Final from Flemingsburg. Greenup improves to 39-1 on the season.

Edited June 2, 201610 yr by 16thBBall Fan

Best of luck to Greenup at state.

Won 54 of last 56 games played. Why? No overpowering pitcher. No power monster leading state in slugging, HRs or RBIs.

 

Here is what I observed. Extremely solid defense led by a gazelle in CF, an off the charts SS (offensive and defensively, maybe best in Ky), and a catcher that has a cannon, a mega-game manager and perhaps one of the tops in Ky. GC is as fundamentally as sound as you can get. A pure delight to watch, and a never quit confidence they can overcome any late inning deficit. Go Musketeers. Love to see you win this one.

Great take oldercoach .

Won 54 of last 56 games played. Why? No overpowering pitcher. No power monster leading state in slugging, HRs or RBIs.

 

Here is what I observed. Extremely solid defense led by a gazelle in CF, an off the charts SS (offensive and defensively, maybe best in Ky), and a catcher that has a cannon, a mega-game manager and perhaps one of the tops in Ky. GC is as fundamentally as sound as you can get. A pure delight to watch, and a never quit confidence they can overcome any late inning deficit. Go Musketeers. Love to see you win this one.

 

You are pretty dead on with your comments and I'll add a few more. They are extremely talented up the middle. No matter who they throw on the mound & they are 5-6 starters deep, can beat just about anyone they play. You already mentioned everyone up the middle (Shoupe ©, Hughes (SS), Hunt (CF)) except for Kyle Gammon (2B) who was the Tournament MVP. Hughes & Gammon may be the best MIF in the state and they are both Sophmores. Jaxson Keeton made several plays at 3B in the tournament that he made look routine that many other 3B wouldn't have made. Offensively, this team is solid 1 thru 9 with a combination of both power and speed. They have HR's from 6-7 different players and they have base stealing capability from 4-5 players. Maybe the most important thing you mentioned is their never quit attitude. They play the game with great emotion and never give up. It will be interesting to see how they fare as just like the Regional Tournament, the upper half of the State Tournament draw appears to be by far the toughest bracket to come out of, especially drawing Region 7 (L'ville St. X) in their first game.