Final from Park Hills per LB13.

Final from Park Hills per LB13.

 

Wish I could have seen that one. Any play by play lawnboy?

The second to final play was odd. LB can you elaborate? She is out according to ump. Game over. Team celebrates. No she is not out. Hmmmm. What was that?

LB ignoring us is worse than me not taking pictures....

LB ignoring us is worse than me not taking pictures....

 

1st time I've seen paNDA with camera in hand and no pictures.......leave the dogs at home next time. :lol2:

The second to final play was odd. LB can you elaborate? She is out according to ump. Game over. Team celebrates. No she is not out. Hmmmm. What was that?

 

Help a brother out here, LB. What happened?

The second to final play was odd. LB can you elaborate? She is out according to ump. Game over. Team celebrates. No she is not out. Hmmmm. What was that?

 

Let's set up the situation..........top of the 7th, 1 out, 2-1 game, runners on 1st & 2nd. Ball is bunted in the air (no more than 6 feet in the air) right in front of the plate, but just out of the reach of the catcher Laura Finke. The runner on 2nd "freezes" (she doesn't know if it will be caught) Finke gets it on the bounce and fires a seed to 3rd for the force (2nd out).

 

NOW THE CONFUSION ENSUES.....The girl who bunted the ball, thinking it's the 3rd out does not touch 1st base and runs back down the line towards home to pickup her bat. As she picks up her bat Ryle 3rd base coach, Steve Oliverio yells for her to run back to 1st and before she makes it back the 3rd baseman fire a strike to 1st where she is called out (3rd out)...Gameover. :no: Not so fast boys and girls........Ryle coaches Patti and Steve Oliverio give the Ump's their two cents and they rule the runner back to 1st.

 

The explaination given to Notre Dame head coach Joe Stephenson was that since neither umpire saw the girl bunting NOT touch 1st base (they both assumed she did) the only way the out could be recorded was by a tag-out. In actuality she didn't reach the base thus ND recorded the out correctly, both ump's agreed that they blow the call. Next batter hits a comebacker to Haylee Smith and that's the final out.

IF they didn't see her tag why did they call her out?

Wish I could have seen that one. Any play by play lawnboy?

 

When ND puts me on the payroll. :greedy:

 

You missed a good one.

IF they didn't see her tag why did they call her out?

 

That was what Joe said......also why the ump's said they blew the call.

The game itself was very well played by both teams, and both Smith and Crupper were on thier "A" game tonight. For those not there...you missed a good one.

The game itself was very well played by both teams, and both Smith and Crupper were on thier "A" game tonight. For those not there...you missed a good one.

 

Hopefully, the Boone County deputy sheriff enjoyed it as well.

http://nky.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20130503/SPT0302/305030236/&nclick_check=1 Thanks to Marc Hardin at the Enquirer.

 

Notre Dame makes claim as top team

Stays undefeated in region with win over No. 1

 

The Notre Dame Academy Pandas handed second-year softball coach Joe Stephenson a signature win Friday with a 2-1 upset of three-time defending Ninth Region champion Ryle in Park Hills.

 

The Pandas, ranked tied for third in the Enquirer Northern Kentucky coaches’ poll, defeated the top-ranked Raiders for the first time in 12 years.

 

“I’d say it’s an upset because they’re ranked higher than we are,” Stephenson said. “This gives our girls a lot of confidence. They want to be the best, and we beat the best.”

 

The Pandas (15-5) won their fourth game in a row with the combined forces of veteran captain Mickey Terry, who's been promising her teammates a win over Ryle (15-5), and former Raider no-hit artist Haylee Smith, who was facing ex-teammates for the first time since her transfer.

 

“It was an advantage and a disadvantage,” said Smith, who struck out seven and won for the 10th time in 11 decisions. “They know how I pitch. And I know how they hit, and they’re incredible.”

 

Smith, a sophomore, struck out the side in the fifth and kept the Raiders in their scoring funk with a four-hitter. Ryle is averaging 2.3 runs over the last seven games.

 

Terry’s third triple of the season, bashed to the right field fence, plated Smith with the first run of the game in the fourth inning.

 

“Haylee brings confidence and a big presence to our team,” said Terry, a four-year starting shortstop. “To win with her here is a big experience.”

 

Laura Finke made it 2-0 in the fifth with an RBI single to right that scored Maddie Rose, but the never-say-die Raiders clawed to within a run in the seventh when Hannah Brumbach delivered an infield single.

 

Then things got a little crazy.

 

Jayda Collins grounded into a force-out at third for the second out. The third out was announced by an umpire who said the Ryle runner at first was caught off the bag during the play. The call was overruled, prompting discussions with both head coaches. The runner was sent back to first.

 

Smith was able to end it by inducing a ground ball hit back to the pitcher’s circle.

 

The Pandas, without a regional tournament title since 1999, remained the lone unbeaten team in the region at 12-0 after losing nine regional contests last year. They also held their perch atop the Northern Kentucky Athletic Conference big-school standings.

 

The Pandas’ only loss to a local team came against Walton-Verona. ⬛

 

W–Smith (10-1). L–Crupper. Leaders: N–Terry 2-3, 3B. Records: R 15-5, N 15-5.

Glad to see the maturity of young Haylee with her post-game comments.

1st time I've seen paNDA with camera in hand and no pictures.......leave the dogs at home next time. :lol2:

 

No!! Bring them and I'll dog sit!