't use it so you have to repeat of what happened in any number one. Three up, three down, we head to the bottom of the second inning and you're watching the Centennial Bank State Baseball championships in Arkansas. PBS sports. Now more than ever, community is important. Local schools, businesses and charities are in need of support. Each one o
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ent. Well, Harding Academy will send their 891 hitters to the plate this half inning as it'll be lie Wallace, Jaden Willow and Kyler Hoover. And Eli Wallace will come up with a 345 average with 15 RBI. He's been hit 12 times this year. Here's the first pitch by Manning and it swung on and fouled down the right field side. Start him up to one one. If you're Manning, you'd like to see a quick inning here. I had to throw a lot of pitches in that first inning. No one is up top. Even the count at one
after 26 pitches to get out of the 1st. See a nice crisp clean frame from him. One one is low. Two in one. 21 In the whole left side. Anilao Wallace is on the bags. To start off, this bottom half of the second piece of hitting there from Wallace, it's ahead in the Count, waits on a fastball, middle in, and turns on and finds the hole on the left side of the infield. So now brings up Jayden will light. And he's got a 245 batting average. With 13 RBI, he puts down a bunt right side picked up by M
anning throws to 1st for the first out, but that does advance. Wallace to second base job. I will hide this. Getting the job done. A little small ball puts a runner in scoring position from the top of your lineup. So now back to the top spot, as Tyler Hoover's up, he flied to center field back in the first inning. Bal tipped into the glove that time of Belgium, and so it's on one. Or one pitches. A fastball that caught the corner of 82. And it's going to. 02 pitch on the way runner goes, they're
going to throw down to third. Got it. That was too easy right there, but great job by the catcher Belcher or try the catching mapping. But he comes up and guns down Wallace by at least three steps. That was way too easy, right there, and so now Hoover's got a 12 count out on him as that pitch misses outside to go to two. Perfect throw from Belcher behind the plate. Here's the two two pitch swung. My local left center field. That's going to go awhile. Rounding first is Hoover. He's looking 3. He
's headed to 3rd. It's a stand up triple. He lost his helmet back at first base and those locks were just waving in the air. Full contact on that one. You know, one thing we haven't really had to touch on a whole lot. We saw it once in the previous game. Once the ball gets into the output, it's not going to slow. Let's slow down like it normally does on a grass field. Yeah, it's going to skirt across this turf, and so you've gotta adjust your your angles. You saw the left fielder. Try to cut tha
t one off, but it just skipped across the turf. Got all the way back to the wall. That is the third triple this year for Kyler Hoover. Now here is Levi Lang. He doubled back in the first inning to right field. Don't think of the playing surface having that much to the effect or having to change all that much, but it really does affect how the ball is going to travel. Here's a shot to left field that's going to fall in further left fielder. Slusher Slusher is going to get Amber to be an RBI singl
e for Levi Lang. Ariana #43 for Lang. Little Rock is going to get a good player productive player hit that one right on the screws. How many favorite things out of order? Nothing. As Gavin Alves at the plate. He's gonna file one back and. Bring the count to 11. You know, going back to the turf I was talking with the Benton Baseball coach prior to the ball game and he said that whenever they were laying the turf, the construction company they let the coaching staff come out and hit balls onto it
and see how it would flow and he said when they first they had too much rubber on it. So when the ball hit in the outfield it it just died. It didn't roll it all and he said so with these new turf systems you can actually add and you can take rubber away and add rubber to to, you know make the speed of the ball go at your pace. As this one's popped up on the right side. Into foul territory and it's going to go away, but he said it's really cool because he said much like in football. If you've go
t a grass field and you know you've got a predominantly running team or you've got a team that's coming in, that's really fast. You want to slow him down. You raise the grass, he said. You can actually do that with this turf by adding more sand and rubber to make the terp a little bit faster or slower. Forget them? Oh yeah, all the field football field. Yeah, here's the 1/2 curveball misses inside. Good looking pics there. Manning, one of that call, didn't get it. 22's account here's the pitch.
Another curveball missed inside again. Crowd is not happy and I went a little farther inside. There was an easy call for the home plate umpire. Gotta gotta forget about it. To retire the batter at the plate is Jordan IV and whole can't let it get worse. This would swing on lifted to right field back to make the catch is Russell and he's going to get. Walnut Ridge out the inning but not until they score one run on three basis. We head to the top of the third for nothing. You're watching the Cente
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all finals. Well, let's start the top preferred, and again, it's the seven, eight and nine hitters for Walnut Ridge and Kyle Russell, Nolan Belcher, and Kel Slusser. As we get ready to go and Kate Smith back on the mound fastball, it could be applied 86. And it's wanna know. So it's thrown 25 pitches, 24 fastballs, one breaking ball. Breaking ball we saw last setting was a good one. Here's the 10 that's called a strike on the inside half the plates one in one. One ball one strike. On the way, sw
ung on and missed. Just powering with fastball after fastball right now Russell came out of his shoes there. 352 hitter, twenty RBI's he was trying to put a charge into that one but couldn't catch up. 1/2 fouled back. Top the third inning, Harding Academy on top or nothing? There's 1/2 fastball lifting the right field. In the foul territory and just now the hands or outstretched arms of Willit. Who keeps count one and two? 4 strikeouts, first six batters to the game for Cade Smith. Now Russell g
ets back to the plate and has a 12 count on him. Also, a 352 hitter is that went up high. You know, outside of two batters for this Walnut Ridge team, everybody is hitting at least 300, and that one straight up the elevator shaft. Right behind home plate. And there we go is the first out here in the third. For now, no one Belcher Cups are blank batting 333 on the season with 19 RBI. First pitch is swung on, popped up out of play. Here's the O one pitch curveball in there called a strike doesn't
throw it often, but it's definitely there. That's a weapon for Kate Smith. See if he maybe goes to it a little more often in the second time through the lineup. That's a filter that one hears the 02 fastball. Swan administered 86, especially when you pump at 86 right after Bender in the low 70s and mid to upper 80s right after it's going to be tough to catch up with Bobby. I'm seeing a pattern here first. Better the innings in play. It first letter is in play in the next two batters have struck.
It have struck out the first two innings. Trend continues, there's Kel Slusser, and he fouls one bank Slusser on the year 262 hitter with seven RBI. No one's on the way so I'm gonna miss going to. Slusser's kind of bailing out on that swing stepping toward the third base bag instead of right at the picture. Coverage on the outer half tough. Here's the O2 swung on and missed that is now 6 strikeouts for Cade Smith as we end the top of the third inning, we head to the bottom of the third party Ac
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football, basketball and baseball. He also plays in the band and is an extremely good student and he is our student athlete of the game. Three pretty good sports at Harding Academy. I've got a chance to do something that's only been done one time in the history. Here's a shot left field, but it's going to foul by Cade Smith. RJ only one time of that we can find of record has a school won the baseball, the football and basketball state championship. On the boys side the same year. Harding Academy
has a chance to do that today. Thanksgiving title today. You know the first to do it was it was hard Academy wasn't Harding Academy in 2012? Yeah, that was with Will Francis on the teams right? Frances is coaching at Harding Academy. Here's the 1/2 is. It's in the dirt. They actually have a chance to pull something off at you. May have to look at the record market across the nation's done, but they went today. Soccer team asked the chance to make it go full force for his boys team championships
. Harding boys playing green forest tomorrow. Three soccer title game. Here's a 22 fastball. This is loan and Science 3 into. It is pretty impressive. I mean, thinking about when you sweep the major 3 sport, yeah. And a lot of these kids play on all three sports as that one goes high and it's going to walk. Cade Smith. To start the bottom of the third inning. Hey, you look at a guy like Kate Smith. Basketball, so he wasn't here for the entire baseball season. Cooper, Welches that plate and he'll
start off with the one account you know. Harding Academy. Obviously, the private school there in Searcy, but not a huge school. You know, there are three school because of the multiplier, so we'll have a huge allotment of students. But obviously we got some pretty good athletes. Counts to know. Cooper Welch bats 3:45. Coach Belcher coming out of the dugout and you have the home plate umpire, little piece of advice if you want to call it that or throw over to 1st. Wells back in the first inning
struck out. Here's the 20 aspall's gonna miss outside. Dugouts are a lot farther away from home plate than they normally are. By design, so when coaches start chirping, coach belts now going to take a stroll to the mound. Try to settle this picture down. Came right boy so I mean. I would imagine if you're a guy like Cole Manning who. Urate no. On the year with the 141 ER 80. Strikeouts pitched in 54 innings. You're kind of in uncharted waters right now because you've given up four runs in the fi
rst two innings. Just gotta find a way to throw strikes. You know, I found one really interesting status Harding Academy offense. They've struck out 138 times this year as a team as a team that's only 15% of their at bats. Wow, so not many times you're going to sit there and just blow it by this they're going to put it in play some former fashion again, they're hitting 340 as a team, but you know, just just put it over the plate in no point trying to paint corners. No point trying to get a lot o
f swing and misses 'cause they're just a team that's not going to strike out that much. Anymore you see it. It's a lot of times it's 2530% strikeout. Ratio is even getting higher than that in Major League Baseball. 15% as a team is really, really impressive. Here's the three. Oh, it's in the dirt. Can be a walk. So now Kate Smith's going to head to second base with Cooper Welch at first base. So now that brings up Chris Anderson, who got a base hit to left field back in the first, got an RBI sin
gle the chance to add to his RBI total. 26 On the season now here's the pitch that's right inside this account to wanna know. Here's the one O pitch. This is inside. It's too, no. No man, it's been around the strike. Somebody hasn't been able to find the strikes in this inning. He's nibbled the corners. That's swung on, fouled off on the right side. Think they're going to get Catcher interference here? Belcher had his glove knocked off of him as he tried to make the play there, but bat made cont
act with the glove, which means an automatic first base issue. Now the bases are loaded for the Wildcats and that brings up Daniel Henley, who's hitting. 359 he grounded out to second base back in the 1st. Here's the first pitch is high and tight. Please count to wanna know more mcfatridge just sent me a message that said in 2012, 2013, Harding Academy won the Big Three as that picture. Swan and miss. But they also want girls track and boys golf that year. Yeah, so 5 total that year. I know that
's been done plenty of times, especially the schools that have the tennis golf, cross country etc. But as far as the. The big team sports and we should include tracking then having track numbers. But yeah to be able to go football basketball, baseball, pretty impressive. Yeah, that's. Here's one to ask for Mrs Loan outside and we had to look up Fayetteville, one at the near the end of Vance Arnold's legendary careers. The baseball coach. Obviously they had the Allen brothers at quarterback Cole
Adams, had a couple perfect teams for the Purple Dog basketball squad. Hard to believe it's only been one time, yeah? 2 balls, two strikes. Long on left to right, field coming in as Russell is trouble and that's going to be a fair ball. One was going to score. 2 words are going to score, and they'll have runners at 1st and 3rd. Well, that walk the line, did it Bobby it landed right there on it. Bloomberg Texas Leaguer does looks like amazing caught the line and I think that's going to do today f
or Cole Manning. And as they make the slow walk to the pitchers mound, we're going to take a break and find out who this new picture will be for Walnut Ridge as Harding Academy, they lead it 6 to nothing here in the third inning and you're watching the Centennial Bank State Baseball championships in Arkansas. PBS sports. First student is always more fun to include the arts when you're learning, I mean just to have expression to see different forms of entertainment. It always just makes it more f
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had 62 strikeouts in 51 innings of work. He said 14 walks, five saves this year and that's going to close the book on well, not totally closed. The book on Cole Manning. He still got some. Some wonders that he will be tagged with, but. His official line for this one. He's going to work just two innings. Because he did not get it out here in the third inning and gave up six hits. And really, if you think about it, Bobby the two base runners that are on, he's giving up six runs, but the two that a
re left on are also his Wellness, right? Six runs, four or four runs two of those urns. Couple miscues in the field not helping things out. But now. If you are Walnut Ridge, you've got to find a way to stop the bleeding. Get out of this inning. It is 10. After five we do have a sportsmanship rule, high school baseball in Arkansas, Eli Wallace at the plate for Harding Academy, and he'll take ball one. Here's the 10 swung on to the third baseman. As Thomas is going to throw across the diamond and
they got him nice play by Marie Thomas. Good looking athlete. Over there. Third base, nice frame. Will go down and pick that one looks the runner back in front of you. Makes a nice strong throw across the diamond. So that brings up Jayden Willyd. He had a SAC bunt back in the second inning. First one swung on, popped up out territory. Got room to run. And it's caught called by will baby. Really heads up play by Russell two to cover the plates. Prevent that runner from third front of swiping extr
a base. Big man. Put him up. Put him down in foul territory. Makes the nice running catch. So now that brings up the top. The line up with Tyler Hooper, who had the big triple back in the second inning. Two runners on two outs here in the third inning. Fastballs outside called ball. 10 gold strike on outside corner with the fastball. One in one. Two outs here in the bottom of the third inning. 11 As another fastball, it's now two and one. Do you want on the way swung on popped straight up back b
ehind home plate? Belcher's gonna make a falling backwards kept. Shannon reports the third down here in the third, but not until Harding Academy scores two runs on one base hit in the inning. Astrand too. We head to the top of the fourth inning, with Harding Academy leading Walnut Ridge 6 to nothing and you're watching the Centennial Bank State Baseball championships on Arkansas PBS sports. Baseball the most watched series in PBS history, is coming home. See how baseball became our national past
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for Walnut Ridge. Strike at the belt. Count to 1 or. 11 on the way Swan lifted after work. I say Bobby, we got one hit. Now speak it into existence. If they didn't get lucky planned on the mound for Cole Manning, but it can make up for it at the plate. 443 average add to it. There let brings up Landon, saying. Now who struck out back in the first inning? I need to see if the approach changes for Kate Smith the second time through the lineup. He did go with bat, so that'll be strike one as the at
tempted to bunt. He's been about 95% fastball today. When you've got a plus fastball like his and mid to upper 80s, you can rely on it. No one's called a strike at the knees. A little bit off of that one. Here's the 02 fastball Mrs outside. One ball 2 strikes. On the way here in the top of the fourth inning. Log on shop now preferred. Here's a big throw. We got it. Great job by Cooper Welch. Their charge the baseball rifle it over the first get seen. So that puts Manning at second base. Now Cann
on Baker of the three hole hitter will be up. He struck out back in the first inning. Basement panel breaker. First pitch is called strike on that outside corner. Kate Smith has worked outside all day long. No one misses loan. One ball, one strike, ask balls outside with two in one. Kevin Baker with 33 RBI this year. This outside three in one. With a few hitters, counselor seen Walnut Ridge it be able to work against Smith, here, said dead Red fastball. If your Canon Baker. 31 shop to third base
looks him back big throw. He dropped it. I was gonna go to third base that being cold Manning and now will not ridges workers on the corner. After an error by the first baseman didn't look that one into the glove. Gotta finish the play. Strong throw by third baseman Welch. Wallace real threat of trouble. Party Academy pitching staff. So Will Davis comes up with right now and he grounded out to third base back in a second. That's found out of back in the map. Balls one strike, one out here in th
e top of four. Wanna mess? I feel like this is a really big spot for Walnut Ridge able to start chipping away at that Harding lead. Wanna Miss Stanitsa strike out or Will Davis? Three fastballs right by the first baseman. And now it's up to Marie Thomas. To prolong this inning if there's anybody you wanted to play to try to drive. In some runs there would be Marie Davis or more in Thomas Scuse me, he's batting 436 in the year. Walk 17 times. He did strikeout back in the second. Good on good righ
t there in the fastball? One out. Balls one strike. Fastball they throw down to second tag him out. And that's going to do it. Hello 26 Other put out. And that'll do it for Walnut Ridge here at the top of the fourth inning, they. Get one base hit. They leave two on we head to the bottom of fourth inning as Harding Academy lead 6 nothing. You're watching the Centennial Bank State Baseball championships on Arkansas. PBS sports. I'm Logan Duvall and I'm Lauren Mccalla and we are pleased to represen
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irt ball one? Strike on the outside corners. Levi Lang is at the plate for Harding Academy. This one is popped up. Foul is gonna go out of play. Takes account one boom. Russell is taking zero time. Yeah, I know. I'm done talking about the DVD's I look up and he's already got a pitch thrown as soon as he catches the ball from his backstop. He is throwing it back. Slowing things down here to let us feel Dorsett after that foul ball. But he is working quickly. Here's one to Herrboldt. Let's put a s
top watch on this 123. 4. Turbo Val back for 2nd. I mean, I'm here for it. Don't get me wrong. I mean I mean, but you know what that that is? That is what we want to see in the new generation of baseball. Everybody says the baseball is too slow not to him. No. Kyle Russell says, let's, let's roll. That's one and lifted the left and it's going to go well found. You know it's a stark contrast compared to what we saw last night in the Rogers game. Very true, even earlier today. Yeah, you talk about
Holland for strikes out 16, but he took his time. Yeah, here's the two to add. Strike three caught that outside corner. But you know it works for some people, and some people don't. You know, for a silly he seems to get in the groove. And yeah, let's watch like yourself down. How many? Already first, then fly to right the second inning. So generally, what happens when you find a pitcher who wants to work quickly? You'll find it offensive steps out of the plate, tries to slow him down. Here's th
e 10 swung on and the holder left. Face it for Al Betty. And so now Kate Smith comes up. With a runner on in one out, Smith. And a filters choice RBI back in the first and walked in the third. There is a strike. The Kate Smith Here's the old one, swung on and found out of play it so too. Clear we have Blue Öyster Cult fan. Why do you hear hear something cowbell? Had no idea with Ball gets away from the first baseman and heading to. Second, salvetti. Sorry that great joke was lost on well, I'm no
t really a blue old Oyster Colts fan. I couldn't even name a song. Don't fear the Reaper. That's their song. I need more cowbell. Literally could have given me 100 guests and I guess that I would have never gotten the only song. Probably in history that features the cowbell. Here's the 02. It's up high now. If you would have said must've been a Mississippi State fan, but like I got that, OK, that's too easy trying to make the world smarter, more cultured. Will Ferrell references. Is the 1/2 swun
g on found left side? I didn't think cowbells were allowed at games. I thought you weren't allowed to bring if you pay attention to the technical Tripoli handbooks, there's no artificial noisemakers. But I mean, I'm not complaining, yeah? 'cause I remember there was a football game, somebody brought a cowbell and they're like. Oils are fine. Don't bring the vuvuzela back World Cup if you don't like the Booz Allen's a lot better than I do. The cowbell know here's the one to swing on. Back up the
box, and that might score. Run how Betty. That's the first one Corona, Ridge or shooting for the 7th run for Harding Academy. I had the wrong sheet pulled up. Good piece of hitting by Kate Smith. This goes back up the middle. How many people live in super well? Then he's now scored twice. Here's a fallbach. The second RBI for Cade Smith. So you really wouldn't want the view sale over now though. 'cause if you get a bunch of them, it just sounds like a swarm of Hornets. Sounds awesome. Our defini
tions of awesome are the view Salem. When that was big during the World Cup. It look, I went out and bought. I want I bought 1. I wanted one to sit around. The house was blow your Mozilla, you sit around and bang your cowbells absolutely. Well, that's dumb. Each their own. My neighbors love me. Well. Running first, here's the old one pie. It's one in one. Swung on, found out a plane count to one and two. You know, outside of those two things, I don't know if there's a. Another instrument you cou
ld really bring to a ball game. Here's the 1/2 curveball check swing fouled off. Back to that and less. You're in the band. Then you can bring any instrument. Well, I'm talking about is a fan, though. You know of of everything that you don't see anybody. Bring the Shakers or the tambourine. Marakas, yeah, it's it's usually the cowbell, or I don't even know if the Brazil is considered an instrument that makes noise. Everybody's got two instruments attached, the rich, but those hands. Stop your fe
et. Some people gonna whistle. Yeah, I mean, I still would. Rather I think I would rather have the moves Ala over somebody whistling. Father and I think that production is upping the level of the cowbell in our ears. Right now they've got a fever and the only prescription is more powerful. Here's 1/2 curveball swung on popped up shallow right field coming in is going to be. Right Fielder makes catch and so that is now 2 hours. Chris Anderson comes up next, had a base hit back in the first inning
. Chris Anderson Anderson batting 323 this year. Laptop balwan here's the 10 Alpine insight. 2 balls, no strikes, runner at first that ones up high in time. Reno Sonic Kokomo. There is a strong coming outside corner, three in one. Here's a 31 fastball outside misses and it's a walk. Now you've got runners at first and second. As Daniel Henley comes in, he's a 7 hole hitter. Two run single back in the third. Language. 59 On the season now with twenty RBI's. That's a fastball that Mrs Hionis wanna
know. There's one oh pitch that Mrs Outsides tuineau. Also, with the pitch swung on fouled back at 2/1. Here's the two one swung on is popped up on the infield. Over to the shortstop Connor. But Canon Baker's got it, and that's going to do it for the inning. So one runs scored in the inning. On two base hits. We head to the top of the fifth inning, where Harding Academy lead 7 to nothing and you're watching this Centennial Bank State baseball championships in Arkansas. PBS sports. For every mom
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alnut Ridge Bobby Swofford Omar Jayhawk glad to have you along wherever you may be. Got more action here on the channel later on today. Wet wipes I want to Ridge. Lady Blackhawks and Lady Devil dogs. First pitch is into Marie Thomas. Based on strictly logos alone, Moralton as one of the more intimidating logos you're gonna see. There's a big rip in a 11 count, but there are the Devil Dogs. Yeah, the logos fierce. No. Here's a one, one fits it's found like I don't really. Logos is fierce, though
you want to see fear Centria wonder here. There one day school. The daredevils, little baby demon with a pitchfork. Creepiest thing you'll ever see. Don't know where is the woman. Do you live in the deep center? Allen? Going to go way back all the way up towards 375 and standing up at second base is Marie Thomas. Swing there by Thomas and charged into the deepest part of the park. We can start a rally here for the Bobcats. That is his eighth double of the season. That is a deep, deep part of the
field. Now that's going to bring up Mason Andrews. Now let me know what you think. Struck out back in the second inning. That's why I'm on with the left right into the glove zone of Henley, and that'll be an out. And a well hit ball. Yeah, I'm cheated there by Andrews and rips one to left field on Lyman right at the left. Middle handling. Now Kyle Russell comes to the plate. He popped up. The shortstop back in the third. That's going on at the 2nd. Put out. About two hours, 43 on the put out. S
end Marie Thomas to third base. No, Belcher is going to play now. He's the catcher today and he struck out the third. I'll let you know when I think it knows better. 3319 RBI's. Youngster coaches son behind the plate. Go over his head. Count to 10. The one oh that's Paul Mrs loan away. You know, one thing that you brought up during the game that. Maybe the average fan at home didn't realize both these teams are wearing white uniforms. Yeah, normally if this is basketball, somebody's going to fil
e before the game. Rip found right over the batting cages and left. Maybe the the road team which would be Walnut Ridge. Maybe they should have to start each count with one one like the speed up the Coed softball rules. I don't have a problem with it, but you gotta punish you somehow. Here's the two one. This is out signs three why I really don't have a problem because the Bobcats have. I've got the pinstripes working an really hard in academies aren't quite there. More of a gravestone. That was
they were all intelligent people, so we can tell the difference for the first couple of verses. Personally pat, yeah, I mean and one is red and the other one is not. Black side just one thing you notice. Generally the road team has Gray or at least a colored top. Rarely see white versus white. Hoover. How many people live in hell crossword? #3 is every day. Move to Seattle. Now Slusser is at the plate and it takes the first strike. Talking about a father between games, his birthday today so I g
ave him, gave him a call and he said it's raining on the western side of the state as it has been pretty much every day for simply year. Here's the old one is popped up suddenly underneath it is salvetti and that's gonna do it. So. All that Ridge gets a base hit. That's about it. They strand to though an we head to the bottom of the fifth inning, with Harding Academy and leading 7 nothing. You're watching the Centennial Bank State Baseball championships in Arkansas. PBS sports. I think it's impo
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Anyway, I tried doing that as well and it didn't work out. It my kids all into the New Age cartoon, which is not, you know, it is what it is. But blueberries good. So if you got kids, go watch blueberry. OK, so we are in the bottom of the fifth inning at 7 to nothing. Ann for Harding Academy. Eli Wallace will be up first will be followed by a number 9 hole hitter. Jayden will light and then back to the top with collar Hoover. Kyle Russell's back out there. As he delivered, delivers a fastball M
rs outside to go. Wanna know? Now once we get past the catcher to go to, and oh, by the way yesterday it was announced that former Arkansas Razorback Anthony Lucas was named the new head coach Pulaski Academy. And let's say congratulations to him and chance to talk with him this morning and won't find a better guy. Just one outstanding human you don't think of it this late in May. Then be a big week for Sports high school football coach husband. Three prominent schools had to hire football coach
Zach Clark named the head coach at Searcy. Zach on that gig. Who's the head coach at Springdale? Mark also made a higher. Yeah, and now you've got Pulaski Academy with higher promoted longtime assistant in the charging Wildcats. So Randy Sandifer is going to be over with Little Rock. Yeah, it's kind of crazy. Some of these big jobs that you see with changing changing guards. Here's a strike. Two jade will lights and the 11. You just don't think of the changes happening. Really, this late. Yeah,
a lot of teams have already finished spring practice. Myth. Never know what's happening behind the scenes as far as some moving parts. Obviously Kevin Kelly takes the college job. Sir, she came open really late. High school football in Arkansas minutes. There is a stolen base by Eli Wallace Football in the stadium. It's a small knit group and you talk about 210 schools there about the play football. So one coach leaves more likely than other coaches going to take that one from the state. The do
minoes start to fall, yeah? Springdale Open or the premier used to be one of the premier jobs in the state. Obviously set the split back in the late 2000s. Successful. Springdale harbor being created. 3 balls, two strikes to willit. Yeah, that's right three. He tried to fake it like he's one solo back towards the dugout, but he knew that got plenty of the plane on the outside will hide sent packing. Now back to the lineup as. Tyler Hoover is up. He had the big triple in the second inning flied t
o center in the first hand. Popped out to the catcher back in the third. First pitch is. Call the ball. What those found back? I'm going one strike. That's gonna mess outside to go two and one. The pace slowed significantly for Russell. Yeah he was. He was working quick and then he's thrown 50 pitches. Fatigue may be setting a little bit. It's it's very humid. Here in Britain that's going on and look at the shallow left field now. Order academies got runners on the corners. Will be worth mention
ing now that. That potential run is at the plate. Sportsmanship rule is 10 runs after five innings. I would put into this 3A title game. That in mind, so Levi Lang is at the plate. The two base hits today, a double and a single, and he pops this one up in the center field. Catches made water is going to come play is going to be at the plate slides in and he gets to run strong through there from Anderson Center field was not an excuse not engineering squad thing some saying there but it's not eno
ugh on it. Playing going to get credit with an RBI SAC fly. So there's two outs now, as Gamertell Betty comes to the plate. I better get a base hit back in the fourth inning. This is outside. Well, that went back and so now we're even at 1/1. We're in the bottom of the fifth inning. So far, Harding Academy has scored in every inning so far that we've played. Consistent pressure on the pitching staff in Walnut Ridge. No easy advance. One ones in there called a strike in the outside corner and aga
in when you've got a 340 team average, you're not expecting a lot of easy outs, easy frames, and they're making. Every picture started with Manning and now Russell worked for it and the one twos popped up. Back behind first base and it's caught by the first baseman Will Davis. And that's going to do it for the fifth inning. But not until Harding Academy scores one run on one base in the Strand one and we head to the top of the sixth inning, where Harding Academy leads data. Nothing. And you're w
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t in Arkansas dairy bars. Need eats cool treats preparing this summer? See the complete schedule and set reminders at myarpbs.org/schedule. So we head to the sixth inning with the 123 hitters do up. 4 Walnut Ridge. Whole Manning landed sane and Cannon Baker. Still on the mount is Kate Smith for Harding Academy curveballs. In there at 71 and it's all in one to Cole Manning. Manning back in the 4th and got a base hit to left field. Another curveball in there going to about to say Smith hasn't thro
wn more than one breaking ball in an inning and he goes back to back on. Who was the starting pitcher? With the hook here, Zo two curveball again bounced. The third took it off the belly big throw over his head. Rounding first two headed to 2nd. Is Cole manning? Interesting to see what they're going to say. E5 on that kind of thought. He was there even before that, but the error. Will allow for him to get the 2nd. Well, I think if he feels it cleanly. Yeah, you're probably right, yeah, so the bu
bble. Atlanta plumbing. One on the Bible, one on the throne. So now Landon Sane comes up. He's over 2 on the day. As that PIC sales high. Charging with one. 01 is swung on, popped up, right side, into foul territory. They've got room to go but just ran out of. Real estate little more. We look at it. There is a ton of foul territory here there, that's why I was saying earlier there. If you look down though, everyone get a camera angle of the foul territories because there is a large amount of fou
l territory on both sides of the field. Normally you'll have 5-6 feet, sometimes down the down the foul line, but there's a good shot of it there, there's easily. 10 yards yeah, if not more, if not more, yeah. Which is in there those two and one to land insane. Yeah, no. It's a lot of space to run. Here's the two one swung on. It's popped up and it's going to go out of play. Take the count to 2. The balls two strikes were in the top of the sixth inning. There is a ***** long gone out to first ba
se gathered in by Wallace Hill, touch the bag for the first out, but that will advance the runner to 3rd. And then water being cold meaning. Second time correction, third time that. Walnut Ridge has been able to get a runner to third base. I've not been able to push one cross it yet. My brother so now Canon Baker comes up. You get on the bags back in the fourth because of an error. The first baseman. And the swings and misses at the first he didn't strike out back in the first inning. 01 is dril
led to right center field at a school run. Hannah Baker's on the bags with an RBI single. Good piece of hitting there. Didn't try to do too much, just flip that one the other way, finds a hole over the second baseman's head. It's the Bobcats on the board. Now to bring up Will Davis. Davis is cleanup hitter. He's over 2 on the day. Kerbol misses inside. Well, no, basketball called a strike at the knees. 11 swung on, slap the 2nd and try to turn 2 out at second back to first they get the double pl
ay the 463 double play really nice. Turn there at second leave my language. Tyler Hoover. Not when killing ends. Any threat of a big inning. So. They do score run in the inning we head to the bottom of the six, eight to ones, or score you're watching the Centennial Bank State Baseball championships in Arkansas. PBS sports. For information regarding COVID-19 vaccine Clinic locations, call the Arkansas Department of Health Vaccine Clinic Call Center at 1-800-985-6030. Now more than ever, community
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nals live and guess what? We're back in the fall football finals are going to be here before you know it. Get all the sports this year. Yeah, I mean, I really have never thought that would be a big deal. Now I know, right? Kate Smith do up for. Harding Academy 'cause this? This should technically be the second time we do the baseball and softball finals? Yeah the 1st and we were supposed to last. You were planning on doing last year, but that opportunity wiped off. Worldwide pandemic there's the
104 myslowice to know. Cade, Smith, Cooper Welch and Chris Anderson 456 hitters do up for Harding Academy. This is way outside his story, no? Call Russell with three. Oh count. Here's the pitch. That's going to be up a pie. Kate Smith will be on the banks for the second walk of the day for him. Answer Now Cooper Welch, who come to the plate. Welch has struck out flied to right and walked back in the third inning. Here's the pitch that misses the outside corner. It's wanna know. Russell starting
to get a little frustrated with himself if fatigue set in and he's throwing 60 pitches but laboring a bit on the mound trying to find the strike zone. There's 10 swung on popped up. Right side of the field. Second, basement bakers over there to make catching me out. So now Chris Anderson comes up. He got on with the base hit back in the 1st and catcher interference got him on in the third flied out to the shortstop in the 4th. Assuming walked. That's a strike right down Broadway. That kind bass
all three times come to the plate. Three different ways to do it. You just mentioned single walk catcher interference. It's the opposite of the Golden Sombrero, yes? Here's the 11. Mrs Loan away. Pointing out we had two golden sombreros in the first game today, did we? Non ridiculous named Afficionados out there. That's 4 strikeouts in a game for a for a batter. Rover first is. Insafe 2 balls one strike. 8 to one there score, Harding Academy on top of Walnut Ridge. There's a strike that caught
the outside corners 22. 2 twos always swung on, lifted high back behind first base. Anchor settles up underneath it for the second out. Back to back pop outs on the infield. One more of those and. Walnut Ridge can put the first goose egg on the board for Hardings Linescore. So that takes us to the seven hole hitter. Daniel Henley only got that base hit back in the third inning to right field. Why do the shortstop back in the 4th and then? Grounded out to the second baseman in the furnace, takes
a swinging strike there to start off this set back. Oh, one pitch is now and two with a nice fastball on the outside corner. There's the 02 runner goes. They're going to throw it down an. Not going to be in time. Stolen base for Cade Smith. One ball 2 strikes. I don't know if you heard that or not. 'cause I'm hearing voices in my head. Here's the pitch swung on and missed. That's gonna do it. How Russell gets out of the inning with just a one hour left on the bags and we're going to head to the
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h all the championship games this go to youtube.com/arkansasPBS. Big in the outfield. Warm all day. Every single time he goes out and warms up the left fielder. Set alarm on he's going to be a heck of a player. For Harding Academy one day, who's putting in the big workout pregame? Now we're just about sitting ready to go for the top of the seventh inning. Here's the deal. Walnut Ridge has to score seven runs here in the top of the seventh inning, which was over. And they're going to start off wi
th Marie Thomas. Thomas Dublin centerfield. But it did strike out the 2nd. Kate Smith Pictures to work with. Try for a complete game here. Struck out seven. Her ball misses high. Smith so far has thrown 81 pitches. Swung on, lifted out into shallow feel that simple base hit. Multi hit day for Thomas. Two of the four. For the Bobcats, that brings up Mason Andrews now, who's over 2 on the day, lined out to left field on a hard hit ball. And then he struck out back in the second. How many games? To
ny first Pitch joins up high. There's the 10 asphaltenes called a strike. Good pitch, low and away. Smith has lost a little bit of his velocity. That one is at 81. Again, it's a hot humid day and were seven innings in. At this point, six, yeah, 84 pitches and expect to lose a little bit. How humid it is really takes a toll on you. Here's the 11 runner goes swung on. It was hit and run right back at the shortstop. He's right place, right time was a backhand and get the out. Great job by the short
stop Tyler Hoover to put a foot in the ground. They will stop his momentum, collect himself, knock down that ground ball, and make the strong throw across the diamond. Exactly right, that's not a hit and run that maybe a base hit back up the middle, yeah? Now Kyle Russell comes to the plate. And he's over 2 on the day. Strike one with fastball outside. What's wrong on and found back it's 02. No balls two strikes. Runners 2nd. As fastball misses outside at 84. There's 1/2 fastballs, way outside t
he time it's doing too. Here is the two two misses high patience at the plate for Russell Falls behind oh Sue and able to bottle all the way back. 3 pitches at. Or outside of the zone, but relatively close. 3/2 pictures on the way swing on back up the box taken by the shortstop. Gathered enthroning two outs. Guardian Academy just one out away from completing the trifecta. Football, basketball and baseball state championships. Secure this win boys soccer team has a chance to make it over for tomo
rrow. It's worth pointing out, too, that Harding Academy is four and four or 444 should say yeah, and state title game appearances four. No, here's the first pitch it as a ball outside championships in 2820. Thirteen 2017 2018 Belchers that played by the way. Fouled off. Count one in one. Is pretty impressive though. Here's the one one pitch curveball in there. Called a strike one and two now. Second time Harding Academy is pulled the trifecta did it back in 2013, mentioned earlier RJ will Franc
es and Catalyst for that. Triple Crown 1/2's on the way way over the head. He was account doing too. 2 balls, two strikes. Here's the pitch fastball. Mrs Lowe 84 miles an hour takes it full. 3 balls, two strikes. It's a pining, walks in. 97 pitches for Cade Smith that pitch count starting to creep up there a bit. You've got runners on the corners as Slusser is going to be at the plate. Tell saucers that deployed. He's over 2 on the day. So I'm on a missed. Here 01 that's swung on and fouled back
. So into quickly. Seven RBI's on the year for Sluser. Fancy feet the batters box there gonna get those feet set. My stride back towards the picture. Otuz account here's the pitch that's outside. They're going to throw down to 1st and he's back safely. Will there be something to end something with the throw down at 1st and get him out? So it's one and two. Kate Smith going for the complete game. Here's the 1/2 swung on popped up. This could do it. Left side it was the shortstop and Harding Acade
my is wanted. They are your class 3A state champions. They were in complete control of this contest really from start to finish, three rounds in the first innings, 40 tally in the first five innings of this one. And they take down Walnut Ridge, H1 and complete their Triple Crown of a football basketball and Allen Baseball State Championship will come wrap everything up right after. This is, you're watching this Centennial Bank State baseball championships in Arkansas. PBS sports. Baseball the mo
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ly all you can say is Bob Kids had a great year but they just ran into a buzz saw with not only pitching but hitting. Yeah and it's the first inning. I think some nerves were were in factor for Walnut Ridge that the pitching which has been outstanding all season long for the Bobcats starting pitcher Cole Manning. Really effective. But you guys touched up for six runs and just two innings of work and I had to go to the bullpens. Never really could rally from that and it's really. Good all around
performance from Harding Academy. They hit one through 9. The pitching was obviously very good today, just too much to overcome for Walnut Ridge and that's why Harding Academy is got a another State Championship banner headed to Searcy. So there it is. Your Class 3A state champions are about to name the MVP. Who would you give the MVP 2 for today? I mean, I think it's it's gotta go to the picture to the cleanup hitter. Kate Smith, you know, complete game. Drove in a couple of runs, scored a coup
le of runs. So Kate Smith is your MVP. For the state tournament, and I think he's very deserving. Yeah, talking to complete game gave up one run on four hits, struck out half a dozen. Seven was the official number. Just really good all around performance. You had the fact that these were 500 hitter on the season, drove in a couple runs today. Kate Smith. Your MVP. A big reason why the Wildcats are your 3A state champs. Well, we will take a break when we come back, we'll wrap the whole thing up a
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ree a state title Game 8 to one. The Wildcats have defeated the Bobcats so Walnut Ridge here in Benton, AR. Bobby and they want man it was. It was a onslaught of runs, hits and really you gotta give it hard Academy. They did everything they needed to do to win a state championship. They did all we talk about it so many times but come out that first inning or two is what's going to be the difference. Who settles in first? Who makes the first mistake early on? Harding Academy put a lot of pressure
on Walnut Ridge. With the bats, they put things in play. They got on base. They're able to move runners over. They took an extra couple of days. Gotta remember that the wild pitch Runner goes 1st to 3rd that set up another run in that first inning. The little things like that really start to add up, especially in a state championship game. And I'm not saying there was any residual carryover. Gotta remember? Harding beat Walnut Ridge 13 to three in the regional final and the fact they were able
to jump up 3 nothing in the first inning. That little bit of doubt starts to creep in your head. If you're Walnut Ridge. Ann Harding Academy was able to take advantage of it. Yeah, well, they win their state championship now. We get you ready for four a softball action. Moralton is going to be in a state championship over just across the way. We just try to take it out period. When a lot of people thought it was gonna be Farmington coming from the western part of the state for a four a title, th
e peerage pulled the upset there. If you want to call it that it gets to the championship game but Morton's been really good. Probably one of the best for a softball squads all season long. Made tough to takedown the Lady Devil Dogs but period, he's got a squad obviously and they're here in the final story and craft and sitting power will have all the coverage of that coming up at 7:00 o'clock, but the final from this one. It's Harding Academy 8 Walnut Ridge. One you've been watching the Centenn
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