In reference to another thread on Stats, I compared the top 6 teams in the state (based on last weeks poll) to see how they did against other teams in the top 25. Individual stats are great, but teams win and lose games, so here goes:

 

1. McCracken County - In 11 games are 10 & 1 against the top 25, losing to #1 3 Daviess County. They have scored 84 runs and given up 26. Against top 6 teams they are 5 & 0 out scoring them 42 to 15. They play #6 Anderson County Friday in Bowling Green and then will play either Male or Madisonville North Hopkins and possibly another ranked team in the Best of the West. They also have games against #1 0 Union and #2 0 Christian County before the end of the season.

 

2. Scott County - In 11 games are 7 & 4 against the top 25, losing to #1 0 Union County, #5 Woodford County, #1 McCracken County, and #6 Anderson County. They have scored 60 runs and given up 44. Against top 6 teams they are 1 & 3 scoring 18 and giving up 23. They play #9 Mercy twice, #7 Ballard, #8 Meade County, and #1 5 Ashland Blazer before seasons end.

 

3. Male - In 10 games are 7 & 3 against the top 25, losing to #8 Meade County, #2 Scott County, and # 1 McCracken County. They have scored 40 runs and given up 25. They are 0 & 2 against the top 6 being out scored 8 to 4. They play Madisonville North Hopkins at the Best of the West and either Anderson or McCracken County and possibly another ranked team while there. They will also play O'boro Catholic before seasons end.

 

4. Madisonville North Hopkins - In 11 games are 7 & 4 against the top 25, losing to McCracken County twice, Butler, and Anderson County. They have scored 61 runs and given up 33. They are 0 & 3 against the top 6 being out scored 14 to 4. They play Male at the Best of the West and then either McCracken or Anderson County and possibly another ranked team. The also play @ 24 University Heights before the end of the season.

 

5. Woodford County -In 10 games are 6-3-1 against the top 25, losing to #1 McCracken County, #7 Ballard, and #2 0 Christian County. They show a 0-0 tie against Christian County at the Big M in Etown. They have scored 45 runs and given up 37 in those games. They are 1 & 1 against the top 6 and were out scored 24 to 15. They play #6 Anderson County before the end of the season.

 

6. Anderson County - In 5 games are 3 & 2 against the to 25, losing to #9 Mercy and #4 Madisonville North Hopkins. They have scored 13 runs and given up 10 in those games. They are 0 & 1 against the top 6 losing 2-0. They play #1 McCracken County in the Best of the West and either Male or Madisonville North Hopkins, and possibly another ranked team. They also play #1 9 Butler and #5 Woodford County before seasons end.

 

Info gathered for the KHSAA (Riherds) Scoreboard. Info is not meant to be a prediction for anything, just that good teams need to play good teams to compete and learn from their losses.

Madisonville North beat Anderson Co they have only lost 3 games

My apology, messed up my own notes. Thanks for pointing it out for me.

Of course, you should also factor in losses to teams outside the top 25 which says a lot about a team too.

Good point PH2 so here's that info:

 

#1 McCracken County, #4 Madisonville North Hopkins, and #5 Woodford County have not lost to an unranked team.

 

#2 Scott County lost today to unranked Warren East 5-1 but beat #9 Mercy 3-2 today.

 

#3 Male lost to Allen County Scottsville last night 3-0 and lost to #1 2 Owensboro Catholic 3-0 today.

 

#6 Anderson County lost 2-1 to Collins, 2-1 to Oldham County, and 7-2 to Madison Central.

 

I had not figured todays games in my previous stats.

 

Thanks for pointing this out. I'm new at this so hopefully I'll get better with my posts.

Well, today on the scoreboard it shows Male beat Allen County Scottsville 9-3. I know my eyes aren't that bad. Sorry Male folks.

No, the scoreboard had the 3-0 score so you saw it right. I only knew it was wrong when I saw the score reported as 9-3 on ACS's twitter feed yesterday. They must have corrected it today.

Scott County also lost to #19 Butler this past week.

Thanks P2, I thought maybe I was going crazy in addition to bad eye sight. Glad to know my eyes are no worse but the crazy thing maybe a work in progress.

 

I was surprised about Butler over Scott County. I knew Butler was pretty good, but Scott Co is really tough. Hats off to Butler for a big win.

After seeing Scott Co. Play twice this year,although still a top 10 team,my opinion is that the odds of them repeating as State Champs are slim.As of right now if I had a vote they would be ranked 7th at best.

Well, they did beat Butler 10-0 earlier in the year. Don't know if they overlooked them or not, good teams shouldn't do that. Butler also beat Madisonville North Hopkins. I think a coaching move cost McCracken the title last year. Of course hind sight is 20/20 but I thought Chapman should have been given another couple of batters to show she still had it before being yanked.

 

McCracken is my pick to win it but they can certainly be beat. The next 6 or 8 is a toss up to me but are contenders.

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Edited May 5, 201511 yr by PH2