Conference Race Update: 7A West & 7A Central

April 20, 2017

By: Zac Bottoms
Arkansas Scouting Director

The 7A West and the 7A Central have two weeks remaining, in the regular season as they do not play a conference tournament to decide seeding for the state tournament. Each team’s overall record will determine seeding. Each conference will get 6 teams into the play offs, leaving the final two teams from each side missing the state tournament.

7A West

School	Conf Rec	Ovr Rec	Remaining Opponents	Overall
Fayetteville	8-2	13-12	Springdale, Van Buren	A one game lead with 4 remaining, it’s not over but the Purple Dogs have put themselves in the driver’s seat
Van Buren	7-3	16-3	Har-Ber , Fayetteville	They control their own destiny with the final two weeks, still a legitimate shot at a top 2 seed
Har-Ber	7-3	16-8	Van Buren, Heritage	A series win next week, a bye is a guarantee, if they handle their business against struggling Heritage
Bentonville	6-4	11-10	Heritage, Bentonville West	The best schedule left with games against the bottom 2, 4 wins could leave them in the mix for a top seed
Rogers	4-6	10-10	Bentonville West, Springdale	The Mounties control their own destiny by playing both teams chasing them: Young team growing up right now
Springdale	4-6	12-11	Fayetteville, Rogers	A 2.5 game lead for the final spot with 4 left, 1 or 2 wins will clinch a spot, in back to back seasons
Bentonville West	2-8	11-10	Rogers, Bentonville	Playing their best baseball, they have an opportunity to steal the final spot in the last 2 weeks’ little margin for error
Rogers Heritage	2-8	6-17	Bentonville, Har-Ber	4 tough games left, being 2 games out of the play-offs, Odds are against them to get back in the race

7A Central

School	Conf Rec	Ovr Rec	Remaining Opponents
Cabot	9-0	17-6	Conway, Central, Bryant, Northside, North Little Rock
North Little Rock	7-2	16-6	Southside, Catholic, Northside, Bryant, Cabot
Conway	6-3	13-6	Cabot, Northside, Central, Catholic, Bryant
Bryant	6-3	14-7	Central, Southside, Cabot, North Little Rock, Conway,
Catholic	3-6	13-10	Northside, North Little Rock, Southside, Conway, Central
Northside	3-6	7-18	Catholic, Conway, North Little Rock, Cabot, Southside
Southside	1-8	6-14	North Little Rock, Bryant, Catholic, Central, Northside
Central	1-8	2-20	Bryant, Cabot, Conway, Southside, Catholic

Cabot; A two game lead with 5 remaining and two of those games vs bottom 3 teams, almost a lock for a top 2 seed, with a little work, the No.1 seed is close,

North Little Rock; A 1.5 game lead over Conway due to beating them head-to head, and a game against Bryant, they control their own destiny, It will be interesting if there is a lot at stake the final game at Cabot. Last match up went 10 innings.

Conway; The preseason favorite, has been steady all year, they have lost some close games, if they flip the script in the 1 run games, very easily work their way into the No.2 spot getting a coveted bye.

Bryant; A young club that is playing sound baseball, it will be interesting to see if the youngsters fade down the stretch or continue to stay in the mix. A solid opportunity in front of them, their final three games.

Catholic: Pitching has been steady all year, giving them a consistent chance to win; they’ll have to convert a few of those chances into victories to secure a spot, a 2-game lead with 5 remaining, and games against the teams chasing them.

Northside; A two game lead with 5 remaining over cross town rival Southside and a 2.5 game lead on Central, after sweeping their series. A tough schedule remaining for the Grizzlies, the final spot may come down to the Battle of Rogers Avenue, the last game of the season.

Southside; They need to win one of their next three and beat Northside and Central, to have an outside shot of getting in. 2 games back with 5 remaining, it doesn’t look great for the Mavericks.

Central; 2.5 games back of Northside, and 2 back of Catholic. They do have a 2-1 victory over Catholic which could be big if it comes down to a tie breaker on the final game of the season.

Conference Race Update: 7A West & 7A Central

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