Inaugural Arkansas Sports Media High School Softball Poll

Following is the Arkansas Sports Media High School Softball Poll, including the top five in Classes 6A, 5A, 4A, 3A, 2A and 1A, as voted by a panel of sports media from around the state for the week ending March 28. Ranking is given with first-place votes received, records, total points and ranking from last week’s poll:

CLASS 6A
Record Pts Prv
1. Bentonville (5) 8-2 33 -

2. Bryant (2) 7-2 25 -

3(tie) Conway 8-3 19 -

3(tie) Springdale Har-Ber 6-3 19 -

5. Fayetteville (1) 11-7 11 -

Others receiving votes: Cabot 10, Rogers 2, Rogers Heritage 1.

CLASS 5A
Record Pts Prv

1. Benton (6) 6-0 33 -

2. Greenbrier (2) 9-1 29 -

3. Vilonia 9-0 27 -

4. White Hall 10-2 14 -

5. Sheridan 9-2 6 -

Others receiving votes: Farmington 4, Greene County Tech 3, Greenwood 3, Searcy 1.

CLASS 4A
Record Pts Prv

1(tie) Malvern (3) 11-1 30 -

1(tie) Pea Ridge (2) 9-2 30 -

3. Lonoke (2) 8-1 25 -

4(tie) Gosnell (1) 6-1 10 -

4(tie) Brookland 10-3 10 -

Others receiving votes: Wynne 4, Monticello 4, Gentry 4, Star City 3.

CLASS 3A
Record Pts Prv

1. Lamar (4) 10-1 33 -

2. Bald Knob 9-1 23 -

3. Harding Academy (3) 7-2 20 -

4. Lavaca 9-0 18 -

5. Smackover 10-3 15 -

Others receiving votes: Cave City (1) 9, Charleston 1, McGehee 1.

CLASS 2A
Record Pts Prv

1. Horatio (4) 12-3 34 -

2. Woodlawn (2) 11-3 31 -

3. Des Arc (1) 9-4 20 -

4. Bigelow (1) 7-1 17 -

5. East Poinsett Co. 5-1 6 -

Others receiving votes: Tuckerman 5, Cotter 3, Magnet Cove 3, Hector 1.

CLASS 1A
Record Pts Prv
1. Taylor (4) 4-2 33 -

2. WS Greers Ferry (2) 5-1 25 -

3. Scranton (1) 5-2 23 -

4. Bearden 6-0 11 -

5. Norfork 4-0 10 -

Others receiving votes: Bradley 7, Nemo Vista (1) 6, Magazine 2, Marked Tree 2, Bradford 1.