Prep Baseball Kentucky Top 25 - Week 2

[DevilMayCare]

PBK Top 25

1. Trinity Shamrocks ☘️ (6-1)

2. Pleasure Ridge Park Panthers 🐈‍⬛ (9-0)

3. Sayre Spartans ⚔️ (9-1)

4. Saint Xavier Tigers 🐯 (7-2)

5. Ballard Bruins 🐻 (8-0)

6. South Warren Spartans ⚔️ (8-0)

7. McCracken County Mustangs 🐎 (7-1)

8. Lyon County Lyons 🦁 (3-4)

9. Lexington Catholic Knights 🛡 (5-4)

10. Taylor County Cardinals 🇾🇪 (7-2)

11. Greenwood Gators 🐊 (7-1)

12. Owensboro Catholic Aces ♠️ (5-2)

13. Somerset Briar Jumpers 🐇 (3-4)

14. Corbin Redhounds 🇵🇪 (3-4)

15. Whitley County Colonels 🇾🇪 (6-0)

16. Madison Central Indians 🏹 (7-3)

17. Bowling Green Purples 👾 (5-2)

18. Great Crossing Warhawks 🇸🇱 (5-1)

19. Covington Catholic Colonels 🇫🇮 (7-1)

20. LaRue County Hawks 🇸🇻 (8-1)

21. University Heights Blazers 🇬🇫 (4-3)

22. Pikeville Panthers 🐾 (3-4)

23. Bullitt East Chargers 🐴 (5-0)

24. Ryle Raiders 🏴‍☠️ (5-3)

25. Henry Clay Blue Devils 🔱 (7-2)

 

Notes and Observations

• Trinity holds firm at #1 after beating Male, Sayre, and Somerset a combined 20-3. UofL commit Nolan Hosking hit three home runs and drove in seven for the week. The Rocks dealt #3 Sayre its first loss of the season behind six innings, four hits, and one run allowed by Gray Davis.

• PRP jumps three spots to #2. Last year's state champions improved to 9-0 after surviving a 12-11 barnburner against #9 LexCath. The Panthers have won 23 straight games dating back to last season.

• Ballard's Lucas Niemeyer no-hit Manual in a five inning mercy rule win for the Bruins. His offensive counterpart was Eli Frith, who delivered three hits and drove in seven of Ballard's eleven runs.

• South Warren and McCracken County remain poll neighbors, as each moved up four places to numbers 6 and 7, respectively. The Spartans got homers from Camden Page and WKU commit Ethan Reynolds to beat emerging 2nd Region contender Christian County.

• The week's biggest mover was Madison Central, who leapt eight spots to #16. The Indians utilized small ball to defeat #18 Great Crossing, 6-3, for their biggest win of the season so far. All three of their losses are to ranked teams.

• Lyon County, Somerset, and University Heights share the dubious honor of biggest loser, each falling six places in the poll. The Lyons and Jumpers combined to go 0-4 in last week's PBK Invitational, albeit against top competition, including the top two ranked teams in the state.

• The only newcomer to the rankings is #25 Henry Clay, fresh off a 4-0 week. The Devils wore out the basepaths against Madison Southern, successfully swiping all nine bags they attempted.

 

[VF111]

The 14th District is brutal... three top 25 teams (#6 South, #11 Greenwood, #17 BG)

[TheBarber]

Reynolds (SW) broken hand and probably out til regional tourney. WKU commit’s injury hurts them badly. He can swing it big time.