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As we're going to see you first today here in the four a state championship on Arkansas PBS sports.

Prairie Grove and Robinson looking for their first ever state baseball championship in school history alongside my tag team partner, J.B. Brazil.

I'm Bobby Swofford.

Thanks for tuning in today.

It's a little muggy, a little warm out there.

But speaking of warm, these two teams have been hot getting to this point.

No doubt about it.

Prairie Grove.

They got the bats.

They've hit it super well.

They're going to face a really good pitching staff.

And Robinson should be a really, really good match up for the team's first state title.

Robinson in the championship game for the first time in school history.

And how they got here.

Well, let's take a look at it.

The senators lost in their regional championship game to Lono, a team who we saw win a championship last year.

They found a way to bounce back.

They won three straight games, including getting past Lone Oak in the semifinals.

A juggernaut that's a team that you got to think was one of the favorites to get here.

They knocked them off their riding high.

The Prairie Grove's no slouch either.

And the big reason why the play of Isaiah Freeman oh my goodness three for three.

He was the largest reason he went three for three against Steele Eaves a commit to the University of Arkansas.

Take a look at this man right here.

Freeman.

You know, only 257 on the year, but six for ten in the state tournament.

Absolutely.

Lights out, in the batter's box.

And then Grove.

They got a guy that absolutely could jump a two way guy, Connor Hubbs, a 424 average for long balls.

His pitching is really good as well.

They're going to need him to play at his highest level to knock off Robinson.

That's a good look at Connor Hubbs, starting pitcher for Prairie Grove.

We'll talk more about him in just a little bit.

But what they've done in their last five games have.

The Tigers from Northwest Arkansas has been really impressive.

Their three games in the regional tournament of course they go three and zero.

They outscored their opponents 24 to 3.

And in the state tournament they handle business.

First round bye.

They get by Crossett 8 to 3.

Then Farmington, who lives about five miles from Prairie Grove.

They take down their biggest rival, 4 to 2, to punch their ticket here to Conway and the four, a state championship game.

We're creeping up on first pitch, but you never know how these two teams are going to handle the atmosphere.

J.B. when you when you're looking at this, if you're starting pitcher for Prairie Grove to begin things here, what are you looking for here at the top of the first?

Well, I think you want to pound the zone.

There's no question, Robinson.

Their bats are not as good a little bit.

Sub 300 average.

So attack if you're hops, why not pound the zone, get ahead of hitters and attack Isaiah Freeman.

Because that's a guy that's been hitting lights out right now.

You mentioned Isaiah Freeman hit 278 on the season.

But that those numbers are a little misleading because you know in the game of baseball it's all about what are you doing for me right now.

And you mentioned in the state tournament he's been red hot.

Oh my goodness.

Seeing the ball.

It's like a a beach ball out there for Freeman.

He was pivotal in that win against Lone Oak to get to the state title game.

Let's look at that.

Horn up the football.

You gotta love seeing that.

Especially in a game like this playing loose.

you know talking to Coach Delaney before the game, he feels like his guys are losing Coach Chambers.

The same for for his Tigers for 21 on base percentage.

That's why I say maybe the batting average a little bit a little misleading.

I always find a way to get on base.

And that's what Robinson does best.

And we'll talk about this as the broadcast goes on.

But if Robinson gets on, they can certainly do some damage on the base.

Let's take a look at the starting lineup for Robinson is this is how they're going to stack up.

And Nathan Johnson is going to lead things off a Victor Bullock and Aiden Humbert going to be one, two, three do up here in the first.

As we were about to get underway here in the four a state championship game is it got a fix.

The hardware behind the plate.

The starting pitcher for Prairie Grove, Connor Hubbs.

You heard JB mention it for a second ago.

Breaking ball over the outside third and a strike.

And this is how the rest of the senators line up going to go Carson Wall the cleanup batter drifting the line Isaiah Freeman and the aforementioned Andre Bell.

Little in rushing going to close out the lineup is that misses were even up at one and one.

Gunner Hubbs a Crowder commit.

It's a really good JuCo school for those that don't know he's got really good stuff.

Left hander good levels, the breaking ball clearly there.

I like the idea of coming off with the offspeed stuff early because you know that Robinson is going to be sitting fastball.

They're jazzed up.

They got off the bus right after 2:00 today.

So they've been sitting around for over two hours ready to swing the bat.

So I like the idea of slowing down the the bats again.

Another breaking ball that one misses.

And the first punch out of the day for Connor Holmes doing exactly what he's supposed to do attacking and getting handed hitters.

And he he filled up the zone early, gets the swing and miss stuff.

And he's just got so much bite on that off speed.

Pull the string down and away and gets the K. It's only four pitches into the contest, but it looks like Hubbs has complete command of that breaking ball.

That one on the outer third gets the first punch out of the day.

That one fouled straight back.

And this is Victor Bullock 365 hitter on base percentage of almost 530.

That one shot foul now on the left field line.

And quickly Hubbs ahead in the count.

202.

Coach Delaney talked about Bullock said he manipulates the barrel really well.

Has the best average on the team.

A guy that can strike out a lot.

But he'll have to protect against Hobbs right here.

That one popped him up.

Coming on the right side.

Catch are going to range over.

I'm not going to be able to make the play as that one's up in the netting here at Bear Field we had a packed house and he won a championship game earlier today.

Expect more of the same here in the four eight championship.

Of course, Robinson had a much easier bus ride.

I want about 30 minutes from West.

Little of that.

Yeah.

Three Grove, about three hours from northwest Arkansas.

The to try to get him to chase the latter but Bullock would not agree to it.

Know it's one and two.

I like that look though.

Trying to change the eye level.

Still got to protect.

If you're Bullock let's see that a lot.

Go high fastball then try to come back with the breaking ball low and away again.

As you just mentioned change the eye level.

But he misses down.

So even up to two and two.

That breaking ball hung in the zone a little bit too long but not able to do anything with it.

Just a pop up to the second baseman, Luke Little.

Excuse me, Bryce Leger Wood for Prairie Grove.

He makes the play quickly two or set down here in the first.

Hobbs is settled in nicely as you look defensively.

He's done a really nice job early.

It's a senior Hall Vance across the outfield.

Lynn Baer Leger Wood and Carts is the infield for Prairie Grove.

His first pitch swinging is Aiden Humbert and making up the battery with Connor Hubbs, the pitcher for Prairie Grove.

Spencer Allen's behind the plate for the Prager of Tigers.

On Up and Out of the zone.

He's been efficient so far.

Has Connor Hubbs trying to set the senators down in order and down and out of the zone, though.

First batter, he's fallen behind.

It'll be a hitter's count for home.

He's got 256 average two for eight in the state tournament.

But he's got a really high OBP.

He's a guy that just finds a way on base.

And he's got a hitter's count to do something with a 450 on base percentage, five doubles this year, driven in 15 sets.

McCann drives that one to left and hangs up.

Just Nelson can't make the play in left field and that should be a base hit.

The first one of the afternoon for the senators.

Really nice job from home.

Bard stayed back on that.

Squared it up.

He picked that one to left field.

It was a tough angle for senior.

That ball was diving down.

Got some top spins.

The senior tries to come in really had a bad angle.

It wasn't his angle that he took, but it was a bad angle to try to make the catch because his gloves coming in the ball squirting away and it palmed him.

That is ruled a single by the official score.

So the first hit of the day does go to the senators.

So now have to work up out of the stretch.

O'Connor hubs, the senior lefty.

Carson wore the right fielder.

Now that left in the center and some space.

Tristan Hall cuts it off there to keep the runner home.

Guard to second.

So back to back singles after the first two batters were retired in order.

Here in the top of the first try to line things up and get Isaiah Freeman a chance to bat in this first inning.

That was a high fastball.

Good job hunting for Carson Wall.

He kept his hands up, was able to get on top of that one and drives that one to left center field.

Robinson after the first two retired, they got a chance to strike first.

Honestly, not a bad location up around the numbers.

Wall just got his hands on top.

Delivered at the center.

Now a runner in scoring position for Drifting Lad, the designated hitter that one skied on the infield and a shortstop on the second base side of the bag makes the play.

Jackson puts it away from Perry Grove, so back to back two out hits goes for not as the Senator Strand to pair.

Nothing doing for Robinson on the scoreboard for Grove.

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Patty Robinson able to put together back to back two out hits but could not push one across.

Not Prairie Grove.

Going to try to get on the board.

Let's take a look at their starting nine.

The pitcher Connor Hubbs going to leave things off.

And they're going to go Vance Lynn 123.

In the order Leger would ogle cartes.

And then Allen a senior bear and Tristan Hall in center field us the ten in the lineup for Prairie Grove.

Bear is going to be your designated player.

He's playing shortstop, but not in the batting lineup today.

And that's going to be our first look at the starting pitcher for Robinson.

Logan Eichler.

His first delivery misses out of the zone.

Low anglers two zero on the year a 1.2 ERA.

He's thrown 41 innings pitched, 61 caged at 20 walks.

He's kind of really good.

Strikeout to walk ratio, fills up the zone a lot.

Likes to attack early, but that one lifted it to left field.

That one's taking a nosedive.

But what a play it left Andre Bell lays out there.

Make that a sports center.

Top ten nominee done.

No no no no Andre Bell my goodness young man.

Diving and taking a hit away from Connor Hobbs.

And that was a bid for a single.

No doubt about it Hobbs with a nice swing to left field Hobbs his first step was back.

That's textbook.

And then came in and takes away a hit from the Tigers.

The leadoff man.

What a way to recognize yourself and introduce yourself to the crowd.

By Andre Bell.

Of course, the first out is that one catches the inside corner.

Him.

Take a look at the defensive line up after the well.

Let's do it right now.

Bell as we mentioned rushing war in the outfield.

Freeman Johnson little Humbert across the diamond.

Bullocks behind the plate tonight.

Clear.

Makes up the rest of the battering.

That one fouled away quickly head.

Oh and two.

But can I go back to that left field in Bell.

His first step was back.

Do you know how difficult that a lot of guys, when they see a leader they want to come in.

His first step was back.

That's what you're taught comes in still makes the play textbook from Andre Bell.

You don't have a 1.19 E.R.A.

As a starting pitcher without a little defense behind you.

And the senators certainly showed that here in the first.

Year and fouled away.

And Luke Vance, the number two hitter finding a way to stay alive.

If you see there in the home stand you got a bunch of Valley view blazers coming out to to watch the game tonight.

They're getting ready to play tomorrow.

Teams looking for the five eight championship coming out watching a little baseball as they made the trip down to Conway a day early.

That one catches the inside corner.

Ring him up a nice pitch there.

Start to chainsaw.

Oh that was pretty from Eichler.

Little.

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How are you doing?

See you later on.

The fastball at the knees.

Eichler with two gone.

Now that is perfect placement.

Can I gotta find a way to get the bat off your shoulder?

If you're Luke Vance, that one too close to take and he has to take a seat now.

Asher Lynn with two outs here in the bottom of the first Free Grove's last hope that one sent right back up the middle range and over Johnston.

He makes the play to throw.

And a quick one, two, three inning for the Robinson defense, three one.

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Connor Holmes back out for his second inning of work as we start the second.

Robinson able to put together a back to back two out hits in the first.

The left and stranded.

Swing and a miss.

Isaiah Freeman, a third baseman for Robinson, now steps in 278 on the season 22 RBI.

But what he did last time out was most important as JB's already mentioned three for three in the semifinals.

That one splits the heart of the plate right at the knees.

Chokes up on that bat a little bit.

Going to try to make that zone and protect it.

Hobbs wants a big strikeout to begin the inning.

Puts it on the ground.

Chance for Lynn over at third.

Makes the strong throw.

And it's five three in your scorebook.

If you're scoring at home.

If you're not, I don't know what you're doing.

How many left fielder Andre Bell.

Freeman.

Still on the bag over at first.

And have a little discussion as to what's going on here.

Well, the first baseman did come off the bag momentarily.

I think the first base coach is wanting them to talk about it because he.

I think he's saying that perhaps Freeman might be safe because the first baseman was off the bag, didn't get back on in time.

Well, I got a break in the action.

Let's take a look at Coach Mitch Cameron for Prairie Grove right there.

They had to call his outs over at first base.

And that's a coach that has a Delaney Robinson skipper.

Mr.. Let's go home.

So the first down is recorded here in the second inning Andre Bell.

And to step into the box.

Now I made a great diving play back in the first as he takes a breaking ball at the knees for strike one.

Well the way that Hubbs gets ahead with that bender, that's his go to pitch.

And when that's working, he is awfully tough to hit.

Sometimes you see pitchers try to save that breaking ball for the second time through the lineup.

And Hubb says, I've got nothing to waste today either.

Winner.

You go home with that trophy, you don't want that silver one.

Nobody likes a state runner up, do they?

They do not.

Bat on tails just a little bit out of the zone.

So Bell ahead in the count now.

Two and one.

That one.

Beautiful.

You can tell that's the pitch he's really relying on.

That's the one he's locating.

Best bat bender.

That slow breaking ball that curveball.

It's not necessary.

At 12 to 6.

It does have some left to right movement.

It's fine in space.

That one soft out to center but perfectly placed is Tristan Hall.

And Bell is retired.

That ball jumped off the bat, no question.

He was hunting.

That fastball was Bell.

It was not a bad pitch either.

Did a good job of barreling it, but he found it right to the center fielder for out number two here.

Seven batters through the lineup for Robinson.

And they're making clear contact good contact para base hits and now a line out Luke Little the second baseman steps in and stares and strike.

One catches the corner.

Little's got a 158 average.

Couple of doubles eight RBI's but he's two for nine in the state tournament.

Coach calls him professor.

Always trying to get better.

Let's have a 338 on base percentage.

That helps kind of negate the average a little bit.

You'll take a guy who can get on base 33% of the time every time.

It's like Ron Burgundy taught me that that one a rope drive back up the middle.

But right at Leger Wood, he makes the play at first and one, two, three go down.

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Mitch Cameron, the head coach for the Fair Grove Tigers, has this team with a 29 and one record, but they've won five in a row to get to the championship game.

And not a surprise when you see his track record to see Fruit Grove having this kind of success.

That's right.

He's making the trek back home, played here at UCA graduate for coach Doug Clark.

Was born in El Dorado.

Was coach Cameron played for as a you under coach Goodhart and was a second team All-American at North Ark.

Before coming to UCA, he was a guard for UCA, and then he actually went to Prayer Grove in 0809, then went to Rogers heritage made his way back to Prayer Grove, and he's trying to lead them to a title this year.

If you missed this at the top, both of these teams looking for their first ever state championship.

Bryce Ledger Wood, the cleanup hitter for Pruitt.

Grove steps in now one and one.

So it's going to be 4 or 5 six in the lineup.

New for the Tigers.

This is some pop in their lineup 359 two home runs 19 runs driven in by ledger Wood.

That one catches a corner.

I think they're starting to settle in nicely in the mound.

Of course, he had a one, two three first inning.

That one to some late break.

Couldn't get ledger wood to chase now.

Evens up the count at two apiece.

That was a really nice take from Elijah Wood.

That's a pitcher's pitch.

A lot of times that anchor is going to get swinging.

Miss on and Ledger Wood was a very veteran take this.

All arms and legs out there for Eichler.

Got the pants pulled up high above the knees is that one misses away.

Up and away.

Excuse me.

Stevens falls the count takes a look that baseball maybe get on the a little faster.

Tall, lanky right hander for Robinson.

Ledger wood.

A guy that's a junior he started since his freshman year.

He's been a mainstay in that lineup for coach Cameron.

That one swung on lifted to left.

But back is Andre Bell.

She steps shy of the wall there in left field.

Puts it the breaks on.

Makes the play first out.

Record it.

But I'm gonna tell you right now this is a big ballpark.

It's a it's a pitcher's park because there's not a lot of balls that travel out.

I guarantee you and a few other parks in the state of Arkansas, that ball's a solo bomb.

You not?

I've had the privilege of calling a few college games in this ballpark, and you really got smoke one to get it out to the left.

Now, if you if you really want to kind of sneak one out, right field is the area to to get a cheapie.

And, you know, the left handed hitters have an advantage speaking into existence.

Maddox Ogle, the designated hitter who shows button, takes one inside.

And you're right, 310 down that right field line.

They moved it in to make room for the visitor bullpen.

At the collegiate level.

It's 330 down the left field lines the gap, sir.

375 and 402 center.

That centerfield walls got a little bit of a batters eye to it.

Switch probably a little further than 400 at least.

Feels like it.

That one also inside to ogle two.

And oh is the count to the cleanup hitter for Perry Grove Maddox hitting 294 on the season 21 singles got a four double, 16 RBI.

His in that five hole for Prairie Grove.

That one again misses inside.

And Tennessee the movement of the batter there.

You know Maddox is kind of maybe throwing off more of that pitches locate.

And of course the angle that we have or that you're watching is a little bit, you know, off to the right.

So what may look like a strike is actually inside.

Yeah, a little slanted.

You're right.

That one misses up and away.

And a four pitch walk to the first sign of trouble for Eichler, the starting pitcher for Robinson.

Well now Maddox Ogle as a sixth base or a six game on base streak.

Now as he reaches safely in six consecutive rings and Caleb Carr hitting 250 with a bomb and 15 runs driven in.

Ogle not much of a threat to steal this one stolen base on the season, so Caleb cart now steps into place.

First pitch swinging to the left side.

Finds a hole forcing a single.

Puts runners at first and second for the Tigers.

Did a nice job putting that ball in play.

I think Freeman was trying to cut it off, but then thought, maybe you want to let the shortstop have that play.

It was kind of hit there in no man's land.

Good placement from cart and he puts two aboard here.

Didn't try to do too much pushing to the left side of the infield.

And Freeman not able to get there finds a hole.

And Tigers have a little something brewing.

Even if the shortstop Johnson was able to get a glove on that one.

Don't know if he would have been able to throw out cart just as momentum was carrying him towards the third base line would have taken a perfect place first and second.

Now for the catcher, Spencer Allen.

That one misses low and away.

Allen, 174 hitter, does have 13 RBI's on the season.

He's been hit by a pitch team winning ten times.

Was it always the catchers who lead the team in getting hit by a pitch?

I guess they're not afraid of the baseball.

So they they get up there and they crowd the box.

That one catches the outside corner for Eichler evens up the count one and one Spencer Allen as it saw.

But he was going to be the guy behind the plate for Coach Cameron after Casey Shipley left.

A guy that plays UCA now in the benefit game of his sophomore year, he loses a bone.

And you heard that right.

A bone in his throwing arm, right.

What you do usually have a UCL or Tommy John surgery was his bone and he's finally recovered and he's come up big for the Tigers.

He's been through a lot.

But Spencer Allen's a guy that they've been leaning on the backstop for the Tigers.

Is behind in the count now.

One and two.

After chopping that one to the left.

Third base side.

Bottom of the second.

Pretty girl for their first two runners of the contest.

Four pitch walk to Ogle, who's out at second.

Caleb Carton single at one line to the right side that finds a hole.

And that's going to score a run for career girls.

Ogle comes all the way around from second and the Tigers take a one nothing lead.

How about the at bat from Spencer Allen going inside out to put the Tigers on the board.

That's a really nice pitch from Eichler.

And Allen got the best of him going inside out to right field looking for the way he put a charge into that one muscle out the infield.

Sometimes it's not about how hard you hit it, but where you hit it.

The last two weren't exactly bullets off the bat, but they find a way to get through the infield.

And a great heads up job by ogle skirts around for second base.

Perry Grove has the early lead.

Luke Sisson yeah, step up to the plate.

The left fielder.

The chance to add to this lead for Prairie Grove.

First pitch swinging the weaves on and misses.

So seniors a guy that coach Cameron's his first year he moved in from California.

As matter of fact he gets a call coach does it.

Someone's on their field during the summer, and it's actually so senior and his sister out in center field, but they're not supposed to be on the field.

That's why he came out there and he saw it was pretty good.

And so he said, well, I kind of didn't get on to it too much because I want him to come play for me.

So here we are.

He enrolls and says senior starting for the Tigers.

And he's been a big part of their offense here in this state tournament run tries to check a swing but doesn't matter.

Is that one the rule to strike.

So a senior down oh two.

That's a coach's dream.

You just walk out to your field.

Felt pretty pretty good players out there I'm telling you.

Yeah that that's exactly right.

So seniors are good at batting in an eight hole, a 269 hitter, four double, 17 runs driven in a chance to do that here.

But he's down oh two and swung on a miss.

Big strike out there for Eichler for the second out of the inning.

Voice a senior got a big cut.

Two on that two strike pitch trying to fight with the bottom.

Dropped out.

Eichler needed that.

He's really not done a bad job.

Hasn't given up a lot of hard contact.

It's just been some balls that have squeezed their way through, and he's trying to keep the runners at first and second without any more damage coming across.

Two outs, two on now for Tristan Hall, the center fielder.

How about this luxury having a 300 hitter in your nine hole first pitch, swinging that one going down the line.

It is foul.

Will just settle that one mere inches away from scoring two.

But instead Tristan Hall is going to have to trot back and try to do it again.

My goodness, that was not found by much.

Hall already has eight doubles on the year.

He was trying to make it nine and make it a three nothing ballgame with two outs.

Bobby, that ball spirit clears the bases and with his speed hole there's a potential chance he stretches it to three.

Tristan Hall 300 and 306 to be exact.

Hitter eight doubles.

Got a triple on the season.

22 RBI is the perfect example of what you put at the bottom of the lineup to turn things over.

He's a sophomore baseball in his blood.

His brother played at Clemson and was a big part of the Clemson Tiger offense in his time.

That one this is down and in and the catcher Bullock has to go to the seat of his pants and can't make a play.

And the runners advance.

Oh boy.

You hate to see this.

This doesn't look too great on.

Hopefully be able to shake it off.

Bullock.

He wanted to throw it was on his backside trying to throw it.

And he realizes that's probably not a wise thing to do.

And he may have a great arm, but I think he did a smart thing thinking, hey, my chances of throwing accurately when I what I'm in that position is probably not very high.

So let's hold on to it.

Life is not easy as a catcher.

There's a reason they wear all that equipment, but it appears that Victor Bullock is okay.

Vantage point maybe blocked a little bit there.

And that's probably a good thing for most men who are watching the broadcast.

no kidding.

The sympathy pains are real, especially in the broadcast booth.

One on one down and Tristan Hall, that one also misses down to the end.

Actually caught Tristan harmlessly clipped him on the foot.

So a hit by pitch loads the bases for Prairie Grove.

First base was open, so not a lot of damage done with that bitch.

You're right.

But it does flip the lineup over and Tigers got their man coming to bat, Connor Hobbs, a chance to help himself out as he's the starting pitcher.

He can really put a put a crooked number up on the board with one big swing.

You like to use the open base.

Except for one, it is up a 424 hitter to the plate.

530 is the on base percentage for Connor Hubbs.

28 RBI.

That's most on the team and takes pitch one for strike one, though, is that one catches the top of the zone.

Coach Cameron talks about the work ethic and this the ability of Connor Hobbs.

There's been three players come through Prairie Grove that are MLB players Jalen Biggs, Ty Tice, Logan Greg.

He says.

I would put him in that category is a guy who's going to Crowder, but he just loves and eats and breathes the game of baseball.

That one catches the corner for called strike two.

Now big spot here.

I know this is only the bottom of the second JV, but you feel like this is a huge moment for both sides.

Grove has a chance to blow this game open.

Robinson.

You got to feel like they would be feeling pretty good about themselves if they hold this to a one run inning.

Yeah, this is an a monumental at bat, no question about that.

The oh two that went well outside.

And he's the lay off there for Hobbs.

Think it's important too for Eichler.

You're heading that kind of gets a tough hitter.

You don't want to waste too much and allow a fastball, wild pitch, something of that nature.

But you've got to come in enough to where he might take a hack at it.

It's kind of a difficult situation, and Hobbs has got to make sure expands the zone and fights off in the close pitches.

Of course, you have a pitch count in high school baseball, so you don't want to waste too many of those bullets as a starting pitcher.

That one up and out of zone now two and two.

Such is the rule in Arkansas high school baseball.

Each player gets 110 pitches today.

After that, you're done.

It's a safety issue.

Don't want to worry out to the youngsters arms.

Of course.

Swung in a miss.

Big punch out there from Logan.

Eichler gets hub swing and leaves it loaded and Robinson gets out of the jam.

And not before free throw pushes one across.

The Tigers take a one nothing lead after two here in Conway.

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This is one nothing baseball game doesn't.

That certainly did Robinson coming up here in the third see 912 in the order.

So a first look at Cohen rushing the center fielder for the senators going to step in.

And we'll get back to the top of the lineup.

Rushing a 317 on base percentage driven in and seven home runs receiving a try to set the table here for Robinson.

First pitch swinging sent out to short.

That's bear throw.

One pitch one outs here in the third Holmes is look good.

He went first.

Pitch off-speed again.

That curveball and a rushing was attacking.

But he kind of jammed him in and he disarmed the nine hole hitter.

So flip the order to Nathan Johnson and Johnson wanted to talk about the stolen bases for Robinson, but they haven't had a ton of baserunners through the first two innings and a pair of two out singles in the first.

But that's it all first pitch swinging.

That's going to be a baserunner.

That one gets down in the gap.

Senior cuts it off and again first pitch swinging.

They're not sitting back on these Robinson hitters.

One pitch one hits the left.

Well that ball was well struck by Johnson a nice job by the senior to cut that ball up into the gap and cut it off close enough to second to keep Johnson from stretching that to a double.

Now we have a chance to see if the run game is going to be involved.

For Robinson, 201 stolen bases this year as a team.

Now of course, what's going to help negate that is the left handed arm of Hubbs.

Of course the pickoff move a little easier from that side, but we'll have to pay attention to this Robinson team who likes to run, including Johnson over at first, who has a team high 30 stolen bases by me.

I gotta have mentioned something here about Pulaski Robinson.

You look at their coach, Delaney, Isaac Delaney, he's in a lot for this program.

Their first ever home game was March 21st in 2014.

They didn't have a home field.

Ten years later, they're in the state title game.

They've been able to keep players grow the game.

Coach Delaney says that was monumental for their success, was getting the baseball stadium built, and here they are today a chance to win their first state title.

Sometimes having a home is all it takes, that breaking ball way up and out of the zone and now two zero hits the count to the catcher, Victor Bullock.

Coach Delaney, this is kind of his baby.

He's been there this whole time.

He's from Hope, Arkansas played at Etsu for for Coach Gum.

Was it over you for a little bit.

Now he's here at Robinson trying to do something big for the senators and and grow the game there for them.

He said building that stadium and facilities allowed them to keep players, players who didn't want to come play if they didn't have a home field.

He able to keep some great talent.

That 2020 team was arguably his best team, and he's hoping that this year's team can get the job done.

That one up tries to climb the ladder to pull up, but couldn't catch up with the fastball still ahead in the count, though, two and one.

But you can certainly tell Johnson has the attention of Hubbs over there at first base.

A handful of pickoff attempts at breaking ball misses, high.

Certainly hitter's count now, with Bullock 311 out.

Consider sending Johnson in motion here.

I would think so.

And give him the hit and run it for Bullock.

Sit dead red on a fastball.

Even though you know Hobbs is throwing off speed.

If it's not there, get back.

UPS thinking the same thing we were as he checks on Johnson again over at first.

And this isn't the big leagues.

There's not a cap.

You can go over there as many times as you want to in high school.

Not going that one misses the top of the zone.

So Bullock draws the one out walk.

And now the senators have something brewing the runner in scoring position.

And they've got the right guys coming up.

Bard and Wall do up next up.

Just got to be careful.

This is really his first big adversity.

He gave up some sharply hit singles, but this is the first time they've been able to work the count against him the second time through.

And a lot of times you'll see that for a pitcher second time through the lineup, they ale a little bit, struggled to fill up the zone.

Credit those hitters for both sides.

Spencer Watson is going to come in and be the courtesy runner for the catcher.

So Watson is going to be over running at first base is the three hole hitter.

Aiden Humbert steps in.

He's singled back in the first.

Breaking ball catches the bottom of the zone.

Gets ahead in the count.

Does Hubbs.

Oh and one that is a beautiful pitch down to the bottom part of the zone.

There's not much Humbert is going to be able to do with that.

If you're Hobbs you certainly want to keep attacking with that pitch.

That one stays low, that breaking ball as a hitter, it's, you know, so much slower than the fastball, of course, but it looks like the answer to your eye.

It's starting out out of the zone to the outside.

So you kind of give up on it all of a sudden.

Just get that late movement and it cuts the plate in half.

It is so tough as a hitter.

There's no question about it.

That's.

Times called their late and it is granted.

So that pitch does not count.

Wipe that one away.

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112 count.

Quick spin and no throw there from Hubbs.

Again.

Johnston demanding a lot of attention.

Getting 13 stolen bases and 34 contests will certainly do that.

It certainly can help your offense too, because of the pitchers worried about you a little bit.

He might just subconsciously take a little bit off at the plate and you give your hitter a chance to to maybe catch a mistake, pitch.

That one flare out to left field.

But Luke's the senior there to make the play.

Now his second out of the inning is recorded.

That's a big out there record.

Home bard kind of got him out in front just a little bit.

Couldn't sit back on that breaking ball.

It's that breaking ball for Hobbs.

It has been able to get him.

So it's his out pitch for quite frankly gets ahead.

But he can get out with it.

They've not squared up the curveball yet.

It's been the fastball that they've been able to hit sharply.

And so it's your hubs and you're facing Carson all.

You don't want to leave a fastball over the heart of the plate because he can send it for a ride.

30 RBI's on the season for wall.

Again, Johnston dancing off the bag at second base causes hubs to spin around and reset.

All turf infield here at University of Central Arkansas as that breaking ball misses low.

I remember the first couple of years we had some games played here.

You saw guys this over in the base at second and third, left and right.

This weren't used to, you know, the surface.

If it rains, forget about it.

You're sliding about nine yards farther than you thought you were going to.

Well it's already a slip inside.

It seems like soon.

Yeah.

They're right.

Yeah.

You can almost dive halfway to the back from first to second or second and third and get there.

Hey, I like the approach right now for the senators.

They're not attacking on that offspeed.

They're looking fastball dead.

Read on that.

If it's not there until they get two strikes, they'll fight it off.

But they're forcing Hobbs to come in with that fastball, trying to work that pitch count even more.

38 pitches so far for Hubbs.

That's we're third.

Two and two thirds innings.

That one drives it on the hands of long.

Called for a strike painting the black eye on the front door.

Nice job from Hobbs there.

Moved him off the plate a little bit, too.

That's kind of a set up.

You could see him go up and away, maybe offspeed down and in.

Runners go ahead and run.

That one sent out to rights.

But it's going to be right at Luke Van.

So the hit and run negated as Vance makes the play to in the inning.

So two runners left on again for Robinson second time in three frames.

They've done that.

Fair Grove taking a one.

Nothing lead to the bottom of the third.

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Back here in the home half of the third period.

Grove trying to add to their one nothing lead 234 and do up here in the lineup, starting with Luke Vance the right fielder.

Right fielder that struck out looking back in the first.

Waves and misses at first, offering.

Logan Eichler, the starting pitcher for Robinson.

One run, two hits as his line up to this point, that one chopped to the right side ventures over does little.

Makes the play for three on the play.

Eichler really nice job since 85 to 88 with a fastball up to 90 this year.

That was the off-speed there and gets him on the weak ground out to Asher Lynn, the third baseman now going to step in for Prairie Grove and he'll get a good look at the the salad, if you will, the hair for the Prairie Grove team.

It has one thing in common that's almost the same color as their jersey.

Yeah, the offering to Lynn.

That one splits the plate.

Strike one.

Yeah.

This is a tradition that Coach Cameron said they started back in 2010 when they first made the state tournament.

Now, ever since the Monday after the regional tournament, they all dye their hair blond.

And so that's what they've done.

The bleached blond look, you gotta love it.

Like they all wear the uniform to the.

So the hair salon says, you see this color?

We want to match it.

Oh, I love it.

That's right.

We're just jealous that my hair hasn't grown like that in quite some time.

We only wish we.

I couldn't pull off blond.

I'll be.

I'll promise you that.

I've done a lot of things in life.

And be a blond is never, never going to be one of.

That one sent back up to middle or a Johnston station perfectly makes the throw across the diamond.

Two away.

Well, I clear this is over to the line up.

Two in a nice job getting some jam shots.

Those balls are not hit sharply, so you can tell hitters are off balance.

I think you for a prairie grove, you feel fortunate you got the run when you did, because you're not going to be able to square this guy up a ton.

I just got a lot of movement.

On his fastball, two seam darts.

It's tough to pick up and tough to square up for sure.

Two hits and ten plate appearances up to this point for Prairie Grove, they've struck out three times.

So that's kind of the line up to this point.

Bryce Leger Wood flew out to left his first time up.

He takes the first one off the outside.

We're cruising right along here.

And Conway.

Of course.

One more game on tap tonight across campus.

The five.

A softball championship game going to be played.

First pitch scheduled for 705 as superstars Dorian Kraft and Sydney Parley going to be back on the call for that one.

Beebe and Sheridan will be on the diamond.

That one misses down and away as well.

So I thought Thorne dug himself a bit of a hole to Leger Wood two and it was a count.

He's got that hitter's count.

Two Leger wood, two long balls on the year, 19 runs driven it.

This is a guy with some pop with his pull side hit.

If he could get a hold of one down the line, it be a see you later.

oh.

That one hits him right in the back.

So Leger Wood earns his way on the first with the hit by pitch.

Well, you can hear that one.

That one didn't feel like it felt or didn't sound like it felt very good.

If he was any number that had two and might have split, it's that one right in the rib cage look like that.

Oof, just don't rub it right.

We'll call reverse and say, good, it's the state championship game.

Take baserunners any way you can get it.

So Leger Wood takes first and that brings up the designated hitter Maddox Ogle.

Scored the game's only run after he reached on a walk last inning.

First pitch swinging finds a hole on the left side.

Slaps that one pass.

The third baseman, now two on, two out for Prairie Grove.

Well, this is the part of the lineup that got the production rolling.

Their first run driven in that was by Spencer Allen.

But it was Ogle that did it.

He got on with the walk cart and Allen both singled to follow.

And they're the guys coming up that started hitting the ball.

We've seen both of these teams put together two out rallies tough with two outs.

That's the mentality up to this point.

Now for Grove trying to take advantage.

Caleb Carter, the first baseman.

He singled back in the second.

A breaking ball spins a little too much.

Doesn't catch the zone, so CART quickly gets ahead.

Caleb McCart he pitched against Farmington in the semis.

Pitched well, got them the win.

Sent them to the state title game and well he's hitting the ball well today also.

This is where you know it all comes down to this final game.

And he's putting it all out there.

Chops that one foul down towards his own coach.

The third base box.

Prairie Grove looking for that first ever championship.

And you and I were talking during a break.

And maybe the first ever championship on the boys side in any sport.

That's right, coach Cameron says for sure in the majors sports basketball, football, baseball.

They may have won cross-country or track back in the 60s.

Who knows?

But it's been a while.

There's no question this would be big for their program.

It catches the inside corner for Grove.

Just hired a new boys basketball coach.

They reached the state football finals a handful of years ago.

Danny Hampshire had an outstanding team and they fell in the four.

A title game.

Of 5 or 6 years ago.

And look it up.

Pretty girls had some success.

Football program has been outstanding under Coach Afshar for a long time.

Time awarded late there, but again granted.

So we'll have to reset and do it again.

It's going to be frustrating as a pitcher there.

You've already started your delivery.

Of course.

They teach you from a young age.

They call late on you.

Just go ahead and throw it anyway.

You don't want to get injured or anything like that.

Yeah, swing and miss cart goes down swinging.

And again, I think we're able to get out of any further trouble with two outs.

Bernie Grove lose a pair of them.

They still lead one.

Nothing after three.

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Ryan handed pitcher plenty to attend Arkansas State on a baseball scholarship and study.

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I that's pretty impressive here, Bobby.

Don't know how you do that.

Well, I'm my mimics my my weights back in high school right around the 200 mark.

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Exited in the state tournament.

Not able to make it this far.

Connor Hub back out there for the fourth inning.

Has Robinson going to have under here drifting the line.

Step it up to the dish.

To get things going here as we hit the middle innings.

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He popped out to short his first time up.

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That one misses low and away.

Now the count one and one to lie.

The designated hitter lad.

He sprained his ankle.

First game of the spring break tournament.

Got back to fresh.

And he's most dangerous when he's fresh.

He's a Henderson State commit by the way.

So going to be a ready it is time in college.

Good hitter for 77 on base percentage five extra base hits ten RBI's.

That one cuts the heart of the plate.

Tubs gets back into it.

Yeah.

Left on left action here.

Ladd chops that one foul and we'll reset and do it again.

Yeah.

He's just trying to fight off that curveball.

What do you do with that?

Hubs is got a filthy bender and he's keeping on keeping on with that.

He's going to keep attacking.

And if you're lad, keep fighting off till you get a fastball.

But, fella, I don't know if you're gonna get one.

That one goes fastball.

Slap the other way and the senior cuts it, gets over, cuts it out and holds on to a single.

But a nice job to win the battle there from drifting lad.

No doubt about that lad sitting there fighting off that curveball.

I'm surprised that fast fastball got too much on the plate.

Little outside action.

Great job by lad to go with it, but you could tell he was sitting dead.

Red.

Fastball got one and he barreled it to left field.

Isaiah Freeman now steps in.

He grounded out to third his first time up.

Again Hub's going to check on the runner.

Robinson likes to run over 200 stolen bases as a team.

This one right.

Lad has 13 stolen bases.

That one I'm going to say catches Freeman on the back foot.

So now first and second with nobody out here in the fourth full Robinson.

Well the senators putting on the leadoff runner for the first time today.

Now they've got a really good chance with two aboard.

Would you see Andre Bell potentially bunt to in the scoring position here.

I think you do.

I mean as much as you like your running game, you try to sacrifice him over.

But Bell flew out to center his first time up.

You haven't had a chance to score.

Bell does have a sacrifice on the season, but the the idea of moving two runners in scoring position in the middle innings of the chance to take the lead will be pretty enticing to me if I if I was a coach, but I am not.

So Isaac and Delaney has to make that decision down on third base box for Robinson.

Not showing bunt.

There was Bell there and let him swing away.

At least they were on that first pitch as he takes it low.

Yeah, they certainly seemingly trying to do that.

I wonder if that's just getting to see if they're going to still try to bunt here.

But hey, you know in a game like this I leverage.

Maybe you trust the bat of Bell.

He's three for eight in the state tournament.

So maybe you're thinking hey he's seen the ball.

Well right now that's a lot of baseball to be played as well.

Quick spin move.

Try to pick the runner at second.

But back as Ladd underneath the tag.

From the oven mitt on up there at second trying to sneak in the second baseman behind the runner.

That one not close though, is live quickly back through the fan of the oven mitt.

The sliding mitts if you want to, if you will.

That's sure keeps him injury free.

I like it.

Scored the bunt there did Bell, but that one missed down and out of the zone.

Now he's quickly in advantage.

Two oh.

Well you get a two count now do you do you sit here I know they're going to talk it over with thumbs but on A20 count the a sit back after a mound visit and get the green light to swing it.

Maybe a fastball?

Or do you still try to take all the way?

Yeah, I think you certainly get Green Line.

You've got confidence in your hitter Andre Bell you know, 495 on base percentage only struck out 23 times on the season and 34 games 110 plate appearances.

You got confidence in your offense.

Maybe let him swing away.

But that was a quick meeting with coach Mitch Cameron and his pitcher Logan.

Excuse me.

And Connor Hubbs.

Just get back in the zone.

He's been pretty efficient up to this point.

Gotta find a way to get back in that strike zone.

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202 Count Andre Bell After the quick Mound visit.

Runners on first and second.

Robinson looking for their first run of the contest.

The score to bunt pulls that one back, though.

That one right down the middle.

Nice pitch there from Hubbs to quickly get back into this at bat.

It seemed like it was almost a bunt take.

It was going to be square to pull back no matter what it was.

I'll be interested to see if it is indeed going to be a bunt play for Bell.

I would imagine so.

Bell calls time maybe to disrupt the momentum, disrupt the flow.

Wants to see the the signals again from Coach Delaney in that third base box.

Here's the two one to Andre Bell out here.

That one misses low now three.

And one's in the count.

Well you got to be careful.

If you're hubs you don't want to get an easy button down.

But now you got A31A chance for Bell to get a green light.

And you got to be careful.

I, I imagine he's going to come with that offspeed.

That's what he's been most comfortable with trying to find a strike.

If you're Bell you're looking for one pitch in one spot.

That was the breaking ball that catches the outer edge and now counts runs for you.

You're exactly right about the breaking ball.

And it certainly looks like Hubbs has better command of that curveball than he does the fastball.

I'm going back to it if I'm Hobbs, and if you're Bell, find it off.

And if you get a fastball, drive it.

Runners are set in motion.

Strike three.

Bring him up.

Couldn't get the bat off the shoulder, could Andre Bell.

But the runners do take second and third on the double steal.

Really?

Oh, boy.

I like that call.

It certainly was lowers caught.

But it's not about where it's caught Bobby.

It's where it crosses the plate.

Caught the bottom part, but how about Coach Delaney pulling there, pushing the right buttons?

He pulled him.

He figured a curveball was coming.

He wanted to put him in motion.

Hey.

And if not, it's a fastball.

And he's likely.

Or Bell's likely going to get a swing and a chance to drive him in.

Now, Luke Little got a chance to push home some runs, tries to lay down the safety squeeze, but that one rolls foul.

So runners on second and third.

Now for the eight hole hitter Luke Little.

Coach Delaney said little although he's got a 152 average says he comes in the clutch for them time and time again laying down suicide squeezes.

He said he's had some hits and big moments to drive in runs.

He's just kind of got a flair for the dramatic, big, spotty eyes on the season.

For Luke Little, he is down in the count.

Oh, and one swinging away there.

That gets the job done at ground out.

The second base going to push on the first run of the day for the senators Daniel Luke Little coming in clutch once again.

That's where you don't have to do too much.

You got one out.

Do a job, young man.

Luke the little with the ground ball out but driving in a run and little the second baseman.

He wasn't little on that play.

That was a big hit back.

It's all about doing a job sometimes just putting the ball in play is good enough.

And that's exactly what little does there.

And Robinson ties this game up and a run a piece.

You know I think if you're Hubbs too a little bit you're okay with that.

You want to eat in this at one one.

You know with a big swing it could be a lot different.

You're not out of the woods yet, but you got to be careful and you got to feel like you've limited the damage.

Now get out of this inning.

Colon rushing steps and he's oh for one on the day.

Grounded out to short in the third.

Oh, that one lifted high on the right side.

Makes the play the ledger wood.

So the inning is done.

But not before Robinson ties things up Luke Little the RBI groundout.

We're all knotted up.

Headed home to the home half of the fourth.

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It's a brand new ballgame as we hit the bottom of the fourth one run apiece, Logan Eichler back out on the mound for the senators, and he starts off the frame with a fastball over the outer third to Spencer Allen and the catcher for Prairie girls.

You want to take a moment and talk about Prairie Grove.

Some of their notable graduates tie ties to 2013 grad UCA Jalen Beeks, Logan Bragg, Gavin Hill Thomas and Aaron Kincaid.

Five big guys that have kind of laid the foundation for the Tigers.

It's a program that's had a lot of success, but still looking for that first ever state championship.

A lot of big names coming from Northwest Arkansas.

You just ran through a couple.

One misses away.

To Spencer Allen, and I'm sure there are certainly other players that have contributed, but those are some notable names.

We'll get to Robinson here in just a moment.

But just guys have laid the foundation in big games for both of these teams, trying to take home the hardware the first time for either school to make it or to win a state title, because saw Jalen Beeks pitching a game last year.

He's good at it.

So it's always cool to go out and you go watch a professional game and see these kids that you saw play in high school and watching the Western Conference finals in the NBA last night, three kids from the state of Arkansas playing two for Oklahoma City, one for Dallas.

Chopper over to third.

Plays made by Freeman.

Makes a nice throw to the first batter of the inning.

So Bear Grove this is their second trip to the state title game 2011.

They were here in 2024.

This is a senior Robinson's first ever trip to the state title game, and guys that laid the foundation for them.

Part of that 2020 team Luke Peck, Gavin Glasgow, he's playing for BYU, Zach White went to Arkansas, K.J.

Merriweather, Justin Nelson and then Payton Nelson for 22 and Brett Gassman.

First pitch just a senior miss is up and away.

He struck out back in the second trying to get something going on with one out here in the fourth.

And also misses high two zero I've been sitting on this one all day.

Now we got a tie game in the bottom of the fourth.

The margin of error is on your screen right in the middle.

It's zero.

that's a good one.

You better be glad it didn't say 2015.

Right.

Like I had been earlier.

That'd be a big margin.

that one up and in was the big zero in the middle of your screens, the pitch clock for college baseball.

And that's why you're seeing it can't be turned off.

It's there all the time.

24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Once they turn the scoreboard off, then it's off, then it's off.

But we need the scoreboard today.

So that's why you're staring at a big zero four pitch walk there for senior.

So a little worn out drama is very good.

As a base runner trying to work on Eichler 54 pitches, it's been pretty efficient.

So he's he's got plenty of gas in the tank, but sometimes with the hitter, you might the way you're approaching just not hitting your spots as well.

It fall out.

So you don't want to continue that.

If you're Eichler.

And this is a part of the lineup for the Tigers with Hall and then the top lineup coming up, they want to get something rolling.

And Hall had a good about last night.

Yeah Tristan Hall line one down the left field line that just went just foul his first time up.

As Eichler checks on the runner.

So senior.

Again Hall hitting over 300 this season 22 RBIs.

So he puts one in the gap.

Maybe a chance to add to that total.

Play first pitch swing and that one's rope down the right field line.

But foul.

He is going on the foul line.

The foul line.

And he's missed both of them I don't know the surface area of between the foul lines but he is darn close.

He just keeps going wide left.

One run it's close.

And he barreled both of them up making bids for doubles.

But he just missing foul.

I'm sure somebody out there is a math major because it's perfect.

Not perfect line from home down on both sides but a lot of real estate.

And he's missed most foul lines.

Well, would you believe that I'm actually a math major Bobby I would I am, sadly enough.

And I don't have the numbers.

Well that breaking ball catches the top of the zone.

Why?

I did go to the Harvard of the South here at the University of Central Arkansas.

I was not a math major.

it's a beautiful campus.

So here it it it is even better looking now than it was.

Oh, God.

It's hard to say.

20 years ago when I graduated, there's no way.

There's no way I was that long.

19 to be exact.

Let me round up chopper.

Back to the pitcher.

Eichler gets the force.

A second relay throw back to first.

Not in time as Tristan Hall his head first slide in the first.

I'm going to Trump swap places with the senior.

That's a tough play on that grounder.

Nice job by Holden to leg it out and then dive to get in.

But ground ball to the pitcher going to get that leader under.

A lot of times pitchers try to rush that and they'll throw it away.

I threw a strike to second.

But on the money to get that lead out.

It's kind of a dangerous play.

But Eichler stayed composed and made the throw.

Sometimes it's easy, especially with one out in the inning.

Just go ahead and take the sure out at first and say, okay, I'll do it.

The batter again.

Nice job there by Eichler Records.

The lead runner and now Connor Hubbs the pitcher.

The top of the lineup trying to do some damage with two outs.

He's lined to left on an outstanding play from Andre Bell.

And he struck out in the second.

That one chopped left side.

Freeman snags its throw off the line though.

Right now the throw back over to third gets away.

So that's going to allow the runner to advance to third base.

And now with a horrible run.

Freeman did a nice job to get that short hop.

The throw is just didn't have enough time.

Good speed from Hobbs calls that and then the throw back to third was a little bit a little bit low and caused some problems.

We'll see if they rule the initial play, a infield single or an error on the throw.

It would have been a close play.

Freeman again handles the bat hop and his throw, pulls the first baseman off the bag and then the relay throw from Aiden Hubbard.

Humber excuse me, gets away.

And that allows the runners both to advance 90ft.

So they are going to give half to single and they're going to the runners are both going to advance on the air.

So Hobbs now one for three as coach Isaac Delaney out to talk to his team more so to settle things down with two outs.

Still no damage done even though they do have runners at first second and third.

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Two runners in scoring position now for Luke Vance who's oh for two on the day the right fielder struck out in the first, grounded out to second in the previous inning.

First pitch just up out of the zone doesn't fall into it.

So Vance ahead in the count.

Big spot here for Eichler and the right hander for Robinson is now at 60 pitches today here in the bottom of the fourth.

That one swung on lifted down the left field line.

That one's going to get out of play.

So the foul ball going to even up the count at one apiece.

This is a part of the game where the pitchers are both pitching so well.

You feel like runs might be hard to come by.

You need to get them when you can.

This is a very big at bat for for both sides pitcher and hitter.

Here.

It's been a really, really clean game up until that error by home bard the first baseman.

It's the only miscue on either side up to this point.

The one one swung on lifted to left field, but Bell's got a bead on it.

Makes the play and leads two in scoring position.

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Now we're back here at Fairfield, on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas, and there has been a lot of action on the base paths for that great play by Andre Bell to start this contest.

But JB Brazil and been a lot of action with runners on base.

Both teams have left at least five for Grove has left six on the base pass and that's why we're tied at one apiece.

Just two big at bats from from both sides.

Luke Little, the four three granite driving in a row in the single for Spencer Allen for the Tigers.

That's been in one one.

It's been quality at bats.

But really the pitchers have rain thus far.

So what you expect to see in the state championship game now tied up going to the fifth and do up for Robinson is the top of the order.

Nathan Johnston singled in the third, struck out in the first.

Going to lead things off here in the fifth.

Most been the Johnson Connor Hubbs, the starting pitcher for Prairie Grove, still going strong at 58 pitches through the first four innings that was fouled right off the catcher's mask.

Spencer Allen.

But he seems to be okay.

He's tough.

He's a hockey player at least is wearing a hockey mask.

Hey, hockey season is rolling around right?

Well, the Stanley Cup will be in mid-June and I think training camp starts in July.

I don't know, offseason in hockey like that one a row.

That's right at the shortstop right over the head.

Now Jackson Bears second base hit of the day for Nathan Johnson, the shortstop for Robinson.

And that's the first base hit on that curveball to that one.

Hung up a little bit too much.

Johnston stayed on it, looped it over, the shortstop said.

That's another leadoff hit for Robinson.

Hey, last time they did that, it led to a run.

I stopped as a drive down through that one there.

The shortstop tried to duke everybody out.

Didn't work.

And now Victor Bullock, the catcher, got a chance to move around.

The runner Johnston over.

At first he's got six six speed.

That's what they've clocked him out and he's got 30 steals on the year.

Leads the team.

He's a guy that's a threat every time.

And so if you're Hobbs you don't want to let it bother you too much.

It's gonna be tough not to 200 stolen bases as a team for Robinson.

We've seen them put them in motion a handful of times already today.

Again, the left hander, Hubbs has done a pretty good job of negating the running, at least from first.

But Johnson certainly garnered the attention last time he was out at first and it's second.

So Hubbs is aware of the speed again.

Go and check on the runner.

Cut it with a pick off that one just thrown away and he would have beat the throw anyway.

Johnston shows off the speed and swipes second.

That's one where the coach says if you're going to go, go.

You see the move.

Hobbs was a little bit too slow getting it to first base, and when he was on the move, that six six speed on display, Johnston doing a job, he swiped it anyway.

You seen the pickoff attempt.

Hasn't really tried to put a lot of velocity on it.

Not not necessarily lolly popping it over to first base, but not a lot of umph on it.

And that time Johnston read it perfectly and is broke for second and swipes his 31st bag of the season.

That one flare to the right side.

Hub's got to get over and cover.

He does, but that's going to move the runner up 90ft.

So Bullock out on the three one put out but moves the runner over.

He does a job though.

You're right.

That's what's big.

That's what small ball does for Robinson.

Their pitching stat.

They they look to win a lot of low scoring games Johnston swiped second ground ball right side moves him up.

And this is where Hubbard if you're Robinson's got to come through and deliver.

Bombards one for two today.

Had a single back in the first.

Lays down a bunt.

They try the safety.

Squeeze it right back at the pitcher.

Now they're going to try to get him home and still finds a way to score.

So what a piece of running from Nathan Johnston.

Wow.

And then he dunks it.

The celebration over the dugout.

Oh that's a lot of fun.

That's what speed canoe speed kills Pumbaa the butt that you see Hubbs look Johnston back to third then throws the first the moment.

Watch this.

The bunt right here.

Hobbs motion to third then goes home the moment he looks to go to first.

Johnston's coming home, and quite frankly, there was really no hope for Caleb Carter to make a play at the plate.

That's where speed is.

Such a just a total weapon in the game of baseball, because it look like you look the runner back, okay, they avoid the damage, but just a speed of.

Johnston finds a way to get it done, and Robinson has their first lead of the contest.

And that really whole inning you look to Johnston stealing second groundball moves him up a bunt that should not have scored and frankly, was hit back to the pitcher.

Hobbs, like as you mentioned looking to third.

But Johnston speed was the difference.

If he's not on the base paths I don't know that they score that run.

But his speed was was monumental.

And that one line out to short there makes the play.

So the innings over for Robinson.

But not before they take the first lead of the contest.

The senators looking for their first ever state championship.

They've got a lead as we head to the home half office.

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Robinson's come to life in the middle innings.

They've taken A21 lead.

So their pitcher, Logan Eichler, who's back out there for the fifth.

Chance for Prairie Grove to get right back into this contest though.

They've got three, four and five.

Lynn, Leger, Wood and Ogle do up there wanting to get Lynn going.

He came in with 11 game hitting streak, two for seven in the state tournament, hitting 354.

He's their offense and I want him to get rolling.

He's grounded out to the shortstop, Johnson and both of his at bats.

Hitting 354 on the season though.

So the math tells you he's due.

But we've already established I was not a math major.

I hate to admit that I was.

I think that really doesn't look good for me with all these mathematical opportunities.

Toto the count to Lynn.

That one catches the outer corner back in.

And for Eichler, the pitch count looks pretty good.

That was pitch number 66 of the afternoon for Logan Eichler on four hits, one run, two walks, four strikeouts for the big right hander.

That one flare to the right side.

It's Luke Little there to make the play trying to muscle it out of the infield.

Did Asher Lynn, but just not enough of a nice play from little ranging back.

That's not an easy play either.

It's kind of squirting over his head.

He has a time that jump just right on that inside out swing kind of jammed him, and little ranging gets the nice leap and the leadoff batter's going.

It's not going to be much of a consolation for Asher Lynn, but that's a result of playing on astroturf because the infield wouldn't be nearly that far deep if you're playing on grass and and natural dirt.

But you play a little deeper because the ball squirts off the turf so fast.

Here at Bear Field and Yucca, an infield was back a little bit and allows Lynn to range back onto the grass and make that play.

But you look at Lynn Joe for two today, but his mentality as a leader, coach Cameron says he's one of the leaders on the team that you're supposed to work out three times a week, but preseason two two times during the season at 6 a.m., he said.

He is the guy that keeps everybody accountable to make sure they're doing what they're supposed to do, and he's a leader on this whole program now.

Leger would go for one, was hit by a pitch back in the third, flew out to left field in the second.

359 average on the season for Brice Leger would takes that one says that misses away two and one.

The count now.

212 runs scored on the season for Prairie Grove.

That one stays up and out of the zone now.

Three and one.

Eichler hasn't really struggled with command too many times when he's falling behind the count here.

That's right.

This inning, you think the pitch count just a little bit.

Getting up has something to do with that.

He didn't have a four pitch walk a little inning ago, but got to be careful.

Don't come into the wheelhouse of a good hitter like this.

Sitting dead red fastball.

There was Leger, but just got enough.

Fouled it back.

Now the count runs full.

Maddux ogles next, who's reached on both of his plate appearances.

So this is a big at bat for Eichler.

That one misses down and away, and Leger Wood earns the walk.

Eichler was trying to get the swing and miss stuff going down low.

That's a good take from Leger would do that.

Ball's a little bit higher up.

I think you get swing and miss, or at least an attempt for Leger Wood to fight it off.

But good job by Edgewood to take that pitch moving down and away.

That's a pitcher's pitch.

So Leger Wood reaches for the second straight plate appearance now brings up Ogle, who walked on the second and scored, and he had a single in the third.

The lefty first pitch swinging could be a double play ball six for 43.

Double play.

Bring him up in Robinson.

Here's the fifth.

And now wow my goodness gracious.

That was smooth.

That's a big league type play.

Oh go hit it sharply.

The glove foot the bare hand.

Look at this.

Double play Johnston with the little showboat.

Nice play little bear hand.

And the double play comes at a big time for the senators.

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A perfectly executed 643 double play ended the inning.

And now Robinson, who was searching for that first ever baseball state championship, has a chance to do so.

They're six outs away.

First, they're going to try to add to that lead here.

As we hit the sixth inning just in line Isaiah Freeman Andre Bell to do for the senators I mean can I just say that double play was one of the smoothest plays I've seen at this level is not quite some time.

Certainly nice.

Has a nice pitch there from Hubbs.

Starts out the count.

Oh, and one it's kind of mesmerized by watching the left handers breaking ball just kind of dive into the zone.

And he's been on all day with it.

He's a very fun pitcher to watch.

Hobbs is.

He's just got really good stuff there.

That southpaw.

You're right that that bender that he goes to, it's almost unhittable.

They go to that one catches a little bit of the plate but pops up on the right side of range and over is the second baseman Leger Wood.

He makes the play on first out recorded here in the frame.

It's a big out because Robinson both runs they've scored one in the fourth, one in the fifth.

They put the leadoff man aboard and that was the one that came back to bite him.

You're certainly gotta put up some zeros if you're pretty gross.

Got to keep that deficit at one.

Isaiah Freeman trying to do the exact opposite here for Robinson.

First pitch swinging that one.

Fouled straight back.

And again hops ahead in the count.

He's live with that curveball.

And I think you could see Robinson adjusting.

Freeman swung at that curveball.

He was trying to adjust to that.

It's been tough to do.

A lot of guys are it's not easy to hit a curveball that time.

He comes in the fastball down and in able to foul it off Luis Freeman, but he's quickly in the count.

Oh two honestly, if you want to get really nitpicky and Connor Hubbs has been really good, you may even argue that he throws too many strikes.

I would I would agree with that.

Yeah.

I mean it finds too much of the plate at times and that's been the difference that one out of the zone kind of a waste pitch there.

Zone one and two.

And he's been around the plate all afternoon long.

Two strikeouts one walk and five in the third.

Has given up five hits in the two runs.

That one just spins out of his hand now two and two in his third.

So many strikes.

And now was is back to back balls.

That would be the the epitome of the announcers curse.

Well, I think he's trying to work that kind of a little bit too.

But yeah, he may have heard it.

That might have been part of it.

That one lifted high and left field ranging back is the senior he camps under makes the play to where a nice job from Hobbs to come back and get the out there.

Freeman put a good right into that one.

Underneath it a bit.

We've seen a couple balls hit the left field that in other parks potentially have a chance to go, but here at Bear Stadium it's a deep porch in left.

That's a loss.

It was a wasted land over there in left field.

And a lot of balls go to die.

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A brand new video board here at Bear Field out in left as well.

First pitch swinging from Andre Bell.

Foul back and again.

Hubs ahead in the count.

I'd like to figure out I'd make some money if I made a nickel every time you said that about him getting ahead, he's got to hit it.

Almost every hitter.

Misses low.

Hobbs now at 74 pitches.

So the pitch count good for the starting left hander from Prairie Grove.

Swing and a miss healthy cut there from Andre Bell.

He's over two in the contest.

And now Prairie Grove one pitch away from putting together a clean sheet here in the sixth.

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Got some work to do as they're coming up bottom six.

And they trail Robinson to the one.

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Me on left field.

Yeah, you're right Logan Eichler back out there for the six.

The right hander has been impressive today for Robinson on the mound.

Struck out four walk three.

Caleb Parks the first baseman couldn't check a swing on the first offering here in the bottom of the sixth.

I think it's important for the Tigers to start stringing stuff together pretty soon now, regardless of what happens here, they'll get the top of the lineup at least to bat at least one more time.

But they're hoping they put some runs together here in this bottom of the sixth at one well out of the zone.

Easy take there for Carter, who's one for two singled in the second.

Struck out in the third.

So third time through the lineup a lot of times you think that's where you start to get the pitchers.

But I mean quite the opposite.

He once he got through the lineup the first time, he's really settled in.

And.

One down and out of the zone goes all the way to the backstop.

Haven't seen many of those today.

Been really well pitch game not only from Logan Eichler but also from hubs from Prairie Grove.

Also what you expect to see in the state championship game this time.

These two teams got here.

The two one to CART swing and a miss.

Perfectly placed right there on the black on the outer edge.

I like that approach though.

From can't get a hitter's count.

Fastball just a little bit extended outside.

Tough to do much with, but hey, he was trying to put a good swing in it.

Why not when you got a hitter's count two and two to Caleb Carhart, that one.

Well, outside three and two.

It's down two in the zone.

And three way out of it here to start the sixth 41 innings in his nine starts coming into today 61 strikeouts 22 hits allowed 1.19 E.R.A.

Certainly start to see him stretch out though.

You can do the math.

Nine starts, 41 innings.

You're talking 3 to 4 innings per four and a half.

So maybe one of his longer outings of the season.

But he's been good today.

Full count.

Carter stays alive.

Chops that one foul left side.

Can you believe a sophomore that's just hard to believe.

He's he's got really good upside and he's done his job.

There's no question about that thus far.

He certainly done exactly what Coach Delaney's wanted.

But nice at bat here.

They're trying to chase him in this inning.

Another three two pitch that one away up and out of the zone.

So Caleb Carter works the leadoff walk.

That's big for Perry Grove.

So leadoff man reaches for Prairie Grove.

And that brings out the catcher Spencer Allen.

Allen singled back in the second, grounded out to third in the fourth.

It's appears to be, at least for now, Eichler his game is.

No one's warming up in the bullpen for the senators.

I like that look.

I mean, you want to trust your guy to come in, nail things down, but he's kind of tough.

Part of lineup.

Spencer Allen's the man that produced earlier in the game trying to put down a bunt.

Did the catcher Allen Butts stabbed at it.

Missed.

So Eichler gets ahead in the count.

Spencer Allen wears number nine.

The backstop.

Tries to bunt again.

Again.

Punches and misses, almost trying to kind of poke at it and let the ball travel to him.

He's trying to go out and get it and he misses on his first two tries there.

Yeah a lot of times as a hitter in your body, you want to kind of stick it out there early and then bring it back just a little bit.

So you kind of give and I think a lot of times they'll practice with a little lacrosse stick for that very reason.

And now he's going to have to protect O2.

So Allen going to swing away that one caught him up around the face.

You never want to take one up there.

But Spencer Allen gladly wears that one.

And losing it oh to hole with finds a way to reach.

And more importantly move that runner caught in the scoring position.

oh.

Tigers got a chance to tie or regain the league in this inning.

Oh two pitch just got away.

Up and in Allen.

You're right.

He didn't like to take that Allen situation but knows the importance of this game.

Gladly.

Where's that.

That's a big hit back for Smith.

And that's going to do it for the starting pitcher for Logan Eichler a heck of a day on the mound for Robinson.

Getting a well-deserved standing ovation from the Senator.

Faithful final line on him is yet to be determined.

Five innings pitched for Hansen's give it up.

The one run, four strikeouts, four walks, also a couple of hit batters.

So Prairie Grove got a chance.

Will step aside.

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The call the bullpen has been made for Robinson and Spencer Watson gets the call.

The lefty makes a second on the team in innings pitched this year 48 innings.

This is the 16th appearance.

Does have six starts on the season as a save, an ERA of 1.88, 62 strikeouts and those 42 innings of work.

So he's a volume punch out guy has walked 29, but he's inherited quite the jam here.

Runners at first and second for Prairie Grove.

Nobody outs and Luke's the senior stride into the box.

Yeah it's right big spot.

But this guy's a senior.

So you know when it comes to jitters a guy that has been around the program the lefty.

It also gives him a different look to because you seen a right handed hitter three times through the lineup.

Now you're getting a guy that throws from the left side.

A lot of times it's tough to adjust.

Prairie Grove, at the very least, wants to do a job here and tie this game up.

I would be shocked if they aren't bunting here with Luke Sisson.

You to try to put the lead run in scoring position.

So the seniors got one job to do here at bare minimum.

That's a move runners over.

And so you got to find a way to to push those two runs in the scoring position.

Of course you'd like to try to find some space out there in the outfield trying to get the Merry-Go-Round going.

So Spencer Watson now on the mound, his first pitch up and away it's a senior showed bunt.

But that may just be to throw off the the timing or the eye level there of the pitcher.

Just kind of see what the delive Boy, I'm getting nervous and we still got a lot of baseball left.

But just feeling it for both of these teams, they know that this is a pivotal part of the game.

So does his job.

Gets the bunt down near perfect Watson fields his position well.

Makes the play one four on the put outs.

But the senior does his job and moves the runners up.

Clutch for looks the same.

Yeah that's exactly right.

Exactly what he needed to do gets the sacrifice.

And trying to flip things now for Tristan Hall.

Look what he does here.

Gets it out.

Puts it down nicely to the right side.

And the Tigers a chance here now with a base hit watch.

Still the pitcher Watson staying cool calm collected.

Makes a nice throw I've been impressed with a lot of the pitchers today.

Fielding the ball for both sides a lot of times pitchers don't don't practice that a ton.

And they'll make throws that are little errant.

That caused a bigger problems.

Agree 100% Tristan Hall now into the box for Vernon Grove a left versus left match up here.

Hall oh for one reached on a fielder's choice and was also hit by a pitch.

That one breaks down and out of the zone, so the Grove center fielder gets ahead in the count.

It's also important here to Bobby as a pitcher, that you don't have the luxury really to bury an off speed because ball bounces away.

We're all tied at two.

You got to find the zone a little bit more.

And so if you're Hall, I'd be sitting on something thinking he might attack the zone.

That one breaks a little too late.

Hall takes it to further your point.

JV.

Not a ton of space behind the catcher to the backstop and the turf help speeds it up a little bit, but certainly a ball that gets past the catcher would allow the run a chance to score.

Sometimes you get lucky and get that perfect bounce off the wall to carom back to you can't count on it to two.

Oh, to Hall that one right down the heart of the plate.

Call taking all the way.

So Caleb cart the runner at third.

Spencer Allen's the runner at second for Prairie Grove.

Tristan hauls in the box.

You can feel the tension here at Bear Stadium in Conway.

A lot riding here for the Tigers base hit likely gives them the lead.

But the courtesy runner out there at second for Prairie Grove.

It's Carter Pflum.

Also wearing an oven mitt.

That one line back up in the middle.

One run is going to score.

Second run away at home.

He's going to score without a throw, but Prairie Grove takes the lead.

That might have been the biggest hit of Tristan Hall's career, coming in clutch from the nine hole and the Tigers back in front for the two run single hauled in, trying to do too much to sit that baseball back from which it came right up the middle card, able to score easily from third, and the courtesy runner from trots home behind him, reads it perfectly off the bat.

And a two run single from Tristan Hall, a nine hitter against Prairie Grove, a 3 to 2 lead here in the bottom of the sixth.

Tanner Hubbs A big swing and a miss.

His mentality this completely changed.

And of course he's got the approach at the plate.

You got to remember this was the starting pitcher for Prairie Grove.

He just went from hey okay I've got to go pitch a clean seven to I got a state championship right on my arm in the next half inning.

No kidding.

That's got to be an elated feeling for Hobbs.

He's fired up, swings at the first two, but always and misses.

So he's quickly and able to hold.

They want to do some more damage.

Only one out in the inning.

If you're Hobbs, you want a battle, get something to drive, but you don't have the luxury to take.

Now.

Hobbs drives on that one with a little flair over the left field, and that's a base hit for Connor Hobbs, whose second base knock of the afternoon.

Well, once they chased Eichler, they've gotten to Watson.

He hasn't pitched badly, no question.

But that base hit at the middle.

The bloop single there to left field.

It's not a whole lot of room left for error is Vance and Linda Dewar.

So Luke Vance steps into the box.

He's over three runners on first and second for Prairie Grove.

They've already pushed two across here in the frame, trying to get those always important insurance runs.

You can see Johnson in your picture and they play Vance the pole shortstop way up the middle.

First pitch swinging shot to the right side.

The first baseman.

Humbert takes it himself and is going to allow the two runners to advance.

It's a big out for Watson.

Still not out of the woods.

Lin coming to bat now.

11 game hitting streak on the line.

He could care less about the hitting streak.

Lin wants to come in, make it A52 game with a base hit.

Great room.

Catches Robinson sleeping and Tristan Hall scampers home to score.

Time was not called after the three unassisted put out, and Tristan Hall swipes home.

That is.

Heads up.

Base running.

Take a look.

Hall saw Watson wasn't paying attention and he slides home.

That is a huge play in a big moment of the game.

A throw not in time to catch him at third, Hubbs advances all the way to third and Prairie Grove does get that huge insurance run.

That's just heads up base running from Tristan Hall.

How about Hall gets a two run single and then the excellent base running there?

He his eyes were on watching the whole time.

He sees Watson not paying attention.

His good speed he took off.

And that's the difference.

Three runs on Hall this inning.

That one sent out to shorts.

The backhanded stop by Johnson can't be made, and that allows another run to score.

That one sharply hit to the shortstop by Lin, allows the run to score.

Either way, it's 5 to 2.

We'll have to wait on the official scoring.

And that's an infield senior in air on the shortstop that matters.

We've got a mound coming off in prayer.

Graham has a 5 to 2 advantage.

Boy, that ball was smoked off the bat of Asher Lynn.

He's continuing his on base streak.

I can said he could care less.

He does a job.

Makes it 5 to 2.

Johnston on that backhand really was going to be a tough play.

He had to feel that cleanly.

It was hit sharply enough that he'd have time, but fielding was going to be a problem.

Just how hard that ball was hit.

That one is ruled an error.

So no RBI there for Asher Lynn.

I don't think he cares, quite honestly.

More importantly, the run scores and the Tigers from Prairie Grove have pushed for across here in the home half of the sixth.

And they've opened up a 5 to 2 lead on Robinson.

And you can feel the momentum completely shift from the black and gold toward the black and yellow goals to the bleach blond hair to the right power of the bleach, the power of the bleach.

You got to love it gets out stains off your clothes and does crazy things to your hair.

Bryce Leger Wood now steps in that one right down the pipe.

Strike one.

Leger would go for one on the day.

It's been hit by a pitch and also drawn a walk.

The on base percentage looks good, not so much with the average today.

That one again right down the middle.

Strike two.

So Watson's ahead of Leger 102.

This is a big out there for Robinson as well.

They're going to find a way to get themselves back into the dugout, regroup and put together one last stand for the senators in the top of the seventh inning.

That one inside corner Regan up three strikes and less hits Leger Wood down, but the damage has been done.

Prairie Grove pushes for a cross, and the Tigers have a chance for their first ever state title, but they're three outs away.

We'll see if they can get it done.

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Three outs away here in the top of the seventh from winning the school's first ever state championship.

And if you're a coach, Mitch Cameron, this has been a long time coming for a program that he's in.

Had a hand in building for quite some time.

Right.

On Christmas break, he had all the seniors in their parents over.

He mapped out what it was going to take to get to a state title game.

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They revisited all those goals and they're three outs away from that coming to fruition.

Connor Hubbs back out on the mound.

The lefty for Prairie Grove who's looking to go the distance pitches.

Not a problem 77 pitches coming into this seventh inning.

And he leads off Luke Little with a strike.

That one lifted right side but of trouble.

No way back running play Tristan Hall doing it all for two.

Run single bottom of the sixth and a great running catch from his centerfield spot.

Talk about a guy that's coming in clutch Tristan Hall offensively defense the rains coming in.

That's a ball that usually drops in no man's land.

But Hall had a bead on it from the get go.

He had a great jump.

If he doesn't get the jump in the hands, that ball drops first.

Singer more times than not, that ball gets down, but Hall shows off the speed.

Read it perfectly off the bat you saw the solid bouncing out there.

Great flow.

The bleach blond hair makes the first out of the inning and has a team that has a lead.

The last play.

That's always the toughest out to get that first one.

One down now for Robinson as they look to mount a rally.

Lead, this is Brady Blackwell, pinch hitting for Robinson, sophomore.

So he'll hit for a rushing.

Watch his ball.

Two in the dirt.

So off the bench and quickly watches to go by and head in the count.

Bernie Blackwell has appeared in 17 games this year 225 average hits have nine hits, five RBI.

He's just trying to find a way to get on base.

That's exactly right.

Just got to get baserunners.

That's the most important thing for the senators.

Comes comes back, finds the corner there to get back into this at bat two and one.

To tough spot to put a sophomore who's been sitting on the bench for two hours.

That one zero down and then good eye there.

So Blackwell.

Comes right back in there and now runs a count full.

So one thing he can't afford to do if you're Prairie Grove and Connor Hobbs is issue free passes.

That's right.

If they earn their way on, so be it.

Swing and a miss.

Big pitch there from Connor.

Holds his fourth strikeout on the day.

And now the Tigers three strikes away from their first ever state championship.

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Top of the order of those stands in the way Nathan Johnston got a pair of base hits.

Two of the five base hits Robinson have come from Johnston.

He takes the breaking ball.

That's in the top of the zone, though.

Strike one.

Hobbs still attacking with that curveball here late in the seventh.

It's not broken.

No.

Fix it Johnston swing and a miss.

Yeah.

Pretty girl faithful and a rise to their feet so they can feel it.

The O2 from Connor Hobbs.

That one shot left side.

Lin, throw across a diamond.

Got it pretty well.

For the first time in school history of our baseball state championship.

What a big moment for Prairie Grove.

The community just west of Fayetteville finally gets it done on the diamond.

Just their second trip to the finals in the elation from all the bleached blond hair on the middle of the field is something those kids will never forget.

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The first girl tigers came for what they got.

And they got for what they came.

State champions for the first time, the Prairie Grove Tigers can hoist their trophy.

And they're handed the banner by Don deal for the Arkansas Activities Association.

That was the whole reason.

They loaded the bus this morning and left Northwest Arkansas.

JB this is what you start to see in late February.

The practice is really in, you know, the beginning of January leading up to this moment.

It's been a long awaited.

One team had to lose, one team had to win.

The Tigers were the better team when it mattered most.

Clutch hitting throughout the win, bridging performance from hooks.

A girl wins the title for the first time in school history.

Now who the MVP is?

In just a moment.

It's tell you what JB Brazil alongside Bobby Walker in the way he pitched today.

Connor hopes who do there it is speaking into existence named the game's most valuable player.

Really really impressive day on the mound.

No question about that.

The way he dealt his curveball from the beginning was what got things going.

They couldn't hit, kept him off balance.

The big strikeouts.

He got that one there.

But this was a big hit from Triston Hall that drove in two, gave the Tigers the lead, and they would hold on to it for good.

Hall was huge.

He took home on a play right there.

If it wasn't Hobbs that was going to get the MVP, it had to been Tristan Hall.

He's a sophomore.

He likes to get other chances as he gets older to make really big plays late in the game.

A two RBI single there, another run came home to score.

That was the official final run for Prairie Grove as they win it 5 to 2.

And again, Hobbs or excuse me, Hobbs shuts the door for Prairie Grove.

It's all in all.

Robinson played well enough to win today.

Just ran out of pitching.

It seemed like.

That's right.

Eichler did an incredible job.

I think the Tigers offensively, they worked the count on Eichler.

They got him out of the ballgame.

They felt like if they could chase Eichler, they had a decent chance of winning the game.

They did that.

Watson pitched well, but but frankly, the Tigers got the best of him.

It wasn't his best outing.

The bats came to life for Prairie Girl with a big time, and they pick up the big win for a state title girl over for a baseball state champion.

But we're not done here today on Arkansas PBS.

One more trophy to hand out today here in Conway.

The five a state softball championship game coming up in about an hour.

705 first pitch featuring two teams that know all about winning championships Sheridan and Beebe, the Yellowjackets and Badgers going to duke it out, Dorian Kraft and Sydney Parley going to have the call for you, their former tag team partner.

JB Brazil.

I'm Bobby Swofford, thanks for tuning in today.

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