District 1 (at Fulton County)

 

#1 Hickman County Lady Falcons

#2 Carlisle County Lady Comets

#3 Fulton City Lady Bulldogs

#4 Fulton County Lady Pilots

 

Hickman County and Carlisle County advance with ease for a fourth meeting. This shapes up to be the best matchup of the week. Carlisle beat Hickman 3-1 in an epic 15 inning game in the 1st Region All "A" Classic semifinals. Hickman swept district season play by beating Carlisle 2-1 in each meeting.

 

Defending champ: Hickman County

Prediction: flip a coin

 

 

District 2 (at McCracken County)

 

#1 McCracken County Lady Mustangs

#2 Paducah Tilghman Blue Tornado

#3 St. Mary Lady Vikings

 

No surprises here, McCracken County handles Paducah Tilghman after the Blue Tornado cruise past St. Mary.

 

Defending champ: McCracken County

Prediction: McCracken County

 

 

District 3 (at Mayfield)

 

#1 Ballard Memorial Lady Bombers

#2 Graves County Lady Eagles

#3 Mayfield Lady Cardinals

 

Graves County takes care of cross town foe Mayfield before meeting Ballard Memorial in the championship game. The two split in season play each winning at home. I'll give the advantage to Graves County as they look to live up to preseason expectations.

 

Defending champ: Ballard Memorial

Prediction: Graves County

 

 

District 4 (at Murray)

 

#1 Marshall County Lady Marshals

#2 Murray Lady Tigers

#3 Calloway County Lakers

 

Healthy, and sometimes heated, rivals make this district very competitive. Murray and Calloway County split in season each winning at home. The Murray bats, along with All "A" tournament experience, should be the difference in getting them past their cross town rival.

 

Marshall County and Murray split in season each winning on the road. It will take another great pitching performance by Bayleigh Blane for the Lady Tigers to repeat as district champs. Marshall County has been playing very well down the stretch jumping back into the top 25. Since their home loss to Murray, they have beaten Christian Co, Mercy, Warren East, Greenwood, Holy Cross, and Assumption. Their only other loss was to Owensboro Catholic with all games being on the road or at neutral sites. Advantage Lady Marshals in my game of the week.

 

Defending champs: Murray

Prediction: Marshall County

1st and 4th finals should both be good.

Yeah, I'd like to make the Hickman / Carlisle game (obviously if it sets up). Harpole and O'Daniel combined for all 30 innings in that first matchup! They pitched all 14 innings of the second game, and I assume the third game as well.

Yes, 29 innings and the total score is 5-5.